How did the organ become a church instrument? How did it develop from an outdoor, Mediterranean noisemaker to an instrument which has become the embodiment of Western music and responsible for many of that music's characteristics? In this fascinating investigation, Peter Williams speculates on these questions and suggests some likely answers. He considers where the organ was placed and why; what the instrument was like in 800, 1000, 1200 and 1400; what music was played, and how. He re-examines the known references before 1300, covering such areas as the history of technology, music theory, art history, architecture, and church and political history. Central to the story he uncovers is the liveliness of European monasticism around 1000 AD and the ability and imagination of the Benedictine reformers. Professor Williams's approach is new in both tactics and strategy, giving an interdisciplinary idea of musical development relevant to those both in and out of music.
FREE Two-Day Shipping for Students. Learn more |
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
..".it is the author's highly commendable achievement to have produced a fascinating account of the early evolution of the instrument we often take so much for granted." James B. Hartman, The Diapason
Book Description
How did the organ become a church instrument? In this fascinating investigation Peter Williams speculates on this question and suggests some likely answers. Central to the story he uncovers is the liveliness of European monasticism around 1000 and the ability and imagination of the Benedictine reformers.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.
Customer Reviews
|
There are no customer reviews yet.
|
|||
|
Video reviews
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
Asking such a question as this makes certain assumptions - such as that there may be an answer - and it is not a question that monastic writers of 750-1250 would have asked. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cuprum purissimum, vocal organum, word organum, conjectural developments, quint ranks, wooden casework, lyric semitone, mensura fistularum, term organum, organal voice, written technology, newer hypotheses, scolica enchiriadis, medieval organ, bronze pipes, admitting wind, conical pipes, gothic organ, artes mechanicae, actual organs, decorative framework, nave galleries, twelve pipes, two organists, longest pipe Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Utrecht Psalter, New York, Stuttgart Psalter, British Library, Harding Bible, Arnaut de Zwolle, William of Malmesbury, Louis the Pious, Middle Ages, Bibliothèque Nationale, Old Testament, Hagia Sophia, John the Deacon, Pope John, Smits van Waesberghe, William of Hirsau, Trier Cathedral, Albertus Magnus, Gerbert of Reims, Amaut de Zwolle, Canterbury Cathedral, Walahfrid Strabo, Bury St Edmunds, Aurelian of Réôme, Isidore of Seville Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Asking such a question as this makes certain assumptions - such as that there may be an answer - and it is not a question that monastic writers of 750-1250 would have asked. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cuprum purissimum, vocal organum, word organum, conjectural developments, quint ranks, wooden casework, lyric semitone, mensura fistularum, term organum, organal voice, written technology, newer hypotheses, scolica enchiriadis, medieval organ, bronze pipes, admitting wind, conical pipes, gothic organ, artes mechanicae, actual organs, decorative framework, nave galleries, twelve pipes, two organists, longest pipe Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Utrecht Psalter, New York, Stuttgart Psalter, British Library, Harding Bible, Arnaut de Zwolle, William of Malmesbury, Louis the Pious, Middle Ages, Bibliothèque Nationale, Old Testament, Hagia Sophia, John the Deacon, Pope John, Smits van Waesberghe, William of Hirsau, Trier Cathedral, Albertus Magnus, Gerbert of Reims, Amaut de Zwolle, Canterbury Cathedral, Walahfrid Strabo, Bury St Edmunds, Aurelian of Réôme, Isidore of Seville Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
