Studies in English Organ Music
Studies in English Organ Music

Author: Iain Quinn

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-06-14

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 1351672401

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Studies in English Organ Music is a collection of essays by expert authors that examines key areas of the repertoire in the history of organ music in England. The essays on repertoire are placed alongside supporting studies in organ building and liturgical practice in order to provide a comprehensive contextualization. An analysis of the symbiotic relationship between the organ, liturgy, and composers reveals how the repertoire has been shaped by these complementary areas and developed through history. This volume is the first collection of specialist studies related to the field of English organ music.

The History of the English Organ
The History of the English Organ

Author: Stephen Bicknell

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 430

ISBN-13: 9780521654098

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This 1996 book describes the history of organs built in England from AD 900 to the present day.

The Chamber Organ in Britain, 1600–1830
The Chamber Organ in Britain, 1600–1830

Author: Michael I. Wilson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 307

ISBN-13: 1351545744

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The first edition of The English Chamber Organ was published in 1968. This new, revised edition takes into account the considerable research into chamber organs that has taken place over the last thirty years. Much of the book has been completely rewritten and expanded, and it includes a number of organs not detailed in the first edition. As its revised title suggests, this new edition covers foreign-make imports as well as British-made organs that were sent overseas. Part one comprises a series of chapters that cover the history of the chamber organ, its origins and development. Part two provides a general introduction to the construction of organs, while part three gives detailed descriptions of 196 British chamber organs, with information on their location, specifications, design, and suggestions for further reading. As a domestic instrument the chamber organ was often perceived to be as much a piece of furniture as an item of musical equipment. The Chamber Organ in Britain offers an assessment of the organ as both a musical instrument and as a decorative icon.

The Cambridge Companion to the Organ
The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

Author: Nicholas Thistlethwaite

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-03-04

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1107494036

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This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instrument's history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the relationship between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions.

"The Chamber Organ in Britain, 1600?830 "

Author: Michael I. Wilson

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1351545736

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The first edition of The English Chamber Organ was published in 1968. This new, revised edition takes into account the considerable research into chamber organs that has taken place over the last thirty years. Much of the book has been completely rewritten and expanded, and it includes a number of organs not detailed in the first edition. As its revised title suggests, this new edition covers foreign-make imports as well as British-made organs that were sent overseas. Part one comprises a series of chapters that cover the history of the chamber organ, its origins and development. Part two provides a general introduction to the construction of organs, while part three gives detailed descriptions of 196 British chamber organs, with information on their location, specifications, design, and suggestions for further reading. As a domestic instrument the chamber organ was often perceived to be as much a piece of furniture as an item of musical equipment. The Chamber Organ in Britain offers an assessment of the organ as both a musical instrument and as a decorative icon.

Organ Literature
Organ Literature

Author: Corliss Richard Arnold

Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Published: 1995-01-01

Total Pages: 399

ISBN-13: 1461670268

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Now in paperback! Cloth edition 0-8108-2964-9 originally published in 1995.

Studies in English Church Music, 1550-1900
Studies in English Church Music, 1550-1900

Author: Nicholas Temperley

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-06-14

Total Pages: 361

ISBN-13: 100094767X

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Nicholas Temperley has pioneered the history of popular church music in England, as expounded in his classic 1979 study, The Music of the English Parish Church; his Hymn Tune Index of 1998; and his magisterial articles in The New Grove. This volume brings together fourteen shorter essays from various journals and symposia, both British and American, that are often hard to find and may be less familiar to many scholars and students in the field. Here we have studies of how singing in church strayed from artistic control during its neglect in the 16th and 17th centuries, how the vernacular 'fuging tune' of West Gallery choirs grew up, and how individuals like Playford, Croft, Madan, and Stainer set about raising artistic standards. There are also assessments of the part played by charity in the improvement of church music, the effect of the English organ and the reasons why it never inspired anything resembling the German organ chorale, and the origins of congregational psalm chanting in late Georgian York. Whatever the topic, Temperley takes a fresh approach based on careful research, while refusing to adopt artistic or religious preconceptions.