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By John Ogasapian This new book traces the musical practice of several religious groups from their establishment in America to the present,$44.95 |
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| The Austin Organ Company reopened for business on Thursday, May 5, 2005, after having closed its doors on Monday, March 7, 2005. What was thought to have been an end to more than a century of organbuilding may now be the herald of a new beginning! This book published by OHS chronicles the firm through 1999. More than the history of one firm, this book is a history of the American organ in the 20th century! writes historian Barbara Owen. In 640 lavishly illustrated pages, author Orpha Ochse writes the first complete history of 20th-century America's premier organbuilder to "carriage trade" churches and institutions. Scores of major musicians had an Austin organ central in their creative lives, including Leo Sowerby and Edwin Lemare. The genius and innovation of John and Basil Austin are examined along with other key organ builders and examples of organs in each decade of the firm's existence. Austin’s great municipal organs of the 1910s and 1920s, exuberant expressions of civic pride, still thrill audiences with majestic tuttis, and rainbows of contrasting tone colors and are carefully discussed. Click to read a further description. $48.00 |
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Essays in Honor of Peter Williams Edited by Thomas Donahue This collection of essays pays tribute to Professor Williams's contributions with important, fascinating articles by many of the world’s top scholars in the field.$59.99 |
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| Obsessed with invention, Robert Hope-Jones struck a pathway that led to the fabulous Wurlitzer theatre organs. David Fox surveys Hope-Jones’ many careers: as a builder of church and cathedral organs in England, as an inventor of organ devices and pipes, as a church musician, and as the impetus for the name Wurlitzer to reign supreme as the most widely admired theatre organ.
Included are stoplists of 103 organs built 1887-1911, a compiled opus list of 246 Hope-Jones organs, a list of 122 Hope-Jones employees, and illustrated discussions of the organ devices invented by Hope-Jones and patented in the United States and/or England. 300 pages, hardbound, many photographs. $27.00 |
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| As scholar, organist, and a favorite pupil of her subject, Ann Labounsky brings unique qualifications as his biographer, including Langlais' request that she write of his life and music. $32.95 |
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Compiled and Edited by Rollin Smith Over seventy-five poems inspired by the organ have been assembled by Rollin Smith into this beautiful volume. An excellent gift.$15.99 |
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by Barbara Owen A new study considers the many aspects of a Romantic master.$35.00 |
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| With a Bonus CD: The Tonal Tour narrated by Manuel Rosales With profiles and interviews, this book introduces the architect, organ builder, tonal designer and other important figures related to the visually striking organ found in Los Angeles’ Walt Disney Concert Hall. There are many photos of the design and building process and a wealth of information about the project, including the evolution of the façade which has made this organ, and hall, an architectural landmark. $24.95 |
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| If you have ever wondered what a voicer actually does, this 39-page book will tell you. Originally printed in 1881, it includes a description of voicing tools; an explanation of the relationships among materials used in pipe construction, wind pressure, and pitch; how to voice and scale metal pipes in the principal and string families, voicing stopped and wood pipes, voicing and scaling pedal ranks, the treatment of reed stops, methods of tuning, the order in which to tune various ranks, and the setting of temperament. $3.95 |
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1969 Master Classes 21 hours with Virgil Fox and his students!$50.00 |
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by James E. Frazier This new biography of the great French organist and composer (1902-1986) is the most comprehensive in any language. James E. Frazier traces Duruflé’s musical training, his studies with Tournemire and Vierne, and his career as an organist, church musician, composer, recitalist, conservatory professor and orchestral musician. Frazier also examines the career and contributions of Duruflé’s wife, the formidable organist Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier.$62.95 |
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by Scott M. Hyslop Made possible in part by an OHS Alan Laufman Research Grant, this biography spans the life of Paul Manz and also includes an extensive study of his chorale based organ and choral works.$24.00 |
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| An Important Study of Buxtehude Revised and Newly Available! Dieterich Buxtehude: Organist in Lübeck by Kerala Snyder Originally published in 1987 and long out of print, this book is considered to be the standard work on Buxtehude. This revised edition has just been released and contains new information, an extensive bibliography and a CD of selected vocal, chamber and organ works. The book is written for both the casual reader and the serious scholar. The accompanying compact disc includes organ music played by Hans Davidsson of Eastman Shool of Music and the Göteborg Organ Art Center. $72.95 |
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| This softbound edition (formerly $79 in hardcover) presents eleven essays by Kimberly Marshall, Rollin Smith, Daniel Roth, Craig Cramer, Marie-Louise Langlais, and others explore historical, performance, and source matters in French Romantic organ music by such composers as Boëly, Lemmens, Franck, and Widor. $29.95 |
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| NEW! Over 100 full color pictures, Toronto church architecture, complete stop lists for 36 organs, historical and technical details, index, bibliography and glossary. $45.00 |
