This vintage book provides a comprehensive outline of the history of organ music throughout the world. With details of its development from ancient Greece to early twentieth-century Germany, this volume will appeal to those with a keen interest in the influence, popularity and history of the organ and its music. Contents include: Graeco-Roman Organ Music, Form in Music, Italian Organ Music, Italian Organ Music (continued), Italian Organ Music (continued), German Organ Music, German Organ Music (continued), German Organ Music (continued), Organ Music in Germany (continued), French Organ Music,...

An intriguing book applying ancient Greek theories of rhythm to famous musical works from Bach to Wagner.

C. F. Abdy Williams (1855 1923), a noted music scholar, traced the history of the discipline at Oxford and Cambridge from the fifteenth century to the late Victorian period in this 1894 book. He discusses the earliest records of degrees in the subject, the establishment of professorships, the requirements for degrees and the ceremonies associated with their conferral. He provides biographical information for graduates from as early as 1463, noting that English music of this early period was in a very advanced stage compared to that of the rest of Europe. He also includes, in an appendix, the...