Organ Technique : Modern and Early

by Ritchie, George H.; Stauffer, George B.

• ISBN13: 9780195137453
• ISBN10: 0195137450
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2000-10-27
• Publisher: Fort Wayne

Summary

The authors' new approach to learning two playing techniques offers a systematic method for mastering the modern, legato technique needed for organ music composed after 1750, as well as an articulated technique for earlier works. The authors also present useful information on accompanyinganthems and solos and on adapting piano and orchestral accompaniments to the organ.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
The Notation of Pitch and Keyboard Compass	xv
Part I MODERN ORGAN TECHNIQUE
A Method of Legato Playing for Music Composed after 1750	1	(2)
Manual Playing	3	(71)
Preliminaries	3	(2)
Position at the Console	3	(1)
Playing Motion	4	(1)
Depression and Release of the Key	5	(5)
Legato Touch and Finger Independence	10	(6)
Finger Substitution	16	(13)
Studies and Short Works	23	(6)
Finger Glissando	29	(7)
Short Work	34	(2)
Finger Crossing	36	(7)
Short Works	40	(3)
The Performance of Post-1750 Organ Music: Special Considerations	43	(21)
Part Playing	43	(10)
Articulation	53	(3)
Registration: Some Fundamental Considerations	56	(2)
Methods of Changing Dynamics	58	(6)
Additional Compositions for Manuals	64	(10)
Pedal Playing	74	(98)
Preliminaries	74	(2)
Shoes	74	(1)
The Notation of the Pedal and Pedaling	75	(1)
Position at the Console	76	(1)
Position of the Legs and Feet	76	(1)
Depression and Release of the Key	76	(5)
Study	81	(1)
Legato Touch and Foot Independence	81	(16)
Alternate Toes	81	(5)
Toe-Heel	86	(3)
Pivoting	89	(2)
Studies and Short Works	91	(6)
Intervals and Figurations I	97	(14)
Alternate Toes	97	(5)
Toe-Heel	102	(3)
Studies and Short Works	105	(6)
Foot Substitution	111	(9)
Substitution on White Keys	111	(3)
Substitution on Black Keys	114	(1)
Single-Foot Substitution	115	(1)
Short Works	116	(4)
Intervals and Figurations II	120	(8)
Alternate Toes	120	(2)
Toe-Hell	122	(1)
Scales and Scale-Derived Passages	123	(3)
Short Works	126	(2)
Foot Glissando	128	(6)
Black Key to White Key Glissando	128	(2)
Black Key to Black Key Glissando	130	(2)
Short Work	132	(2)
Pedal Scales	134	(2)
Intervals and Figurations III	136	(6)
Alternate Toes	136	(3)
Toe-Heel	139	(3)
Additional Compositions for Manuals and Pedal	142	(25)
Part II EARLY ORGAN TECHNIQUE
A Method of Articulated Playing for Music Composed before 1750	167	(5)
Early Organ Technique	172	(85)
Preliminaries	172	(1)
Position at the Console	172	(1)
The ``Ordinary Touch,''	172	(10)
Hand Shifting	173	(1)
Finger Skipping	173	(2)
Foot Shifting	175	(1)
Toe Skipping	176	(1)
Repeated Notes	177	(2)
Adjacent Notes	179	(2)
Leaps	181	(1)
Scale Patterns	182	(7)
Two-Finger Scale Patterns	182	(3)
Alternate-Toe Scale Patterns	185	(2)
Four-Finger Scale Patterns	187	(2)
Note Groupings, Meter, and Part Playing	189	(14)
Meter and Articulation	189	(8)
The Articulation of Note Groups in Duple Meter	197	(3)
The Articulation of Note Groups in Triple Meter	200	(2)
The Articulation of Compound Meters and Triplets	202	(1)
Manual and Pedal Playing	203	(54)
Manual and Pedal Combined	203	(3)
Additional Compositions	206	(51)
Part III OTHER ASPECTS OF ORGAN PLAYING	257	(115)
Organs, Repertory, and Registrations: Principal Schools	258	(58)
The Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries	258	(32)
Germany, Austria, and the Netherlands	258	(13)
France	271	(7)
Italy	278	(6)
England	284	(5)
Spain and Portugal	289	(1)
The Nineteenth Century: The Romantic Era	290	(14)
Germany	291	(6)
France	297	(7)
The Twentieth Century: The Modern Era	304	(12)
Ornamentation	316	(19)
Baroque Ornamentation	316	(15)
National Schools	316	(2)
The Principal Types of Graces Found in the Organ Music of Bach and His Contemporaries	318	(8)
The Need for Spontaneity and Flexibility	326	(5)
Embellishing Baroque Scores	331	(4)
The Appropriateness of Ornamentation	331	(3)
Practice and Performance	334	(1)
New Techniques of Late Twentieth-Century Organ Music	335	(10)
New Approaches to Rhythm	335	(4)
Notated Accelerando and Ritardando	335	(2)
Complex Rhythmic Organization	337	(2)
New Modes of Sound Production	339	(6)
Tone Clusters	339	(3)
Glissandos	342	(1)
Cluster Glissandos	343	(2)
Service Playing	345	(27)
Hymn Playing: Basic Techniques	345	(15)
Preliminaries	345	(1)
Romantic and Modern Hymns	346	(10)
Early Hymns	356	(4)
Hymn Playing: Further Considerations	360	(8)
Performance Conventions	360	(2)
Hymn Modulation	362	(2)
Less Conventional Hymn Types	364	(4)
Accompanying Anthems and Solos	368	(4)
Preparation	368	(1)
Conducting from the Console	368	(1)
Accompanying with a Conductor	368	(1)
Adapting Piano and Orchestral Scores	368	(4)
APPENDIX: THE ORGAN	372	(7)
Winding System	372	(1)
Key Action	372	(1)
Organ Pipes	372	(4)
Divisions	376	(1)
Registrational Devices	376	(3)
List of Compositions	379	(2)
Figure Credits	381