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| i>For the Orpheus of the Historic Organ gathers twenty-one articles and essays to celebrate a pioneering authority on 18th century German keyboard performance. $74.95 |
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A Pictorial Essay about the World’s Largest Pipe Organ This large-format book contains 94 of the legendary black and white 8"x10" photographs taken by Fred Hess & Son between 1929 and 1932, documenting the construction of the famous Midmer-Losh pipe organ with its 449 ranks and 33,114 pipes -- the largest organ in the world.Regular price: $45.00 Sale price: $25.00 |
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The Story of the World's Largest Pipe Organ by Stephen D. Smith Long awaited and now at a The comprehensive book about the World's Largest Organ at Atlantic City, as written by Stephen D. Smith, contains almost every detail concerning the instrument, including a wealth of information that has never before been published. Hard facts and personal opinions are brought together in an almost story-like format that includes historical information, technical details, stop lists, and biographies of people involved with the organ.Regular price: $46.00 Sale price: $25.00 |
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by Wallace Goodrich A new edition of Goodrich's 1917 classic reference. The original was written in an effort to explain the differences in terms and meaning of registrations of French works to American organists. The book continues to be a definitive study nearly a century after its first publication. $33.00 |
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| by Hans Conrad Fischer
Dozens of portraits, color photos of locales and artifacts, maps, and documents, bring Bach and his achievements directly to the reader through the text of author Hans Conrad Fischer. Unlike the many fine but text-only biographies and books about J. S. Bach that are visually sparse, this one uses illustrations and photographs to present a beautiful view of Bach's life. Fischer asserts that Bach had a profound faith and it was the foundation of his creativity. Included is a CD with 17 works for organ, harpsichord, orchestra, choir, violin, and flute in various combinations and solos. 191 pages, hardbound $25.00 |
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| by Janice Parkinson-Tucker NEW! The City Hall of Portland, Maine, contains a handsome concert hall “auditorium” which is home to a large concert organ built in 1912 by the Austin Organ Company, op. 323. This book documents the absorbing tale of the Kotzschmar Memorial Organ and the stories and controversies that whirled around it. The book follows the history of the organ from its donation to the present, and tells the colorful stories of its organists and caretakers. Included are the careers of municipal organists Will C. Macfarlane, Irvin John Morgan, Edwin H. Lemare, Charles Raymond Cronham, Alfred Brinkler, John E. Fay, Douglas Rafter, Gerald McGee, Earl L. Miller, and Ray Cornils. The author presents much previoulsy undocumented material in this tribute to the organ, often called the “Jewel of Portland.” 126 pages, many illustrations, softbound $19.95 |
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| More than ONE HUNDRED organs built between 1698 and 2005 are included in this beautiful book, with color photos of church interiors, organ cases and facades, consoles and keydesks, and details. Authors Stephen J. Schnurr, Jr., and Dennis E. Northway provide stoplists, histories, and descriptions of the organs. They group the organs in eight sections that bring a coherent vision of a widely diverse collection of organs. Both authors are OHS members, and Stephen Schnurr is the elected Secretary of OHS. 286 pages, hardbound. Click for more information and to order. $50.00 |
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| NEW! This is the story, told with bubbling enthusiasm, of a personal revelation. It chronicles the author’s long and distinguished involvement with the organ, from his first contact at school, through the foundation and development of his various organbuilding companies, to his retirement. It details with full opus list, specifications, and photographs the organs built 1960-1981 by Degens & Rippin Ltd.; Grant, Degens & Rippin; and Grant, Degens & Bradbeer Ltd. 208 pages hardbound. $55.00 |
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| NEW! 53,710 Entries! This massively comprehensive effort collects every title that relates to organbuilding and the history of organbuilding, worldwide, whether of regional or international scope. Thus, the author has compiled 53,710 entries on the CD-R, searchable by year, author, editor, title, publisher, location, and many others. It also contains names, addresses, e-mail, telephone, and fax of 310 organbuilding companies in Germany and a German-English dictionary of organ terms. For Windows NT, XP or 2000 and higher (not for MAC computers). Published by Pape-Verlag. English text. $95.00 |
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| On keyboard instruments, tuning pure fifth intervals causes octaves to be out of tune. A temperament is a system in which the tuning of fifths is altered to keep the octaves in tune and allow the use of all notes of the musical scale. This books explores how the 12 notes of the musical scale are tuned on keyboard instruments such as the organ, harpsichord, clavichord, and piano. Discussed are the basis for temperament, the musical implications of a temperament’s characteristics, practical vs. theoretical, techniques and instructions for tuning various temperaments including meantone, Werkmeister, Kirnberger, Vallotti, Young, Kellner, equal, and many others. 228 pages, softbound $26.95 |
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| The performing styles of Virgil Fox are revealed and discussed, including the manual keyboard, Pedal keyboard, and registration technique that he used and taught. Edited by Brink Bush. 96 pages, softbound $22.95 |
