{"product_id":"the-making-of-the-victorian-organ-paperback-9780521663649","title":"The Making of the Victorian Organ (Paperback) 9780521663649","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Making of the Victorian Organ\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicholas Thistlethwaite (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521663649, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 26 August 1999\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e610 pages, 64 b\/w illus.  34 tables\u003cbr\u003e24.4 x 17 x 3.1 cm, 0.96 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'A splendid new book … Nicholas Thistlethwaite offers a comprehensive view of this distinctive instrument.' The American Organist\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis important 1990 book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history. Between 1820 and 1870 a number of influences combined to bring about a radical transformation in the design and use of English organs. Thistlethwaite considers most of the major church, cathedral and concert organs built during this period and the work of individual builders is discussed, especially that of William Hill, whose career forms a linking thread to the narrative. The book contains valuable sections dealing with business organisation and workshops, the provision of organs in churches and chapels, and questions of performance practice. It is richly illustrated with photographs and specially drawn diagrams and includes an invaluable appendix of organ specifications. This documentary source book and history is indispensable for all those, professionals or amateurs, who have an interest in the organ.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePart I: 1. The English organ in 1820\u003cbr\u003e 2. Organs and organ-building, 1820–40\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Insular movement\u003cbr\u003e 4. Three case studies\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Bristol reformation\u003cbr\u003e Part II: 6. Bach, Mendelssohn and the English organ, 1810–45\u003cbr\u003e 7. The German system\u003cbr\u003e 8. The work of William Hill, 1839–55\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Transition\u003cbr\u003e Part III: 10. The emergence of the Victorian organ, 1850–70\u003cbr\u003e 11. Music and mechanics\u003cbr\u003e 12. German influences, 1855–70\u003cbr\u003e 13. Hill \u0026amp; Son, 1856–70\u003cbr\u003e 14. Henry Willis\u003cbr\u003e 15. Epilogue.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Keyboard instruments [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Keyboard instruments\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Keyboard%20instruments%20%5BAVRG%5D%22\"\u003eAVRG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46003092717848,"sku":"9780521663649","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521663649i_a9aac715-664d-4fb8-ab06-ac76f1b6f488.jpg?v=1691379663","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-making-of-the-victorian-organ-paperback-9780521663649","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}