Notwithstanding the disparity in their age, nationality and background,
both Hubert Parry (1848–1918) and Max Reger (1873–1916) were subject
to a common heritage of European musical art that informed and
shaped their compositional development. This can be seen in its most
striking form in their shared reverence for and debt to Johann Sebastian
Bach. While there is a considerable volume of literature on Reger
and Bach, Parry’s response to the Leipzig master is less widely known
outside Britain. In drawing some parallels between the organ music
of the two composers, focusing in particular on the chorale-based compositions,
I shall show how the spirit of Bach infused Parry’s organ
works in a similar way to Reger’s, relating this to issues of universality
and nationalism. In the process I shall touch on Reger’s reception in
Britain during the latter part of Parry’s life.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:32320 |
| Date | 04 December 2018 |
| Creators | Barber, Graham |
| Publisher | Internationale Arbeitsgemeinschaft für die Musikgeschichte in Mittel- und Osteuropa an der Universität Leipzig |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa2-322867, qucosa:32286 |
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