The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

This volume provides a useful Companion to all aspects of the organ and its music.

Klappentext
An essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music--from the history of the instrument to the practical art of learning and playing it to the vast repertoire of organ music. 31 photos. 70 music examples.

Zusammenfassung
A Companion containing twenty specially commissioned essays by leading organ scholars. An essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music.

Inhalt
1. Origins and development of the organ Nicholas Thistlethwaite; 2. Organ construction Stephen Bicknell; 3. The physics of the organ John Mainstone; 4. Temperament and pitch Christopher Kent; 5. The organ case Stephen Bicknell; 6. Organ-building today Stephen Bicknell; 7. The fundamentals of organ playing Kimberly Marshall; 8. A survey of historical performance practices Kimberly Marshall; 9. Organ music and the liturgy Edward Higginbottom; 10. Italian organ music to Frescobaldi Christopher Stembridge; 11. Iberian organ music before 1800 James Dalton; 12. The French classical organ school Edward Higginbottom; 13. English organ music to c.1700 Geoffrey Cox; 14. Catholic Germany and Austria before 1800 Patrick Russill; 15. The north German organ school before 1800 Geoffrey Webber; 16. The organ music of J. S. Bach David Yearsley; 17. German organ music after 1800 Graham Barber; 18. French and Belgian organ music after 1800 Gerard Brooks; 19. British organ music after 1800 Andrew McCrea; 20. North American organ music after 1800 Douglas Reed; Appendix The church modes Christopher Stembridge.

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