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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458187703321

Autore

Snyder Kerala J

Titolo

The Organ As a Mirror of Its Time [[electronic resource] ] : North European Reflections, 1610-2000

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

ISBN

1-280-83533-8

0-19-534936-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (392 p.)

Disciplina

786.509

786.51948

Soggetti

Organ (Musical instrument)

Fine Arts

Organ (Musical instrument) - History - Scandinavia

Organ (Musical instrument) - History - Germany, Northern

Music History & Criticism, Instrumental

Music

Music, Dance, Drama & Film

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

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;

Sommario/riassunto

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