Pipe-organ.wiki:Composition list style guide

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The following is a guide for recommending how to create a list of compositions for a composer.

Notes

This article is written by William and the future administrators of pipe-organ.wiki and is protected. It does not adhere to the reference-based style of the rest of the wiki but instead contains our original thoughts about how composition tables should be created.

This article contains examples of composition lists from real composers. They have been edited for brevity and the references have been removed to not clutter this article's references list. Refer to the articles about these composers for a more up-to-date composition list with references.

See also

Examples

The following are a few small and basic examples of how to style your composition list.

Early Music

For early music composers, especially those where there are not many works published by them and most works survive in handwritten copies, a table that includes the sources themselves may be the best option.

Organ works by Arnold Matthias Brunckhorst
Source Title Incipit Notes ref.
D-LEm Becker II.2.51 part 5, p.16-19 Praeludium / ex E. m. / A. m. Brunckhorst Prelude
\relative e'' { e16 g fis e dis cis b a g a b a g }

Fugue
\relative e' { \time 4/2 r8 e g e b'4 c b g a b }
 ref...
D-B Mus.ms. 30381 No 4 Praludium con Fuga. ex G b. / pedaliter. / di / Mons: Prunth. Prelude
\relative g'' { \key g \minor r16 g fis g d g fis g c, g' fis g bes, }

Fugue
\relative g' { \key g \minor r8 g bes c d d d d | bes8. a16 g8 }
 di: Job: Ringk.
Speculative, also attributed to Nicolaus Bruhns		 ref...

Modern Music

For modern composers who have published most of their works, a table including the year composed or opus number (if available) would be a good option.

Organ Works by Maurice Duruflé
Op. Title Incipit Notes Published Ref.
2 Scherzo
<< \relative g { \key f \minor \time 3/4 \clef bass <g a e'>2 <e g a>4~2 <g a e'>4 } \\ \relative g, { <g c>2.~2.\laissezVibrer } >>
 Durand ref...
7 Prélude et Fugue sur le Nom d' Alain Prélude
<< \relative a { \time 2/2 \key d \minor \tuplet 3/2 4 { \clef bass a8 d a a f' a, a bes a } } \\ \relative d, { \tuplet 3/2 { <d a' d>8 r8 r8 } r4 r4 } >>

Fugue
\relative a { \clef alto \time 6/8 a8 d a a f' a, a bes a g }
\new Staff \with { \omit TimeSignature } \relative a' { \time 5/4 \stemDown a4^"A" d^"L" a^"A" a^"I" f'^"N" \bar "" }
 Durand ref...
12 Fugue sur le theme du Carillon des heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons
<< \relative g' { \clef bass \time 6/8 \partial 8 g8 e4 g8 d4 g8 c,4 b8 e4 e,8 } \\ \relative a, { r8 a2.~2.\laissezVibrer } \\ \\ \relative c' { r8 c4. b a g } >>
 Orgue&L 48 (1962)
L'Organiste 50 (1962)		 ref...
Méditation
<< \relative ees'' { \key c \minor \time 2/2 ees8 d c4~8 d ees f ges f ees4 } \\ \relative c' { <c g'>2 <f a> <ees bes'> } >>
 Written in 1964 Durand 15470 (2001) ref...

Other

For a composer which fits both of these categories (such as an early composer with some published works and others in copies), it may be a good idea to have both types of tables instead of trying to combine them into one.

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