Improvisation and pedagogy through Heinrich Scheidemann's 'Magnificat' settings
Subtitle: doctoral dissertation in musicology, artistic-creative programme
By: Karin Nelson
Contributors: Göteborgs universitet
Edition: 2nd ed.
Series: Skrifter fran Musikvetenskap -- no. 96
Publisher: University of Gothenburg
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Gothenburg
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9789185974139
Subjects: Improvisation (Music); Pedagogy (Music)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-296) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Scheidemann. Heinrich Scheidemann in hamburg - the city, the colleagues, the organs and the organ builders; title: Improvisation. Composition, publication, and notation ; Manuals of improvisation ; Improvisation ; An artistic development project; title: Pedagogy. Church, school, and educational materials ; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck ; Gioseffo Zarlino's Le Istitutioni harmoniche, Sweelink's Compositions Regeln, and basso continuo ; A 17th century improvisation method used in the 21th century; title: Magnificat. Magnificat and its use in the liturgy ; The Magnificat settings by Heinrich Scheidemann ; Recording project of 28 organ Magnificat verses by Heinrich Scheidemann and 5 anonymous verses.