Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Languages : en
Pages : 8
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To the honourable the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled. The humble petition of the several persons whose names are hereto subscribed, being owners and proprietors of messuages, lands, and tenements, within the parishes of Langham and Morston, in the county of Norfolk, and entitled to certain rights of common, and other rights and interests, within the parishes ... aforesaid, etc
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 8
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The Eighteenth Century
Suffolk and the Great Rebellion, 1640-1660
Author: Alan Everitt
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Category : Suffolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Category : Suffolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 152
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Organ-building in Georgian and Victorian England
Author: Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher: Music in Britain
ISBN: 9781783274673
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Established for the building of keyboard instruments, by the mid-1790s the workshop of brothers Robert and William Gray had become one of the leading organ-makers in London, with instruments in St Paul's, Covent Garden and St Martin-in-the-Fields. Under William's son John Gray, the firm built some of the largest English organs of the 1820s and 1830s, as well as exporting major instruments to Boston and Charleston in the United States. In the early 1840s, with the marriage of John Gray's daughter to Frederick Davison - a member of the circle of Bach-enthusiasts around the composer Samuel Wesley - the firm became 'Gray & Davison'. Davison was a progressive figure who reformed workshop practices, commissioned a purpose-built organ factory in Euston Road and opened a branch workshop in Liverpool to exploit the booming market for church organs in Lancashire and the north-west. Under Davison's management, the firm was responsible for significant mechanical and musical innovations, especially in the design of concert organs. Instruments such as those built in the 1850s for Glasgow City Hall, the Crystal Palace and Leeds Town Hall were heavily influenced by contemporary French practice; they were designed to perform a repertoire dominated by orchestral transcriptions. Many of the instruments made by the firm have been lost or altered; but the surviving organs in St Anne, Limehouse (1851), Usk Parish Church (1861) and Clumber Chapel (1889) testify to the quality and importance of Gray & Davison's work. This book charts the firm's history from its foundation in 1772 to Frederick Davison's death in 1889. At the same time, it describes changes in musical taste and liturgical use and explores such topics as provincial music festivals, the town hall organ, domestic music-making and popular entertainment, the building of churches and the impact on church music of the Evangelical and Tractarian movements. It will appeal to organ aficionados interested in the evolution of the English organ in the later Georgian and Victorian eras, as well as other music scholars and cultural historians. NICHOLAS THISTLETHWAITE has written extensively on the history of the English organ and other aspects of English church music, and his book, The making of the Victorian organ (1990) is recognised as the standard work on the subject. He has acted as consultant for the restoration and rebuilding of organs, most recently at St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Christ Church
Publisher: Music in Britain
ISBN: 9781783274673
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Established for the building of keyboard instruments, by the mid-1790s the workshop of brothers Robert and William Gray had become one of the leading organ-makers in London, with instruments in St Paul's, Covent Garden and St Martin-in-the-Fields. Under William's son John Gray, the firm built some of the largest English organs of the 1820s and 1830s, as well as exporting major instruments to Boston and Charleston in the United States. In the early 1840s, with the marriage of John Gray's daughter to Frederick Davison - a member of the circle of Bach-enthusiasts around the composer Samuel Wesley - the firm became 'Gray & Davison'. Davison was a progressive figure who reformed workshop practices, commissioned a purpose-built organ factory in Euston Road and opened a branch workshop in Liverpool to exploit the booming market for church organs in Lancashire and the north-west. Under Davison's management, the firm was responsible for significant mechanical and musical innovations, especially in the design of concert organs. Instruments such as those built in the 1850s for Glasgow City Hall, the Crystal Palace and Leeds Town Hall were heavily influenced by contemporary French practice; they were designed to perform a repertoire dominated by orchestral transcriptions. Many of the instruments made by the firm have been lost or altered; but the surviving organs in St Anne, Limehouse (1851), Usk Parish Church (1861) and Clumber Chapel (1889) testify to the quality and importance of Gray & Davison's work. This book charts the firm's history from its foundation in 1772 to Frederick Davison's death in 1889. At the same time, it describes changes in musical taste and liturgical use and explores such topics as provincial music festivals, the town hall organ, domestic music-making and popular entertainment, the building of churches and the impact on church music of the Evangelical and Tractarian movements. It will appeal to organ aficionados interested in the evolution of the English organ in the later Georgian and Victorian eras, as well as other music scholars and cultural historians. NICHOLAS THISTLETHWAITE has written extensively on the history of the English organ and other aspects of English church music, and his book, The making of the Victorian organ (1990) is recognised as the standard work on the subject. He has acted as consultant for the restoration and rebuilding of organs, most recently at St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Christ Church
The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster
Author: Edward Baines
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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Category : Lancashire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 724
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The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall
Author: William Page
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Category : Cornwall (England : County)
Languages : en
Pages : 62
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Bygone London
Author: Frederick Ross
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
"Bygone London" by Frederick Ross Near the turn of the century, London began to undergo drastic societal and economic changes. Around that time, the history of the city began to gain popularity as a topic of study. In this book, Ross looks at a London of the past, from popular neighborhoods to historic landmarks, the city is explored in great detail, and in a way that brings England's capital to life.
Publisher: Good Press
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
"Bygone London" by Frederick Ross Near the turn of the century, London began to undergo drastic societal and economic changes. Around that time, the history of the city began to gain popularity as a topic of study. In this book, Ross looks at a London of the past, from popular neighborhoods to historic landmarks, the city is explored in great detail, and in a way that brings England's capital to life.
Suffolk Manorial Families, Being the County Visitations and Other Pedigrees
Author: Joseph James Muskett
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Category : Suffolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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Category : Suffolk (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 458
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History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire
Author: Samuel Bagshaw
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Category : Shropshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Category : Shropshire (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Quorndon Records
Author: George Francis Farnham
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Category : Deeds
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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Category : Deeds
Languages : en
Pages : 682
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