Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
XVIII:6 in F major for violin and organ (or harpsichord) with string orchestra (1766) Haynes, Battison. Organ Sonata in D minor, op. 11 (1883) Hindemith, Paul. Kammermusik No. 7 for organ and chamber orchestra, Op. 46, No. 2 (1927) Organ Sonata No. 1 (1937) Organ Sonata No. 2 (1937) Organ Sonata No. 3 (on ancient folk songs)(1940) Organ ...
Compositions for organ in Chapter 7 of BWV 2a; BWV 2a Date Name Key Scoring BG NBE Additional info BD 525 7. 1727–1731 Trio Sonata No. 1/6: E♭ maj. Organ 15: 3: IV/7: 1 → BWV 525a: 00597: 526 7. 1727–1731 Trio Sonata No. 2/6: C min. Organ 15: 13: IV/7: 14 00598: 527 7. 1727–1731 Trio Sonata No. 3/6 (+e. v. for /1) D min. Organ 15: 26 ...
A Directory of Composers for Organ by Dr. John Henderson, Hon. Librarian to the Royal School of Church Music, 2005, 3rd edition. ISBN 0-9528050-2-2; Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-486-28151-5; Christopher S. Anderson (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Organ Music.
In Germany and Austria, baroque organ music utilized increasing amounts of counterpoint. Organ music in the baroque can be divided into works based on Lutheran chorales (e.g. chorale preludes and chorale fantasias) and those not (e.g. toccatas, fantasias and free preludes). There are marked stylistic differences between the composers of North ...
The term organ symphony is also used occasionally to refer to orchestral symphonies with a prominent solo role for an organ (as distinct from an organ concerto). The best known examples of such pieces are Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3 and the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra by Aaron Copland, though strictly speaking such pieces are ...
The organ has been used in various musical settings, particularly in classical music. Music written specifically for the organ is common from the Renaissance to the present day. Pipe organs, the most traditional type, operate by forcing air through pipes of varying sizes and materials, each producing a different pitch and tone.
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
The Art of Organ-Playing (1869) is a very complete and thoroughly practical instruction book, ranging from the rudiments of execution to the highest proficiency. At the bicentenary of Bach's birth in 1885, Best began an edition of Bach's organ works, which he almost completed before he died. [4]