Author: Siegfried Vogelsänger
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532684339
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was "one of the most versatile, wide-ranging, and prolific German composers of the seventeenth century," "also important as a theorist," and "the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice." 2021 marks the four hundredth anniversary of this Lutheran musician's death and the four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth. Yet until now, no biography of this multitalented and fascinating man has been made available in English. This translation of Siegfried Vogelsanger's 2008 German biography of Praetorius will introduce you to Praetorius's family and employers, his work as organist and court music director, his sacred and secular musical compositions, his historical and theoretical musical work, his grandiose goals and plans, and--most importantly--the man himself. Appendices provide new insights into Praetorius's ancestry and life, as well as new translations of primary sources written by Praetorius and others. Richly furnished with pictures and illustrations and supplemented with a glossary, Heaven Is My Fatherland will transport you into Praetorius's world and open up for you the convictions of his heart.
Heaven Is My Fatherland
Author: Siegfried Vogelsänger
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532684339
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was "one of the most versatile, wide-ranging, and prolific German composers of the seventeenth century," "also important as a theorist," and "the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice." 2021 marks the four hundredth anniversary of this Lutheran musician's death and the four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth. Yet until now, no biography of this multitalented and fascinating man has been made available in English. This translation of Siegfried Vogelsanger's 2008 German biography of Praetorius will introduce you to Praetorius's family and employers, his work as organist and court music director, his sacred and secular musical compositions, his historical and theoretical musical work, his grandiose goals and plans, and--most importantly--the man himself. Appendices provide new insights into Praetorius's ancestry and life, as well as new translations of primary sources written by Praetorius and others. Richly furnished with pictures and illustrations and supplemented with a glossary, Heaven Is My Fatherland will transport you into Praetorius's world and open up for you the convictions of his heart.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1532684339
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Michael Praetorius (1571-1621) was "one of the most versatile, wide-ranging, and prolific German composers of the seventeenth century," "also important as a theorist," and "the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice." 2021 marks the four hundredth anniversary of this Lutheran musician's death and the four hundred and fiftieth anniversary of his birth. Yet until now, no biography of this multitalented and fascinating man has been made available in English. This translation of Siegfried Vogelsanger's 2008 German biography of Praetorius will introduce you to Praetorius's family and employers, his work as organist and court music director, his sacred and secular musical compositions, his historical and theoretical musical work, his grandiose goals and plans, and--most importantly--the man himself. Appendices provide new insights into Praetorius's ancestry and life, as well as new translations of primary sources written by Praetorius and others. Richly furnished with pictures and illustrations and supplemented with a glossary, Heaven Is My Fatherland will transport you into Praetorius's world and open up for you the convictions of his heart.
Michael Praetorius, music historian
Author: Michael D. Fleming
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Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
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Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Michael Praetorius, Music Historian
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Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Pages : 329
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Michael Praetorius, Music Historian
Author: Michael David Fleming
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Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Michael Praetorius, Music Historian
Author: Michael Praetorius
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Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Category : Church music
Languages : en
Pages : 658
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Michael Praetorius, Music Historian
Author: Michael David Fleming
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Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Languages : en
Pages : 329
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Michael Praetorius (Creuzbergensis)
Author: Wilibald Gurlitt
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293758595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Michael Praetorius (Creuzbergensis): Sein Leben Und Seine Werke Wilibald Gurlitt Druck von Breitkopf & Hartel, 1915 Biography & Autobiography; Composers & Musicians; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians
Publisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293758595
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Michael Praetorius (Creuzbergensis): Sein Leben Und Seine Werke Wilibald Gurlitt Druck von Breitkopf & Hartel, 1915 Biography & Autobiography; Composers & Musicians; Biography & Autobiography / Composers & Musicians
Catechism of Musical History. Translated from the German
Author: Carl Wilhelm Julius Hugo Riemann
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Michael Praetorius, the Organ, and the Possibilities of Instrumental Music
Author: Anna Steppler
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This dissertation reconstructs ways of thinking about, making music with, and listening to the organ in courtly Lutheran circles before the Thirty Years War through the music and writings of Michael Praetorius. The "instrument of instruments," the organ represented man's greatest musical achievement: a technological marvel that ordered sound itself, and human attempt to reach the music of the heavens. Praetorius, respected composer and theorist, and talented court organist, was both a brilliant practical musician and innovative thinker; in writing the history of the organ, he presented the musical instrument itself as a worthy subject for historical inquiry, promoting a radically modern notion of the organ as a site of musical, theological and scientific discovery. Praetorius inhabited a musical world in which the boundaries between vocal and instrumental styles were still undefined, with the latter much in the shadow of the human voice. I argue that in writing music about what he saw as the organ's infinite potential, Praetorius began to construct music that was truly for the organ, exploring the possibility of its instrumental brilliance, expression and contrapuntal virtuosity, and writing idiomatic music specific to the organ itself, rather than general "instrumental" or "keyboard" music. I suggest that the organ's unique instrumentality made it most suitable to evoke the unimaginable music of angels, in so doing forcing a reevaluation of what it meant to listen to instrumental music, and what value such music held, despite its textless nature.
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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This dissertation reconstructs ways of thinking about, making music with, and listening to the organ in courtly Lutheran circles before the Thirty Years War through the music and writings of Michael Praetorius. The "instrument of instruments," the organ represented man's greatest musical achievement: a technological marvel that ordered sound itself, and human attempt to reach the music of the heavens. Praetorius, respected composer and theorist, and talented court organist, was both a brilliant practical musician and innovative thinker; in writing the history of the organ, he presented the musical instrument itself as a worthy subject for historical inquiry, promoting a radically modern notion of the organ as a site of musical, theological and scientific discovery. Praetorius inhabited a musical world in which the boundaries between vocal and instrumental styles were still undefined, with the latter much in the shadow of the human voice. I argue that in writing music about what he saw as the organ's infinite potential, Praetorius began to construct music that was truly for the organ, exploring the possibility of its instrumental brilliance, expression and contrapuntal virtuosity, and writing idiomatic music specific to the organ itself, rather than general "instrumental" or "keyboard" music. I suggest that the organ's unique instrumentality made it most suitable to evoke the unimaginable music of angels, in so doing forcing a reevaluation of what it meant to listen to instrumental music, and what value such music held, despite its textless nature.
Syntagma Musicum III
Author: Michael Praetorius
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 9780195145632
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Volume III deals with terminology and offers us the most detailed commentary available from the 17th century about the performance of particular pieces of music.
Publisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 9780195145632
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Volume III deals with terminology and offers us the most detailed commentary available from the 17th century about the performance of particular pieces of music.