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The organ music of J.S. Bach / Peter Williams.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Peter, 1937 May 14- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Organ music.
- Bach, Johann Sebastian.
- Organ music--Analysis, appreciation.
- Organ music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 624 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is a completely revised 2003 edition of volumes I and II of The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (1980), a bestselling title, which has subsequently become a classic text. This edition takes account of Bach scholarship of the 25 years prior to publication. Peter Williams's piece-by-piece commentary puts the musical sources of the organ works in context, describing the form and content of each work and relating them to other music, German and non-German. He summarises the questions about the history, authenticity, chronology, function and performance of each piece, and points out important details of style and musical quality. The study follows the order of the Bach catalogue (BWV), beginning with the sonatas, then the 'free works', followed by chorales and ending with the doubtful works, including the 'newly discovered chorales' of 1985.
- Contents:
- BWV 131a fugue in G minor
- BWV 525-530 six sonatas
- Preludes and fugues (praeludia) BWV 531-552
- Eight short preludes and fugues BWV 553-560
- Miscellaneous pieces BWV 561-591
- Concertos BWV 592-596
- BWV 597 and 598
- Orgelbuchlein BWV 599-644
- Schubler chorales BWV 645-650
- Chorales formerly called 'The Eighteen' BWV 651-668
- Chorales from Clavierubung III BWV 669-689
- Chorales formerly called 'The Kirnberger collection' BWV 690-713
- Miscellaneous chorales BWV 714-765
- Chorale variations (partitas) BWV 766-771
- BWV 790
- Four duets from Clavierubung III BWV 802-805
- BWV 943, BWV 957, BWV 1027a and 1039a, BWV 1029.iii, BWV1079.ii, BWV 1085
- Chorales now called The Neumeister collection BWV 1090-1120
- Further works, in part of uncertain origin.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 591-607) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781107133648
- 1107133645
- 9781280419812
- 1280419814
- 9780511170393
- 0511170394
- 9780511078217
- 0511078218
- 9780511206306
- 0511206305
- 9780511297472
- 0511297475
- 9780511481871
- 051148187X
- 9780511076640
- 0511076649
- OCLC:
- 171136692
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