1st Symphony (Weitz)
The first symphony for organ by Guy Weitz was 1930 . Printed editions appeared u. a. 1932 and 1951 . In this organ symphony Weitz uses all the possibilities of the symphonic organ .
To the music
The three sentences are:
- Regina Pacis
- Mater dolorosa
- Stella maris
The first movement shows the influence of César Franck . The main topic reappears in the third sentence.
The second movement is about the pain of Mary on the cross, which Weitz wants to portray through tension-laden chords and daring modulations . The end, however, is calmer; the Ave Maria theme is used again in the tenor .
The third movement is a toccata in ABABA form. The theme from the first sentence reappears in an intensified form. In the A parts the theme sounds on the pedal , in the B parts it changes canonically between soprano and bass. A coda majestically concludes the entire work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Christoph Schulte im Walde: Weitz, Guy. In: Organ - journal for the organ . April 2016, p. 56 , accessed December 8, 2019 .
- ↑ Information on the 1st symphony in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- ↑ Chris Bragg: Review on MusicWeb International (English)
- ^ Corliss Richard Arnold: Organ Literature. A Comprehensive Survey . tape 1 . Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New Jersey 1995, ISBN 0-8108-2964-9 (English, full text in Google Book Search [accessed December 8, 2019]).