Organ restoration reconsidered : proceedings of a colloquium / edited by John R. Watson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watson, John, 1952-

Series:

Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 44.

Detroit monographs in musicology/Studies in music ; no. 44

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organ (Musical instrument)--Conservation and restoration--Congresses.

Organ (Musical instrument).

Organ (Musical instrument)--Conservation and restoration.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xix, 176 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (1 color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Warren, Mich. : Harmonie Park Press ; Williamsburg, Va. : Published in association with the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, 2005.

Contents:

Considerations for the future of historic organs / Laurence Libin

Beyond sound: preserving the other voice of historic organs / John R. Watson

The restorer and the conservator: deconstructing stereotypes / R. L. Barclay

Parallel to the organ: the English virginal in Stuart England / Darryl Martin

A conservator's contribution to the restoration team / David Blanchfield

The conservation of the painted surfaces on the historic St. Luke's organ / David Goist

Reflections on a chamber organ / Barbara Owen

Softly, and sweetly acchording to all: the historic St. Luke's organ and its contemporaneous repertoire / Christopher Kent

The chamber organ in Stuart England: the background to the historic St. Luke's organ / Dominic Gwynn

Toward restoration of the Salem Tannenberg organ / George Taylor and Bruce Shull

Organ restoration: problems and solutions / Raymond J. Brunner

The only one in the world: two case studies from the Baltic States / Göran Grahn

An organized piano by Alpheus Babcock / Darcy Kuronen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

089990128X

OCLC:

57366031