Organs and Organ Building: A Treatise on the History and Construction of the Organ, from Its Origin to the Present Day, with Important Specifications"The Bazaar" Office, 1881 - 248 pages |
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... cathedral the largest organ then known ( A.D. 951 ) . This was described by the monk Wolstan in the tenth century ; and Mason , the poet , in his essay on " Instru- mental Church Music , " gives the following translation : - Twelve ...
... cathedral the largest organ then known ( A.D. 951 ) . This was described by the monk Wolstan in the tenth century ; and Mason , the poet , in his essay on " Instru- mental Church Music , " gives the following translation : - Twelve ...
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... cathedral churches , but also in monastic establishments . Throughout Germany they were coming into general use , and many churches con- tained what were then large instruments , such as those at Haberstadt , Erfurt , & c . The monk ...
... cathedral churches , but also in monastic establishments . Throughout Germany they were coming into general use , and many churches con- tained what were then large instruments , such as those at Haberstadt , Erfurt , & c . The monk ...
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... cathedrals than some of the churchwardens of that day deemed their use during divine service scandalous and wicked ; and in the thirteenth century we find that the priests of Rome and Greece expelled the organ from their service , that ...
... cathedrals than some of the churchwardens of that day deemed their use during divine service scandalous and wicked ; and in the thirteenth century we find that the priests of Rome and Greece expelled the organ from their service , that ...
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... Cathedral , where the performer sits with his back to what represents an old " chayre , " or chaire ' organ , that name being an evident corruption of " choir " organ , and accounted for by the fact that the player had to change his ...
... Cathedral , where the performer sits with his back to what represents an old " chayre , " or chaire ' organ , that name being an evident corruption of " choir " organ , and accounted for by the fact that the player had to change his ...
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... cathedral of his native city ( 1665 ) , which , though altered at different periods , and since added to by Schreider , Jordan , Micheau , & c . , nevertheless , up to a recent date , 1875 , remained in the origi- nal handsome old case ...
... cathedral of his native city ( 1665 ) , which , though altered at different periods , and since added to by Schreider , Jordan , Micheau , & c . , nevertheless , up to a recent date , 1875 , remained in the origi- nal handsome old case ...
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