Bach''s Feet : The Organ Pedals in European Culture
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Musical Performance and Reception
ISBN-10
0521199018
ISBN-13
9780521199018
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 19th, 2012
Print length
314 Pages
Weight
684 grams
Dimensions
25.30 x 18.10 x 1.90 cms
Product Classification:
Romantic music (c 1830 to c 1900)Individual composers & musicians, specific bands & groupsArt music, orchestral and formal musicComposers and songwritersKeyboard instrumentsTechniques of music / music tutorialsTechniques of music / music tutorials / teaching of musicSociology
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From 1500, the independent use of the feet in musical performance at the organ was unique to Germany and vital to its cultural standing in Europe. Yearsley presents an account of this mode of music-making spanning some 500 years, including reappraising J. S. Bach's crucial role in that history.
The organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any other mode of solo performance. In this book, David Yearsley presents an interpretation of the significance of the oldest and richest of European instruments, by investigating the German origins of the uniquely independent use of the feet in organ playing. Delving into a range of musical, literary and visual sources, Bach's Feet demonstrates the cultural importance of this physically demanding mode of music-making, from the blind German organists of the fifteenth century, through the central contribution of Bach's music and legacy, to the newly-pedaling organists of the British Empire and the sinister visions of Nazi propagandists.
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