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==Background==
==Background==


"Prelude 1 in C minor was composed on 2 April 1837. The prelude is a monothematic movement that combines the imitative style of Johann Sebastian Bach and free, nineteenth-century development.  The vigorous theme is introduced in the first four measures and recurs in imitation throughout the work."
"The prelude is a monothematic movement that combines the imitative style of Johann Sebastian Bach and free, nineteenth-century development.  The vigorous theme is introduced in the first four measures and recurs in imitation throughout the work."<ref>Seaton, Douglass. ''The Mendelssohn Companion,''London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.635.</ref>
 
"The C-minor fugue is the improvisation for Thomas Attwood at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1833 and later arranged for organ duet (1835).  Mendelssohn now revised it a third time on 1 December 1836, to make it the initial fugue in his published collection of preludes and fugues for organ.  The fugue obviously had a special appeal for Mendelssohn."<ref>Seaton, Douglass. ''The Mendelssohn Companion,''London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.630.</ref>


==Registration and Organs==
==Registration and Organs==

Revision as of 02:13, 27 February 2015

by Felix Mendelssohn

Background

"The prelude is a monothematic movement that combines the imitative style of Johann Sebastian Bach and free, nineteenth-century development. The vigorous theme is introduced in the first four measures and recurs in imitation throughout the work."[1]

"The C-minor fugue is the improvisation for Thomas Attwood at St. Paul's Cathedral in 1833 and later arranged for organ duet (1835). Mendelssohn now revised it a third time on 1 December 1836, to make it the initial fugue in his published collection of preludes and fugues for organ. The fugue obviously had a special appeal for Mendelssohn."[2]

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Notes

  1. ↑ Seaton, Douglass. The Mendelssohn Companion,London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.635.
  2. ↑ Seaton, Douglass. The Mendelssohn Companion,London: Greenwood Press, 2001, p.630.
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