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Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1999-08-26
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521663644
This important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history.
Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite
Publisher : Music in Britain
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Music
ISBN : 1783274670
Established for the building of keyboard instruments, by the mid-1790s the workshop of brothers Robert and William Gray had become one of the leading organ-makers in London, with instruments in St Paul's, Covent Garden and St Martin-in-the-Fields. Under William's son John Gray, the firm built some of the largest English organs of the 1820s and 1830s, as well as exporting major instruments to Boston and Charleston in the United States. In the early 1840s, with the marriage of John Gray's daughter to Frederick Davison - a member of the circle of Bach-enthusiasts around the composer Samuel Wesley - the firm became 'Gray & Davison'. Davison was a progressive figure who reformed workshop practices, commissioned a purpose-built organ factory in Euston Road and opened a branch workshop in Liverpool to exploit the booming market for church organs in Lancashire and the north-west. Under Davison's management, the firm was responsible for significant mechanical and musical innovations, especially in the design of concert organs. Instruments such as those built in the 1850s for Glasgow City Hall, the Crystal Palace and Leeds Town Hall were heavily influenced by contemporary French practice; they were designed to perform a repertoire dominated by orchestral transcriptions. Many of the instruments made by the firm have been lost or altered; but the surviving organs in St Anne, Limehouse (1851), Usk Parish Church (1861) and Clumber Chapel (1889) testify to the quality and importance of Gray & Davison's work. This book charts the firm's history from its foundation in 1772 to Frederick Davison's death in 1889. At the same time, it describes changes in musical taste and liturgical use and explores such topics as provincial music festivals, the town hall organ, domestic music-making and popular entertainment, the building of churches and the impact on church music of the Evangelical and Tractarian movements. It will appeal to organ aficionados interested in the evolution of the English organ in the later Georgian and Victorian eras, as well as other music scholars and cultural historians. NICHOLAS THISTLETHWAITE has written extensively on the history of the English organ and other aspects of English church music, and his book, The making of the Victorian organ (1990) is recognised as the standard work on the subject. He has acted as consultant for the restoration and rebuilding of organs, most recently at St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Christ Church
Author : Dennis G. Waring
Publisher : Wesleyan University Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2002-07-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0819565083
How a 19th century instrument helped to shape New World culture.
Author : Stephen Bicknell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Music
ISBN : 0521654092
This 1996 book describes the history of organs built in England from AD 900 to the present day.
Author : Gordon D.W. Curtis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317187035
William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs, mostly for churches and chapels in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire, but also for locations scattered south of a line from the Wirral to the Wash. 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. An introductory chapter reviews the provincial musical scene and sets the organ in the context of religious worship, public concerts and domestic music-making. The book relates the biographical details of Sweetland's family and business history using material obtained from public and family records. Curtis surveys Sweetland's organ- building work in general and some of his most important organs in detail, with patents and other inventions explored. The musical repertoire of the provinces, particularly with regard to organ recitals, is discussed, as well as noting Sweetland's acquaintances, other organ builders, architects and artists. Part II of the book consists of a Gazetteer of all known organs by Sweetland organized by counties. Each entry contains a short history of the instrument and its present condition. Since there is no definitive published list of his work, and as all the office records were lost in a fire many years ago, this will be the nearest approach to a comprehensive list for this builder.
Author : Gordon D. W. Curtis
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781409417538
William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs, mostly for churches and chapels in Somerset, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire but also for locations scattered south of a line from the Wirral to the Wash. 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. An introductory chapter reviews the provincial musical scene and sets the organ in the context of religious worship, public concerts and domestic music making. The book relates the biographical details of Sweetland's family and business history using material obtained from public and family records. Curtis surveys Sweetland's organ building work in general and some of his most important organs in detail, with patents and other inventions explored. The musical repertoire of the provinces, particularly with regard to organ recitals, is discussed, as well as noting Sweetland's acquaintances, other organ builders, architects and artists. The second part of the book consists of a Gazeteer of all known organs by Sweetland organized by counties. Each entry contains a short history of the instrument and its present condition. Since there is no definitive published list of his work and as all the office records were lost in a fire many years ago this will be the nearest approach to a comprehensive list for this builder.
