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Dietrich Buxtehude
Dietrich Buxtehude , c.1637-1707, Danish composer and organist. From 1668 until his death he was organist at Lübeck, where he established a famous series of evening concerts that attracted musicians from all over northern Germany. On one occasion J. S. Bach walked about 200 miles (320 km) to he... Read more
toccata
toccata [Ital.,=touched], type of musical composition. Early examples were written for various instruments, but the best-known form of toccata originated about the beginning of the 17th cent. Free in form, it was one of the first attempts at idiomatic writing for keyboard instruments, in contrast t... Read more
fugue
fugue [Ital.,=flight], in music, a form of composition in which the basic principle is imitative counterpoint of several voices. Its main elements are: (1) a theme, or subject, stated first in one voice alone and then successively in all voices; (2) the continuation of a voice after the subject, ... Read more
Lübeck
Lübeck , city (1994 pop. 217,270), Schleswig-Holstein, central Germany, on the Trave River near its mouth on the Baltic Sea. It is a major port and a commercial and industrial center; the port is the city's primary employer. Among its industries are shipbuilding, metalworking, food processing, ... Read more
Johann Sebastian Bach
Johann Sebastian Bach , 1685-1750, German composer and organist, b. Eisenach; one of the greatest and most influential composers of the Western world. He brought polyphonic baroque music to its culmination, creating masterful and vigorous works in almost every musical form known in his period. ... Read more
organ
organ a musical wind instrument in which sound is produced by one or more sets of pipes controlled by a keyboard, each pipe producing only one pitch by means of a mechanically produced or electrically controlled wind supply. Early Organs Ktesibios of Alexandria, in the 3d cent. BC, invent... Read more

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Buxtehude, Dieterich (Also Spelled "Dietrich"; c. 1637–1707)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World BUXTEHUDE, DIETERICH (also spelled "Dietrich"; c. 1637 – 1707) BUXTEHUDE, DIETERICH (also spelled "Dietrich"; c...Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750). Buxtehude was also the most highly respected church musician...
Dietrich Buxtehude
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Dietrich Buxtehude The organ works and sacred vocal compositions of the Danish composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707) are the culmination of...composition in the 17th century. Dietrich Buxtehude was born in either Holstein or Sweden...
Buxtehude, Diderik
Book article from: World Encyclopedia Buxtehude, Diderik ( Dietrich ) (1637–1707) Danish organist and composer known for his organ and church music. He was organist...
Johann Sebastian Bach
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...s leave to hear the renowned Dietrich Buxtehude, organist at St. Mary's Church in...an impression because he was offered Buxtehude's position on his retirement, but...traditional stipulation that he marry one of Buxtehude's daughters. Since she was considerably...
Lübeck
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...patronage of foreign artists. Only the organ music of Dieterich Buxtehude (1637 – 1707) and Franz Tunder (1614 –...men of many different interests and backgrounds. See also Buxtehude, Dieterich ; Hamburg ; Hansa . BIBLIOGRAPHY Cowan, Alexander...
toccata
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...interspersing rapid passages of brilliant figuration with fugal sections. Andrea Gabrieli, Frescobaldi, Sweelinck, Froberger, Buxtehude, and Bach were outstanding masters of the toccata style. Schumann wrote a toccata for piano in sonata form. As a brilliant...
Lübeck
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...13th-14th cent.); and many of the old patrician residences. There are also several museums in the city. Dietrich Buxtehude, the composer and organist, was active in Lübeck from 1668 to 1707. The life and decline of a Lübeck...
fugue
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...developed in the instrumental ricercare and canzone. In Germany in the 17th cent. composers such as Sweelinck, Froberger, and Buxtehude developed contrapuntal pieces based on one subject, which led to the fugal style exemplified in the Art of the Fugue, the...
organ
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...masterpieces of the 17th and 18th cent. include works by John Bull, Handel , Jan Sweelinck , Girolamo Frescobaldi , and Dietrich Buxtehude . In the compositions of J. S. Bach the capabilities of the organ found their most magnificent expression. Bibliography...

