{"product_id":"bachs-feet-the-organ-pedals-in-european-culture-hardback-9780521199018","title":"Bach's Feet; The Organ Pedals in European Culture (Hardback) 9780521199018","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBach's Feet\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Organ Pedals in European Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYearsley explores the cultural significance of making music with hands and feet, a mode of performance unique to the organ.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDavid Yearsley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521199018, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 19 January 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e314 pages, 44 b\/w illus.  88 music examples\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 2.3 cm, 0.7 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Part of [Yearsley's] intent in writing Bach's Feet, which is clearly a labor of love, is to reintroduce the organ into general musicological discourse, and perhaps even attract some lay readers. His book certainly deserves to succeed in its mission, and the organ, as he says, is 'ready for a comeback'.' Notes\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe organist seated at the king of instruments with thousands of pipes rising all around him, his hands busy at the manuals and his feet patrolling the pedalboard, is a symbol of musical self-sufficiency yielding musical possibilities beyond that of any other mode of solo performance. In this book, David Yearsley presents an interpretation of the significance of the oldest and richest of European instruments, by investigating the German origins of the uniquely independent use of the feet in organ playing. Delving into a range of musical, literary and visual sources, Bach's Feet demonstrates the cultural importance of this physically demanding mode of music-making, from the blind German organists of the fifteenth century, through the central contribution of Bach's music and legacy, to the newly-pedaling organists of the British Empire and the sinister visions of Nazi propagandists.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Inventing the organist's feet\u003cbr\u003e 2. Harmonies of the feet, visions of the body\u003cbr\u003e 3. Walking towards perfection: pedal solos and cycles\u003cbr\u003e 4. The pedal in the cosmopolitan age of travel\u003cbr\u003e 5. Treading the globe: the world-wide expansion of the German pedal ideal\u003cbr\u003e 6. Bach's feet.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Keyboard instruments [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Keyboard instruments\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Keyboard%20instruments%20%5BAVRG%5D%22\"\u003eAVRG\u003c\/a\u003e], Romantic music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Romantic music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Romantic%20music%20%5Bc%201830%20to%20c%201900%5D%20%5BAVGC5%5D%22\"\u003ec 1830 to c 1900 AVGC5\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46006936568088,"sku":"9780521199018","price":83.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521199018i_13dd1989-ef90-4190-8425-04e1c400aaef.jpg?v=1691373895","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/bachs-feet-the-organ-pedals-in-european-culture-hardback-9780521199018","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}