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Looking Up at Pipe Organs and Ceilings

Author : Jenny Setchell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781320165266
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (652 download)

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Download or read book Looking Up at Pipe Organs and Ceilings written by Jenny Setchell and published by . This book was released on 2014-10-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In large impressive public spaces, whether a great cathedral, an ancient abbey or a secular concert hall, it is often the pipe organ that first commands the visitor's attention. The 'King of Instruments' (as Mozart so memorably described the organ), with its solidly-wrought, ornate casework and glistening façade pipes, is sufficient in its own right to elicit gasps of awe and wonder. But the organ case is usually only part of a whole harmonious picture. Its grandeur is complemented and completed by the beauty of the surrounding ceiling whether it be fan, barrel or rib-vaulted, highly ornate stone work, or painted wood. It is the context in which the organ is placed and the harmony of the whole that creates the magical effect. Jenny Setchell has captured a variety of thrilling organ façades and crowning glory ceilings; some as old as that in Breda Grote Kerk in the Netherlands which dates back to 1534, through the 18th-century joys of the exuberant baroque era in Bavaria, up to modern instruments built only in the last few decades such as in Willibrordi Cathedral, Wesel. Organ builders over the centuries and in different countries have found creative and artistic solutions to the strictures of architectural styles when installing or rebuilding these glorious structures so that they would harmonise with their surroundings, as well as making the music that is their reason for being. The result is brought together in this fascinating and beautiful book.

Looking Up at Pipe Organs and Ceilings

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ISBN 13 : 9780473299347
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (993 download)

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An Outline of the Structure of the Pipe Organ

Author : William Horatio Clarke
Publisher : Boston : O. Ditson
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book An Outline of the Structure of the Pipe Organ written by William Horatio Clarke and published by Boston : O. Ditson. This book was released on 1877 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

All The Stops

Author : Craig Whitney
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 0786740256
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book All The Stops written by Craig Whitney and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2004-09-15 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For centuries, pipe organs stood at the summit of musical and technological achievement, admired as the most complex and intricate mechanisms the human race had yet devised. In All The Stops, New York Times journalist Craig Whitney journeys through the history of the American pipe organ and brings to life the curious characters who have devoted their lives to its music. From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, organ music was wildly popular in America. Organ builders in New York and New England could hardly fill the huge demand for both concert hall and home organs. Master organbuilders found ingenious ways of using electricity to make them sound like orchestras. Organ players developed cult followings and bitter rivalries. One movement arose to restore to American organs the clarity and precision that baroque organs had in centuries past, while another took electronic organs to the rock concert halls, where younger listeners could be found. But while organbuilders and organists were fighting with each other, popular audiences lost interest in the organ. Today, organs are beginning to make a comeback in concert halls and churches across America. Craig Whitney brings the story to life and up to date in a humorous, engaging book about the instruments and vivid personalities that inspired his lifelong passion: the great art of the majestic pipe organ. Hear the sounds of some of the pipe organs featured in ALL THE STOPS

Rick Steves Spain

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 1641712996
Total Pages : 1104 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Rick Steves Spain written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savor authentic paella, run with the bulls in Pamplona, or relax on Barcelona's beaches: experience Spain with the most up-to-date 2021 guide from Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Spain you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip to Spain Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from El Escorial and the great mosque of Córdoba to medieval bars serving house-made madroño liqueur How to connect with local culture: Enjoy a flamenco show in Madrid, chat with fans about the latest fútbol match, or meander down winding streets in search of the best tapas Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a glass of sangria Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and incredible museums Vital trip-planning tools, like how to link destinations, build your itinerary, and get from place to place Detailed maps, plus a fold-out map for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, Spanish phrase book, a historical overview, and recommended reading Updated to reflect changes that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic up to the date of publication Over 1,000 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Coverage of Barcelona, Basque Country, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, León, Salamanca, Madrid, El Escorial, the Valley of the Fallen, Segovia, Toledo, Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain's Southern Coast, Gibraltar, Morocco, and more Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Spain. Planning a one- to two-week trip? Check out Rick Steves Best of Spain.

