DB Outlines

·         Bach, Johann Sebastian

o   A Graphic Understanding of Bach’s Organ Music: Analysis as a Key to Understanding and Performing the Music of J. S. Bach

o   Pieces

§  BWV 541 Prelude and Fugue in G major [analysis]

§  BWV 544 Prelude and Fugue in B minor [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 545 Prelude and Fugue in C major [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 553-560 - Eight Short Preludes and Fugues [notes]

§  BWV 553 Prelude and Fugue in C major [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 554 Prelude and Fugue in D minor [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 555 Prelude and Fugue in E minor [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 556 Prelude and Fugue in F major [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 557 Prelude and Fugue in G major [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 558 Prelude and Fugue in G minor [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 559 Prelude and Fugue in A minor [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 560 Prelude and Fugue in B major [analysis and notes]

§  BWV 565 Toccata in D minor [analysis]

§  BWV 601 Herr Christ, der einge Gottes-sohn oder Herr Gott, nun sei gepreiset [analysis]

§  BWV 641 Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein [analysis]

§  BWV 643 Alle Menschen müssen sterben [analysis]

o   Orgelbüchlein

§  Orgelbüchlein [article] (p. 1)

·         Plan of Composition (p. 3)

·         Cantus Firmus Treatment (p. 10)

§  North German Concordances (p. 18)

§  Central/South German Concordances (p. 19)

§  Concordances Among Bach’s Organ Chorales (p. 20)

§  Hymnal Concordances (p. 21)

§  Chronological list of cantatas containing organ parts (p. 22)

§  The Schubler chorales (p. 23)

§  Reflections from a Reformed Professor: An Approach to Playing Bach’s Organ Music (John Holtz, AGO June 26-29, 1977) [article] (p. 24)

§  In dulci jubilo from the Orgel-Buechlein Resolved! (John O’Donnel) [article] (p. 32)

§  J. S. Bach’s Orgelbüchlein – Types of Organ Chorales (p. 35)

o   The Orgelbüchlein [article]

§  Types of Organ Chorales (p. 1)

§  Weimar – The Primary Setting for the Orgelbüchlein (p. 2)

§  Sources (p. 2)

§  Dates (p. 3)

§  Title Page/Purpose (p. 3)

§  Form/Style (p. 4)

§  Symbolism (p. 6)

§  Registration (p. 7)

§  Figurenlehre (Doctrine/practice of figures) (p. 10)

§  Editions (p. 11)

§  Commentary on the Individual Settings (p. 12)

§  Appendix (p. 28)

§  Bibliography (p. 37)

·         Brahms, Johannes

o   11 Chorale Preludes, Op. 122

§  No. 2 Herzliebster Jesu [analysis]

§  No. 3 O Welt, ich muss dich lassen [analysis]

§  No. 7 O Gott, du frommer Gott [analysis]

§  No. 8 Es ist einRos entsprungen [analysis]

§  No. 9 Herzlich tut mich verlangen [analysis]

§  Brahms – note on learning a piece

·         Bush, Douglas

o   Compositional Techniques in the Bush Hymn Settings

·         Buxheimer Orgelbuch

o   Spanish and new German keyboard tablatures

·         De Grigny, Nicholas

o   “Nicolas de Grigny, 1672-1703.” doi: 10.2307/956248

o   Partita Sei Gegrusset [notes on registration] (p. 1)

o   Nicolas de Grigny – 1672-1703 – Biographical Sketch (p. 2)

o   Agréments [ornamentation chart] (p. 3)

o   Premier Livre D’Orge De Nicolas De Grigny (1672-1703) [article by Norbert Dufourcq] (p. 4)

o   De Grigny Article (p. 14)

§  Specification of the Organ at Reims (p. 25)

§  Appendix – De Grigny Documents – Archives of Reims (p. 26)

§  Frescobaldi Preface to the Second Book of Toccatas, Canzoni, Etc. (p. 27)

§  Organ Registration Memoire (p. 29)

§  Available Editions, Discography, & Bibliography (p. 33)

o   De Grigny [notes] (p. 36)

o   [Registration notes] (p. 37)

o   Text differences: Guilmant, Dufourcq, and Alain (p. 39)

o   Premier Livre D’Orgue - 1er Kyrie en taille (p. 41)

o   Messe Pour Les Convents - [1] Plein jeu (p. 42)

o   Explication des Marque qui Seruent ausc Agrcemens (p. 43)

o   Research Problem [notes] (p. 44)

