The registration of J. S. Bach's organ works : a study of German organ-building and registration practices of the late baroque era / by Thomas Fredric Harmon.
| Author/creator | Harmon, Thomas, 1939- |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | 1978 |
| Description | vii, 372 leaves |
| Subjects |
| Contents | The German, French, and Italian organs at the end of the seventeenth century. Germany ; France ; Italy -- The German organ in the first half of the eighteenth century. Eugen Casparini ; Andreas and Gottfried Silbermann ; Zacharias Hildebrandt -- Organs associated with Bach. Youthful period ; Arnstadt ; Muhlhausen ; Weimar ; Cothen ; Leipzig ; The Bach organ ideal -- German registration practices at the time of Bach. Matthaeus Hertel ; Andreas Werckmeister ; Johann Mattheson ; Vincent Lubeck ; Janovka, Samber, and Vogt ; Johann Gottfried Walther ; Johann Friedrich Walther ; Daniel Magnus Gronau ; Gottfried Silbermann ; Johann Friedrich Agricola ; Jakob Adlung ; Christoph Gottlieb Schroter ; General trends -- Bach's registrations. Organo pleno ; A due claviere ; Specific manual indications ; Specific registration indications ; Dolce and cantabile ; Bach's orchestrations -- Modern performance. The music ; The organ -- Appendix. Organ specifications. Specifications for a large organ: Andreas Werckmeister ; Neuenfelde: kirche ; Hamburg: St. Jacobi ; Paris: St. Gervais ; Denno (in Trentino): village church ; Gorlitz: St. Peter and Paul ; Magdeburg: St. Johannis ; Freiberg: Domkirche ; Dresden: Sophienkirche ; Rotha: St. Georgenkirche ; Grosshartmannsdorf: kirche ; Stormthal bei Leipzig: Dorfkirche ; Naumburg: St. Wenzelskirche ; Eisenach: Hauptkirche zu St. Georgen ; Ohrdruf: St. Michaelis-kirche ; Luneburg: St. Michaelis-kirche ; Luneburg: St. Johannis-kirche ; Hamburg: St. Catharinen-kirche ; Arnstadt: neue kirche ; Lubeck: St. Marienkirche ; Muhlhausen: hauptkirche divi blasii ; Dresden: Frauenkirche ; Weimar: Schloss-kirche ; Halle: Kirche zu unsere lieben frauen ; Leipzig: Paulinerkirche ; Leipzig: Thomaskirche ; Leipzig: Nikolaikirche ; Leipzig: St. Johannis kirche ; Potsdam: Garnison-kirche ; Danzig: St. Johanniskirche. |
| Abstract | This study correlates the transition in German organ-building principles of the early eighteenth century and the corresponding registration techniques of the composer-performers as a key to the enigmatic problem of stylistically authentic registration of the Bach organ works. |
| General note | An authorized facsimile produced by microfilm xerography. |
| Dissertation note | Ph.D. Washington University, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Music 1971. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 366-372). |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Photocopy. Ann Arbor, MI : University Microfilms International, 1979. 22 cm. |
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| Music | Item at the bindery | ML410.B13 H3 1971A | Item at the bindery | Want This? |