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245 10 a| Making music on the organ /c| Peter Hurford.;

260 a| Oxford [Oxfordshire] ;a| New York :b| Oxford University Press,c| 1988.;

300 a| viii, 157 pages :b| illustrations, music ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

500 a| Includes indexes.;

504 a| Bibliography: pages [147]-151.;

505 0 a| The organist's place in musical performance. Integrity of musician and instrument ; The organ's unique characteristics ; Problems for the traveling performer -- How the organ works. Working essentials ; The action of key mechanisms ; Architectural layout ; Organ-pipes ; Sound quality and tonal design ; Changes of colour and dynamic: registrational aids ; The tremulant -- A basic physical approach to the organ. Balance and posture ; Physical symptoms of nervous tension ; Co-ordination and an approach to the keyboard ; Hints on clothing -- The technical basis of movement and expression. Pipe speech ; Touch, time, and silence: the techniques of musical projection ; Silence and comparative touch ; Inequality and agogic accentuation ; Rubato -- Some thoughts on interpretation. Introduction ; Some technical considerations in performing baroque organ music (Musical line ; Fingering and 'phrasing' ; Dialogue) -- Towards a grounding in Bach interpretation. Harmonic structure ; Bach's musical line ; Rhythm, pulse, and tempo ; Hints on ornamentation ; Hints on the registration of Bach, his contemporaries, and his immediate predecessors -- The French classical school. Musical style ; The organ, and registration upon it ; Ornamentation -- Renaissance. The instrument ; The player ; The composer ; Integrity and the student's objectives -- Appendix: Specifications of organs.;

520 a| This book sets out the relation of both the instrument and the performer to the world of music at large, gives authoritative advice on technical problems, and describes the workings of the instrument itself. The chapters on interpretation, with particular emphasis on the music of J.S. Bach, are invaluable, arising from the author's own lifelong dedication to the performance of Bach's music.;

650 0 a| Organ (Musical instrument)x| Instruction and study.=| ^A578070;

650 0 a| Organ (Musical instrument)v| Methods.=| ^A579365;

650 0 a| Organ (Musical instrument)x| Performance.=| ^A18391;

650 0 a| Organ (Musical instrument)x| Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.)=| ^A18391;

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Making music on the organ / Peter Hurford.

Author/creator	Hurford, Peter
Format	Book
Publication Info	Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1988.
Description	viii, 157 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm
Subjects	Organ (Musical instrument)--Instruction and study. Organ (Musical instrument)--Methods. Organ (Musical instrument)--Performance. Organ (Musical instrument)--Interpretation (Phrasing, dynamics, etc.).

Contents	The organist's place in musical performance. Integrity of musician and instrument ; The organ's unique characteristics ; Problems for the traveling performer -- How the organ works. Working essentials ; The action of key mechanisms ; Architectural layout ; Organ-pipes ; Sound quality and tonal design ; Changes of colour and dynamic: registrational aids ; The tremulant -- A basic physical approach to the organ. Balance and posture ; Physical symptoms of nervous tension ; Co-ordination and an approach to the keyboard ; Hints on clothing -- The technical basis of movement and expression. Pipe speech ; Touch, time, and silence: the techniques of musical projection ; Silence and comparative touch ; Inequality and agogic accentuation ; Rubato -- Some thoughts on interpretation. Introduction ; Some technical considerations in performing baroque organ music (Musical line ; Fingering and 'phrasing' ; Dialogue) -- Towards a grounding in Bach interpretation. Harmonic structure ; Bach's musical line ; Rhythm, pulse, and tempo ; Hints on ornamentation ; Hints on the registration of Bach, his contemporaries, and his immediate predecessors -- The French classical school. Musical style ; The organ, and registration upon it ; Ornamentation -- Renaissance. The instrument ; The player ; The composer ; Integrity and the student's objectives -- Appendix: Specifications of organs.
Abstract	This book sets out the relation of both the instrument and the performer to the world of music at large, gives authoritative advice on technical problems, and describes the workings of the instrument itself. The chapters on interpretation, with particular emphasis on the music of J.S. Bach, are invaluable, arising from the author's own lifelong dedication to the performance of Bach's music.
General note	Includes indexes.
Bibliography note	Bibliography: pages [147]-151.
LCCN	88005139
ISBN	0193222647 :
ISBN	9780193222649

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