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About This Issue, Michael E. Ruhling
About This Issue, Michael E. Ruhling
HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America
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Towards The Recovery Of Authentic Organ Continuo Practice In Haydn's Concerted Sacred Music, Tom Mueller
Towards The Recovery Of Authentic Organ Continuo Practice In Haydn's Concerted Sacred Music, Tom Mueller
HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America
During the classical era, full-size church organs were used in the performance of concerted sacred music. Historical evidence such as treatises and surviving organs offer useful information that can be used to reconstruct organ continuo performance practices. In spite of this evidence, modern performances and recordings of this repertoire often make use of small positive organs that cannot match the capabilities, timbre, and dynamics of larger instrument. Furthermore, the continuo realizations published in modern performance editions rarely reflect the style and techniques of historic practice.
This article explores issues in the performance practice of continuo playing on large church organs …
About This Issue, Michael E. Ruhling
About This Issue, Michael E. Ruhling
HAYDN: Online Journal of the Haydn Society of North America
No abstract provided.