Contents

1 INTRODUCTION - 15

2 THE STUDY AND THE PIANO
    TECHNIQUE - 25
   Difference between the piano technique and    the keyboard technique
   The birth of the romantic study
   The study as a partner in the development of    the pianism
   The study according to different masters
   Chopin Studies
   Liszt Studies

3 THE MODERN SCHOOL OF ORGAN IN     FRANCE - 41
   Organ and liturgy
   The organ and the French Revolution
   The Reconstruction Period and the new    expressive  trends
   Cavaillé-Coll and the Symphonic Organ
   The organ and the foundation of the    Conservatory  of Paris
   Organ methods and conventions in France,    during   the XVII century
   Widor, Guilmant and the modern
   French School of  Organ

4 JEANNE DEMESSIEUX AND THE SIX     ÉTUDES - 69
    Demessieux's musical background
    Marcel Dupré's pedagogy
    The predecessors of the Six Études: Marcel     Dupre's Studies

 5 THE PIANO ELEMENTS
    AND SIX ÉTUDES - 85
    Specific characteristics of the organ
    Significant peculiarities of the organ
    The changing process in the Six Études
    First Study: Pointes
    Second Study: Tierces
    Third Study: Sixtes
    Fourth Study: Accords Alternés
    Fifth Study: Notes Répétées
    Sixth Study: Octaves

6 JUST A FEW MORE WORDS 133

7 BIBLIOGRAPHC REFERENCES 135
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