Author: Barbara OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Organ in New England
Author: Barbara OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Organ Building in New England in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
Author: Barbara J. OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New England
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
The History of the Organ in the United States
Author: Orpha OchsePublisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253204950
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
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 Organ
Author: Douglas BushPublisher: 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 in New England
Author: Barbara OwenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to the Organ
Author: Nicholas ThistlethwaitePublisher: 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 Organ
Author: Douglas Earl BushPublisher: 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.
Organ Literature
Author: Corliss Richard ArnoldPublisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810846977
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
Now in paperback! Cloth edition 0-8108-2964-9 originally published in 1995.
The Tracker
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
The Making of the Victorian Organ
Author: Nicholas ThistlethwaitePublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521663649
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 616
Book Description
This important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history.