DB Outlines
· Bach, Johann Sebastian
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]
§ Orgelbüchlein [article] (p. 1)
· Cantus Firmus Treatment (p. 10)
§ North German Concordances (p. 18)
§ Central/South German Concordances (p. 19)
§ Concordances Among Bach’s Organ Chorales (p. 20)
§ Chronological list of cantatas containing organ parts (p. 22)
§ The Schubler chorales (p. 23)
§ 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)
§ Types of Organ Chorales (p. 1)
§ Weimar – The Primary Setting for the Orgelbüchlein (p. 2)
§ Figurenlehre (Doctrine/practice of figures) (p. 10)
§ Commentary on the Individual Settings (p. 12)
· 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 ein’ Ros 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)
§ 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 [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
§ Marcel Dupré—Fifteen Antiphons, op. 18 (p. 1)
· Early Music
o A 17th-century view of Merulo’s Toccatas by Robert Judd
o Girolamo Frescobaldi [notes]
§ Fiori Musicali (Musical Flowers) (p. 2)
§ 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)
§ Fiori Musicali [score] (p. 11)
§ Editions and Sources (p. 12)
§ Johann Kuhnau article by Kurt Stone (p. 3)
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’organo…libro 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)
§ Exercises for Italian Keyboard Technique, Ornamental Formulas, Variant Notations (p. 39)
· French Baroque
o Les Nations – François Couperin (1668-1733)
o Notes on the “French Manner”
· Late German Romantic
§ 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
§ 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)
§ 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 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)