Author: Zachary Adam Cobb Publisher: ISBN: Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 0
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When discussing organ music composed in France during the Romantic period, it is imperative to mention César Franck. Though his compositional output for the organ is smaller compared to his contemporaries, such as Widor and Guilmant, these works remain cornerstones of the repertoire that have stood the test of time. Franck was born in Liège in 1822. His father aspired for a virtuoso career for him and in 1836 they emigrated to Paris. He was enrolled in the Paris Conservatory in 1837. Franck enrolled in the organ class at the conservatory in 1842, which would be the beginning of a prolific career as an organist. In 1857, Franck was appointed as organist at Sainte-Clotilde and in 1871 was appointed as organ professor at the Paris Conservatory, positions he held until his death in 1890. Franck's large hands create problems of interpretation for performers, with wide intervallic spreads constantly found throughout the manual writing in his organ works. These problems make it difficult to play certain passages with a legato technique. It is this legato technique that Marcel Dupré and Charles-Marie Widor criticized Franck for not being able to demonstrate, though his work on the 1881 Braille edition of Johann Sebastian Bach's works demonstrates Franck's knowledge and application of the complete legato style. The Trois Chorals are the pinnacle of Franck's writing for the organ, written in the final months of Franck's life. Four primary editions of the Chorals are discussed and the variances that occur between them. Following this discussion is an analysis of the performances in recordings by Charles Tournemire, Jean Langlais, Marcel Dupré, and Gillian Weir of Franck's Choral No. 3 in A Minor. The analysis focuses on key moments of interpretive discrepancy. Joseph Jongen wrote more than thirty organ works, with the Sonata eroïca and Symphonie concertante as major landmarks in the instrument's repertoire. Jongen was active in the years immediately following Franck's death through World War II. Born in Liège, Jongen had an early start as a composer and organist. Jongen enrolled in the organ class at the Liège Conservatory in 1892, winning top prize with honors at the Concours Supérieur in 1896. Jongen won the Belgium Prix de Rome in 1897, which enabled him to travel to Europe. During this time, he consulted with Richard Strauss and Vincent d'Indy regarding his compositions. Jongen's magnum opus among his solo works for organ is the Sonata eroïca (Op. 94). In this symphonic-inspired work, Jongen presents unique registrations and ambiguous moments of registration changes, creating problems that the performer must solve, which are different from one instrument to another.
Author: John Scott Whiteley Publisher: Pendragon Press ISBN: 9780945193821 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 290
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Joseph Jongen was Director of the Brussels Conservatoire from 1925 to 1939. He was first and foremost a composer and yet his career as an organist and composer of organ music was remarkable. His Sonata Ero�ca has become one of the enduring works of the repertory, and the Symphonie Concertante, commissioned by Rodman Wanamaker for the organ of the Philadelphia store, has been considered the finest of all twentieth-century organ concertos. This is the first book ever to appear about Joseph Jongen in any language. It is based on twenty years of research by its author, John Scott Whiteley. Part I traces Jongen's life and achievements as an organist,from his earliest training in Franck's birthplace, Li�ge, to his exile in England and his final years in Brussels, during which time he headed the team that designed the organ for Belgian Radio. Part II is a guide to the organ music from the points of view of both performer and musicologist. Appendices provide a catalogue of works, a numbering system for his works without opus numbers, specifications of the organs he played and lists of variant readings in his manuscripts. This book is indispensable for serious students of the organ, the Romantic organ repertoire and European music of the early twentieth century.
Author: Cameron McGraw Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253020964 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 735
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Since the 1981 publication of the first edition, Cameron McGraw's Piano Duet Repertoire has been a trusted guide for duet performers. This second edition, edited and substantially expanded by Christopher and Katherine Fisher, brings the volume into the 21st century, adding over 500 new or updated composer entries and nearly 1,000 new work entries to the volume, a testament to the renewed interest in piano duet playing. Entries are arranged alphabetically by composer and include both pedagogical and concert repertoire. The annotations and the grade-level indications provide piano teachers a wealth of instructional guidance. The book also contains updated appendices listing collections and duet works with voice and other instruments. This new edition features a title index and a list of composers by nationality, making it a convenient and indispensable resource.
Author: Nathalie Aubert Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1351566385 Category : Foreign Language Study Languages : en Pages : 218
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This volume of edited essays is the first one in English to offer a critical overview of the specific features of Belgian modernity from 1880 to 1940 in a multiplicity of disciplines: literature and poetry, politics, music, photography and drama. The first half of the book investigates the roots of twentieth century modernity in Belgian fin de siecle across a variety of genres (novel, poetry and drama), not only within but also beyond the boundaries of Symbolism. The contributors go on to examine the explosion of Belgian culture on the international scene with the rise of the avant-gardes, notably Surrealism: and the contribution made in minor genres, such as the popular novels of Simenon and Jean Ray, and the Tintin comics of Herge.
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