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Musical Performance and Reception Ser.: Bach's Feet : The Organ Pedals in European Culture by David Yearsley (2017, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-101316639835
ISBN-139781316639832
eBay Product ID (ePID)235005559
Product Key Features
Number of Pages314 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameBach's Feet : the Organ Pedals in European Culture
SubjectHistory & Criticism, Genres & Styles / Classical, General, Europe / General, Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaMusic, History
AuthorDavid Yearsley
SeriesMusical Performance and Reception Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.7 in
Item Weight19.4 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition22
Reviews"Yearsley's ability to make con- nections among disparate elements shows a rare degree of insight pos- sessed by one at once passionate about the subject matter and deeply immersed in it through lifelong involvement and study. It is a rare book about the organ that can appeal to, and inform, both organ- ists and non-organists. In focusing on the feet, Yearsley crafts a point of view to which anyone can relate." --Early Music America, "Part of his intent in writing Bach's Feet, which is clearly a labor of love, is to reintroduce the organ into general musicological discourse, and perhaps even attract some lay readers. His book certainly deserves to succeed in its mission, and the organ, as he says, is "ready for a comeback." --NOTES
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal786.5094
Table Of ContentIntroduction; 1. Inventing the organist's feet; 2. Harmonies of the feet, visions of the body; 3. Walking towards perfection: pedal solos and cycles; 4. The pedal in the cosmopolitan age of travel; 5. Treading the globe: the world-wide expansion of the German pedal ideal; 6. Bach's feet.
SynopsisFrom 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.
LC Classification NumberML626.Y43 2017
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