French Masters of the Organ

Saint-Sa?ns, Franck, Widor, Vierne, Dupr?, Langlais, Messiaen

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Michael Murray

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Hardback

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This engaging book discusses the colorful personalities and beloved music of the French romantic organist-composers. Michael Murray draws vivid portraits of Aristide Cavaill??-Coll (1811-1899), the greatest and most influential organ builder of his time, and of seven other musicians with connections to Cavaill??-Coll and to one another: Camille Saint-Sa??ns (1835-1921), C??sar Franck (1822-1890), Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Louis Vierne (1870-1937), Marcel Dupr?? (1886-1971), Jean Langlais (1907-1991), and Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). The book offers to lovers of French music and culture?and especially to student organists?details of these composers` lives and times and of their styles and techniques. Drawing on his personal acquaintance with Messiaen, Langlais, Dupr??, and other famous contemporaries, and on period documents, original accounts, early recordings, and other primary sources, Murray examines the relationship between organ building and musical composition, the nature of romanticism and classicism, and the ever-perplexing question of composer versus interpreter.]]>

Release date Australia

September 1st, 1998

Author

Michael Murray

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Country of Publication

United States

Imprint

Yale University Press

Pages

250

Publisher

Yale University Press

Dimensions

149x209x23

ISBN-13

9780300072914

Product ID

12896785

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