The Organ: An Encyclopedia 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. The contributors include major scholars of music and musical instrument history from around the world. It completes the three-volume Encyclopedia of Keyboard Instruments, which also includes the Piano Encyclopedia and the Harpsichord & Clavichord Encyclopedia.
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'This extensive and thorough encyclopedia is a real treasure for the technically oriented organ enthusiast and an excellent place to begin some serious research on the instrument. Recommended for public and academic libraries.' – Library Journal
'For anyone and any library seriously collecting works on the organ, above all on organ design and organ-building, this Encycloepdia will be a must-have ... a well-focused reference work ... If you collect in this area, get it.' – Reference Reviews
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organ reform movement, flue choruses, ventil chests, het orgel, concussion bellows, mechanical key action, reed choruses, tonal director, chest pallet, feeder bellows, studied organ building, mechanical action instruments, tonal philosophy, organ revival, concave pedalboard, built reed organs, pedal ranks, pitman chest, slider windchests, pedal towers, detached consoles, low wind pressure, principal choruses, facade pipes, mechanical action organs Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, World War, Grand Orgue, Bédos de Celles, Indiana University Press, Johann Sebastian Bach, New Zealand, Barbara Owen, Notre Dame, New England, Gottfried Silbermann, Christ Church, Roman Catholic, Stanley Sadie, American Organist, New Jersey, Organ Yearbook, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Low Countries, New Grove Musical Instruments Series, Cambridge University Press, Organ Historical Society, Johann Andreas New!
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