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Book SynopsisIn this penetrating study, Russell Stinson considers how four of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century-Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Schumann, Franz Liszt, and Johannes Brahms-responded to the model of Bach's organ music. His book represents a major step forward in the literature on the so-called Bach revival.
Trade ReviewStinson has successfully combined biography and analysis to produce a book that is highly readable and accessible to both scholars and enthusiasts. Russell Stinson should be commended for assembling information from a great variety of sources in order to produce this valuable resource. I am sure that his enthusiasm for this subject - and the book's extensive bibliography - will help stimulate further study in this fascinating study. * Ian Mills, Assistant Editor, The Bach Bibliography *
Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; THE FINAL YEARS); THE MASTER TEACHER); / THE INFLUENCE OF SPITTA'S BACH BIOGRAPHY / BRAHMS'S INSCRIPTIONS IN THE ORGAN-MUSIC VOLUMES OF THE BACHGESELLSCHAFT EDITION / THE MARKING OF THEMES AND MOTIVES / THE MARKING OF MUSICAL FORM / THE MARKING OF RHYTHMIC, HARMONIC, MELODIC, AND CONTRAPUNTAL IRREGULARITIES COMPARATIVE READINGS, SUGGESTED READINGS, AND CORRECTIONS / THE MARKING OF ORNAMENTATION / FINGERINGS / MISCELLANEOUS ANNOTATIONS / BRAHMS AS SCHOLAR-COMPOSER: THE ELEVEN CHORALE PRELUDES, OP. 122 . ); APPENDIX: JOHANNES BRAHMS'S STUDY SCORE OF THE FANTASY IN G MAJOR, BWV 572; NOTES; LITERATURE CITED
