Beschreibung:
This important book provides a comprehensive survey of English organ building during the most innovative fifty years in its history.
Part I: 1. The English organ in 1820; 2. Organs and organ-building, 1820-40; 3. The Insular movement; 4. Three case studies; 5. The Bristol reformation; Part II: 6. Bach, Mendelssohn and the English organ, 1810-45; 7. The German system; 8. The work of William Hill, 1839-55; 9. The Transition; Part III: 10. The emergence of the Victorian organ, 1850-70; 11. Music and mechanics; 12. German influences, 1855-70; 13. Hill & Son, 1856-70; 14. Henry Willis; 15. Epilogue.