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@article{ART003032776},
author={Shin-Kyung Bang},
title={The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music},
journal={Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology},
year={2023},
volume={31},
number={2},
pages={51-106},
doi={10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002}

TY - JOUR
AU - Shin-Kyung Bang
TI - The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music
JO - Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology
PY - 2023
VL - 31
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Society for Musicology
SP - 51
EP - 106
AB - Articulation is one of the most important performance practices for giving expression to music. This study examines the precise meaning of Widor researcher John Near’s remark in his book published in 2019, “The art of organ playing has not changed at all since Johann Sebastian Bach,” in connection with Charles-Marie Widor’s performances of Bach’s organ works. To find an answer, the study compares and analyzes the articulations of Bach and Widor, and observes Widor’s interpretation of Bach’s organ works through the preface to his Bach edition. Through a historical study of keyboard literature, starting with the fingerings and articulations found in early keyboard music through Bach and his pupils and up to Widor, this study also observes the performance practices in the times of Bach and Widor and discusses whether Widor’s interpretations of Bach’s organ music are based on the German performance literature of the past. It also discusses the various types of articulations that Bach employed in his music, their characteristics, and what each type of articulation is intended to express. It becomes clear that the markings Widor indicated in his Organ Symphony include more expressive articulations and tempo indications than are found in Bach’s own articulation, displaying characteristics of the music of the Romantic era. Although Widor is well known as a composer who inherited Bach’s tradition, his interpretation of Bach’s organ works is based on the so-called French rules, using absolute legato technique that is different from the articulation of the Bach’s time. The players of the French Romantic organ school, starting with Jacques Lemmens and represented by Widor, Alexandre Guilmant, and Marcel Dupré, performed organ music using these French rules. Widor had technical mastery of Bach’s organ music and recognized its value, but his interpretation reflected the trends of his time. Ultimately, articulation in any music is determined by what kind of musical expression the performer wants to create.
KW - Articulation;Bach;Widor;Organ Music;Performance Practice
DO - 10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002
ER -

Shin-Kyung Bang. (2023). The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 31(2), 51-106.

Shin-Kyung Bang. 2023, "The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music", Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, vol.31, no.2 pp.51-106. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002

Shin-Kyung Bang "The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 31.2 pp.51-106 (2023) : 51.

Shin-Kyung Bang. The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music. 2023; 31(2), 51-106. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002

Shin-Kyung Bang. "The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 31, no.2 (2023) : 51-106.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002

Shin-Kyung Bang. The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology, 31(2), 51-106. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002

Shin-Kyung Bang. The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music. Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology. 2023; 31(2) 51-106. doi: 10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002

Shin-Kyung Bang. The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music. 2023; 31(2), 51-106. Available from: doi:10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002

Shin-Kyung Bang. "The Articulations of Bach and Widor in Organ Music" Journal of the Korean Society for Musicology 31, no.2 (2023) : 51-106.doi: 10.34303/mscol.2023.31.2.002