An organist's reader : essays / by Robert Noehren.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noehren, Robert.

Series:

Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 26.

Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 26

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organ (Musical instrument).

Organ music--History and criticism.

Organ music.

Physical Description:

xviii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Warren, Mich. : Harmonie Park Press, 1999.

Contents:

1 The Art of the Organ Case 3

2 Visit to France: The Cliquot Organ at Poitiers 11

3 Visit to Germany: The Schnitger Organ 19

4 Visit to Holland: Three Famous Organs 29

5 Three Great Organ Traditions 37

6 A Practical Study in the Voicing of Organ Pipes 59

7 Music Dictates Good Two-Manual Organ Design 65

8 The Relation of Organ Design to Organ Playing 71

9 The Organ and Acoustics 81

10 Notes on Bach and the Organ of His Time 85

11 Musical Expression, Bach, and the Organ 97

12 Another Look at Playing Bach 111

13 French Organ Music 127

14 Lynnwood Farnam: Thoughts and Reminiscences 133

15 Hindemith in Buffalo 145

16 Rhythm and the Art of Listening to Music 149

17 Talent and Achievement 157

18 Touch at the Organ 161

19 Organ Design Based on Registration 165

20 Notes on the Design and Construction of a Modern Organ 173

21 Autobiographical Sketches 185

22 Organs of Robert Noehren 195

23 My Life with the Organ 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references, discography of Noehren (pages [213]-220) and index.

ISBN:

0899900860

OCLC:

40820914