Author: Peggy Kelley Reinburg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Peggy Kelley Reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in English to chronicle the remarkable achievements of Arp Schnitger, whose influence extends to the twentieth century with the current interest in Baroque instruments and performance practice. The book gives an account of organ-building activity in North Germany and the Netherlands prior to Schnitger, describes in detail many of his constructions as they related to various periods in his life, and comments on Schnitger's impact on trends in organ building. Specifications are given for twenty-two extant organs, and appendixes include a glossary of German-English technical terms, complete scalings for several Schnitger organs, and a chronological listing of all Schnitger instruments.
Arp Schnitger, Organ Builder
Author: Peggy Kelley Reinburg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Peggy Kelley Reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in English to chronicle the remarkable achievements of Arp Schnitger, whose influence extends to the twentieth century with the current interest in Baroque instruments and performance practice. The book gives an account of organ-building activity in North Germany and the Netherlands prior to Schnitger, describes in detail many of his constructions as they related to various periods in his life, and comments on Schnitger's impact on trends in organ building. Specifications are given for twenty-two extant organs, and appendixes include a glossary of German-English technical terms, complete scalings for several Schnitger organs, and a chronological listing of all Schnitger instruments.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Peggy Kelley Reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in English to chronicle the remarkable achievements of Arp Schnitger, whose influence extends to the twentieth century with the current interest in Baroque instruments and performance practice. The book gives an account of organ-building activity in North Germany and the Netherlands prior to Schnitger, describes in detail many of his constructions as they related to various periods in his life, and comments on Schnitger's impact on trends in organ building. Specifications are given for twenty-two extant organs, and appendixes include a glossary of German-English technical terms, complete scalings for several Schnitger organs, and a chronological listing of all Schnitger instruments.
Arp Schnitger, Organ Builder
Author: Peggy Kelley Reinburg
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Peggy Kelley Reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in English to chronicle the remarkable achievements of Arp Schnitger, whose influence extends to the twentieth century with the current interest in Baroque instruments and performance practice. The book gives an account of organ-building activity in North Germany and the Netherlands prior to Schnitger, describes in detail many of his constructions as they related to various periods in his life, and comments on Schnitger's impact on trends in organ building. Specifications are given for twenty-two extant organs, and appendixes include a glossary of German-English technical terms, complete scalings for several Schnitger organs, and a chronological listing of all Schnitger instruments.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Peggy Kelley Reinburg has written the first comprehensive book in English to chronicle the remarkable achievements of Arp Schnitger, whose influence extends to the twentieth century with the current interest in Baroque instruments and performance practice. The book gives an account of organ-building activity in North Germany and the Netherlands prior to Schnitger, describes in detail many of his constructions as they related to various periods in his life, and comments on Schnitger's impact on trends in organ building. Specifications are given for twenty-two extant organs, and appendixes include a glossary of German-English technical terms, complete scalings for several Schnitger organs, and a chronological listing of all Schnitger instruments.
The Organ
Author: Douglas Bush
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135947961
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Organ includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete A-Z reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135947961
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
The Encyclopedia of Organ includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments, and related terminology. It is the first complete A-Z reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world.
The Organ
Author: Douglas Earl Bush
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415941741
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 0415941741
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
Languages : en
Pages : 696
Book Description
Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.
The Cambridge Companion to the Organ
Author: Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494036
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107494036
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.
The Contemporary American Organ
Author: William Harrison Barnes
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Organ
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Publisher: Alfred Music Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Organ
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The Organs of J.S. Bach
Author: Markus Zepf
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252078454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Published in cooperation with the American Bach Society."
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 0252078454
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Published in cooperation with the American Bach Society."
The Registration of Baroque Organ Music
Author: Barbara Owen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253210852
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Each part starts with a brief description of the political and religious climate of the period and the way such factors affected the compositions and the organ-building of the time.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253210852
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
Each part starts with a brief description of the political and religious climate of the period and the way such factors affected the compositions and the organ-building of the time.
Organa Britannica
Author: James Boeringer
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838718940
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838718940
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
Organs for America
Author: William H. Armstrong
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512800082
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 1512800082
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas.