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As part of the so-called Organ Movement, the Romantic organ repertoire was from about 1925 onwards put aside in favour of Baroque masterpieces.
Factsheet
- Schools involved Bern Academy of the Arts
- Institute(s) Institute Interpretation
- Research unit(s) Performance and interpretation
- Funding organisation SNSF
- Duration 01.03.2014 - 31.12.2018
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Kai Köpp
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Project staff
Sebastian Bausch
Nicola Cittadin
Dr. Johannes Gebauer
Dominik Hennig
Hans-Wilhelm Schmitz -
Partner
Museum für Musikautomaten - Sammlung Dr. h.c. H. Weiss-Stauffacher
Augustinermuseum Freiburg
Max-Reger-Institut/Elsa-Reger-Stiftung Karlsruhe
Deutsches Musikautomaten Museum Bruchsal
Pontificio Institutio di Musica Sacra
Situation
When instruments from the 19th century were renovated, the style of interpretation that they represented was also lost – not least because it had hardly been possible before 1925 to make recordings in a church acoustic. For this reason, the recordings made for the Welte Philharmonie Organ from circa 1909 onwards are among the earliest-ever recordings of artistic organ playing. A previous project was able to confirm the credibility of these recordings by investigating the actual recording process; now, a scholarly catalogue of these historical documents of interpretation is being created that will form the basis for future research. Initial examination will concentrate on the early organ recordings of Eugène Gigout (1844–1925) and Marco Enrico Bossi (1861–1925).
