French Organ Music from the Revolution to Franck and Widor - (Eastman Studies in Music) (Paperback)

About the Book

Essays by prominent scholars and organists examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified.

Book Synopsis

Essays by prominent scholars and organists examine the music of Franck and other nineteenth-century French organist-composers through stylistic analysis, study of compositional process, and exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified.

Nineteenth-century French organ music attracts an ever-increasing number of performers and devotees. The music of Cesar Franck and other distinguished composers-Boëly, Guilmant, Widor-and the impact upon this repertoire of the organ-building achievements of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, are here explored through stylistic analysis, the study of the compositional process, and the exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance practice traditions developed and became codified. New consideration is also given to the political and cultural contexts within which Franck and other French organist-composers worked.

Contributors: Kimberley Marshall, William J. Peterson, Benjamin van Wye, Craig Cramer, Jesse E. Eschbach, Karen Hastings-Deans, Marie-Louise Jaquet-Langlasi, Daniel Roth, Edward Zimmerman, Lawrence Archbold, Rollin Smith

From the Back Cover

In Europe and America alike, nineteenth-century French organ music continues to attract performers and devotees. This volume contains contributions by many of the most prominent scholars and performer-scholars dealing with this fascinating repertoire. In their essays, nearly all previously unpublished or unavailable in English translation, they examine selected parts of this varied repertoire through stylistic analysis, the study of compositional process, and the exploration of how ideas about organ technique and performance-practice traditions developed and became codified. New consideration is also given to the political and cultural contexts within which French organist-composers worked.

Review Quotes

An enormous amount of scholarly investigation has gone into this volume. . . a thoroughly admirable piece of work.-- "MUSIC AND LETTERS"

Excellent scholarship; highly recommended for all academic collections.-- "CHOICE"

Lawrence Archbold and William J. Peterson have amassed the quintessential scholarly compendium. . . . For recitalists, informed teachers, and students of the Romantic period, this is required reading and study.-- "AMERICAN ORGANIST"