·         Dupré, Marcel

o   Antiphon I [analysis]

o   Antiphon II [analysis]

o   Antiphon IV [analysis]

o   Notes on Dupré’s Antiphons

§  Marcel Dupré—Fifteen Antiphons, op. 18 (p. 1)

§  Chants (p. 3)

·         Early Music

o   A 17th-century view of Merulo’s Toccatas by Robert Judd

o   Girolamo Frescobaldi [notes]

§  Fiori Musicali (Musical Flowers) (p. 2)

§  Performance Problems (p. 3)

§  Organ Keyboards (p. 4)

§  Ripieno of Italian organs (p. 5)

§  Two-manual organ build by Luca Blasi (1599) (p. 6)

§  Registrational Hints from “l’Arte organica,” by A. Antegnati, ca. 1600 (p. 7)

§  Translation of Frescobaldi’s advice “Al Lettore” (p. 9)

§  Meter Indications (p. 10)

§  Fiori Musicali [score] (p. 11)

§  Editions and Sources (p. 12)

o   Johann Kuhnau [notes]

§  Johann Kuhnau article by Kurt Stone (p. 3)

·         [Six biblical sonatas : for keyboard : (1700) / Johann Kuhnau ; with the original preface and introductions in German (facsimile) and English, translated and annotated by Kurt Stone.] (p. 6)

o   Teaching Italian Organ Repertoire (AGO National Conference on Organ Pedagogy, July 9-10, 1994)

§  Italian Publications of Interest to Organists, 1517-1700 (p. 2)

§  Some Important Manuscript Sources (p. 8)

§  Frescobaldi: Canzon Prima (p. 10)

§  Merulo: Toccate, 1598; Secondo Tuono, Toccata Terza (p. 11)

§  Merulo: Ricercari d’intavolatura d’organolibro primo (p. 12)

§  Frescobaldi: Chigi Q IV. 29 (p. 13)

§  Repertoire Groupings for Teaching (p. 14)

§  An Anthology for Teaching of Italian Repertoire (p. 15)

§  Publications of Early Italian Keyboard Music (p. 19)

§  Reading List for Performance and Teaching of Italian Repertoire (p. 26)

§  Girolamo Diruta: Summary of some technical advice to organists from Il Transilvano (p. 35)

§  Recordings (p. 38)

§  Exercises for Italian Keyboard Technique, Ornamental Formulas, Variant Notations (p. 39)

·         French Baroque

o   Agréments

o   Les Nations – François Couperin (1668-1733)

o   Notes on the “French Manner”

o   The Ornamentation

·         Late German Romantic

o   Late German Romantic Notes

§  Major Composers in the Late German Romantic Period (p. 2)

§  Leipzig – St. Thomas, Sauer Organ [specifications] (p. 3)

§  Hamburg – St. Michaelis [specifications] (p. 4)

o   Schumann’s Rules and Maxims for Young Musicians

·         Messiaen, Olivier

o   Oliver Messiaen: His Musical Language and La Nativité du Seigneur

§  Musical Examples and Structural Diagrams for a Presentation to the Organ Class of Brigham Young University (14 November 1978, Thomas J. Mathiesen) (p. 1)

§  Structural patterns in La Nativité du Seigneur (p. 15)

§  [notes] rhythm, melody (p. 16)

o   Olivier Messiaen – pupils (p. 17)

o   Technique de mon langage musical exerpt: Contents (p. 18)

§  Ch. 1: The Charm of Impossibilities and the Relation of the Different Subject Matters (p. 21)

§  [diagrams] (p. 22)

§  Modes of limited transpositions (p. 24)

o   Thematic and modal materials (p. 25)

o   Mode de valeurs et d’intensités (p. 28)

·         Peeters, Flor

o   Easy organ works

o   List of organ works of Flor Peeters [graded by difficulty] (p. 2)

·         Miscellaneous

o   Composers of Organ Music in the Romantic and Contemporary Periods (by Country)

o   Sources for Rhythm and Tempo