OK, there's Bach and Mendelsshon. That's 2 Germans. The French have Widor, Franck, Guilmant, Vierne, Dupre, Gigout, and others that I'm just discovering. Why do the French so completely dominate composition for pipe organ? Other composers in this genre you can recommend? Thx in advance.
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Topic - Besides the French composers, who else does pipe organ music well? - vacuous 15:00:25 05/17/07 (30)
- Joseph Jongen, Belgian!! - John N 08:16:39 05/22/07 (0)
- Leo Sowerby - Bob Neill 09:13:43 05/20/07 (0)
- Of the 60 composers mentioned below: 19 English, 14 French, 9 German... - vacuous 20:17:40 05/18/07 (3)
- Another Hungarian - tlyyra 04:32:48 05/21/07 (0)
- 17 French Composers. - Harmonia 16:03:26 05/20/07 (1)
- Some more french baroque organ composers - JDL-N 00:59:01 05/21/07 (0)
- A few more: Bach, Froberger, Sweelinck, Frescobaldi, Byrd, Widor - Bambi B 09:33:56 05/18/07 (1)
- Michael Murray's "Organ Blaster Sampler" from Telarc.. - BarneyT 16:02:41 05/18/07 (0)
- Who? Lotsa people. - Harmonia 23:59:02 05/17/07 (0)
- Am I missing something - no mention of Bach??? - John C. - Aussie 22:39:01 05/17/07 (9)
- Well then, please recommend a great recording of Bach's organ works. - vacuous 22:53:54 05/17/07 (8)
- Two fantastic modern sets... - SE 06:17:28 05/18/07 (1)
- Re: Two fantastic modern sets... - tlyyra 17:49:00 05/20/07 (0)
- Here are a few that may be worth of your attention. - sser2 00:31:51 05/18/07 (5)
- Add 1 more: Walter Kraft, Vox. nt - sser2 11:32:34 05/18/07 (0)
- Definitely Hurford.... - C.B. 10:41:04 05/18/07 (1)
- Re: Definitely Hurford.... - BarneyT 16:18:40 05/18/07 (0)
- Bigg's Bach's Four Great Toccatas and Fugues on the Four Antiphonal Organs at the Cathedral in Freiburg - Pat D 09:32:14 05/18/07 (0)
- Definitely Rogg--amazing rhytmic articulation and intensity, big sound. (nt) - jdaniel 08:31:19 05/18/07 (0)
- A fairly exhaustive chronological list of composers.... - BarneyT 22:02:34 05/17/07 (1)
- Great link! Thank you. - Pat D 09:09:29 05/18/07 (0)
- Just about everybody else, in fact - John Marks 17:00:37 05/17/07 (4)
- Re: Just about everybody else, in fact - JDL-N 01:33:07 05/18/07 (0)
- By "everybody else" you mean the rest of Western Europe, right? - vacuous 21:07:48 05/17/07 (1)
- Not necessarily - John Marks 18:02:14 05/21/07 (0)
- An excellent response. Very informative. nt - BarneyT 17:18:48 05/17/07 (0)
- Re: Besides the French composers, who else does pipe organ music well? - BarneyT 16:43:22 05/17/07 (1)
- Thank you! - vacuous 21:48:58 05/17/07 (0)
- Re: Besides the French composers, who else does pipe organ music well? - Ears 15:24:19 05/17/07 (1)
- Buxtehude sounds good to me. - vacuous 21:58:50 05/17/07 (0)