Organ Sonata
An organ sonata (ital. Sonata , suonata ; from ital. Suonare , Latin sonare “to sound”) is a work in several movements that is written for the solo performance on an organ . It often contains movements in sonata form , which is what it has in common with the organ symphony .
The organ sonata originated in Germany in the early classical period and was further developed in the romantic period . Important composers of this genre are Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach and above all Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy , Josef Gabriel Rheinberger and Max Reger .
Famous works
- Trio sonatas for organ BWV 525-530 by Johann Sebastian Bach
- Six organ sonatas Wq 70 by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
- Six organ sonatas op. 65 by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
- 20 organ sonatas by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
- Eight organ sonatas by Alexandre Guilmant
- Six organ sonatas by Filippo Capocci
- Six organ sonatas by Charles Villiers Stanford
- Six organ sonatas by Camillo Schumann
- Two organ sonatas by Max Reger
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Martin Weyer : The German Organ Sonata from Mendelssohn to Reger. Bosse, Regensburg 1969.