Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) – Aspects to Life and Work French organist and composer Alexandre Guilmant, along with César Franck and Charles-Marie Widor, is considered as an organist who not only revived the art of organ playing and organ compositon in the 19th century in France, but established an entire new „school“, the „Symphonic French Organ School“. His extensive compositional work enjoyed great popularity in churches and concert halls during his lifetime, but was soon forgotten shortly after his death.
Organ building at the beginning of the last century created many technical innovations, the harmony of the then young generation of French composers became bolder, and the technical requirements for playing had also become more demanding. Only a few decades ago, the organ world rediscovered the organ music of Guilmant, as a master whose fame and his oeuvre lagged behind the technically more effective and musically advanced works of the following generations of organists and were maneuvered offside by the influence of the neo-classical “Organ Movement” between 1930 and 1980.
122nd publication of the "Gesellschaft der Orgelfreunde e.V."; with a harmonic analysis of the eight organ sonatas and a complete catalog of his works.
(In German only)
Vorwort Jugendjahre Studium bei Lemmens Konzertreisen Konzerte im Trocadéro in Paris Organist an Sainte-Trinité Paris Schola Cantorum Professor am Conservatoire Paris Guilmant-Orgelschule in New York Herausgeber von Musik alter Meister Villa Guilmant und letzte Jahre in Meudon Die Hausorgel in Meudon
Die Orgelkompositionen Die französische Orgel zur Zeit Guilmants Freie Orgelwerke und Stücke für den liturgischen Gebrauch Die Formen der Orgelwerke Die acht Orgelsonaten Einzelbetrachtung der acht Orgelsonaten Verzeichnis der Orgelwerke Neuausgaben der Orgelwerke Alexandre Guilmants Alexandre Guilmant: Orgelmusik und Orgelspiel Literaturnachweis Verzeichnis der Abbildungen
(1) 1987 (2) 1991
Hardcover
171
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€ 19,80
Christoph Dohr, Cologne, Germany
978-3-925366-67-3
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