Twentieth-Century Organ Music

ISBN-13: 9780415875660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 368 str.

Christopher S Anderson

Opis

This volume explores 20th-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.

Recenzje

"Comprising an introduction and 12 chapters by leading international scholars, this collection is organized partly by country and region, with separate essays on the important organ composers, the instrument in the 20th century, and the organ in worship. Social and cultural perspectives are considered in all essays, with several especially notable... This well-edited volume will prove invaluable to performers and scholars alike. Summing Up: Highly Recommended" - B. Doherty, New College in CHOICE

Spis treści

1. The Organ in the Twentieth Century  2. The German Lands  3. Max Reger  4. The Idea of "Bewegung" in the Organ Reform Movement of the 1920s  5. France and French-speaking Switzerland  6. Olivier Messiaen  7. The Low Countries  8. Scandinavia  9. The United States  10. György Ligeti  11. Herbert Howells 1 2. Twentieth-Century Organ Music in the Christian Liturgy

O autorze

Christopher S. Anderson is Associate Professor of Sacred Music at the Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, USA.