Von den wichtigsten Pflichten eines Organisten. Ein Beytrag zur Verbesserung der musikalischen Liturgie
- Halle ... Leipzig: auf Kosten des Verfassers; in kommission bey Schwickert zu Leipzig, und in der Hemmerdeschen Buchhandlung zu Halle, 1787
Halle ... Leipzig: auf Kosten des Verfassers; in kommission bey Schwickert zu Leipzig, und in der Hemmerdeschen Buchhandlung zu Halle, 1787. Octavo. Half mid-tan calf with marbled boards, spine in decorative compartments gilt with dark orange and dark purple title labels gilt, red edges. 1f. (recto title, verso blank), [3]-211 (text), [212] ("Nacherinnerung"), 213-240 pp. typeset music.
With small handstamps in purple ink to title, one "Geschenkt von Herrn Prof, Stöbe," one a withdrawal stamp from the Stadtbibliothek Littau, and one indecipherable, with numerical annotation in ink; occasional annotations to text in pencil and to endpapers, including ownership signature in ink, "G. Koerner 1830," along with notes regarding binding.
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; remnants of paper label to foot of spine; endpapers foxed and stained. Uniform light browning; some foxing; paper loss to blank upper margin of pp. 13/14, with one small burn hole not affecting text.
An attractive, crisp and wide-margined copy overall. First Edition. Gregory-Bartlett p. 275 (lacking the Anhang containing the musical examples). Not in Cortot, Wolffheim, or Hirsch. RISM Écrits p. 847.
Türk, a German theorist and composer, received his musical education at the Dresden Kreuzschule under the Kantor G.A. Homilius, "a former pupil of Bach and teacher of J.A. Hiller and J.F. Reichardt. In 1772 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig, but continued his music studies under the guidance of Hiller. ... He took keyboard (clavichord) lessons in Leipzig from J.W. Hassler, a pupil of J.C. Kittel and therefore also in the tradition of J.S. Bach. ... In 1787 Turk was appointed organist and musical director of the Marktkirche (Liebfrauenkirche), the principal church in Halle (the position earlier held by W.F. Bach). ... In the same year his book Von den wichtigsten Pflichten eines Organisten appeared, the first of the fundamental theoretical works which were to occupy him for the greater part of his life. ... With this Beytrag zur Verbesserung der musikalischen Liturgie, as the work was sub-titled, he hit on a subject of great topical interest in view of the increasing decline in the importance of ecclesiastical matters, including church music, in the face of the Enlightenment. His treatise was one of the first steps towards reform." Erwin R. Jacobi in Grove Music Online.
With small handstamps in purple ink to title, one "Geschenkt von Herrn Prof, Stöbe," one a withdrawal stamp from the Stadtbibliothek Littau, and one indecipherable, with numerical annotation in ink; occasional annotations to text in pencil and to endpapers, including ownership signature in ink, "G. Koerner 1830," along with notes regarding binding.
Binding slightly worn, rubbed, and bumped; remnants of paper label to foot of spine; endpapers foxed and stained. Uniform light browning; some foxing; paper loss to blank upper margin of pp. 13/14, with one small burn hole not affecting text.
An attractive, crisp and wide-margined copy overall. First Edition. Gregory-Bartlett p. 275 (lacking the Anhang containing the musical examples). Not in Cortot, Wolffheim, or Hirsch. RISM Écrits p. 847.
Türk, a German theorist and composer, received his musical education at the Dresden Kreuzschule under the Kantor G.A. Homilius, "a former pupil of Bach and teacher of J.A. Hiller and J.F. Reichardt. In 1772 he enrolled at the University of Leipzig, but continued his music studies under the guidance of Hiller. ... He took keyboard (clavichord) lessons in Leipzig from J.W. Hassler, a pupil of J.C. Kittel and therefore also in the tradition of J.S. Bach. ... In 1787 Turk was appointed organist and musical director of the Marktkirche (Liebfrauenkirche), the principal church in Halle (the position earlier held by W.F. Bach). ... In the same year his book Von den wichtigsten Pflichten eines Organisten appeared, the first of the fundamental theoretical works which were to occupy him for the greater part of his life. ... With this Beytrag zur Verbesserung der musikalischen Liturgie, as the work was sub-titled, he hit on a subject of great topical interest in view of the increasing decline in the importance of ecclesiastical matters, including church music, in the face of the Enlightenment. His treatise was one of the first steps towards reform." Erwin R. Jacobi in Grove Music Online.