Amazon cover image
Image from Amazon.com

A new history of the organ from the Greeks to the present day / Peter Williams.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1980.Description: 233 p., [24] leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0253157048
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 786.6/2
LOC classification:
  • ML550 .W38
Contents:
The word 'organ' -- The Greek and Roman organ -- The Byzantine and Arabic organ -- The early church organ in the west -- The medieval church organ -- The late medieval positive and portative -- The treatise of Henri Arnaut de Zwolle -- Developments in the later fifteenth century -- Arnold Schlick and his Spiegel der Orgelmacher -- Developments in the sixteenth century -- Some structures and mechanisms before 1600 -- Organs built according to the Werkprinzip -- The French Classical organ -- The organ of J.S. Bach -- The Spanish Baroque organ -- The Italian Baroque organ -- The English organ before 1800 -- Some masterpieces of the northern European organ, 1640-1800 -- The background to organs in 1800 -- Aspects of nineteenth-century organ technology -- Contributions to the nadir of 1890-1930 -- Early indications of an organ revival -- The Orgelbewegung and its aftermath in Germany -- The organ revival in Scandinavia, Holland, the U.S.A., England, France and Italy -- The present and the immediate future.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library Music Pocket Library Books & Scores ML550.W38 1 Available 33710000229711

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

WAR, NEWBERY,

The word 'organ' -- The Greek and Roman organ -- The Byzantine and Arabic organ -- The early church organ in the west -- The medieval church organ -- The late medieval positive and portative -- The treatise of Henri Arnaut de Zwolle -- Developments in the later fifteenth century -- Arnold Schlick and his Spiegel der Orgelmacher -- Developments in the sixteenth century -- Some structures and mechanisms before 1600 -- Organs built according to the Werkprinzip -- The French Classical organ -- The organ of J.S. Bach -- The Spanish Baroque organ -- The Italian Baroque organ -- The English organ before 1800 -- Some masterpieces of the northern European organ, 1640-1800 -- The background to organs in 1800 -- Aspects of nineteenth-century organ technology -- Contributions to the nadir of 1890-1930 -- Early indications of an organ revival -- The Orgelbewegung and its aftermath in Germany -- The organ revival in Scandinavia, Holland, the U.S.A., England, France and Italy -- The present and the immediate future.