Organ: Reference Works and Selected Bibliography

The Encyclopedia of Organ includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete A-Z reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world.

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This reference work catalogs music for organ and harpsichord written by more than 700 women composers from 40 countries. Compiler Adel Heinrich has expanded the organ and harpsichord repertoire to include choir and instruments accompanying organ and harpsichord. She provides more detailed information about each work than can be found in any other reference book on women composers. In addition to biographies for each woman, Heinrich supplies listings of individual compositions, and includes descriptions and sources whenever possible. Each composition is listed in both the Instrumentation Index and the Title Index. Publishers, library sources, and recording companies with their addresses are also provided. There is also a chronological listing of composers by country. Two appendices list a large number of women who have either written music for organ and harpsichord with no specific titles known, or have performed on one or both instruments. This reference book is a valuable resource for organists, harpsichordists, teachers, choral and instrumental conductors, and planners of festivals and recitals.

Volume I of this new edition is a basic textbook on the development of pipe organ composition in geographically diverse schools. Its nineteen chapters include charts of organ composers and a historical background of contemporary events and figures for each organ composition school. Chapter bibliographies are completely updated with corollary readings that have appeared since 1973. A listing of Bach organ compositions with pagination of various editions is also included. Volume II has been substantially revised and enlarged and gives biographical sketches of organ composers and an alphabetical list of each composer's works (including pagination in the major organ music anthologies), publisher, catalog number, and copyright date. A directory of organ music publishers is also provided. The combined set is an indispensable resource for organists, organ teachers, and music scholars everywhere.

This catalogue provides a listing of music where the organ has a chance to perform with other instruments in a chamber music situation. Each entry contains the bibliographical information for each title and a brief commentary or description of each piece, as well as information on level of difficulty, timing, mood, fingerings/pedalings and other performance aids when available. The pieces listed are suitable for concerts as well as religious services and include music for a variety of instruments. Repertoire is written in a variety of styles, from Baroque to contemporary. The catalog is divided into two sections: the first is a listing of music for organ and instruments: (e.g. organ and brass, organ and woodwinds, organ and strings, organ and percussion); the second section is a listing of music for keyboard: (e.g. organ and piano, organ four-hands, or two organs). Entry to each section is by composer with titles listed alphabetically under the composer's name. Three indexes complete the work: a title index; an index to chorale melodies or hymn tunes used in the various compositions; and an index to the number of performers required to perform a work. This catalog will be of interest to church organists needing to find a piece for organ and brass appropriate for Easter, or something for a visiting instrumentalist to play for a random Sunday service. It will be of use to teachers who would like to introduce their organ students to the experience of playing a work for organ and violin. It will also be useful to other musicians looking for a piece to play with the organ.

(Schott). A source of information which will provide a basic world-wide inventory and a means of orientation with regard to organ music of the past and present, from 1150 to 2000.

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This edition, a revised and enlarged update of the author's The Luthueran chorales in the organ works of J.S. Bach, 1986 contains the chorale melodies upon which many of Bach's organ works were based. For each chorale, the author of the text, date, heading, text source, and categorization in hymnals are listed. The melody is provided, as well as the complete German text and its English translation. With an introduction and plates.

This is a completely revised 2003 edition of volumes I and II of The Organ Music of J. S. Bach (1980), a bestselling title, which has subsequently become a classic text. This edition takes account of Bach scholarship of the 25 years prior to publication. Peter Williams's piece-by-piece commentary puts the musical sources of the organ works in context, describing the form and content of each work and relating them to other music, German and non-German. He summarises the questions about the history, authenticity, chronology, function and performance of each piece, and points out important details of style and musical quality. The study follows the order of the Bach catalogue (BWV), beginning with the sonatas, then the 'free works', followed by chorales and ending with the doubtful works, including the 'newly discovered chorales' of 1985.

This survey of organ literature is a guide for the organist seeking repertoire and for the listener looking for brief analyses of organ works encountered in recital or on record.