The Organ in Western Culture 750 1250 Book [PDF] Download

• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
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• Release Date : 18 May 1993

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

• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
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• Release Date : 18 May 2024

The organ is the largest instrument with the largest repertory and the greatest influence on Western music's unique evolution. But what is its origin? Who first made it, when, where,

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• File Size : 35,7 Mb
• Release Date : 18 May 1998

William of Malmesbury's Regesta Regum Anglorum (Deeds of the English Kings) is one of the great histories of England, and one of the most important historical works of the European

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 01 June 2004

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

• Publisher : Oxford University Press
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• Release Date : 05 December 2023

From Modes to Keys in Early Modern Music Theory addresses one of the broadest and most elusive open topics in music history: the transition from the Renaissance modes to the

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 17 June 2013

This volume explores twentieth-century organ music through in-depth studies of the principal centers of composition, the most significant composers and their works, and the evolving role of the instrument and

• Publisher : University of Toronto Press
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• Release Date : 15 January 2015

In Dante's Journey to Polyphony, Francesco Ciabattoni's erudite analysis sheds light on Dante's use of music in the Divine Comedy. Following the work's musical evolution, Ciabattoni moves from the cacophony

• Publisher : Indiana University Press
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• Release Date : 01 June 2015

Since it was first published in 1993, the Sourcebook for Research in Music has become an invaluable resource in musical scholarship. The balance between depth of content and brevity of format

• Publisher : Univ. of Manitoba Press
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• Release Date : 15 December 1997

Pipe organs were once a central (and sometimes hotly debated) part of Manitoba's cultural life. The Organ in Manitoba portrays that history--the instruments, builders, players and critics--from the date of

• Publisher : Routledge
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• Release Date : 02 December 2013

The Reader's Guide to Music is designed to provide a useful single-volume guide to the ever-increasing number of English language book-length studies in music. Each entry consists of a bibliography