J. S. Bach at His Royal Instrument

Essays on His Organ Works

Russell Stinson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

218 Seiten

2021
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-067441-0 (ISBN)

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In J. S. Bach at His Royal Instrument, author Russell Stinson delves into various unexplored aspects of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach. Drawing on previous research and new archival sources, he sheds light on many of the most mysterious aspects of these masterpieces, and their reception, and shows how they have remained a fixture of Western culture for nearly three hundred years.

In this wide-ranging set of original essays, musicologist and organist Russell Stinson investigates Johann Sebastian Bach's compositions for the organ, opening up a wealth of perspectives on the stylistic orientation and historical context of these timeless masterpieces.

With a sweeping hand, Stinson sheds light on the entire corpus of Bach's organ chorales, and considers the reception of particular pieces not only by various luminaries in the classical music world, but also those within such disparate contexts as film, literature, politics, and rock music. Stinson's investigations include a revealing focus on a previously unpublished fugue by Bach pupil J. G. Schübler, unexplored techniques found in over twenty of Bach's chorale preludes, and the diverse ways in which Bach's organ works have been received from the composer's own lifetime to the present day. Individual essays are also devoted to Felix Mendelssohn as a performer; to Robert Schumann as an editor and critic; to César Franck as a performer, pedagogue, and composer; and to Edward Elgar as a performer, critic, and transcriber.

Rich in archival data and filled with fascinating anecdotes, J. S. Bach at His Royal Instrument is entirely up-to-date, meticulously annotated and indexed, and eminently readable. This book is essential reading for anyone at all interested in Bach and "the king of instruments."

Russell Stinson is the Josephine Emily Brown Professor of Music and College Organist at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. He is the author of The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms (OUP, 2006), J. S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales (OUP, 2001), Bach: The Orgelbüchlein (reissued by OUP, 1999), and The Bach Manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and His Circle.

INTRODUCTION

ONE
Studies and Discoveries

TWO
Bach and the Varied Stollen

THREE
Some Observations on Mendelssohn's Reception of Bach's Organ Works

FOUR
Bach's Organ Works and Schumann's Neue Zeitschrift

FIVE
César Franck as a Receptor of Bach's Organ Works
Franck's Performances of Bach's Organ Works
Matters of Pedagogy
Franck's Compositional Responses to Bach's Organ Works

SIX
Edward Elgar as a Receptor of Bach's Organ Works
Elgar as Bach Interpreter
Elgar as Bach Devotee and Bach Critic
Elgar's Bach Transcriptions

SEVEN
Aspects of Reception from Bach's Day to the Present
The Six Trio Sonatas, BWV 525-30
The Prelude and Fugue in D Major, BWV 532
The Prelude and Fugue in E Minor, BWV 533
The Toccata and Fugue in F Major, BWV 540
The Fantasy and Fugue in G Minor, BWV 542
The Six Great Preludes and Fugues, BWV 543-48
The Prelude and Fugue in E-flat Major, BWV 552
The Toccata, Adagio, and Fugue in C Major, BWV 564
The Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565
The Fantasy in G Major (Pièce d'Orgue), BWV 572
The Passacaglia in C Minor, BWV 582
"Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ," BWV 639
"Herzlich tut mich verlangen," BWV 727

APPENDIX 1

APPENDIX 2

LITERATURE CITED

Erscheinungsdatum	15.01.2021
Zusatzinfo	35 illustrations
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	231 x 155 mm
Gewicht	363 g
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Instrumentenkunde
Themenwelt	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical
ISBN-10	0-19-067441-5 / 0190674415
ISBN-13	978-0-19-067441-0 / 9780190674410
Zustand	Neuware