Author: Joseph Kerman Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520962591 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 193
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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s new open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Fugue for J. S. Bach was a natural language; he wrote fugues in organ toccatas and voluntaries, in masses and motets, in orchestral and chamber music, and even in his sonatas for violin solo. The more intimate fugues he wrote for keyboard are among the greatest, most influential, and best-loved works in all of Western music. They have long been the foundation of the keyboard repertory, played by beginning students and world-famous virtuosi alike. In a series of elegantly written essays, eminent musicologist Joseph Kerman discusses his favorite Bach keyboard fugues—some of them among the best-known fugues and others much less familiar. Kerman skillfully, at times playfully, reveals the inner workings of these pieces, linking the form of the fugues with their many different characters and expressive qualities, and illuminating what makes them particularly beautiful, powerful, and moving. These witty, insightful pieces, addressed to musical amateurs as well as to specialists and students, are beautifully augmented by performances made specially for this volume: Karen Rosenak, piano, playing two preludes and fugues fromTheWell-Tempered Clavier—C Major, book 1; and B Major, book 2--and Davitt Moroney playing the Fughetta in C Major, BWV 952, on clavichord; the Fugue on "Jesus Christus unser Heiland," BWV 689, on organ; and the Fantasy and Fugue in A Minor, BWV 904, on harpsichord.
Author: Donald Francis Tovey Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 048649764X Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 244
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Complete score of The Art of Fugue plus extensive commentary features all 14 fugues plus the four canons. The commentary outlines the fugues' contrapuntal devices and offers keen observations on the composer's craftsmanship.
Author: Willard A. Palmer Publisher: Alfred Masterwork Edition ISBN: 9780739024959 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 0
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Willard A. Palmer presents here a scholarly reference and working edition of Bach's Fantasia, including photocopies of Bach's own autograph of the work from which this edition is prepared. All editorial additions, including suggested execution of the ornamentation as well as dynamics, are added to the score in gray print. There are footnotes in the score, and also several pages of performance suggestions and instruction. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach Publisher: Alfred Music ISBN: 1470628678 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 22
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Hans Bischoff (1852--1889) was a German concert pianist and well-regarded music editor, who continues to be respected for his thorough research, attention to detail, and careful consideration of source materials. This newly engraved edition of the Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903 is based on Bischoff's analysis of several documents, including a 1730 manuscript belonging to the Berlin Royal Library. Bischoff's footnotes and prefatory commentary have been preserved, as well as his interpretive suggestions for performance. Also includes explanations of the ornaments used throughout the work, helpful fingering, and suggested realizations for the execution of the arpeggiated chords found in the "Fantasy." Measure numbers and BWV numbers have been included for easy reference.
Author: Clive Barker Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1982158093 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 672
Book Description
The Seerkind, a people who possess the power to make magic, have weaved themselves into a rug for safekeeping. Now, with the last human caretaker dead, a variety of humans vie for ownership of the rug.
Author: Johann Sebastian Bach Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486493709 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 212
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A monument in the history of Western music, The Well-Tempered Clavier represents not only the culmination of J. S. Bach's own maturation process but also the impetus for the emerging style and structure of modern keyboard music. Mozart, Beethoven, and Chopin were influenced by its polyphonic richness and depth of harmony, and Schumann counseled young musicians to "make The Well-Tempered Clavier your daily bread." Modern pianists can follow Schumann's advice with this new edition of an authoritative and long-out-of-print score that offers illuminating perspectives from a pair of eminent musical interpreters. Book II of this two-volume set features Sir Donald Francis Tovey's analyses of 24 preludes and fugues, including suggestions for performance. In addition to commentaries by Tovey, a lauded Bach scholar and world-famous musicologist, the pieces are complemented by fingerings devised by Harold Samuel, a major Bach interpreter. Students, teachers, and professionals will appreciate this finely engraved and modestly priced version of Bach's enduring works.
Author: Max Reger Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486288463 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 210
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Treasury of works by great German organ composer: "Variation & Fugue on 'God Save the King'"; "Fantasy and Fugue," Op. 29; "Fantasy and Fugue on the name BACH" and more. Authoritative editions.
Author: Alfred Mann Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 0486171345 Category : Music Languages : en Pages : 369
Book Description
Features a historical survey of writings on the fugue from the Renaissance to the present as well as four 18th-century studies: works by J. J. Fux, F. W. Marpurg, and more. Includes introductions, commentary, and 255 musical examples.
Author: Joseph Kerman
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Author: Clive Barker
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