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Author: Russell Stinson (Josephine Emily Brown Professor and College Organist, Josephine Emily Brown Professor and College Organist, Lyon College)
Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:
Width: 23.10cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 15.50cm
Weight: 0.363kg
ISBN: 9780190674410
ISBN 10: 0190674415
Pages: 218
Publication Date: 05 January 2021
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
A brilliant and enlightening collection of essays. Stinson sets the record straight about some controversial issues, offers a plethora of new and important information, and provides a wealth of data regarding Bach reception in the 19th and 20th centuries. For anyone interested in Bach's organ music, this book is required reading. --Jack Mitchener, Director of the McAfee Institute of Church Music and Associate Professor of Organ, Mercer University Russell Stinson has done it again with a book on Bach that every serious organist will benefit from reading. Addressing a variety of issues in Bach scholarship for the first time, the book also studies a wealth of fascinating information on how Mendelssohn, Schumann, Franck, and Elgar utilized the organ music of Bach in their own careers. This new work is a valuable addition to the existing literature on J. S. Bach. --David Higgs, Professor of Organ and Chair of the Department of Organ and Historical Keyboards, Eastman School of Music Sets an interesting and important goal--to survey a core area of the repertoire in the light of the ways in which it has been approached since it was written. Stinson does this very well indeed; he has aimed at more than one readership. And has succeeded on all counts. --Classical.net Of particular interest is the inclusion of related material--e.g., a study of Eduard Krueger, a true Bach organ fanatic (in the Schumann essay); a comical text for the G minor fugue opening; and appendixes about Franck's pupils at the Paris Conservatory. For all organ ficionados and scholars...Recommended. --Choice A unique contribution to the world of Bach studies... Stinson's book offers many enlightening insights that advance the cause of Bach scholarship and performance. --Early Music America
A unique contribution to the world of Bach studies... Stinson's book offers many enlightening insights that advance the cause of Bach scholarship and performance. * Early Music America * Of particular interest is the inclusion of related material * e.g., a study of Eduard Krueger, a true Bach organ fanatic (in the Schumann essay); a comical text for the G minor fugue opening; and appendixes about Franck's pupils at the Paris Conservatory. For all organ ficionados and scholars...Recommended. * Sets an interesting and important goal * to survey a core area of the repertoire in the light of the ways in which it has been approached since it was written. Stinson does this very well indeed; he has aimed at more than one readership. And has succeeded on all counts. * Russell Stinson has done it again with a book on Bach that every serious organist will benefit from reading. Addressing a variety of issues in Bach scholarship for the first time, the book also studies a wealth of fascinating information on how Mendelssohn, Schumann, Franck, and Elgar utilized the organ music of Bach in their own careers. This new work is a valuable addition to the existing literature on J. S. Bach. * David Higgs, Professor of Organ and Chair of the Department of Organ and Historical Keyboards, Eastman School of Music * A brilliant and enlightening collection of essays. Stinson sets the record straight about some controversial issues, offers a plethora of new and important information, and provides a wealth of data regarding Bach reception in the 19th and 20th centuries. For anyone interested in Bach's organ music, this book is required reading. * Jack Mitchener, Director of the McAfee Institute of Church Music and Associate Professor of Organ, Mercer University *
A brilliant and enlightening collection of essays. Stinson sets the record straight about some controversial issues, offers a plethora of new and important information, and provides a wealth of data regarding Bach reception in the 19th and 20th centuries. For anyone interested in Bach's organ music, this book is required reading. --Jack Mitchener, Director of the McAfee Institute of Church Music and Associate Professor of Organ, Mercer University Russell Stinson has done it again with a book on Bach that every serious organist will benefit from reading. Addressing a variety of issues in Bach scholarship for the first time, the book also studies a wealth of fascinating information on how Mendelssohn, Schumann, Franck, and Elgar utilized the organ music of Bach in their own careers. This new work is a valuable addition to the existing literature on J. S. Bach. --David Higgs, Professor of Organ and Chair of the Department of Organ and Historical Keyboards, Eastman School of Music Sets an interesting and important goal--to survey a core area of the repertoire in the light of the ways in which it has been approached since it was written. Stinson does this very well indeed; he has aimed at more than one readership. And has succeeded on all counts. --Classical.net Of particular interest is the inclusion of related material--e.g., a study of Eduard Krueger, a true Bach organ fanatic (in the Schumann essay); a comical text for the G minor fugue opening; and appendixes about Franck's pupils at the Paris Conservatory. For all organ ficionados and scholars...Recommended. --Choice A unique contribution to the world of Bach studies... Stinson's book offers many enlightening insights that advance the cause of Bach scholarship and performance. --Early Music America
A brilliant and enlightening collection of essays. Stinson sets the record straight about some controversial issues, offers a plethora of new and important information, and provides a wealth of data regarding Bach reception in the 19th and 20th centuries. For anyone interested in Bach's organ music, this book is required reading. * Jack Mitchener, Director of the McAfee Institute of Church Music and Associate Professor of Organ, Mercer University * Russell Stinson has done it again with a book on Bach that every serious organist will benefit from reading. Addressing a variety of issues in Bach scholarship for the first time, the book also studies a wealth of fascinating information on how Mendelssohn, Schumann, Franck, and Elgar utilized the organ music of Bach in their own careers. This new work is a valuable addition to the existing literature on J. S. Bach. * David Higgs, Professor of Organ and Chair of the Department of Organ and Historical Keyboards, Eastman School of Music * Sets an interesting and important goal * to survey a core area of the repertoire in the light of the ways in which it has been approached since it was written. Stinson does this very well indeed; he has aimed at more than one readership. And has succeeded on all counts. * Of particular interest is the inclusion of related material * e.g., a study of Eduard Krueger, a true Bach organ fanatic (in the Schumann essay); a comical text for the G minor fugue opening; and appendixes about Franck's pupils at the Paris Conservatory. For all organ ficionados and scholars...Recommended. * A unique contribution to the world of Bach studies... Stinson's book offers many enlightening insights that advance the cause of Bach scholarship and performance. * Early Music America *
Author Information
Russell Stinson is the Josephine Emily Brown Professor of Music and College Organist at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas. He is the author of The Reception of Bach's Organ Works from Mendelssohn to Brahms (OUP, 2006), J. S. Bach's Great Eighteen Organ Chorales (OUP, 2001), Bach: The Orgelbüchlein (reissued by OUP, 1999), and The Bach Manuscripts of Johann Peter Kellner and His Circle.