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| Edited by Philip Bowcock & Peter Marr The 1864 "Father" Henry Willis organ of four manuals built for Reading Town Hall in England is a great survival and world destination for organ people who want to experience a real, large, English Romantic organ, entirely restored as built. The organ is also a pluperfect example of the municipal organ that flourished in England throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras, leading to the sometimes gargantuan examples which were built in the United States during the first third of the 20th century, culminating in the largest organ in the world at Atlantic City. This book produced by the Berkshire Organists’ Association following the 1999 restoration relates the entire history of the organ, provides all of its pipe scales and much other technical data, compiles major recital programs, and collects eleven essays. Click the headline for a list of essays and to order. The book contains many illustrations and 104 pages, softbound. $19.98 |
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| 1911 edition of six volumes and more than 4,400 pages on 2 CD-Rs or on a single data DVD. Useable on a PC or MAC computer equipped with a CD drive or a DVD drive. Click the headline to order DVD version. $24.95 |
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| NEW! Edited by John R. Watson, this volume publishes essays delivered at the colloquium Historic Organs Reconsidered: Restoration and Conservation for a New Century, held in 1999 at St. Luke's Church (1609) in Smithfield, Virginia, where the 1630 English chamber organ served as a backdrop and an example for consideration. The writers address issues such as restoration ethics, "forensic" examination methods, the work of conservation laboratories, and includes case studies of historic organs in Europe and America. Essayists include Laurence Libin, John Watson, R. L. Barclay, Darryl Martin, David Blanchfield, David Goist, Barbara Owen, Christopher Kent, Dominic Gwynn, George Taylor, Bruce Shull, Raymond J. Brunner, Göran Grahn, and Darcy Kuronen. $35.00 |
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| NEW! This book by H. Heathcote Statham was first published in England in 1909 with topics for the consideration of both musicians and amateurs. The first chapter expands the idea of the organ in musical culture, and the other chapters are entitled, "Specification for Organ of Fifty Stops;" "The Organ in Oratorio;" "The Organ in the Church;" The Architectural Treatment of the Organ;" and "Some Reminiscences of a Great Organ-Player" enlightening the biography of W. T. Best with whom the author shared a friendship. The author was a very well informed organ enthusiast and musical amateur. 240 pages hardbound $62.50 |
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| NEW! is Buck's inaugural lecture as chairman of the new organ department at Boston University, first published in 1882. $9.50 |
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| NEW! by Sister María de los Ángeles Conto Anido, J. Sergio del Campo Olaso, Martin Goetze, and Maria E. Iglesias Santa Clara Convent in the pilgrimage destination Santiago de Compostela, the city where St. James is buried near the westernmost tip of Spain, contains an organ built by Manuel de la Viña in 1709. Having built organs in four cathedrals, he was one of the more important builders of the period. The restoration in 2004 by Martin Goetze & Dominic Gwynn, Ltd., of England, is finely described in English by Martin Goetze in 54 of the book’s 215 pages, with essential pipe measurements provided in charts, the results of spectrographic metal analysis, and many photographs of parts in full color (including a few electronphotomicrographs). Chapters by the other authors are published in Spanish, and are very beautifully illustrated. This may be the most beautifully colorful book about the restoration of an organ that exists. Softbound. Click the headline to learn more abou the book and a companion CD. $29.95 |
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| Celebrating the founding of The Organ Historical Society fifty years ago (our 50th year begins in the Summer of 2006), the OHS Press publishes an eclectic collection of essays in honor of Barbara Owen who is one of the Society’s founders who has served twice as its President. This hardbound book of 409 pages and 68 illustrations includes original writings in English by fifteen scholars of the organ. Click the headline for authors and titles of the essays, further description, and to order. $45.00 |
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| Murray M. Harris returned in 1894 from his Boston apprenticeship with organbuilder George S. Hutchings to a booming Los Angeles where only eight pipe organs existed. Six years later, Los Angeles would have 154 churches in it and scores of new pipe organs, many of them built by Harris and Henry C. Fletcher became business partners and founded the city’s first organbuilding firm, Fletcher & Harris. From this beginning more than 100 organs were built by 1913, including the world’s largest for the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair and that would become Philadelphia’s famous Wanamaker Organ. David Lennox Smith (d. 1979) carefully gathered the history of Harris and his contemporaries and Orpha Ochse has updated Smith’s research with the help of colleagues Jack Bethards, Kevin Gilchrist, Jim Lewis, and Manuel Rosales to include an annotated opus list, listings of organbuilders from the Los Angeles City Directories, many stoplists and photographs, and technical details. 344 pages, hardbound $29.95 |
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| This book lists music for the organ in combination with a variety of other instruments. Each entry contains a description of the piece, level of difficulty, timing, mood, fingerings/pedalings, publisher, and other performance aids when available. The pieces listed are suitable for concerts as well as religious services and include music in a variety of styles, Baroque to contemporary. Titles are arranged alphabetically by composer and are indexed by title, chorale melodies or hymn tunes, and number of performers required to perform a work. 420 pages softbound Click the headline for more information and to order. $57.00 |
