{"product_id":"becker-organ-works-volume-2-toccatas-leupold","title":"Becker: Organ Works - Volume 2 (Toccatas)","description":"\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eComposer\u003c\/strong\u003e: René Becker (1882-1956)\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Damin Spritzer\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eInstrumentation\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cspan class=\"edition-instrumentation\"\u003eOrgan\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"binding hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli class=\"book-pages hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages\u003c\/strong\u003e: None\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c!-- split --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"row\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"one-half columns\"\u003e \u003ch4\u003eDescription\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"feature_divider\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe registrations in Becker's organ music often conform to the practice represented in romantic music where a volume level is indicated, rather than a specific selection of stops. in America where multiple styles of organ building from all modern and historical periods are represented and even blended or combined, this generality is quite helpful and allows the performer to adapt the music to the instrument, rather than to be obligated to seek only a certain style of instrument. It also may speak to limitations imposed on Becker at his earliest church positions, where the instruments were smaller and the tonal resources less varied. Becker doubtless played many organs in addition to the instruments at his church positions, but those are the only ones that can be specifically linked to him that were likely influential on his composing, particularly during his early years of most active composing. Since nearly all the original manuscripts of his published works are no longer extant, it is not possible to know for certain if the published registrations are exclusively those written Becker or whether they were occasionally edited. However, for the few manuscripts of published works that are extant (Op. 16, Op. 43, and, Op. 70), the editors were true to his written specifications on the scores. However, there are also numerous examples of registrations that seem incomplete, such as citing registrations only for the Great and Swell, but in the middle of a work indicating that the player should move to the Choir manual, or that stops that were never drawn should be taken off at a certain point.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn many cases on scores both published and those still in manuscript, Becker calls for fairly general or non-specific registrations, such as \"Swell: Full\" and \"Great: Full without Mixtures and Trumpet.\"1 or \"Great: Full except 16'' and \"Swell: Full.\"2 Additional examples are so commonplace as to be available on nearly any instrument, such as \"Great: Full,\" Swell: Full,\" \"Choir: Full,\"3 or \"Swell: Solo Stop,\"4 or \"Swell: Oboe.\"5\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe solo stop he most often requests is an Oboe. Becker had an Oboe on the Kilgen organ at his conservatory, but the player should feel free to consider other solo voices when available since there are incidences where he suggests a Clarinette or even merely \"Solo Stop\" to support this. The accompanying stop most often specified is a Dulciana, which again he had on the early Kilgen. Since on other scores he asks only for a \"Soft 8′,\" the player should seek for a balanced registration between the two voices rather than adhere strictly to his specifications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUse of the swell pedal in Becker's music is less determined by his indications than by understanding of the common practice and techniques of the day, discussed in sources such as \"Swell Pedal Technique\" by Gordon Balch Nevin, dating from 1921. Becker's writing is extremely lyrical and melody-driven, and the primary use of the swell pedal is to aid in the expressiveness of phrasing. He writes, \"Never use the swell entirely closed for more than a single note, and that note should be the final note of a phrase.\"6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Wayne Leupold Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46038588260431,"sku":"LE600310","price":35.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/pt\/products\/becker-organ-works-volume-2-toccatas-leupold","provider":"Ficks Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}