The Making of the Victorian Organ

ISBN-13: 9780521663649 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 610 str.

Nicholas Thistlethwaite; John Butt; Laurence Dreyfus

Opis

Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. This important book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during those innovative fifty years in its history. It is richly illustrated with photographs and specially drawn diagrams and contains an invaluable appendix of organ specifications. This is a documentary source book and history that will be indispensable for all those, professionals or amateurs, that have an interest in the organ.

Recenzje

'A splendid new book … Nicholas Thistlethwaite offers a comprehensive view of this distinctive instrument.' The American Organist

Spis treści

Part I: 1. The English organ in 1820; 2. Organs and organ-building, 1820–40; 3. The Insular movement; 4. Three case studies; 5. The Bristol reformation; Part II: 6. Bach, Mendelssohn and the English organ, 1810–45; 7. The German system; 8. The work of William Hill, 1839–55; 9. The Transition; Part III: 10. The emergence of the Victorian organ, 1850–70; 11. Music and mechanics; 12. German influences, 1855–70; 13. Hill & Son, 1856–70; 14. Henry Willis; 15. Epilogue.