Dieterich Buxtehude, organist in Lübeck
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Dieterich Buxtehude, organist in Lübeck
(Eastman studies in music)
University of Rochester Press, 2007
Rev. ed
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Note
First published 1987 Schirmer Books, New York; Collier Macmillan, London
Includes bibliographical references (p. [513]-542) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
An enlightening, revised edition of the definitive biography on celebrated organist and composer, Dieterich Buxtehude.
This book is a new edition of the most comprehensive life-and-works study of the great Baroque-era organist and composer Dieterich Buxtehude (ca. 1637-1707), released to celebrate the tercentenary of the composer's death.
Originally published in 1987 and long out of print, Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lubeck is considered by most musicologists to be the definitive biography. It also includes close description of Buxtehude's compositional output, from trio sonatas to the famed Abendmusiken: Buxtehude's yearly oratorio presentations. The young J. S. Bach traveled to Lubeck on foot in 1705 to learn as much as he could from the great master of the organ and of Lutheranchurch music.
The revised edition contains new information on the organs that Buxtehude played in Scandinavia and Lubeck, excerpts from the newly available account books from St. Mary's in Lubeck, a discussion of newly discovered sources, including one written by J. S. Bach, an evaluation of recent scholarship on Buxtehude, and an extensive bibliography. Written for both the casual reader and the serious scholar.
The accompanying music CD (this material is now provided on a companion website) provides examples of all genres discussed in the book -- vocal works, a trio sonata, harpsichord music, and organ music newly recorded on the North German meantone organ in Gothenburg, Sweden, by a noted specialist in this repertoire, Hans Davidsson, who is professor of organ at the University of Rochester's Eastman School of Music and the founder of the Goeteborg Organ Art Center (GOArt).
Kerala J.Snyder is Professor Emerita of Musicology, Eastman School of Music (University of Rochester).
Table of Contents
Denmark
Lubeck: The City
Lubeck: St. Mary's Church
Beyond the Walls of Lubeck
Vocal Music
Works of Learned Counterpoint
Keyboard Works
Sonatas
The Sources of Buxtehude's Music
Toward A Chronology of Buxtehude's Music
The Performance of Buxtehude's Music
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