Mendelssohn and the organ / Wm. A. Little.
Mendelssohn and the organ / Wm. A. Little.
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New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.
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N786.5092/3
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English
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xvi, 486 p. : ill., music ; 25 cm.
Contents
Machine generated contents note: Pt. I History And Biography -- 1.The Berlin Organ Scene, ca. 1770-ca. 1820 -- 2.Mendelssohn: The Formative Years, 1820-1838 -- 3.Mendelssohn: The Mature Years, 1839-1847 -- 4.Mendelssohn as Organist: Performance Characteristics -- 5.Mendelssohn as Organ Improviser --...
Contents note continued: 16.Six Sonatas for the Organ (Op. 65), 1844-1845: Commentary -- 17.Six Sonatas for the Organ (Op. 65), 1844-1845: Reception -- Appendices -- A.An Organ Atlas: Organs on which Mendelssohn Performed -- B.Mendelssohn's Organ Library -- C.Major Editions and Comparative Tempo Cha...
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Publisher
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2010.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2010.
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"Little's book is an enduring capstone to a lifetime of investigation into Mendelssohn the organist and scholarly engagement with his music for the instrument. No study has been so probing or so complete. Elegantly written and thoroughly engrossing, Mendelssohn and the Organ has garnered a vast compilation of contemporary observations not available...
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Mendelssohn and the organ / Wm. A. Little.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-472) and index.
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c2010.
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N786.5092/3
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0195394380 (hbk.)
9780195394382 (hbk.)
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786.5092
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991009767909702626
