The Cambridge Companion to the Organ
- Editor: Thistlethwaite, Nicholas J.
- Editor: Webber, Geoffrey
never less than readable, and sometimes positively compelling ... an extremely valuable book that should be on every musician's bookshelf —
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Contents
- 1. Origins and development of the organ Nicholas Thistlethwaite;
- 2. Organ construction Stephen Bicknell;
- 3. The physics of the organ John Mainstone;
- 4. Temperament and pitch Christopher Kent;
- 5. The organ case Stephen Bicknell;
- 6. Organ-building today Stephen Bicknell;
- 7. The fundamentals of organ playing Kimberly Marshall;
- 8. A survey of historical performance practices Kimberly Marshall;
- 9. Organ music and the liturgy Edward Higginbottom;
- 10. Italian organ music to Frescobaldi Christopher Stembridge;
- 11. Iberian organ music before 1800 James Dalton;
- 12. The French classical organ school Edward Higginbottom;
- 13. English organ music to c.1700 Geoffrey Cox;
- 14. Catholic Germany and Austria before 1800 Patrick Russill;
- 15. The north German organ school before 1800 Geoffrey Webber;
- 16. The organ music of J. S. Bach David Yearsley;
- 17. German organ music after 1800 Graham Barber;
- 18. French and Belgian organ music after 1800 Gerard Brooks;
- 19. British organ music after 1800 Andrew McCrea;
- 20. North American organ music after 1800 Douglas Reed; Appendix The church modes Christopher Stembridge.