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Organists and Me

Author : Phillip Truckenbrod
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781735406305
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Organists and Me written by Phillip Truckenbrod and published by . This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

An Organist's Reader

Author : Robert Noehren
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book An Organist's Reader written by Robert Noehren and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Complete organ method

Author : John Stainer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486430799
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Complete organ method written by John Stainer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Little Organ Book

Author : Flor Peeters
Publisher : Alfred Music
ISBN 13 : 9781457403583
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Little Organ Book written by Flor Peeters and published by Alfred Music. This book was released on with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Organist Wore Pumps

Author : Mark Schweizer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780984484607
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book The Organist Wore Pumps written by Mark Schweizer and published by . This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "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.

Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium

Author : Orpha Ochse
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253214232
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (142 download)

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Download or read book Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium written by Orpha Ochse and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2000-08-22 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Language of the Classical French Organ

Author : Fenner Douglass
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300064261
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Language of the Classical French Organ written by Fenner Douglass and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

The Organist

Author : Mark Abley
Publisher : Regina Collection
ISBN 13 : 9780889775817
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (758 download)

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Download or read book The Organist written by Mark Abley and published by Regina Collection. This book was released on 2019 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A son reflects on his complicated relationship with his depressive but brilliant father.

New Bach Reader

Author : Hans T David
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393319569
Total Pages : 612 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (195 download)

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Download or read book New Bach Reader written by Hans T David and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1999-10-26 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The New Bach Reader' contains a collection of documents intended to bring the composer to life.

The House on Boulby Cliff

Author : Kevin Corby Bowyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book The House on Boulby Cliff written by Kevin Corby Bowyer and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-07 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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...

Virgil Fox (the Dish)

Author : Richard Torrence
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Virgil Fox (the Dish) written by Richard Torrence and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A spicy biography of the late Virgil Fox (-), who was the most successful and famous organist in history. Prepared by the organists managers for years, the book is based on a -page memoir of Foxs artistic heir and protg, Ted Alan Worth, with contributions by other associates and students who knew Fox intimately.

Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 710 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature written by and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Making Music on the Organ

Author : Peter Hurford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Making Music on the Organ written by Peter Hurford and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Music on the Organ has already established itself as an indispensable guide to the art of organ playing. It records the ideas which underpin Peter Hurford's performance and teaching and its chief concern, as the title indicates, is to show how to make music, rather than merely playing the notes, on this instrument. There is advice on the technical problems of performance, an explanation of the workings of the instrument, and chapters on interpretation, including, most usefully, reflections on the interpretation of Bach. This new paperback edition makes a number of textual amendments and additions, and includes three new appendices on the principles of good organ design, the swell-box, and the temperament. This title also appears in the Oxford General Books catalogue for Autumn 1990. Contents: Notes of Usage; Introduction; The Organists Place in Musical Performance; How the Organ Works; A Basic Physical Approach to the Organ; The technical Basis of Movement and Expression; Some Thoughts on Interpretation; Towards a grounding in Bach Interpretation; The French Classical School; Renaissance; Appendices; Reading List; Index of Works Cited; General Index.

Complete Organ Method

Author : John Stainer
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486317242
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book Complete Organ Method written by John Stainer and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The King of Instruments

Author : Richard C. Greene
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780876141861
Total Pages : 38 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (418 download)

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Download or read book The King of Instruments written by Richard C. Greene and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Text and photographs explain the workings of the world's largest musical instrument, the pipe organ.

Richard Purvis, Organist of Grace

Author : James Welch
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781481278010
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Richard Purvis, Organist of Grace written by James Welch and published by . This book was released on 2013-01-30 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Richard Purvis-organist, choirmaster, and composer at historic Grace Cathedral-became a San Francisco legend and (along with Alexander Schreiner, E. Power Biggs, and Virgil Fox) a national celebrity who made mid-20th century American organ music popular with the masses through records, recitals, and the press. The only book of its kind, Richard Purvis, Organist of Grace is a major contribution to our understanding of the music, culture, and church politics of an era marked as much by social change as by a revolution in musical taste, technology, and compositional technique. Uniquely among his colleagues, Purvis was first and foremost a writer and performer of original music that thrilled church and concert audiences everywhere-a talent that won him more than one invitation to leave Grace to compose for Hollywood. (His closest ally at Grace described Purvis as writing "film music for the Episcopal church.") Child prodigy, conservatory virtuoso, prisoner of war-Purvis's early life reads like a movie. Then came his epic rise and fall at Grace, concertizing throughout the United States, and a teaching career that spawned a generation of organists who, like Purvis, were equally adept at playing theatre organs, unafraid to experiment-even with electronic organs-and trained to trust their ear, not just the page. Through scrupulous research and extensive interviews with those who knew Purvis best, James Welch captures the character, career, and legacy of "The Master of Grace" in the book that future scholars and readers will return to, again and again, as the Place Where it All Began in Purvis studies.Richard Purvis, Organist of Grace, 508 pages, is lavishly illustrated with never-before seen photos and a wealth of documents and interviews. It chronicles Purvis's early life in the Bay Area, his years at The Curtis Institute, his military service in World War II, and his tempestuous tenure at Grace Cathedral, where he made the stones sing and crowds cheer. The book includes detailed chapters about Purvis as composer, recitalist, and teacher; complete lists of his published (and unpublished) organ and choral works; the story of his strong interest in the theatre organ; and colorful anecdotes and reminiscences from those who knew him as a friend, teacher, and colleague. His legend continues-clarified, corrected, and completed-in this essential resource for organists, historians, and lovers of music.

French Organ Music

Author : Lawrence Archbold
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781580460712
Total Pages : 323 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book French Organ Music written by Lawrence Archbold and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 323 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays by prominent scholars and organists examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified.