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| Uniform title | Orgue. English |
| Contents |
Part one: Description and history of the instrument. Origins of the organ. Ancestors of the organ ; Etymology ; The ancient organ ; The principal types of organ -- General description of the organ. The constituent parts ; The pipes. Flue pipes ; Foundation stops ; Mutation stops ; Synthetic tone colors ; The pleno ; Flue mutation ranks ; Reed pipes ; The shape and material of pipes ; Organ stops and their names -- Mechanism. The bellows and wind supply ; Development of the bellows ; Modern bellows ; The wind-chests ; Disposition of the pipes on the wind-chests ; Tracker action ; Operating the stops ; Operating the valves ; Keyboard mechanisms ; Other systems of transmission -- The console ; The organ case ; The placing of the organ -- Organ building and restoration. Organ building from the Middle Ages to the Baroque ; Italy ; The Iberian peninsula ; The low countries ; France ; German-speaking lands ; The advent of the Romantic organ ; The modern organ ; The work of organ builder ; Restoration -- A history of organ music. The first organ tablatures of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries -- Organ music in Italy -- Organ music in Germany. Before Bach. From the fifteenth century to the early seventeenth century ; The southern and northern German schools ; The south German lands ; The organ music of Johann Sebastian Bach. The chorales ; The large-scale forms ; The trio sonatas and concertos ; Organ music in Germany from Bach to the end of the eighteenth century ; German organ music in the nineteenth century -- Organ music in the Low Countries -- Organ music in England -- Organ music in France. From its origins to the beginning of the nineteenth century. The noelistes ; French organ music in the nineteenth century -- Organ music in the Iberian Peninsula -- Organ music in the twentieth century. The organ conquers the world. Scandinavia ; Czechoslovakia and Hungary ; Switzerland ; The United States ; Canada -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Lexicon -- Specifications. |
| Local note | Little-251303 |
| Local note | Little-251303 |
| General note | Translation of: L'orgue. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliography (pages 268-270) and index. |
| LCCN | 84043041 |
| ISBN | 0847805824 : |
