Nicholas Thistlethwaite - The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

This Companion is an essential guide to all aspects of the organ and its music. It examines in turn the instrument, the player and the repertoire. The early chapters tell of the instruments history and construction, identify the scientific basis of its sounds and the development of its pitch and tuning, examine the history of the organ case, and consider the current trends and conflicts within the world of organ building. Central chapters investigate the practical art of learning and playing the organ, introduce the complex area of performance practice, and outline the connection between organ playing and the liturgy of the church. The final section explores the vast repertoire of organ music in relation to the instruments for which it was written, focusing on a selection of the most important traditions. The essays, all newly commissioned, are written by experts in their field, making this the most authoritative reference book currently available.

Nicholas Thistlethwaite is author of The Making of the Victorian Organ (1990).

GeoffreyWebber is Precentor and Director of Studies in Music at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and author of North German Church Music in the Age of Buxtehude (1996).

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Nicholas Thistlethwaite and Geoffrey Webber

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First published 1998

8th printing 2012

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The Cambridge companion to the organ / edited by Nicholas Thistlethwaite and GeoffreyWebber.

p. cm. (Cambridge companions to music)

Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.

ISBN 0 521 57309 2 (hardback). ISBN 0 521 57584 2 (paperback)

1. Organ. 2. Organ music History and criticism.

I. Thistlethwaite, Nicholas. II. Webber, Geoffrey. III. Series.

ML550.C35 1998

786.5 dc21 97-41723 CIP

ISBN 978-0-521-57584-3 Paperback

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The editors would like to express their thanks to the following individuals, institutions and firms who have kindly made photographs available for this volume:

Stephen Bicknell (2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 2.5, 2.6); John Brennan (5.9); The British Library (1.1); Gerard Brooks (18.2); Flentrop Orgelbouw (5.17); Fotografia Lensini Fabio (10.1); Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral (13.1);Volkmaar Herre (5.5); The Holtkamp Organ Company (5.16); The Jakobikirche, Hamburg (15.1); Alan Lauffman (5.15); John Mainstone (3.1); George Taylor (6.1); Pierre Vallotton (5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.7, 5.8, 5.10, 5.11, 12.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2); Klaus Walcker-Mayer (5.13).

Musical examples from editions in copyright have been reproduced from publications by the following:

Brenreiter (17.1, 1993); Editions Bornemann (18.2, 18.3); Editions Chanvrelin (18.1); Editions Henry Lemoine (18.5); C. F. Peters Corporation (20.6, 1980, used by permission of C. F. Peters Corporation on behalf of Henmar Press Inc.); F. E. C. Leuckart (17.3); Mseler Verlag (17.4, 1978);Musikverlag Alfred Coppenrath (17.2, 1973); Stainer & Bell (19.6, 1916 Stainer & Bell, London, England); Schott & Co. (19.4, 1914 Schott & Co. (London) reproduced by permission); Theodore Presser Co. (20.5, 1969 Societ des Editions Jobert, used by permission of the publisher; sole representative U.S.A. Theodore Presser Company);Warner Bros. Communication (20.2, 20.3, 20.4).

Graham Barber is Professor of Performance Studies, Department of Music, University of Leeds, and Senior Tutor in Organ Studies, The Royal Northern College of Music.