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Buxtehude, Dietrich
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Buxtehude, Dietrich ( Diderik) Buxtehude ) ( b Oldesloe, Holstein, c. 1637; d Lübeck...held annually on the 5 Sundays before Christmas. Such was Buxtehude's fame that J. S. Bach walked 200 miles from Arnstadt to...
Spitta, (Julius August) Philipp
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...life of Bach (1873, 1880, Eng. trans. 1884–5) and history of Ger. romantic opera. Ed. organ works of Buxtehude, (1876–7), complete works of Schütz (1885–94), and selected works of Frederick the...
choral prelude
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...form were Sweelinck (1562–1621), Scheidt (1587–1654), Pachelbel (1653–1706), Buxtehude (1637–1707), Reinken (1623–1722), and Böhm (1661–1733). Such of Bach...
Eben, Petr
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...pf. trio (1986); Festive Voluntary , Variations on Good King Wenceslas , org. (1986); Hommage à Dietrich Buxtehude , org. (1987); Job , org. (1987); 3 Jubilations , org., brass (1987); 2 Invocations , tb., org. (1988).
Abend
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music Abend (Ger.). Evening; Abendlied . Evening Song; Abendmusik . Evening mus. perfs., usually religious and specifically those by Buxtehude at Lübeck on the five Sundays before Christmas, started in 1673. Continued after his death until 1810.
Moser, Hans Joachim
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music ...deutschen Musik (3 vols., 1920–4); J. S. Bach (1935); Heinrich Schütz (1936, rev. 1954); Gluck (1940); Handel (1941); Weber (1941); Goethe and Music (1949); Buxtehude (1957). Also composer.

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DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE, ORGANIST IN LÜBECK
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 5/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; BOOKS DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE, ORGANIST IN LBECK (Revised Edition...researched study of the life and works of Buxtehude up to that time. An outgrowth of the...that shed new light on many aspects of Buxtehude's life (including the preferred...
BACH TO BUXTEHUDE PROGRAM RCCO BRANTFORD CENTRE, JANUARY 21, 2007
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 5/1/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...based on the organ music of Dieterich Buxtehude and Johann Sebastian Bach. Host organist...to play the complete organ works of Buxtehude in this 300th anniversary year of the...and Christmas music entitled "Bach to Buxtehude," raising more than $2,000 towards...
Dieterich Buxtehude.(works)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: Notes; 9/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; Dieterich Buxtehude. Preludes, Toccatas, and Ciacconas...Christoph Wolff), p. xvii-xxiv; Buxtehude's organs, p. xxv-xxvii; editorial...7515-2. $200 (set).] Dietrich Buxtehude. Neue Ausgabe samtlicher Orgelwerke...
DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE AND THE MEAN-TONE ORGAN, Vol. I
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; DIETERICH BUXTEHUDE AND THE MEAN-TONE ORGAN, Vol. I...to explore the relationships between Buxtehude's music and the instrument. In his...the large mean-tone instruments that Buxtehude knew, therefore Buxtehude would have...
A Fairy-Tale Afternoon - Buxtehude Is Home to One of Europe's Most Famous Legends.
Magazine article from: World and I; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...strange attire. The small German city of Buxtehude is famous as the setting for the Grimm...historian. She relates to me the fame Buxtehude has earned over the years--not as...place in lore causes many to doubt it. Buxtehude's charming "old town" has all the...
CD REVIEWS; Organ music of Buxtehude, Reger highlighted on CDs
Newspaper article from: The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA; 6/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...renown of the organist-composer Dietrich Buxtehude that in 1705 the 20-year-old Johann...of Lubeck in northern Germany to hear Buxtehude play and learn from him. Bach must have...three months. For nearly 40 years, Buxtehude (1637-1707) was organist and administrator...
A Fairy-Tale Afternoon - He Barks With His Tail.(Buxtehude, Germany)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: World and I; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Hamburg in the north of Lower Saxony, Buxtehude dates to the tenth century, when Emperor...city's symbols--it was known as Buxtehude. Now, the ditch is gone and only traces...for irrigation. The Dutch influence in Buxtehude lives on. Today, although German is...
Organ Recitals Series -Dietrich Buxtehude Greyfriars Kirk Music ***Until 27 August
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 8/17/1999; ; 468 words ; ...output of one of Bach's predecessors, Dietrich Buxtehude. In fact, Buxtehude is famous mostly through association with Bach, and the younger man's celebrated trip to see Buxtehude's playing in Lbeck. Buxtehude was probably one...
THE AGO NATIONAL PEDAGOGY CONFERENCE "BUXTEHUDE ON THE FRITTS" UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME SEPTEMBER 11-14, 2005
Magazine article from: The American Organist; 3/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; ...study and enjoy the music of Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707). All together, 195...were treated to approximately 80% of Buxtehude's organ works, all performed on the...directed by Matthew Dirst, in a concert of Buxtehude's chamber music, which included solo...
BUXTEHUDE MARATHON, VIVID AND ELOQUENT
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 1/13/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...anniversary of the birth of Dietrich Buxtehude, but the specific day is not known...without fear of contradiction, "Dietrich Buxtehude, the great Danish composer" -- the...had originally come from the town of Buxtehude, south of Hamburg.) %EC% So the...