Practicing with a senventeenth century organ handbook: observations on possible approaches of P. Spiridion’s Nova Instructio pro pulsandis organis (1670)

Adrien Pièce

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Spiridionis a Monte Carmelo’s Nova instructio pro pulsandis organis […] (Bamberg, 1670) is a noteworthy source for keyboard improvisation in the south German, Italian-fashioned style. This handbook, which is located directly in Frescobaldi’s legacy and which often quotes him, offers tools to master musical forms that are useful for liturgical improvisation. Conceived as a compendium of musical patterns, the publication contains few textual elements. It allows the player full freedom to combine, assimilate and create his own music with musical elements such as cadentiae, passaggi and canzonette. This paper attempts to describe how such a source can be brought to life through a personal practice which involves both experience and analysis.

type	research exposition
date	21/04/2017
published	18/05/2017
last modified	18/05/2017
status	published
share status	private
license	All rights reserved
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/355596/355597/1/461
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/rc.355596
published in	Research Catalogue

id	name	copyright	license
356104	cadre	no	All rights reserved
356111	Spiri	no	All rights reserved
356113	Secondo Libro Frescobaldi	no	All rights reserved
356120	exemples Adrien 1	no	All rights reserved
356122	exemples Adrien 1	no	All rights reserved
356124	exemples Adrien 1	no	All rights reserved
356126	exemples Adrien 2	no	All rights reserved
356128	exemples Adrien 3	no	All rights reserved
356130	exemples Adrien 4	no	All rights reserved
356132	Improvisation 1	Adrien Pièce	All rights reserved
356167	Example 2	Adrien Pièce	All rights reserved

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Practicing with a senventeenth century organ handbook: observations on possible approaches of P. Spiridion’s Nova Instructio pro pulsandis organis (1670) (2017)

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