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Textbooks on Organ Improvisation and Their Possible Use in Music Education

Table 1: Results of the comparative analysis of textbooks of organ improvisation – RQs 1, 2

Author Textbook Language Number of pages Difficulty (1=beginner, 5=advanced) Presentation of theory (1=the worst; 5=the best) Exercises for practice (1=the worst; 5=the best)
Franz Josef Stoiber Faszination Orgelimprovisation German, English 152 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 5 4
Jan Steyer Učebnice improvizace pro chrámové varhaníky Czech 93 1, 2, 3 5 5
Jan Overduin Making Music: Improvisation for organists English 223 1, 2, 3, 4 4 4
Lionel Rogg Cours d´improvisation Modale ou libre pour pour les organistes French 106 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 2 5
Lionel Rogg Cours d´improvisation pour les organistes French, English 60 2, 3, 4 2 5
Bohumír Kratochvíl Učebnice varhanní improvizace - liturgická praxe Czech 144 3, 4, 5 3 2
Reiner Gaar Orgelimprovisation Lehrplan und Arbeitshifen German 183 3, 4, 5 4 3
Marcel Dupré Cours Complet d´Improvisation á l´Orgue. Vol 1 + Vol. 2 French, English 62 + 148 3, 4, 5 4 4
Jaroslav Vodrážka Varhanní improvizace Czech, German, English 74 3, 4 2 3
Hermann Keller Schule der Choralimprovisation German, English 75 3, 4 3 3
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