| Description |
1 online resource (369 pages) |
| Contents |
TWENTIETH-CENTURY ORGAN MUSIC; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Preface; Introduction; 1 The Organ in the Twentieth Century; 2 The German-speaking Lands; 3 Max Reger (1873-1916); 4 The Idea of Bewegung in the German Organ Reform Movement of the 1920s; 5 France; 6 Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992); 7 The Netherlands; 8 Scandinavia; 9 The United States; 10 György Ligeti (1923-2006); 11 Herbert Howells (1892-1983); 12 Twentieth-Century Organ Music in the Christian Liturgy; Index |
| Summary |
This volume explores twentieth-century organ music through in-depth studies of the principal centers of composition, the most significant composers and their works, and the evolving role of the instrument and its music. The twentieth-century was a time of unprecedented change for organ music, not only in its composition and performance but also in the standards of instrument design and building. Organ music was anything but immune to the complex musical, intellectual, and socio-political climate of the time. Twentieth-Century Organ Music examines the organ's repertory from the entire period, c |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Organ music -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Music -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Music
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Organ music
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Anderson, Christopher, 1966 July 13- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780203142233 |
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0203142233 |
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