Author: Maurice Greene
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Published: 1975-04-01
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 0895790572
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Gwilym Beechey
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Published: 1969-01-01
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 0895790165
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Carl Czerny
Publisher: A-R Editions, Inc.
Published: 2011-01-01
Total Pages: 84
ISBN-13: 9780895797094
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Book URL: https://www.areditions.com/rr/special/S_023.html The introductory essay sheds particular light on the relationship between Czerny and his English publisher, Robert Cocks and Co., and the reception of Czerny¿s organ works in England. The essay further discusses the English attraction to the Germanic style during the Victorian age, the development of the organ in mid-nineteenth-century England, and the ability of Czerny and Cocks¿s to appeal to a musical society rapt with the "king of instruments."
Author: Board of Music Trade (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
Publisher:
Published: 1870
Total Pages: 594
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Orpha Ochse
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Published: 1988-08-22
Total Pages: 516
ISBN-13: 9780253204950
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Immigration, wars, industrial growth, the availability of electricity, the popularity of orchestral music, and the invention of the phonograph and of the player piano all had a part in determining the course of American organ history.
Author: Peter Hardwick
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780810844483
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is the first book-length survey of 20th -century British music for solo organ. Beginning with a discussion of British organ music in the last decades of the Victorian era, the book focuses on the pieces that the composers wrote, their musical style, possible influences on the composition of specific works, and the details of their composition. Arranged in chronological order according to date of birth are detailed studies on important composers that made especially significant contributions to organ music including Parry, Stanford, Healey Willan, Herbert Howells, Percy Whitlock, Francis Jackson, Peter Racine Fricker, Arthur Wills, and Kenneth Leighton. Composers' biographies, the role of organs and organ building developments, influential political and sociological events, and aesthetic aspects of British musical life are also discussed in detail. In the concluding chapter, the author discusses the major phases and achievements of the century and gauges what may lie ahead in the new millennium. A comprehensive Catalog of Works provides titles of works, dates of composition, details of publishers, and the dates of publication. More than 60 music examples, 12 black and white photos, and an up-to-date bibliography are included.