Bach's feet : the organ pedals in European culture / by Yearsley, David Gaynor

Table of Contents: “…Inventing the organist's feet -- Harmonies of the feet, visions of the body -- Walking towards perfection : pedal solos and cycles -- The pedal in the cosmopolitan age of travel -- Treading the globe : the world-wide expansion of the German pedal ideal -- Bach's feet.…”
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Bach's feet : the organ pedals in European culture / by Yearsley, David Gaynor

Table of Contents: “…Cover; BACH'S FEET; MUSICAL PERFORMANCE AND RECEPTION; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction: the guardian of the organ loft; ORIGINS AND ADAPTATION; A CONGRESS OF FEET; ITINERARY; MY PEDAL PAST; THE ORGAN IN EXILE; CHAPTER 1: Inventing the organist's feet; THE MYTHOLOGY OF THE PEDALS; THE BIRTH OF PEDAL INDEPENDENCE: THE ORGAN TRIO; VIRTUOSIC INDEPENDENCE OF HANDS AND FEET: BACH'S TRIOS; DANCING TO THE IDEAL; BACH AND BERNHARD; CHAPTER 2: Harmonies of the feet, visions of the body; COMPREHENDING THE ORGAN'S DIMENSIONS.…”
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