The organ of the twentieth century free download

Twentieth-Century Organ Music provides a fresh vantage point from which to view one of the twentieth century's most diverse and engaging musical spheres. Jazz is a distinctive stylistic influence in twentieth-century American organ music. Organ music in the United States during this period may be classified into four diverse categories: German-influenced; French-influenced; program music; and new styles that include twentieth-century techniques, such as serialism, chance aleatoric , atonality, and jazz.

The organ is an ideal instrument for jazz performance since the organ can provide diverse timbres, such as reeds clarinets, trumpets, and trombones , strings violin, viola, and cello , and overtone-rich sounds from mutations and mixtures. The first chapter introduces jazz, including its definition, historical background, and styles.

The next four chapters discuss brief biographical material, musical styles, compositions of each composer, and comprehensive musical analysis of their selected organ works, including form, melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, and registration.

An annotated reference guide to Barber's life, works and achievements, it will prove valuable for anyone seeking information on him. First Published in This fully updated second edition is a selective annotated bibliography of all relevant published resources relating to church and worship music in the United States.

Over the past decade, there has been a growth of literature covering everything from traditional subject matter such as the organ works of J. Bach to newer areas of inquiry including folk hymnology, women and African-American composers, music as a spiritual healer, to the music of Mormon, Shaker, Moravian, and other smaller sects. With multiple indices, this book will serve as an excellent tool for librarians, researchers, and scholars sorting through the massive amount of material in the field.

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