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Bach'S Feet - The Organ Pedals in European Culture (Book)
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Bach'S Feet - The Organ Pedals in European Culture (Book)
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The organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of
pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his
feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical
self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any
other mode of solo performance. In this book, David Yearsley
presents an interpretation of the significance of the oldest and
richest of European instruments, by investigating the German
origins of the uniquely independent use of the feet in organ
playing. Delving into a range of musical, literary and visual
sources, Bach's Feet demonstrates the cultural importance of this
physically demanding mode of music-making, from the blind German
organists of the fifteenth century, through the central
contribution of Bach's music and legacy, to the newly-pedaling
organists of the British Empire and the sinister visions of Nazi
propagandists.
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