BARENREITER Fascination Organ Improvisation - A Study and Practice Book

Franz Josef Stoiber, organ professor and organist at Regensburg Cathedral, has decided not to present a conventional improvisation tutor here. Instead, he offers a multi\-faceted reader and workbook containing useful methodical and pedagogical reflections, e.g. on cultivating a feeling for sound and training responsiveness. It also features a wide range of practical exercises for improvising in various styles, all reflecting his years of experience as a teacher and performer. This guide to organ improvisation has the potential of becoming a standard work in the training of todays organists. \- A new approach to organ improvisation \- Includes many practical exercises and music samples \- German\/English text \- Spacious attractive layout \- Contents: Thoughts on Methodology and Didactics; 1. Just Play; 1.1. White keys black keys; 1.2. Further ideas for Just play; 2. Stylistic Period 17th \/ 18th Century; 2.1. Harmonic and compositional basics; 2.2. Figuration; 2.3. Playing the melody in different voice parts: alto\-C.F.; 2.4. Introduction to musical form; 2.5. Large forms; 3. t \/ Stylistic Period 19th Century; 3.1 Harmonic basics; 3.2 Introduction to musical form; 4. Stylistic Period 20th \/ 21th Century; 4.1. Post\-Romanticism Impressionism; 4.2. Olivier Messiaen; 4.3. German Modernism (Hindemith, Genzmer, Schroeder) Neomodality; 4.4. Improvisation themes; 4.5. Improvisation on free\-tonal themes