French Organ Music in the Reign of Louis XIV Hardback
by David (Cardiff University) Ponsford
Part of the Musical Performance and Reception series
Hardback
Description
Presenting a fresh approach to French organ music, David Ponsford analyses the repertory from the reign of Louis XIV by genre.
The colourful French organ was so consistent in design that the very titles of pieces that were constituent parts of organ masses, Magnificats and suites prescribed the registrations: plein jeu, fugue, duo, recit, trio, fond d'orgue and grand jeu.
Particular examples from published livres d'orgue and important manuscript collections are analysed chronologically, so that influences from Italian as well as French sacred and secular music can be traced.
This analysis reveals the dynamic development of compositional styles in which each composer developed, modified or reacted against the exemplars of his predecessors.
Composers discussed include Louis Couperin, Francois Couperin, Raison, Clerambault and Marchand.
The reader will gain an enhanced understanding of performance practices such as notes inegales, fingering and ornamentation, and the influence of French composers on J.
S. Bach.
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 336 Printed music items; 1 Tables, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
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- ISBN:9780521887700
Information
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:342 pages, 336 Printed music items; 1 Tables, black and white; 15 Halftones, black and white
- Publisher:Cambridge University Press
- Publication Date:16/06/2011
- Category:
- ISBN:9780521887700
