"Making Music: Improvisation for Organists shows that the expression of one's musical thoughts spontaneously and coherently presumes neither a virtuosic command of the instrument nor a magisterial command of music theory. Jan Overduin shows that the great impediment to effective…
"Manitoba is home to over 100 church organs, some over 100 years old. They represent the work of twenty-eight organ builders from Canada, the United States, England, and Europe." "The Organ in Manitoba portrays the history of the instruments, builders, players, and critics from …
Manitoba is home to over 100 church organs, some over 100 years old. They represent the work of twenty-eight organ builders from Canada, the United States, England, and Europe. The Organ in Manitoba portrays the history of the instruments, builders, players, and critics from the…
This volume is the preeminent source of contemporary information on performance practice for the late Renaissance and early Baroque periods. Praetorius is the most often quoted and excerpted writer on performance practice.
William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs. Gordon Curtis places this work of a provincial organ builder in the wider context of English musical life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He r…
William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs. Gordon Curtis places this work of a provincial organ builder in the wider context of English musical life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He r…