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| NEW! This directory aims to list every organbuilder who ever worked in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, from the earliest times to the mid-20th Century. Information is basic: names, dates, locations, addresses, cross references, and sources. Wickens compiles and expands the work of Andrew Freeman undertaken in the 1920s and the subsequent work by Bernard Edmonds on expanding Freeman’s material. Now deposited in the British Organ Archive, these resources laid the foundations of this Directory. 1,000 pages softbound in 3 volumes. $185.00 |
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| TWENTY YEARS of the author’s research is compiled in a review of scaling methods, interpretation of data, and tables of measurements. This well-reviewed work covers the scaling of pipes by English organbuilders from Smith and Harris through Willis and Harrison. $49.95 |
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| NEW! The first comprehensive English-language account of Reger’s œuvre, Antonius Bittmann emphatically revises misconceptions about Reger’s music which has often been stigmatized because of its indebtedness to earlier composers, especially Brahms. As Bittmann argues, Reger does not turn to historical models in order to preserve or reconstitute antiquated musical languages; rather, Reger appropriates the musical past for the most modern ends. Taking a strong interest in reception history, Bittmann reassesses Reger’s work by drawing on a wide array of interdisciplinary sources in literary criticism, philosophy, and cultural history. Antonius Bittmann teaches musicology at Rutgers University and holds graduate degrees from Eastman and the Staatliche Hochschule für Musik in Freiburg. Published 2004. 320 pages $76.00 |
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| NEW! Despite her extraordinary reputation as an organist and composer, Jeanne Demessieux was known by her peers as a piano virtuoso as well, even from an early age, and for her performance of romantic works. French organ pedagogy recognized a strong piano background as indispensable to the best students of the organ. In this study, the author finds convincing evidence that the piano language of Chopin and Liszt strongly influenced the composition of Demessieux’s virtuosic Six Études for the organ. A panorama of the history, literature, and teaching of both organ and piano — instruments so differing in technical and expressive characteristics but which connect strongly in at least one moment of musical history — relate a new understanding to the reader and certainly inform a preparation for performance. $29.00 |
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| This first major study of Stokowski's early years covers his education at the Royal College of Music in England, his church posts in London, and his three years spent as director of music at New York's prestigious St. Bartholomew's Church, all before his appointment as conductor of the Philadelphia Orchestra. An examination of the programs of his organ recitals (played on the third largest organ in America), a list of
his repertoire, facsimiles of his original choral works, an analysis of his Aeolian player organ roll of Bach's
Passacaglia, and a detailed study of his famous orchestral transcriptions of Bach's organ works, reveals a
new and unique insight into Stokowski's unparalleled career in music. $38.95 |
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| Jehan Alain left numerous manuscripts representing several versions of each organ pieces. For ten years, Marie-Claire Alain comparatively studied the various versions and documents, and has compiled a book which follows the harmonic and rhythmic evolution of the young composer and his concern for tonal color as expressed in evolving registrations. The performer may remain faithful to the music and also choose among the variants suggested by the composer. 121 pages, softbound $87.50 |
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| NEW! This book delivers a thorough explanation of technical details of the organ’s mechanism and pipes through a clear, “question and answer” format. Dating from 1876, the discussion occurred before electric action was prevalent; otherwise, the explanations are very helpful and complete, including the construction of various types of pipes, the sounds of stops, wind systems, action, scaling and tuning, etc. 164 pages hardbound $42.50 |
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| Back in print! This practical guide for home woodworkers contains specifications, designs, and full instructions for making every portion of an organ, with more than 200 illustrations and diagrams. 228 pages, hardbound $72.95 |
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| Alfred Hollins (1865-1942), British composer, organist, and pianist, studied with Hans von Bülow in Berlin and, at age 18, toured Germany as a concert pianist with a repertoire of concertos. He was organist of Free St. George’s Church, Edinburgh, from 1897 until his death. His autobiography presents a view of a concert and church organist’s life in the early 20th century. 436 pages hardbound $79.95 |
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| John Warriner gathered and published these anecdotes that were first published in 1927. The author writs, “This little volume makes no pretense to rank as literature: it is merely a collection of stories (humorous or otherwise), sayings and doings . . . associated with the profession or calling of the Church Organist." 140 pages hardbound $48.95 |
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| Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76) was not only the foremost organist and church musician of his generation, but a vigorous campaigner for higher standards in cathedral music. Peter Horton, librarian at the Royal College of Music and editor of Wesley's anthems, has drawn on a wide range of source material to produce a detailed account of Wesley's life and career as he moved from cathedral to cathedral in search of an unattainable ideal. The book is illustrated by a generous selection of musical examples and plates, and includes the most detailed list of works to appear in print. $99.00 |
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| Translator J. Barrie Jones, editor Jean-Michel Nectoux.
