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4 days ago · Byzantine music (Greek: Βυζαντινή μουσική, romanized: Vyzantiné mousiké) originally consisted of the songs and hymns composed for the courtly and religious ceremonial of the Byzantine Empire and continued, after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, in the traditions of the sung Byzantine chant of Eastern Orthodox liturgy.
- ἀναβλέψας πρὸς τὸν πλάστην —σὺν τούτῳ δὲ σύνευνος ἡ τούτου—
2 days ago · Greek musical literacy created significant musical development. Greek music theory included the Greek musical modes, that eventually became the basis for Western religious and classical music. Later, influences from the Roman Empire, Eastern Europe, and the Byzantine Empire changed Greek music.
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4 days ago · Organ compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach refers to the compositions in the seventh chapter of the Bach-Werke-Verzeichnis (BWV, catalogue of Bach's compositions), or, in the New Bach Edition, the compositions in Series IV.
May 14, 2024 · From Bach mastery to the spellbinding brilliance of 20th-century French music, we pull out all the stops in this list of the all-time top 10 organ epics.
1 day ago · The introduction explores the rich musical life of Central Germany in Bach’s time. Music pervaded court, municipal, and church activities, requiring the composition, preparation, and performance of vast amounts of new music on a weekly—if not daily—basis. In his youth, Bach was surrounded by music and music-making.
1 day ago · Abstract. Chapter 16 is devoted to Bach’s treatment of organ registration. It begins with a comparison of French and English practices before looking at the German tradition in Bach’s time. Organ registrations in Germany were generally divided into two categories: the full organ ( organum plenum) and all the remaining diverse possibilities.
4 days ago · Organ. Library of Congress Classification for Music. Recommended. The Cambridge Companion to the Organ by Nicholas Thistlethwaite (Editor); Geoffrey Webber (Editor) J. S. Bach as Organist by George B. Stauffer (Editor); Ernest May (Editor) Mendelssohn and the Organ by Wm. A. Little. The Registration of Baroque Organ Music by Barbara Owen.
