Early Organ Music
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An anthology of English keyboard music c.1650-1695 containing pieces by Anon, John Blow, Albertus Bryne, John Cobb, Giovanni Battista Draghi, Robert King, Thomas Farmer, Francis Forcer, Orlando Gibbons, Daniel Henstridge, John Hingeston,... more
The four notes forming the name 'Bach' occupies the exact center of the 56 notes harpsichord keyboards that Bach knew and used. This extraordinary fact seems to have escaped so far, but Bach himself can hardly fail to notice. If, as is... more
For a complete performance with an animated score video aside the original manuscript see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8glBQ_SaPxI . The Faenza Codex, is one of the largest collection of late Medieval pieces for keyboard instruments.... more
A transcription of Leonin's "Viderunt Omnes" (c. mid to late 12th century), showing excerpts of the original two sources with comparative variations and a modern transcription. For a recording and score-video see the link below:... more
Transcription of Johann Pachelbel's chorale fugue and fantasia on "Vom Himmel hoch da komm ich her" for pipe organ.
pp. 171–218. – Il nome di Sandro Dalla Libera (1912-1974) è legato a doppio filo a alcuni tra i più importanti progetti editoriali dedicati alla musica d’organo realizzati in Italia dopo la fine del secondo conflitto mondiale. Il... more
Cabanilles is a unique figure in the Iberian scene. He takes a great step forward regarding his predecessors and contemporaries Spanish organists. Leaving behind the myth of the isolation with the rest of Europe, and beyond the comparison... more
Facsimile with Introduction by Luigi Collarile.
Review:
- Arte organica e organistica 15 (2009), p. 60-61 (Francesco Tasini).
Review:
- Arte organica e organistica 15 (2009), p. 60-61 (Francesco Tasini).
How do musicians respond to rapid cultural change? The men of One Equall Musick, a Montreal-based music collective, along with organist Adrian Foster, explored this in a concert held in the Presbyterian College Chapel in January 2016.... more
Recercare 22 (2008), pp. 117-140
In: Alberto Colzani, Andrea Luppi, Maurizio Padoan (eds), Barocco Padano e musici francescani : l'apporto dei maestri conventuali. Atti del XVI Convegno internazionale sul barocco padano (secoli XVII-XVIII) : Padova 1-3 luglio. Padova:... more
History of the organs and description of the organ culture in the Basilica / Tongeren (B).
Publikationen der Schweizerischen Musikforschenden Gesellschaft – Serie II, Bd. 48
For a complete performance recording with a score/manuscript animation video see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTvMQgfygDY Organum duplum on the Easter Sequence, Victime paschali laudes," realized following the Saint Martial rhythmic... more
Che cos’è una fuga bachiana? Un pensiero, che ricorrendo sulla tastiera, da voce a voce, via via si sublima e s’innalza fino a Dio, e si appaga. È un pensiero che a poco a poco diviene sentimento: sentimento dell’infinito e dell’eterno.... more
O órgão é certamente o mais antigo entre os instrumentos de teclado, representado extensivamente em iconografia pictórica, gemas, mosaicos, moedas e relevos, e sua existência remonta à antiguidade clássica, quando um engenheiro grego... more
“Rhetorical aspects of Baroque performance: interpretation of the affect” (Semantics and rhetorical elements in Johann Sebastian Bach`s Chorale Partita “O Jesu, du edle Gabe / Sei gegrüßet, Jesu gütig” BWV 768 and ways of their... more
In diesem Vortrag werden die ersten Ergebnisse eines Forschungsprojektes vorgestellt, dessen Ziel die Untersuchung der ehemaligen Musikbibliothek des Christoph Leibfried (1566-1635) ist. Der deutsche Jurist sammelte Musik bzw. Musikdrucke... more
The paper discusses two musical sources kept in the National Library of Poland that have to date not been discussed in the literature. The first of those is a collection of handwritten copies of ten keyboard concertos by Carl Philipp... more
English abstract on p. 58.
Aim of this study is to reconsider the nature of the relationship between the two editions of Claudio Merulo’s Ricercari d’intavolatura d’organo, libro primo (Venice, 1567; ibid., 1605). On the basis of a careful bibliographic analysis it... more
For a complete performance recording see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM19SZ1f_No A performance edition of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's (1663 - 1712): Chorale Prelude, "Christ Lag in Todesbanden" for solo pipe organ. This performance... more
This is a critical appreciation of the Grand Organ of the Parish Church of Cospicua. It was built in 1862 by a very famous organ builder of the time, Natale Morelli. In this paper, I study the organ's features and registers. Morelli built... more
REVIEW of CD: 'Francisco Correa de Arauxo: FACULTAD ORGANICA' (rec. 1992), played by Odile Bailleux on two mid to late 18th-century organs buit by Jordi Bosch and Gabriel Thomas in churches in Mallorca, restored by Gerhard Grenzing. The... more
For a complete performance recording see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM19SZ1f_No A performance edition of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's (1663 - 1712): Chorale Prelude, "Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr" for solo pipe organ. This... more
An enlarged version of the article 'Palestrina and Frescobaldi: discovering a missing link' (published in Music & Letters. lxxix, 1998 ), this essay has been unfortunately spoiled by typographical careless and unexperienced... more
For a complete performance recording see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM19SZ1f_No A performance edition of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's (1663 - 1712): Chorale Prelude, "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" for solo pipe organ. This performance... more
This paper investigates Giovanni Gabrieli’s role in the posthumous publication of his uncle’s music, a wide-ranging editorial project comprising eleven first editions of polyphonic music and eight reprints (several of them revised). Lost... more
By Claudio Bacciagaluppi and Luigi Collarile.
For a complete performance recording see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPHO75CGb4 A performance edition of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's (1663 - 1712) first chorale prelude, "Vom Himmel Hoch" for solo pipe organ. Embellishments and and... more
An overview of CD-recordings made between 1996 and 2016 for different labels such as Naxos, Pavane, René Gailly, Étoile a.o..
Victoria's Sancta Maria succure transcription for organ.
For a complete performance recording see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUPHO75CGb4 A performance edition of Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow's (1663 - 1712) first second prelude, "Vom Himmel Hoch" for solo pipe organ. Embellishments and and... more
Prólogo del nº 69 de la revista Anuario Musical, dedicado íntegramente a la obra y figura de Antonio de Cabezón (*1510c; 1566), redactado por el entonces director de la revista, Luis Antonio González Marín, junto a los demás coordinadores... more