Search for dissertations about: "organist"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the word organist.

  2. 1. Matthias Weckmann: the interpretation of his organ music

    Author : Hans Davidsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Matthias Weckmann ca. 1616–1674 ; biography; composer; organist; Germany; Dresden; Hamburg; Denmark; organ works; music analysis; interpretation; historically–informed performance practice; manuscripts;

    Abstract : The dissertation presents an interpretation of the complete organ works of Matthias Weckmann primarily for the performer and in the spirit of historically-informed performance practice. The process of creating this interpretation was documented in writings, recordings, concerts, and a new edition of the free organ works. READ MORE

  4. 2. Bach, the pedal clavichord, and the organist

    Author : Joel Speerstra; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES;

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  5. 3. Never Heard Before: A Musical Exploration of Organ Voicing

    Author : João Segurado; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; voicing; voicing; sound; listening; pipe; organ; tone; musical composition; musical performance; experimental; collaboration; artistic research; ethnography; musique concrète; transient; attack; steady-state; ; harmonic spectrum; languid; toe-hole; mouth; flue; reed; Studio Acusticum; Gerald Woehl; Piteå;

    Abstract : This study describes the role of organ sounds in musical performance and exa- mines the visions and artistic perspectives of the voicer, who creates the sounds, and the organist, who uses them in performance. Organ pipe sounds are shaped in a process of gradual transformation called voicing, to suit the practice of musical performance, and they influence that practice in significant ways. READ MORE

  6. 4. 'This heaving ocean of tones': nineteenth-century organ registration practice at St Marien, Lübeck

    Author : Joachim Walter; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Hermann Jimmerthal 1809–1886 ; Karl Lichtwark 1859–1931 ; Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy 1809–1847 ; Johann Friedrich Schulze 1793–1858 ; Edmund Schulze; Friedrich Ladegast 1818–1905 ; Lübeck St. Marien; Lübeck St. Aegidien; Schwerin Dom Cathedral ; German 19th century organ registration; orchestral registration style; registration analysis; romantic organ music; organ repertoire; organ transcription; organ building;

    Abstract : The dissertation deals with German nineteenth-century registration practice with the example of St Marien, Lübeck. The time investigated covers almost one hundred years, from 1834 until 1929 and the tenures of two organists, Hermann Jimmerthal, a student of Mendelssohn, and Karl Lichtwark, a student of Jimmerthal. READ MORE

  7. 5. Physical measurements and subjective characterization of pipe organ mechanical key actions

    Author : Erkin Asutay; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Mechanical key action; Pipe organ; Instrument – player interaction;

    Abstract : Musical instruments do not only provide auditory or visual information but they also convey haptic feedback to the performer. One might consider that the auditory feedback is the only crucial information that the musician requires. READ MORE