Organ Literature / Edition 3

by Corliss Richard Arnold

Overview

This third edition is a basic textbook on the development of pipe organ composition in geographically diverse schools. Its nineteen chapters include charts of organ composers and a historical background of contemporary events and figures for each organ composition school. Chapter bibliographies cover readings published in the seventies, eighties, and early nineties. A listing of Bach organ compositions with pagination of various editions is also included.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780810829657
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group Inc
Publication date:	03/28/1995
Edition description:	REV
Pages:	922
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 1.88(d)

About the Author

Corliss R. Arnold is Emeritus Professor of Music at Michigan State University and former Director of Music at Peoples Church, East Lansing, Michigan.

Editorial Reviews

The organ world owes Dr. Arnold a tremendous debt of gratitude, who for more than 20 years has given us this major reference work...

The Diapason

...the volume remains as friendly to the reader as ever, and Arnold has succeeded in achieving his goal of producing 'an organized and comprehensive introduction' to organ literature...this edition is essential to all music libraries.

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