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The European Organ, 1450-1850

Door Peter Williams

Categorie	Muziekinstrumenten
Boeknummer	#391105-XP3
Titel	The European Organ, 1450-1850
Auteur	Williams, Peter
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	London : Batsford
Jaar van uitgave	1966
ISBN10	0713407530
ISBN13	9780713407532
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original green boards, gilt lettered spine, dust jacket, illustrations (including photographs) in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	"No complete book in English or indeed in any other language has hitherto been available on the immense subject of the European organ; certainly not one covering each area and period in full historical detail. From a few English and a very large number of German, French, Italian and other sources, Dr Williams has drawn a history of this most complex and magnificent of all instruments. He has himself visited many of the places concerned, and has included references to English organ-building where these are relevant. Suggestions in reference-notes for further information are aimed at professional readers, while for the more general reader there are many notes in the text about actual instruments he can visit or hear abroad. In the chapters devoted to the seven main areas, authentic regi... (Lees verder)stration rules--perhaps the most complete collection so far made--have been incorporated, and there is constant reference to the theorists and composers of the time and area under consideration. An introduction sketches the construction of the organ, a glossary of stop-names offers results of some of the most up-to-date research, and 100 photographs with (a unique feature) seven maps fill in the gazetteer aspect of the subject. Particular importance is attached to describing the splendid work of the best-known builders, the evolution of the Renaissance from the Gothic organ, and the signs of decline in the 1750-1850 period. For some areas, notably Spain and the western Slav countries, the book draws for the first time in English the main lines of development and at the same time suggests evaluations as to the important and the unimportant in the history of all the European organs."--Dust jacket.
Pagina's	336
Conditie	Goed — Pric dust jacket clipped.
Prijs	€ 45,00

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