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 Shocking History of Electric Fishes

The Shocking History of Electric Fishes

Author: Stanley Finger

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2011-09-08

Total Pages: 485

ISBN-13: 0195366727

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This beautifully illustrated and scholarly book examines the importance of electric fishes in science and medicine and how three species in particular shaped neurophysiology. Anchored in the philosophy and science of past epochs, it is the story of one of Nature's greatest puzzles. Over a long and tortuous path, it focuses on how some numbing fishes helped to make physiology modern.


The Hammond Organ

The Hammond Organ

Author: Scott Faragher

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781458402875

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THE HAMMOND ORGAN: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE INSTUMENT AND THE PLAYERS WHO MADE IT FAMOUS


The Organ

The Organ

Author: Douglas Earl Bush

Publisher: Psychology Press

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13: 0415941741

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Organ, Volume 3 of the Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, includes articles on the organ family of instruments, including famous players, composers, instrument builders, the construction of the instruments and related terminology. It is the first complete reference on this important family of keyboard instruments that predated the piano. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instruments from around the world.


Dangdut Stories

Dangdut Stories

Author: Andrew N. Weintraub

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2010-09-21

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 0199889597

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A keen critic of culture in modern Indonesia, Andrew N. Weintraub shows how a genre of Indonesian music called dangdut evolved from a debased form of urban popular music to a prominent role in Indonesian cultural politics and the commercial music industry. Dangdut Stories is a social and musical history of dangdut within a range of broader narratives about class, gender, ethnicity, and nation in post-independence Indonesia (1945-present).


The American Reed Organ and the Harmonium

The American Reed Organ and the Harmonium

Author: Robert F. Gellerman

Publisher: Vestal Press

Published: 1997-01-01

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 1461694248

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Covers the history, construction, manufacturing, tuning, restoration, and music of these classic American and European parlor instruments.