Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique: 156 (Eastman Studies in Music) - Hardcover

Near, Dr John R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1580469442 ISBN 13: 9781580469449

Publisher: University of Rochester Press, 2019

Synopsis

Renowned organist, composer, and Paris Conservatory professor, Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937) was a leading figure of the French Romantic organ school. In the extensive Preface he wrote for his edition of the complete organ works of J. S. Bach, Widor conveyed what he considered to be the essential maxims of organ performance practice and technique. In that he felt the art of organ playing has not changed at all since Johann Sebastian Bach, the principles detailed in his highly articulate writings can be seen today as relevant to his own organ compositions as well as those of his circle of followers. In Widor on Organ Performance Practice and Technique, John Near translates for the first time all the statements from Widor's Bach Preface that reflect his distinctive and influential approach to performance style and artistic awareness. Correlative source material that clarifies and augments these passages is included after the translations. To complement the pedagogical material and bring a broader view of Widor's involvement in all things pertaining to the organ, his four most significant writings about the organ and organ playing are included in the appendixes.

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Review

John Near's most recent study of Charles-Marie Widor, Widor's Maxims on Organ Performance Practice and Technique, has as its primary goal to bring together all of the available information, drawn from Widor's own writing and from that of his contemporaries, that illuminates Widor's views on organ playing. In this, he has been eminently successful. --William Porter, Eastman School of Music

About the Author

JOHN R. NEAR is Professor Emeritus of Music, Principia College. His publications include Widor: A Life beyond the Toccata, available from University of Rochester Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Rochester Press
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1580469442
• ISBN 13: 9781580469449
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 168