Rick Steves Snapshot Madrid & Toledo

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 1641713275
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Rick Steves Snapshot Madrid & Toledo written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2021-01-26 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With Rick Steves, Madrid and Toledo are yours to discover! This slim guide excerpted from Rick Steves Spain includes: Rick's firsthand, up-to-date advice on Madrid and Toledo's best sights, restaurants, hotels, and more, plus tips to beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps Top sights and local experiences: Visit the masterpieces of the Prado Museum, explore the Royal Palace, or admire the magnificent Toledo Cathedral. Chat with locals at lively tapas bar and sip authentic vermouth. Wander the medieval town of Ávila or take a rowboat through the lush Retiro Park Helpful maps and self-guided walking tours to keep you on track Updated to reflect changes that occurred during the Covid-19 pandemic up to the date of publication With selective coverage and Rick's trusted insight into the best things to do and see, Rick Steves Snapshot Madrid & Toledo is truly a tour guide in your pocket. Exploring beyond Madrid and Toledo? Pick up Rick Steves Spain for comprehensive coverage, detailed itineraries, and essential information for planning a countrywide trip.

Rick Steves Spain 2020

Author : Rick Steves
Publisher : Rick Steves
ISBN 13 : 1641711795
Total Pages : 1098 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (417 download)

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Download or read book Rick Steves Spain 2020 written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 1098 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Savor authentic paella, run with the bulls in Pamplona, or relax on Barcelona's beaches: experience Spain with Rick Steves! Inside Rick Steves Spain 2020 you'll find: Comprehensive coverage for planning a multi-week trip to Spain Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favorites Top sights and hidden gems, from El Escorial and the great mosque of Córdoba to medieval bars serving house-made madroño liqueur How to connect with local culture: Enjoy a flamenco show in Madrid, chat with fans about the latest fútbol match, or meander down winding streets in search of the best tapas Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a glass of sangria Self-guided walking tours of lively neighborhoods and incredible museums Vital trip-planning tools, like how to link destinations, build your itinerary, and get from place to place Detailed maps, plus a fold-out map for exploring on the go Useful resources including a packing list, Spanish phrase book, a historical overview, and recommended reading Over 1,000 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down Annually updated information on Barcelona, Basque Country, Bilbao, Santiago de Compostela, León, Salamanca, Madrid, El Escorial, the Valley of the Fallen, Segovia, Toledo, Granada, Sevilla, Córdoba, Andalucía, Spain's Southern Coast, Gibraltar, Morocco, and more Make the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Spain 2020. Planning a one- to two-week trip? Check out Rick Steves Best of Spain.

Whisper of Hope, Cry of Despair

Author : Vicky Bedi
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1532057911
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book Whisper of Hope, Cry of Despair written by Vicky Bedi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2018-11-21 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the making for more than fifty years, Whisper of Hope, Cry of Despair, by author Vicky Bedi, chronicles how, throughout her lifetime, she has been molded by the life experiences of both her mother and father. This story is important because it tells about Slavic immigrants coming to the New World during the first decade of the twentieth century, offering details about how they lived and the adversities they faced. It discusses the murder of Bedi’s paternal grandfather in 1917 and the resulting shame, guilt, and loss of family for her father and his brother. It shares the suicide of her maternal grandfather, who couldn’t bear the loss of the Czar’s Russia and who couldn’t face the shame and guilt of familial incest. Finally, it tells of the intergenerational effects of child abuse, such as further child abuse and spouse abuse. In Whisper of Hope, Cry of Despair, Bedi narrates her story to help other victims of family situations accept parents and family without judgment and to record the empathy and peace she’s found.

All the Stops

Author : Craig R. Whitney
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781437970388
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book All the Stops written by Craig R. Whitney and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before steam power, elec., and internal combustion, pipe organs were admired as the most complex and intricate mechanisms, save for clocks, that humans had yet devised. Here, Whitney brings to life some of the colorful characters who devoted their lives to its music. From the mid-19th to the early 20th cent., organ music was wildly popular in America, both in concert halls and in homes. Master builders developed organs capable of replicating the sound and dynamic range of entire orchestras. Celebrity organists such as E. Power Biggs and Virgil Fox developed cult followings and bitter rivalries. But from the late 1950s to the 1970s, audiences lost interest in the organ. But today, organs are beginning to make a comeback across America. Illustrations.