Some 130 letters written between Camille Saint-Saëns and Gabriel Fauré 1862-1920, translated to English, are immensely significant to the study of French music and constitute a primary source on the composers’ compositions, opinions and working practices. $97.50 |
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| The largest Tannenberg Organ, Restored! America’s first professional organbuilder, David Tannenberg, received in 1798 at age 70 the commission to build a 2m organ for Home Moravian Church in Salem, North Carolina. That organ remains the largest extant of Tannenberg’s instruments, with two manuals and pedal. Silent for 88 years as it languished in storage, the organ was restored 1998-2004 by Taylor & Boody. This handsome book recounts Tannenberg’s biography, the organ’s history, and the story of its restoration. More than half of the book is devoted to the restoration, including many technical details. Illustrations and photographs abound. Click picture for more details and to order. $9.99 |
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| In 1931, parts of an ancient pipe organ were excavated in Budapest, in a place called Aquincum when it came into Roman possession in the early years, A. D. An inscription dates the organ to 228 A. D. This book in English describes the organ as studied and reproduced by Werner Walcker-Mayer, scion of the organbuilding dynasty. His careful studies of the music of the organ’s era and a decade of technical research, his failures and success at the third attempt to replicate the organ (in 1969), all are recounted with many photographs and diagrams in this handsome volume, bound in green leather. $13.95 |
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| edited by Hans Heinrich Eggebrecht. Colloquium of the Institute of Musicology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Sept. 1-4, 1994, in Budapest, published 1997. 19 essays: 13 English and six German. $13.25 |
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| American organist and composer Eugene Thayer (1838-1889) inaugurated in 1874 a newspaper exclusively for organists – the first such publication in America and the forerunner to The Diapason, The American Organist, and The Tracker. Each issue contains commentary, reports and stoplists of specific organs in the U. S. and abroad, historical accounts, articles, and compositions for the organ by Thayer (28 pieces), Liszt, Rossini, Chadwick, Merkel, Guilmant, Lemmens, Hesse, Battmann, and many others. In 1877, Thayer published all of the issues as a set containing 242 pages, and a facsimile of that is what the Organ Historical Society has published anew, as a hardbound book with a very informative biographical introduction. Click the headline for more information and to order. $24.95 |
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| The chapter on historic organ cases should be read by every architect who works in churches. First published in 1919, the book extends Audsley’s classic 2-volume The Art of Organ-Building published in 1906, updating his tonal views and the importance of developing the organ specification. 519 pages, 138 illustrations, softbound. $23.95 |
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| What was the role of the pedal clavichord in music history? Was it a cheap practice instrument for organists or was it a teaching tool that helped contribute to the quality of organ playing in its golden age? This book explores J. S. Bach’s keyboard technique as preserved by his first biographer, J. N. Forkel(1802), through an experiment which reconstructs and then documents the use by musicians of a pedal harpsichord such as that owned by J. S. Bach. 280 pages, 10 illustrations. $70.00 |
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| For the 1889 Paris World’s Fair, Cavaillé-Coll prepared a handsome catalog of ten model organs of up to 30 stops as well as 28 additional pages devoted to stoplists and drawings of organs built and proposed for such places as Sheffield, England and St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome, testimonials, a history of the firm, and a list of exported organs (including a tantilizing dozen to “Amerique"). Of course, the text is in French. The publisher of this facsimile adds a description of the Fair in English, color pictures and stoplists of seven extant examples identical to the model organs, and more. $29.95 |
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| Writings from Paris 1893-1894 by Fannie Edgar Thomas as correspondent of New York's Musical Courier are compiled by Agnes Armstrong. Thomas describes in great detail the music scene in late 19th-century Paris, relating especially to organs and organists. Also discussed are music education in France, the famed Conservatoire Nationale, private music teachers, and Americans studying in Paris. Having researched and annotated the reports of Thomas, Armstrong indexed them and provides a name glossary identifying each of the personalities mentioned in the text. Thomas' interviews and observations are generously illustrated with period photographs. Forewords by Orpha Ochse and Kurt Lueders, and a Preface by Armstrong. 211 pages, 9x12, hardbound $36.95 |
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| Having grown up in the English county of Rutland and having served 40 years as Anglican priest in the county of Northamptonshire, the author writes of the organs, builders, church music, and musical personalities of the area, including a history of the organs at Peterborough Cathedral. 272 pages, many illustrations, softbound. Regular price: $48.95 Sale price: $35.00 |
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| Among Britain's gifted and productive composers, Stanford (1852-1924) is best known for his church music. Cosmopolitan, ambitious, and pragmatic, he was untiring in advancing the cause of British music during its renaissance at the end of the 19th century, promoting his contemporaries and pupils he taught at Cambridge and the Royal Conservatory. 576 pages, illustrated $139.95 |
