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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Organ music"”.
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Joseph Messner's organ music: evolution of a style
… as a recitalist and renowned improviser on the organ. Messner composed and published several organ works prior to World War II which contain style elements of late-romanticism and an emerging neoclassicism. This paper analyses the works in regards to form, stylistic elements, and performance …
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Thwarted Patterns in the Organ Music of Alan Hovhaness
… an artist not easily placed into any categorical musical norms of the twentieth century. A Western-born composer with a love for Eastern thought and his Armenian heritage, Hovhaness combined Western forms and counterpoint with Eastern melodic materials. Though an extraordinarily prolific composer, …
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An Analytical Survey of The Organ Music of Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
This study approaches the organ compositions of Maurice Duruflé from an analytical point of view. With the standard categories of form, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm and melody as a general frame of reference, each composition will be examined in its own terms. In this way it is hoped to form a …
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Understanding the Organ Music of Olivier Messiaen: Optical Illusions Versus Aural Realities
In this thesis, I examine the organ music of Olivier Messiaen both from the viewpoint of a theorist and as an organist. I assert that not only his influences, but also his in-depth understandings of the mutations stops of the organ and what pitches are produced by using these stops inform …
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Problems of Editions and Transcriptions in Organ Music of the Twentieth Century
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Organ music for the beginner : a progressively graded collection of thirty-eight novel selections
… was to assemble and edit for the beginning organist a body of musical literature useful to that important, Initial step in learning which combines Manual and Pedal activity. The thirty-eight selections which comprise the collection are compositions which have never before been used in …
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César Franck as a Pivotal Figure in the Revitalization of French Organ Music After the Revolution
… pivotal role he played in the revival of French organ music after the bloody and destructive Revolution of 1789. This dissertation presents evidence of Franck's importance as teacher, performer, and composer who served as a crucial bridge between the ruinous state of organ music after the French …
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The Organ As Catalyst For Theological Change: The History and Role of the Organ At Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim, Charleston, South Carolina
<p>In 1841, a pipe organ was installed in the balcony of Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim (KKBE), Charleston, South Carolina. The presence of this instrument caused a controversy between traditionalists, who opposed instrumental music in the synagogue, and reformers, who accepted or promoted instrumental …
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The decisive turn : Chambonnières as inspirer of the French baroque organ style
… or composers had sufficient contact with these organists to influence them to use a more secular style? Third, what stylistic similarities exist between that composer and the organists whose work he may have influenced? Fourth, are any of the same stylistic similarities present in the organ …
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The French Organ Toccata from 1874 to 1934
This thesis deals with ten selected pieces of organ music in the toccata idiom from the French Romantic era. Chapter one gives an insight into the historical background leading into this period of music while chapter two traces the development of the toccata as a musical form. Chapter three …
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Doctoral thesis recital (organ)
Sinfonia from Cantata 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott" : BWV 29 / Johann Sebastian Bach ; trans. Setchell -- Prelude and fugue in C major, BWV 545 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- Andante in D major with variations / Felix Mendelssohn -- Mozart changes / Zsolt Gardonyi -- Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 …
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Doctoral thesis recital (organ)
Toccata settima / Michelangelo Rossi -- Variations on "Est-ce Mars" / Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck -- Concerto in A minor / Antonio Vivaldi -- Prelude and fugue in G minor / Johannes Brahms -- Toccata in d, BuxWV 155 / Dietrich Buxtehude -- Trio on "Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr" BWV 676 / J. S. …
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Doctoral thesis recital (organ)
Carillon / Herbert Murrill -- Präludium in C, BuxWV 137 / Dietrich Buxtehude -- Nun komm der Heide Heiland : BWV 659 ; Dies sind die heil'gen zehn Gebot : BWV 678 ; Wir glauben all an einen Gott : BWV 680 / Johann Sebastian Bach -- There is a spirit that delights to do no evil : from A Quaker …