Pipe Organs of Charlotte

Author : John Apple
Publisher : Michael's Music Service
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pipe Organs of Charlotte written by John Apple and published by Michael's Music Service. This book was released on 1985 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music

Author : Rollin Smith
Publisher : Andesite Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music written by Rollin Smith and published by Andesite Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It will soon be 20 years since The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music was published by the Organ Historical Society. This landmark volume has been out of print for so long that copies now sell for more than $500. A second edition, revised and greatly expanded, is now in publication and, in addition to emendations and many new photographs, the annotated opus list of over 900 organs (with contract dates, prices, additions, and alterations) has been updated to reflect subsequent activity. The Aeolian Pipe Organ and Its Music is the story of America's oldest, largest, and longest-lived residence organ company, whose instruments provided music in the home in the era before the wide-spread use of the phonograph and radio. A list of Aeolian patrons is a veritable Who's Who in American business, industry, and finance. This book not only documents the organs, but also the music they were programmed to reproduce, Aeolian's commissions from Saint-Sa ns, Stravinsky, Stokowski, and Humperdinck, and their reproduction of performances of renowned artists. A special section features a wealth of unpublished photographs of Aeolian installations. In addition to a study of the 54 recording organists, dozens of stoplists are included and complete catalogues of Aeolian organ rolls. As a companion volume to Rollin Smith's Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous, this notable publication makes for reading as fascinating as it is entertaining.

Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous

Author : Rollin Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780913499450
Total Pages : 547 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (994 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous written by Rollin Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 547 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts a time when the organ was not only a symbol of those who had arrived socially, but was considered the ultimate appointment of the luxurious home. Included are royalty, captains of industry, famous organists and composers, organbuilders, and those whose names may be less familiar, but who were patrons of the king of instruments on a lavish scale.--Publisher.

The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ

Author : David L. Junchen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 798 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Wurlitzer Pipe Organ written by David L. Junchen and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 798 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wurlitzer pipe organs provided the voice of the silent screen in hundreds of movie palaces worldwide. Explore the history of the creation and building of the Mighty Wurlizer in 800 pages including 1000 images, archival documents and factory records. This book had been thought lost since the death of the author in 1992. Jeff Weiler, an organbuilding colleague of the author, has worked ten years to reconstruct the book and reassemble scattered materials working from a copy of the original typescript. The book has been published by The American Theatre Organ Society in recognition of their golden anniversary.

An Outline of the Structure of the Pipe Organ: Designed for the General Information of Organists, Church Committees, and Musical Students

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Author : William Horatio Clarke
Publisher : Franklin Classics Trade Press
ISBN 13 : 9780353271227
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book An Outline of the Structure of the Pipe Organ: Designed for the General Information of Organists, Church Committees, and Musical Students written by William Horatio Clarke and published by Franklin Classics Trade Press. This book was released on 2018-11-10 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous

Author : Rollin Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781495245862
Total Pages : 592 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (458 download)

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Download or read book Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous written by Rollin Smith and published by . This book was released on 2014-05-24 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Largest and most complex of musical instruments, the organ has traditionally been found in churches-from country parishes to great cathedrals-and, for centuries, small "chamber organs" were found in the homes of the elite, most often, royalty. Then, in the mid-19th century, with the application of mechanical blowing devices, organs entered the private homes of the well-to-do and professional musicians. Automatic player devices provided those who could afford them with a self-playing organ and the opulent mansions of the new American aristocracy offered unlimited space for extremely large instruments.Rollin Smith's Pipe Organs of the Rich and Famous is the story of organs in more than 50 private homes-a few residents being more famous than rich. It recounts a time when the organ was not only a symbol of those who had arrived socially, but was considered the ultimate appointment of the luxurious home, indeed, the Home Orchestra of the Twentieth Century. Here you will visit with royalty, captains of industry, famous organists and composers, organbuilders, and those whose names are less familiar, but who were patrons of the King of Instruments on a lavish scale.Profusely illustrated with more than 200 photographs and engravings, this large-format hard-bound book documents the work of more than 25 organbuilders in the United States, England, France, and Germany; stoplists of each instrument is included.

The History of the Organ in the United States

Author : Orpha Ochse
Publisher : Bloomington : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Organ in the United States written by Orpha Ochse and published by Bloomington : Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The organ has unique characteristics that bind it more closely than any other instrument to its location, to social and economic changes, and to fluctuations in musical taste. In this volume, Orpha Ochse provides descriptions and specifications of instruments representative of the various periods of organ building. She shows how the design is affected by the intended use of the organ and by the music written for it.

Understanding the Pipe Organ

Author : John R. Shannon
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452862
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Understanding the Pipe Organ written by John R. Shannon and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The pipe organ, an instrument whose origins date to ancient Greece, is prominent in the development of secular and church music, and its builders were as artistic as the composers like Bach, Pachelbel and Handel who played them. This book describes the mechanics, fabrication, and acoustics of all types of pipe organs. Although it is technical in nature, its design, descriptions, and language are directed to organ students, their teachers, and all persons who love the organ. The book covers the construction of several types of pipe organ, with chapters on actions, chests, pipe work, wind supply, electrical circuitry, mechanics, registration, organ placement, acoustics, and repairs.