Izabella
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I just wanted to share wht I did so far on my paper with all of you,so if anyone got any coments or suggestions,well anything,please feel free to tell me:grin: ...
And please..if something is written uncorectly,sorry...it isn't easy to translate every Croatian word,but I'll do my best ....
ORGAN MUSIC IN THE 19th CENTURY
When we are talking about instrumental music,almost the whole 19th century is marked with romanticism,but in organ music of that time the facts are a bit different...In went through a lack of interest,through romanticism,and at the end of the cenury it crossed to avangard.
Till 1830.in north and central Germany organ music is market with traditional forms,organ music is written for church needs and was published in many books(!)wich had also included suggestions for performing.
At the same time in south Germany,France and England organ music is getting to be concert music,whic was tipical for romanticism where the artists wanted to show their virtouosity.
But the interest for organ music was getting smaller and smaller till 1830.when the rebirth of organ music starts by older organ works being republished,the most important work was the "criticly correct" edition of Bachs complete work(from 1844.forward)by F.C.Griepenkerl.These works influenced many of the great romantic composers,so a lot of them wrote at least one piece for organ.(H.Berlioz,Ch.Gounod,N.Gade,B.Smetana,A.Dvorak..)
Of the great composers F.Mendessohn was the first who has written more organ works,he wrote sonatas,preludes and fugues in a romantic way which gave ideas to his temlates and also the later generations,especially in England where his work is still performed.
R.Schumann and J.Brahms had used Bachs work as a base for their own compositions.
F.Liszt places the virtouocity as a priority,he finds new ways of expressing the coloristic of the romantic organ.
A.Bruckner left just a few of his younger works althou he was known as a brilliant organ player with lots of imagination for improvisations.
J Rheinberger also wrote for organ,his style was simillar ti F.Mendelssohn.
When M.Reger apeared,Germany got a composer who put organ musin in the central place of his work.He composed older forms as well as the one which apeared in the era of romanticism(choral fantasies,variations,toccatas,passacaglias,preludes and fugues,sonatas and romantic character pieces..)He managed to conect Bachs polyfony with late romantic harmony and Liszts virtouosity with what he made the organ technic and expression better.
In France there was also a rebirth of organ music in the 2nd half of the 19th century.Before that there was a motion to rebuild(!) church music which contributed a lot to the rebirth of organ music.The most important name in French organ music of that time is C.Franck.He wrote mostly for organ and he gave organ music a tipical french symphonic style and developes a romanticly-medidative-religious expression.
In Italy the same thing happens at the end of the 19th century.The rebirth of organ music is led by M.A.Bossi who was under influence of the French movement and style in music.
THAT'S FOR NOW!!!:clap:I really hope it's any good,so you're to judge and once again sorry for my mistakes in spelling and such ...Im curious for opinions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yours truly
And please..if something is written uncorectly,sorry...it isn't easy to translate every Croatian word,but I'll do my best ....
ORGAN MUSIC IN THE 19th CENTURY
When we are talking about instrumental music,almost the whole 19th century is marked with romanticism,but in organ music of that time the facts are a bit different...In went through a lack of interest,through romanticism,and at the end of the cenury it crossed to avangard.
Till 1830.in north and central Germany organ music is market with traditional forms,organ music is written for church needs and was published in many books(!)wich had also included suggestions for performing.
At the same time in south Germany,France and England organ music is getting to be concert music,whic was tipical for romanticism where the artists wanted to show their virtouosity.
But the interest for organ music was getting smaller and smaller till 1830.when the rebirth of organ music starts by older organ works being republished,the most important work was the "criticly correct" edition of Bachs complete work(from 1844.forward)by F.C.Griepenkerl.These works influenced many of the great romantic composers,so a lot of them wrote at least one piece for organ.(H.Berlioz,Ch.Gounod,N.Gade,B.Smetana,A.Dvorak..)
Of the great composers F.Mendessohn was the first who has written more organ works,he wrote sonatas,preludes and fugues in a romantic way which gave ideas to his temlates and also the later generations,especially in England where his work is still performed.
R.Schumann and J.Brahms had used Bachs work as a base for their own compositions.
F.Liszt places the virtouocity as a priority,he finds new ways of expressing the coloristic of the romantic organ.
A.Bruckner left just a few of his younger works althou he was known as a brilliant organ player with lots of imagination for improvisations.
J Rheinberger also wrote for organ,his style was simillar ti F.Mendelssohn.
When M.Reger apeared,Germany got a composer who put organ musin in the central place of his work.He composed older forms as well as the one which apeared in the era of romanticism(choral fantasies,variations,toccatas,passacaglias,preludes and fugues,sonatas and romantic character pieces..)He managed to conect Bachs polyfony with late romantic harmony and Liszts virtouosity with what he made the organ technic and expression better.
In France there was also a rebirth of organ music in the 2nd half of the 19th century.Before that there was a motion to rebuild(!) church music which contributed a lot to the rebirth of organ music.The most important name in French organ music of that time is C.Franck.He wrote mostly for organ and he gave organ music a tipical french symphonic style and developes a romanticly-medidative-religious expression.
In Italy the same thing happens at the end of the 19th century.The rebirth of organ music is led by M.A.Bossi who was under influence of the French movement and style in music.
THAT'S FOR NOW!!!:clap:I really hope it's any good,so you're to judge and once again sorry for my mistakes in spelling and such ...Im curious for opinions!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yours truly