Inaug.-Diss.--Cologne. / Vita. Bibliography: p. 185-188.

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Johann Anton Kobrich (1714-1791) was the priest and organist of the parish church of Landsberg am Lech in upper Bavaria from 1730 until his death. A prolific composer, Kobrich wrote several works for organ, including the Wohlgeubter Organist (1762), a three-part collection of preludes, fugues, and toccatas. The major portion of this thesis consists of an edition of twenty-six selected pieces from the original fifty-eight in this collection. Also included are a bibliography of Kobrich, a discussion of his significance among other contemporary composers, and a survey of the organs and organ music of eighteenth-century southern Germany. In addition, there is an analysis of the Wohlgeubter Organist and a commentary on its significance.

Bibliography: leaves 94-99.

Heinrich Scheidemann and Jacob Praetorius (ii), young organ students from Hamburg, traveled to Amsterdam around the turn of the seventeenth century in order to study with the Dutch organist Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck. While there, they learned not only the basics of counterpoint and voice-leading, but also how to create new kinds of musical texture, which were derived from improvisational practice. Scheidemann and Praetorius took those musical textures back to Hamburg, where they used them in increasingly long and complex chorale fantasias. This study traces those musical textures from their appearance in Sweelinck's chorale variations, through Praetorius and Scheidemann's chorale fantasias, and finally in the virtuosic showpiece, An Wasserflüssen Babylon, by Scheidemann's student, Johann Adam Reincken. In that piece, Reincken uses Sweelinck's musical textures, as well as his own teacher's expansion of the Dutch keyboard style to produce a work that reflects the text of the chorale on which it is based. And, like a sermon, the musical textures in An Wasserflüssen Babylon give rise to a nuanced narrative that works to take both the performer and listener on an aural journey.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. / Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 791-894) and index.

The writer has examined the performance practices of the positive, portative, and regal organs in both the sacred and secular genre. Throughout the research the aspect of the prominent position of the church and its dogmatic practices were demonstrated to be highly influential in the usage of the organ. Church accounts of payments to various organ builders are the principal source of the information concerning the liturgical function and organ placement within the church. The secular aspect of the performance practices of the small organs was dominated by the religious dramatic mystery and miracle presentations and the various court entertainments. The utilization of the organ in both the sacred and secular genres was an important link in the lessening of the church's dominance over the people of the time.The development of musical styles and the progressive accumulation of construction and acoustical properties was directly proportional to the development and evolution of these small, organs. The span of the three centuries analyzed in the thesis were the most critical years in this process of evolvement.The vocal and instrumental forms were explored in regard to the function of the organ as a solo or ensemble member. Specific circumstances of employment have been investigated as to the nature and the probable organ model indicated for a specific performance situation.In addition, the thesis has analyzed prominent composers, performers, and writers whose contributions were influential during their lifetime and in the course of music performance practices in general. / School of Music

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Rochester, 1970. / Typescript. Vita. Bibliography: leaves 83-84. Digitized version available online via the Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music http://hdl.handle.net/1802/3038

Thesis (D.M.A.)--University of Rochester, 1991.

Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität zu Bonn. / Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, p. 791-894) and index.