by Anthony Caldicott
An assessment of the Passacaglia, Variations and Fugue which dates from 1931.
Karg-Elert – A Player’s Guide
Karg-
by Anthony Caldicott
How many of the works of Sigfrid Karg-Elert are you familiar with, and how would you rate their difficulty?
The Karg-Elert Festival of 1930
The Karg-
by Felix Aprahamian
A fascinating anecdotal account of this memorable occasion by the man who was Vice-Chairman of the
Karg-Elert Archive.
Karg-Elert and his Publishers
Karg-
Karg-
by Richard Barnes
A look at the chequered publishing history of the works of Karg-Elert by the proprietor of Cathedral Music, from which so much of the composer’s sheet music is once again available.
Karg-Elert’s Opus 150 in a new edition; Piersig’s right to reply
Karg-
by Harold Fabrikant
This music has been the subject of controversy since 1981 when doubts of its authenticity were raised; there is no easy answer and the music is of sufficient importance that we cannot merely abandon it or wish it did not exist.
Sigfrid Karg-Elert – A Retrospective View
Sigfrid Karg-
by Anthony Caldicott
May 2005 marked the 75th anniversary of the first Karg-Elert Festival, which took place in the church of
St Lawrence Jewry, in the City of London.
Kaleidoscope Opus 144
St Lawrence Jewry, in the City of London.
Kaleidoscope Opus 144
by Richard Walker
Some important observations on the performance of this work.
Precepts on the
Polarity of Sound and Tonality
Precepts on the
Polarity of Sound and Tonality
Details of the recently printed English translation of Karg-Elert’s Polarity Theory, available after 75 years.
The 1671 Wren church of St Lawrence, Jewry, in the city of London. This was the venue for the Karg-Elert Festival in 1930 which the composer attended.
Sadly, the original interior and its fine organ were gutted by incendiaries during the blitz of the Second World War. However, it has been beautifully restored.
