The Organ As a Mirror of Its Time : North European Reflections, 1610-2000.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Snyder, Kerala J.

Contributor:

Snyder, Kerala J., Contributor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organ (Musical instrument).

Fine Arts.

Organ (Musical instrument)--History--Scandinavia.

Organ (Musical instrument)--History--Germany, Northern.

Local Subjects:

Organ (Musical instrument).

Fine Arts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (392 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Because it has always represented a rich collaboration of the music, art, architecture, handicraft and science of its day, the organ, more than any other instrument, continues to reflect the spirit of the age in which it was built. The Organ as a Mirror of its Time, the first book to consider this instrument's historical and cultural significance, reflects the efforts of twenty leading scholars of the organ. The book chronicles the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, at least one specimen for every century from 1600 to the present. By considering their original contexts

Contents:

CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; ILLUSTRATIONS; CD CONTENTS; PRAELUDIUM; PART I: COURT AND CITY; INTERLUDIUM PRIMUM; PART II: A LARGE EUROPEAN ORGAN IN A SMALL FACTORY TOWN; INTERLUDIUM SECUNDUM; PART III: A FRENCH ORGAN IN COPENHAGEN; INTERLUDIUM TERTIUM; PART IV: REVIVAL AND RENEWAL; POSTLUDIUM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; DISCOGRAPHY; INDEX;

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-280-83533-8

0-19-534936-9

OCLC:

476259279