RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Uhlíř, Václav Metoděj
T1 Works for Organ by Josef Förster Jr. and Josef Bohuslav Foerster in the Context of the Transformation of the Organ Sound Ideal in Bohemia in the Second Half of the 19th Century
JF Musicologica Olomucensia
YR 2015
VO 22
IS 2
SP 121
OP 133
DO 10.5507/mo.2015.017
UL https://musicologica.upol.cz/artkey/mus-201502-0008.php
AB Organ compositions by Josef Förster Jr. and Josef Bohuslav Foerster are interesting from two points of view. In connection with Josef Förster Jr., this can primarily be seen within the context of the overall change of in the aesthetic organ ideal in Bohemia, which was mostly started by Förster himself. His compositions are professionally composed, but their invention does not exceed the average of contemporary compositions. The compositions of J. B. Foerster are not particularly interesting in terms of their organ-building context, as J. B. Foerster bases his character of the organ on that promoted by Josef Förster Jr. J. B. Foerster's compositions are more interesting in terms of their compositional aspect. J. B. Foerster makes use of the organ like an orchestra, with a delicious intensification of multicoloured dynamics, with both distinct harmonic and dynamic twists, and also with a primary, but nevertheless changing, melodic. In this way a composition with the following characteristics arises: in comparison with Josef Förster Jr. more evolutionary, regardless of the time of creation (1896, 1925) but always conforming to a purely romantic feeling. Only a few of these compositions have been already critically edited and published. A number of them are definitely deserving of this in the future.