The Organ in New England

The Organ in New England PDF Author: Barbara Owen
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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The Organ in New England

The Organ in New England PDF Author: Barbara Owen
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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The History of the Organ in the United States

The History of the Organ in the United States PDF Author: Orpha Ochse
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253204950
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 516

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Immigration, wars, industrial growth, the availability of electricity, the popularity of orchestral music, and the invention of the phonograph and of the player piano all had a part in determining the course of American organ history.

The New-England Magazine

The New-England Magazine PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 550

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The Organ

The Organ PDF Author: Douglas Bush
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135947961
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 694

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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.

All The Stops

All The Stops PDF Author: Craig Whitney
Publisher: PublicAffairs
ISBN: 0786740256
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 354

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For centuries, pipe organs stood at the summit of musical and technological achievement, admired as the most complex and intricate mechanisms the human race had yet devised. In All The Stops, New York Times journalist Craig Whitney journeys through the history of the American pipe organ and brings to life the curious characters who have devoted their lives to its music. From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, organ music was wildly popular in America. Organ builders in New York and New England could hardly fill the huge demand for both concert hall and home organs. Master organbuilders found ingenious ways of using electricity to make them sound like orchestras. Organ players developed cult followings and bitter rivalries. One movement arose to restore to American organs the clarity and precision that baroque organs had in centuries past, while another took electronic organs to the rock concert halls, where younger listeners could be found. But while organbuilders and organists were fighting with each other, popular audiences lost interest in the organ. Today, organs are beginning to make a comeback in concert halls and churches across America. Craig Whitney brings the story to life and up to date in a humorous, engaging book about the instruments and vivid personalities that inspired his lifelong passion: the great art of the majestic pipe organ. Hear the sounds of some of the pipe organs featured in ALL THE STOPS

A New History of the Organ from the Greeks to the Present Day

A New History of the Organ from the Greeks to the Present Day PDF Author: Peter Williams
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 290

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Most books dealing with the history of the organ have confined themselves to a single period, area, or even country. This invaluable new work is the first complete survey of the organ ever to have been made in any language. The author firmly bases his interpretations and judgment on extant documents whenever possible, on his practical experience in playing organs all over Europe, and on his close examination of a great variety of instruments at different stages of restoration or transformation. Eight chapters are devoted to the early period and four to the Renaissance. Then individual chapters consider the French classical organ, the organ of Bach, the Spanish baroque organ, the Italian baroque organ, the English organ before 1800, and the northern European organ. The final eight chapters discuss developments in the 19th and 20th centuries. Supplementing the text are a glossary and plates illustrating a full range of organs that are typical of their kind. The eminent English musicologist, organist, and harpsichordist, Peter (Fredric) Williams ranks among the foremost authorities on the organ.

Old-time New England

Old-time New England PDF Author: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 538

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Cabinet Organs

Cabinet Organs PDF Author: Mass ). Mason &. Hamlin Co (Boston
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781016865425
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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New England Conservatory Review

New England Conservatory Review PDF Author:
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Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 164

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New England Spiders of the Family Therididae

New England Spiders of the Family Therididae PDF Author: James Henry Emerton
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Category : Cobweb weavers
Languages : en
Pages : 664

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