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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Prelude II is dedicated to Tracy Y. Cannon. It consists of two pages written for two manuals and pedals. | |||
Copyright 1948 by Gershon Ephros. | |||
Copyright assigned to G. Schirmer, Inc. | |||
International Copyright secured. | |||
==Organ and Registration== | ==Organ and Registration== | ||
This piece calls for 8' foundational stops for both the Swell and the Great. The pedal should balance with the manuals, using 16' foundational stops. The expression pedal is called for multiple times on almost every system. | |||
==Fingering and Pedaling== | ==Fingering and Pedaling== | ||
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==Tempo and Meter== | ==Tempo and Meter== | ||
Poco lento, quarter note = 66 | |||
The majority of this piece is in 3/4, with a two system interlude of 2/4 in the middle. As the piece winds down, and prior to the final cadence, the meter fluctuates with one measure of 2/4, two measures of 3/4, followed by one measure of common time. The final cadence returns to 3/4. | |||
==Resources== | ==Resources== | ||
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==Free Online== | ==Free Online== | ||
6 Preludes for Organ: Prelude No. 2, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glxPw3NdDPo, performed by Barbara Harbach] | |||
==Pay to Listen== | ==Pay to Listen== | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
Latest revision as of 22:43, 8 March 2015
from Six Preludes by Ernest Bloch
Background
Prelude II is dedicated to Tracy Y. Cannon. It consists of two pages written for two manuals and pedals.
Copyright 1948 by Gershon Ephros. Copyright assigned to G. Schirmer, Inc. International Copyright secured.
Organ and Registration
This piece calls for 8' foundational stops for both the Swell and the Great. The pedal should balance with the manuals, using 16' foundational stops. The expression pedal is called for multiple times on almost every system.
Fingering and Pedaling
Articulation and Phrasing
Ornamentation
Tempo and Meter
Poco lento, quarter note = 66
The majority of this piece is in 3/4, with a two system interlude of 2/4 in the middle. As the piece winds down, and prior to the final cadence, the meter fluctuates with one measure of 2/4, two measures of 3/4, followed by one measure of common time. The final cadence returns to 3/4.
Resources
Scores and Editions
Recordings
Free Online
6 Preludes for Organ: Prelude No. 2, performed by Barbara Harbach
