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Author: Phillip Truckenbrod Publisher: ISBN: 9781735406305 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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At the beginning of the twentieth century the pipe organ was a major source of music for live audience consumption. As the century unfolded the organ had to yield a portion of the stage to upstart symphony orchestras, but despite rapidly changing musical tastes it remained a major player. The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, however, had become a challenging period for both organists and their booking agents. This is the story of one of the two agencies which dominated the American scene during that period, as told by the man who ventured from a Lutheran pulpit in New York City into the highly competitive and somewhat rarified world of performance musicians, with a stop along the way in the city room of a major American daily newspaper. Were these organists and their agents a bickering mostly gay tribe defined by jealousies, or a self-protective band of loyalists defined by mutual love of and sacrifice for the King of Instruments? This book is part memoir, part historical account, and part commentary. It is also a peek behind the scenes of how the art of organ performance survived into the 21st century.
Author: Phillip Truckenbrod Publisher: ISBN: 9781735406305 Category : Languages : en Pages :
Book Description
At the beginning of the twentieth century the pipe organ was a major source of music for live audience consumption. As the century unfolded the organ had to yield a portion of the stage to upstart symphony orchestras, but despite rapidly changing musical tastes it remained a major player. The second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st, however, had become a challenging period for both organists and their booking agents. This is the story of one of the two agencies which dominated the American scene during that period, as told by the man who ventured from a Lutheran pulpit in New York City into the highly competitive and somewhat rarified world of performance musicians, with a stop along the way in the city room of a major American daily newspaper. Were these organists and their agents a bickering mostly gay tribe defined by jealousies, or a self-protective band of loyalists defined by mutual love of and sacrifice for the King of Instruments? This book is part memoir, part historical account, and part commentary. It is also a peek behind the scenes of how the art of organ performance survived into the 21st century.
Author: Robert Noehren Publisher: ISBN: Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 286
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Noehren, who might well be the only organist in history who also constructed organs, documents his devotion to the intrinsic essence of the organ. These 23 essays represent the evolution of his discoveries and ideas as he attempted to match the instrument to his own playing style. They not only inform about the history of the organ and the performance of organ music, but also generate thought and opinion. The volume contains a discography and selected programs.
Author: Mark Schweizer Publisher: ISBN: 9780984484607 Category : North Carolina Languages : en Pages : 192
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"Police chief Hayden Konig is a lucky man. He's wealthy, he enjoys his work, he has a loving wife, good friends, and lives in the quaintest, most picturesque town in the North Carolina mountains. With all this going for him, you d think he d be satisfied. He's not. He longs to be a writer, a hard-boiled, noir detective word-slinger worthy of the 1939 Underwood No. 5 sitting on his desk a typewriter once owned by Raymond Chandler. You'd think a machine like this would help. It doesn't. As a detective, Chief Konig is at the top of his game. As the organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, he can play with the best of them. But as a writer, Hayden produces more bad prose than the St. Germaine Garden Club s annual poetry review. ... What do the bones of an ancient king, a scoodle of skunks, a farm auction, the best Christmas parade ever, and an obnoxious deacon have to do with the dead body floating in Lake Tannenbaum? Maybe nothing. Maybe everything. It's up to Hayden to pull all the clues together like two cousins in a Kentucky hayloft. After all, Epiphany is right around the corner!"--P. [4] of cover.
Author: John Stainer Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486430799 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 150
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This classic method for beginners provides a brief history of the instrument, an explanation of organ construction, a discussion of the various stops and their management, a section devoted to practical study, and several pieces.
Author: Fenner Douglass Publisher: Yale University Press ISBN: 9780300064261 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 286
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The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries witnessed the growth of a unique relationship between the French organ and the music written for it. Until recently, however, the roots of this precise musical tradition lay hidden in the sixteenth century. Illuminating these mysteries for the modern audience, Mr. Douglass has traced the development of the French organ from the sixteenth century through the Classical Period (1655-1770).For the first time in English, an explanation is given of the role of mixtures in the plenum of the French instrument of the Classical Period. Because the plenum determines the very character of the organ, and because the mixtures exert the strongest influence upon its sonority, the reader will be able to understand why French composers were writing music for the plenum sharply different from that of their contemporaries in northern Europe. Especially useful is the first complete compilation of known sources of information about French classical organ restriction. Having assimilated the historical facts about the instrument, the reader will be ready to interpret the music of this period on a modern organ.Mr. Douglass is professor organ at the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music. This authoritative study of the French classical organ is a major source for the interpretation of early French organ music. For this new edition, the author has added a chapter on touch in early French organs and its importance for practice. The bibliography has also been extensively revised. Reviews of the previous edition: "The extensive and valuable materials assembled in this study will make it indispensable to both the performer and the scholar of French organ literature."—Almonte C. Howell, Jr., Notes "The only work of its kind in English. . . . Bringing together all of the sources into one volume was alone a task of considerable proportions, and the many conclusions drawn from a careful study of the sources make it a necessary reference for any further study. It should be not only on the shelves but also in the mind of every organ devotee."—Rudolph Kremer, Journal of the American Musicological Society "Douglass has shown us the way that organ studies ought to develop over the next few decades."—Music and Letters
Author: Flor Peeters Publisher: Alfred Music ISBN: 9781457403583 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 130
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The renowned Flor Peeters is known as an organist and composer from his native Belgium to all of Europe and both Americas. Little Organ Book, consisting of hymn tunes and original compositions, has won special favor among teachers and students because of the clear presentation of elementary rules for organ playing.
Author: Kevin Corby Bowyer Publisher: ISBN: Category : Languages : en Pages : 154
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Newlyweds George and Alice live an idyllic life. George is an archaeologist - Alice, the pretty daughter of a Hertfordshire baker. But trouble is brewing for them, threatening not only their marriage but their very lives.Rose - quiet, middle-aged and keenly missing her recently dead mother - lives alone in a remote clifftop cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. She's the very last of her family. A few of her ancestors were blessed (or cursed) with special gifts. Some called them "wise women", others called them "witches", but those powers faded out of the family decades ago - or did they?Binding George, Alice and Rose together is the Boulby Cliff House garden. There are secrets in the soil - and the potting shed seems oddly inviting...
Author: Orpha Ochse Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 9780253214232 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 292
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The art of the organist in nineteenth-century France and Belgium is a rags-to-riches story full of extraordinary problems and changes. Devastated by the French Revolution, the organ profession rose from desperate circumstances to a period of remarkable brilliance. By the end of the nineteenth century, organ playing was enthusiastically applauded and had been thoroughly integrated in the musical life of Paris. This account is not just a record of stellar events and famous names: it includes failures, all-but-forgotten musicians, and unexpected encounters. In a carefully documented study that is both scholarly and engaging. Orpha Ochse traces three major aspects of the organist's art: the development of the secular recital, the organist as church musician, and the education of organists. In addition to presenting a comprehensive view of the organ profession in France and Belgium throughout the period, she offers a new perspective on nineteenth-century music in general.
Author: Douglas Earl Bush Publisher: Psychology Press ISBN: 0415941741 Category : Organ (Musical instrument) Languages : en Pages : 696
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Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.
Author: Phillip Truckenbrod
Author: Phillip Truckenbrod
Author: Robert Noehren
Author: Mark Schweizer
Author: John Stainer
Author: Fenner Douglass
Author: Flor Peeters
Author: Kevin Corby Bowyer
Author: Mark Abley
Author: Orpha Ochse
Author: Douglas Earl Bush