The Organ Music of J. S. BachThis 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. |
Contents
9780521814164c01_p0136 | 1 |
9780521814164c02_p37140 | 37 |
9780521814164c03_p141144 | 141 |
9780521814164c04_p145200 | 145 |
9780521814164c05_p201226 | 201 |
9780521814164c06_p227316 | 227 |
9780521814164c07_p317335 | 317 |
9780521814164c08_p336386 | 336 |
9780521814164c12_p499528 | 499 |
9780521814164c13_p529540 | 529 |
9780521814164c14_p541574 | 541 |
9780521814164c15_p575582 | 575 |
9780521814164chr_p583584 | 583 |
9780521814164gsy_p585590 | 585 |
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9780521814164nin_p608617 | 608 |
9780521814164c09_p387428 | 387 |
9780521814164c10_p429452 | 429 |
9780521814164c11_p453498 | 453 |
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Adagio autograph Bach’s bars Buxtehude Buxtehude’s C. P. E. Bach canon cantas Cantata cantus firmus chorale BWV chromatic chromatic fourth Clav Clavierubung coda composer composer’s Concerto continuo counterpoint countersubject crotchets derived dominant entries episode Example Fantasia fifth figuration figure final first first movement five fugal Fugue BWV G major G minor Gott harmony harpsichord Herr hymn I. C. Kittel I. C. Oley I. G. Walther I. P. Kirnberger I. S. Bach I. T. Krebs Iesu Christ imitation influence interludes inversus Italian Keller Leipzig Lpz MB manual MELODY see BWV motif Neapolitan sixth Neumeister notes octave ofthe opening organ music organist original Pachelbel paraphrase Partita pedal point perhaps phrases piece Praeludium Prelude and Fugue quavers reflect ritornello semiquavers sequence setting similar solo Sonata soprano Spitta stile antico stretto suggest tenor TEXT and MELODY texture theme Toccata tonic trio variations verses violin Weimar WTCI