Improvising: How to master the art - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0193858819 ISBN 13: 9780193858817

Publisher: Oxford University Press Music, 1994

Synopsis

Gerre Hancock has long been renowned for his extraordinary improvisations, and has for many years taught the art of improvisation at classes and workshops across the United States. Now he has codified and organized his teaching into a book which carries the organist from the scale through the fugue, covering on the way interludes, hymns, hymn preludes, sonata form, canon, and more. Written in an informal style and illustrated with musical examples and exercises, this book opens wide the door to musical and technical skill.

About this title

About the Author:

Gerre Hancock is Organist and Master of the Choristers at Saint Thomas Church in New York City. He holds degrees from the University of Texas (B.Mus.) and Union Theological Seminary (M.Sac.Mus.) and has studied with E. William Doty, Robert Baker, Jean Langlais, and Marie-Claire Alain. He is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists and is a founder and past president of the Association of Anglican Musicians. In addition to his duties at Saint Thomas Dr. Hancock teaches at Juilliard, at the Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and at the Eastman School. In 1981 he was appointed a Fellow of the Royal School of Church Music and was awarded the Doctor of Music from Nashotah House in 1986. He performs through the United States and Europe, frequently in duo recitals with his wife Judith Hancock.

Review:

Strongly recommended as an essential part of every organist's library. * Church Music Quarterly *

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press Music
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0193858819
• ISBN 13: 9780193858817
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Number of pages: 176