The Registration of Baroque Organ Music
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
". . . Barbara Owen has succeeded admirably in distilling three centuries of organ registration practice into a volume less than three hundred pages long. . . . Anyone with an interest in the history of the organ and its music . . . will not want to ignore this book." --Sixteenth Century Journal
"It is rare to find a book that combines such careful scholarship with a practical focus that makes it accessible to performing musicians as well as research specialists."--Notes
"An excellent volume from historical, musical style and interpretive standpoints. Highly recommended for all large academic and professional music collections."-- Choice
Barbara Owen has prepared the first work to present in a single book the registrational practices of organists from c.1550 to 1800. The four parts of the book move from the Renaissance through the Early, High, and Late Baroque. Each part starts with a brief description of the political and religious climate of the period and the way such factors affected the compositions and the organ-building of the time.
About the Author
Barbara Owen, an active lecturer, teacher,recitalist, and organ consultant, is Librarian of the Organ Library at Boston University and author of The Organ in New England, E. Power Biggs: Concert Organist, and articles in the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and many organ journals. She is also co-author (with Peter Williams) of The Organ.
The Registration of Baroque Organ Music,Barbara Owen,Indiana University Press,0253210852,17th century,18th century,Business Aspects,General,History and criticism,Music,Musical Instruments - Piano,Musical Instruments - Woodwinds,Organ (Musical instrument),Organ music,Registration,Organ
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