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| The author evaluates the significance of the relationship between Max Reger (1873-1916) and contemporary Karl Straube (1873-1950) using primary source materials such as autograph performing manuscripts, reviews, programs, letters and archival sources from contemporary organ building. The result is a much enhanced understanding of Reger in terms of performance practice and reception history, and a re-examination of Straube and, more broadly, of Leipzig as a musical center during this period. 450 pages, hardbound $84.95 |
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| In the first major Mendelssohn biography in decades, discover many new facets of this familiar but misunderstood composer, and gain new perspectives on a formidable musical genius. The situations and personalities surrounding the creation of all of the major works and most of the smaller ones, as well as analysis of many, enlighten understanding and appreciation. The organ works receive as much attention as other important works in this fine biography by the leading Mendelssohn scholar and musicologist Todd, of Duke University. Published by Oxford, 712 pages, illustrated, softbound. $29.95 |
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| Stoplists of all organs known to have been built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (and significant organs proposed but not built) are organized in chronological order by author Jesse Eschbach and trace the history and tonal evolution throughout the sixty year career of this master organbuilder. The text is in English, French, and German. Agnes Armstrong contributes an essay, Cavaillé-Coll Organs for North America. 896 pages $89.95 |
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Collaboration, by Edouard Nies-Berger In 1949, Albert Schweitzer asked Eduoard Nies-Berger, organist of the New York Philharmonic, to assist him in editing the final three volumes of the J. S. Bach organ works, an undertaking Schweitzer had begun years earlier with Charles-Marie Widor. In this book, Nies-Berger, a fellow Alsatian who had known Schweitzer since childhood, chronicles their collaboration during the final decade and a half of Schweitzer's life and presents his candid observations of this extraordinary man and the people around him. From his reminiscences of their warm friendship emerges a fascinating portrait of this complex yet very human genius. 140 pages hardbound Click the headline for more information and to order.$32.00 |
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| New Edition Low Price Extensively illustrated with 49 in color and 50 monochrome, this book introduces the organ, its history, design, and repertoire. It describes types of organ pipes and various styles of organ by era and nationality, and also presents a brief history of the organ. Previously available from another publisher at a higher price, this book was very popular in its previous incarnation. Possibly useful as a textbook. 96pp. $17.95 |
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| For the 90th birthday of Heinrich Fleischer, colleagues honor the great teacher and organist who relocated from Leipzig to the Chicago area in 1949. The book contains eight essays including Christoph Wolff on the authenticity of Bach’s Toccata & Fugue in d Click for other essay subjects and authors $24.95 |
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| Editor Reinhard Jaud gathers exquisite color photographs of 44 famous organs in these cities, interlacing them with stoplists and histories in English as well as the language of each city. The creation of this beautiful book in 2002 arises from the association in 1997 of ECHO: European Cities of Historical Organs, with nine members by 2002. Included in the book are important historic organs in Alkmaar, Freiberg, Göteborg, Innsbruck, Lisbon, Roskilde, Toulouse, Treviso, and Zaragoza. Click on headline for more information. $23.95 |
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| Sverker Jullander, general editor Bringing organbuilders together with scientists (physicists, metallurgists, acousticians, etc.), historians, musicians and more, the documentation of organs can be more thorough than ever before, through an inclusive methodology and application of techniques and processes, many heretofore not applied to the organ. The first published results of these techniques test them and demonstrate their usefulness and applicability to any organ. Each report consists of a book in English with descriptive texts by Niclas Fredriksson, an historical overview by Axel Unnerbäck, photos, a table of general scalings, and a CD-ROM with hundreds of photos and measurement tables and containing a statement on the methods employed in documentation (including unique and non-destructive techniques for measuring metal thickness, etc.). Click on title for selection. |
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| by Jacques van Oortmerssen This book provides study material, in English, for the development of a thorough and reliable organ technique based on historical principles and tradition, toward the development of expressiveness and stylistic differentiation. ....intended for those with a relatively advanced keyboard tecnique. $26.00 |
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| Proceedings of the Weckmann of 1991 in Göteborg,
Sweden, edited by Sverker Jullander, with most essays in English and a few in German. Contains
11 studies grouped 3 sections: 1) Weckmann’s life, work and environment with essays by Ibo Ortgies, Hans Davidsson, Arnfried Edler, and Frederick K. Gable; 2) 17th-
century composers linked with Weckmann, including Monteverdi, Schütz, Jacob Praetorius II,
van Noordt, and J. A. Reincken, discussed by Alexander Silbiger, Gable, Curtis Lasell, Hans van
Nieuwkoop, adn Ulf Grapenthin. 3) Erik Kjellberg documents musical life as governed by Swedish rule in the area of Northern Germany in the 17th century and Greger Andersson gives an overview of the relationship between organists and town musicians in 17th and 18th century
