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Organ Compositions on the Motive B A C H

Description: Since the time of Johann Sebastian Bach many musical compositions have been written on the letters of his last name. In German musical notation, these letters are the equivalents of out B flat, A, C, and B natural. This study traces the use of this motive in works written for the organ throughout the past two centuries. The discussion in these chapters has been an attempt to illustrate the use of the motive B A C H in organ compositions from before the time of Bach up to the present. Time limit… more
Date: August 1965
Creator: Stegall, Ruth Ellen
Partner: UNT Libraries
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