Author : Iain Quinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-06-14
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781351672405
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.
Author : Dennis G. Waring
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798892382311
The Estey Organ Company (1846-1960) produced over a half-million reed organs and 3,000 pipe organs in Brattleboro, Vermont. Dennis Waring's scholarly treatise on the Estey company reveals important connections between music and musical instruments with evolving American sensibilities, manufacturing and technological industrialism, marketing and advertising, international trade, social stratification, gender issues, emerging popular culture and general insight into Victorian Americana.
Author : Fiona M. Palmer
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Music
ISBN : 0754634957
Today Vincent Novello (1781-1861) is remembered as the father of the music-publishing firm. Fiona Palmer's evaluation of Novello is the first to provide a rounded view of his life and work, and the nature of his importance both in his own time and to posterity. In his wide-ranging editorial work Novello found his true vocation positioning himself as preservationist, pioneer and philanthropist. His work as composer, though unremarkable in quality, mirrored the demands and expectations of his consumers. Novello emerges from this study as a visionary who single-mindedly pursued greater musical knowledge for the benefit of everyone.
Author : Paul Rodmell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317092469
In nineteenth-century British society music and musicians were organized as they had never been before. This organization was manifested, in part, by the introduction of music into powerful institutions, both out of belief in music's inherently beneficial properties, and also to promote music occupations and professions in society at large. This book provides a representative and varied sample of the interactions between music and organizations in various locations in the nineteenth-century British Empire, exploring not only how and why music was institutionalized, but also how and why institutions became 'musicalized'. Individual essays explore amateur societies that promoted music-making; institutions that played host to music-making groups, both amateur and professional; music in diverse educational institutions; and the relationships between music and what might be referred to as the 'institutions of state'. Through all of the essays runs the theme of the various ways in which institutions of varying formality and rigidity interacted with music and musicians, and the mutual benefit and exploitation that resulted from that interaction.
Author : Douglas Bush,Richard Kassel
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2004-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135947958
The Encyclopedia of Organ 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 A-Z reference on this important family of keyboard instruments. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world.
Author : David Michael O'Shea
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781783277704
The first investigation into the choral foundation of the Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle. The Chapel Royal, Dublin Castle, was the place of worship of the British monarch's representative in Ireland from 1814 until the inception of the Irish Free State in 1922. It was founded and maintained by the joint efforts of church and state, and thus its history provides valuable insights into how the relationship between religion and politics shaped Irish society and identity. The Dublin Chapel was established in imitation of the Chapel Royal of St James's Palace, London, and was served by a staff of clergy and musicians. Its musical foundation was a formal and independent entity, with its own personnel and performance traditions. Its distinctive repertoire included music from the English and Irish cathedral traditions, as well as works written by composers associated directly with the Chapel. This study investigates the Chapel's constitution, liturgy and music through an examination of previously unexplored primary material. Discussion of the circumstances of the Chapel's founding and its governance structures situates the institution in the context of the church-state relationship that existed following the Union of 1800. Further, by exploring architecture, churchmanship and musical style, O'Shea demonstrates how the Chapel was part of a wider aesthetic and liturgical tradition. The choral foundation is brought to life with accounts of the Chapel's clergy, organists, boy choristers and gentleman singers, which provide insights into Dublin's social history during a period of significant change. This book reflects on the Dublin Chapel Royal's legacy a century after its closure and offers a new perspective into a forgotten corner of Irish cultural, religious and political history.
Author : Douglas Earl Bush,Richard Kassel
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 696 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Organ (Musical instrument)
ISBN : 9780415941747
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.
Author : David Yearsley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-19
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521199018
Yearsley explores the cultural significance of making music with hands and feet, a mode of performance unique to the organ.
Author : Nicholas Thistlethwaite,Geoffrey Webber
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1999-03-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781107494039
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.