Sweden. 282 pages, softbound. Includes audio cassette of 11 Sacred Concertos by Weckmann as
performed by soloists, instrumentalists, and choir conducted by Mikael Paulsson. $32.00 |
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| Hans Davidsson, Sverker Jullander, eds. 23 articles: 1 in French, 2 in German, 20 in English, 514 pages $32.00 |
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| by Johan Norrback Seeking a definable way of selecting the temperament in which an organ may be tuned, Johan Norrback describes (in English) a new method for studying tuning and temperament in organ music involving three primary elements: .... $29.00 |
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by Vincent Rioux Study of the art of voicing organ pipes was undertaken at Chalmers University of Technology in collaboration with GoArt. Reported in English as his doctoral dissertation in applied acoustics, Rioux worked with an organ workshop engaged principally in the reconstruction of Baroque organs, gathering descriptions obtained from an expert voicer and comparing them with physical analyses made on experimental pipes or psychological analyses made on a pool of test participants. He was able to produce a structured list of words and phrases suitable for the description of flue organ pipe sounds. 200 pages, softbound $39.95 |
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quantify the effects of many variables on the production of tone in organ pipes. Studied are metal
alloys; metal thickness; metal casting techniques including cloth and sand; metal treatments such
as scraping (and orientation of scrape relative to the metal sheet), hammering; cutting from
various parts of a cast sheet; orientation of cut relative to the metal sheet; down surface vs. up
surface; casting temperature. Also, analysis of pipe metal from the Scherer organ at
Tangermünde. 63 pages softbound $10.50 |
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| by Ray Biswanger. Read the complete story of the colossal pipe organ and the fabled Philadelphia retail palace that has been its showcase for 90 years. Order your copy now! Regular price: $69.50 Sale price: $66.00 |
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Hans Davidsson and Paul Peeters, eds. Published in honor of Cor Edskes, this is one main article in German language by Edskes on the original pitch and temperament of the Schnitger organ at St. Jacobi, Hamburg, with a summary in English and introductory texts in German and English. 46 pages $10.25 |
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by Tobias Carlsson In many respects related to the new “Schnitger” organ constructed in Göteborg, this dissertation published in 2002 (in English) measures many recognized but previously unmeasured relationships, ...Click on title for complete description. $39.95 |
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| by Ferdinand Moosmann and Rudi Schäfer, a biography of the great German organbuilder, with many technical details of organs and organ inventions, stoplists, and descriptions of organs. German text. Published 1994. 236 pages softbound. $11.95 |
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| by Klaus- Jürgen Sachs. Research and comments on texts from the middle ages concerning the construction of organ pipes. Text in German and as quoted from sources (usually Latin). 252 pages, hardbound $22.95 |
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| by Klaus-Jürgen Sachs. Research and comments on texts from the middle ages concerning the construction of organ pipes. Text in German and as quoted from sources (usually Latin). 405 pages, hardbound, published 1980 $22.95 |
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| by Christian Namberger. 131 pages spiral bound, published in 1999, German text. $8.95 |
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| by Birger Olsson in Swedish, with English summary, 256 pages $35.00 |
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| by Clemens von Gleich & Johnann Sonnleitner From J. S. Bach’s complete instrumental and vocal works, the authors have selected some 200 practical examples which are presented as exercises for students, professionals, and amateurs. Clear explanations and discussions are written engagingly in English. The book also contains a CD of Jacques van Oortmerssen playing works of Bach on several famous historic organs. 176 pages softbound $47.50 |
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| Sverker Jullander, ed.; Paul Peeters & Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra, assoc. eds. A COLLECTION OF TEN ARTICLES IN ENGLISH: Hans Davidsson and Munetaka Yokota, “Introduction to the Technical Research”.... Tore Granhäll, “Some Unsteady Flow Phenomena in Wind Supply Systems of Pipe Organs”.... Hans van Nieuwkoop, “Tempo and Time Signatures in the 17th and 18th Centuries” For complete list of contents click on title 215 pages, softbound $32.00 |
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| Sverker Jullander, ed. A COLLECTION OF NINE ARTICLES IN ENGLISH: William Porter, “Reconstructing 17th-Century North German Improvisational Practice”.... Kerala J. Snyder, “Franz Tunder’s Stock-Exchange Concerts: Prelude to the Lübeck Abendmusiken”.... Joris Verdin, “The Aesthetic Principles of the Harmonium: the Essence of Expression”.... Click title for complete table of contents $32.00 |
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| Sverker Jullander, ed. A COLLECTION OF SEVEN ARTICLES IN ENGLISH: Johan Bergsten and Paul Peeters, “The GoArt Database System: A Tool for Organ and Keyboard Research” Pieter Dirksen, “Dieterich Buxtehude and the Chorale Fantasia”.... For complete table of contents click on title. $32.00 |
