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Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms

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ISBN-10: 0195171098

ISBN-13: 9780195171099

Edition: 2006

Authors: Russell Stinson

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Bach's music has made an indelible mark on all those who compose for the organ, and in the nineteenth century, Bach's music was revived, revered, and brought to life for a musical public. In this fascinating study, Bach scholar and organist Russell Stinson examines how four major composers of the nineteenth century--Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms--responded to the model of Bach's organ music. Whether for keyboard, voice, orchestra, or chamber ensemble, these composers not only borrowed from Bach's organ works in creating their own masterpieces, but also reacted significantly to the music as performers, editors, theorists, and teachers. The book reveals…    
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Book details

List price: $105.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/6/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 240
Size: 9.29" wide x 6.30" long x 0.91" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English

Russell Stinson is Associate Professor of Music and College Organist at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. He is the author of The Bach Manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and His Circle and his articles on Bach's music have appeared in Early Music, The Musical Quarterly, the Bach-Jahrbuch, and other scholarly journals. elsewhere. He has performed selections from the Orgelbuchlein in organ recitals from coast to coast.

Introduction
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Youth
The Grand Tour
Young Adulthood
The Leipzig Bach Recital
The Final Years
Robert Schumann
Leipzig
Dresden and Beyond
Franz Liszt
The Traveling Virtuoso
Weimar
Johannes Brahms
An Overview
Brahms as a Scholar of Bach's Organ Works
Johannes Brahms's Study Score of the Fantasy in G Major, BWV 572
Notes
Works Cited
Index