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by Joachim Walter The author found primary-source evidence of German Romantic music performance techniques that contradict earlier conclusions, especially regarding dynamics and registration practices. Transcriptions of Beethoven and Mozart works as written out by Hermann Jimmerthal (1809-1866), organist at the giant 1854 Schulze organ in St. Mary’s, Lübeck (organ destroyed in WWII), employ unexpected, kaleidoscopic, registration practices continued by Jimmerthal’s successor, Karl Lichtwark. 241 pages (The author plays this music on the Ladegast at Schwerin. Motette CD-12681 $14.98) $47.50 |
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| Magnificent color pictures grace all 300 pages describing 57 organs in Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Anna Frisk, Sverker Jullander, and Andrew McCrea, editors. Included are stoplists, historical and cultural background, and information on the organbuilders and their time. The text is in English. $56.00 |
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The New 1916 Edition From the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
Reprinted from a popular edition, this little booklet goes well beyond information about the organ with general information about the famous department store, including pictures and descriptions ....$4.00 |
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| Joel Speerstra, editor. The latest publication from GoArt includes contributions from scholars, scientists, organists, and organbuilders involved in the project of creating a new “Schnitger” organ in Göteborg as a multidisciplinary excercise that results in the ever more widely admired 82-rank Schnitger “clone.” 376 pages, includes CD-Rom with more documentation and photographs. $80.00 |
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| Two volumes combined into one present more than 120 spirituals set for voice with piano accompaniment. Each section of the book has an extensive preface by its editor. Softbound, 376 pp. Click on headline to order. $19.95 |
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| Low-Price Softbound Edition Writing for curious people who might become interested in the organ as well as for those who already are interested, organ enthusiast (and organist) Craig Whitney tells us why he loves the organ and, in so doing, relates wonderful anecdotes about many of the greats including Virgil Fox, E. Power Biggs, Leopold Stokowski as an organist, E. M. Skinner, G. Donald Harrison, Rodman Wanamaker and the organ in his Philadelphia department store, and more. His research included the papers of Virgil Fox’s long-time manager, Roberta Bailey, and he relates her key role in the development of Fox’s career. The author has worked as a reporter for the New York Times in New York, Saigon, Bonn, Moscow, Paris, and London, and as diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, Washington editor, and is currently assistant managing editor. HARDBOUND EDITION IS PERMANENTLY OUT OF PRINT AND IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. $14.98 |
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| Originally published at the turn of the 20th century, this book clearly explains the nature of the organ pipe and the system of equal temperament, and how to set the equal temperament. The author also traces the evolution of the diatonic scale. 132 pages, softbound $34.00 |
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New Edition First published in 1855, this edition is newly typeset from the third edition of 1877. The most complete text on how an organ works in all of its variations to 1877, the book comprises 854 pages, technical illustrations, examples of stoplists, and much more. hardbound $84.50 |
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| lists 53,000 organ works by 5,700 composers, including publishers. Shows items in collections (i. e. Vierne: Carillon de Westminster is listed individually as Suite 6, No. 6, of Pieces de Fantaisie, Op. 54). 1,134 pages, hardbound $116.50 |
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New Edition First published in 1923, this book was written as “a practical guide” to organ stops, “their Nomenclature, Construction, Voicing and Artistic Use.” Included is a glossary of terms “relating to the Science of Tone-Production from Organ Pipes.” 138 pages, hardbound $40.00 |
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New Edition First published in English translation in 1888, describes the sound and construction of pipes which comprise more than 160 organ stops. As well, he defines other terms and, most helpfully, gives “hints for effective combinations” of stops. Locher was an organist in Berne, Switzerland, and first wrote at the behest of music teachers on the Continent who had heard him lecture on the subject. 65 pages, hardbound $22.25 |
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New Edition The author offers concise, step-by-step, precise instructions for building a chamber pipe organ of one or two manuals and pedal. It contains 154 pages and 58 diagrams, a list of tools needed, and covers the making of wood pipes, the windchests, bellows, key and stop actions, and a section on organs in village churches. $47.50 |
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New Edition First published in 1909, the book traces the international evolution of electric action in pipe organs from 1851. 130 pages, hardbound $28.00 |
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New Edition A lecture delivered to the Birmingham and Midland Musical Guild in 1888 addresses the concepts of design in a complete organ with up to four manuals, a pedal organ, and other forward-looking features. The highly respected Casson was party to a celebrated and ongoing “feud” with Robert Hope-Jones concerning organ design. 24 pages softbound $5.75 |
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| Available Again! But supplies are very short! Just a few uncirculated, new copies have been found of this book published in 1979 by Sunbury Press. It traces the evolution of organs and their builders in New England from the Colonial era to the 20th century. 649 pages hardbound, 184 photos, 116 stoplists, s |