The organ as a mirror of its time : north European reflections, 1610-2000 / edited by Kerala J. Snyder.
| Other author | Snyder, Kerala J., editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| Description | xvii, 374 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Organs as historical and aesthetic mirrors / Kerala J. Snyder -- Part I: Court and city. Exordium, organs by Compenius (1610) and Schnitger (1693) -- Ducal courts and Hanseatic cities, political and historical perspectives / Gisela Jaacks -- The genesis and radiance of a court organ / Harald Vogel -- Hamburg organists in Lutheran worship / William Porter -- The organ in seventeenth-century cosmology / Hans Davidsson -- Interludium primum. An ideal organ and its experts across the seventeenth century / David Yearsley -- Part II: A large European organ in a small factory town. Exordium, the Cahman organ at Leufsta Bruk (1728) -- An architectural tour of Leufsta Bruk / Göran Söderström -- The Cahman tradition and its German roots / Axel Unnerbäck -- From cathedral to rural parish, organs and organists in eighteenth-century Sweden / Eva Helenius-Öberg and Pamela Ruitter-Feenstra -- Bach comes late to Leufsta Bruk, an oral history / Göran Blomberg -- Interludium secundum. The musical cultures of eighteenth-century Germany / Celia Applegate -- Part III: A French organ in Copenhagen. Exordium, the Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Jesus Church, Copenhagen (1890) -- From beer to bricks to organ pipes, Carl Jacobsen and the Jesus Church / Sverker Jullander -- Technology and the organ in nineteenth century / Barbara Owen -- Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, master of masters / Jesse E. Eschbach and Lawrence Archbold -- Walcker and Cavaillé-Coll, a Franco-German competition / Paul Peeters -- Interludium tertium. On the organ problem (as seen in 1930) / Fritz Heitmann -- Part IV: Revival and renewal. Exordium, the Marcussen organ in Oscar's Church, Stockholm (1949) -- The organs in Oscar's Church, sources of inspiration--and some controversy / Bengt Hambraeus -- The taciturn charisma of Alf Linder / Kimberly Marshall -- From Darmstadt to Stockhom, tracing the Swedish contribution to the development of a new organ style / Martin Herchenröder -- The organ as scrying glass, images from the organ reform movement / Joel Speerstra -- Postludium. A new organ for a new millennium / Kerala J. Snyder. |
| Abstract | Because it has always represented a rich collaboration of the music, art, architecture, handicraft and science of its day, the organ, more than any other instrument, continues to reflect the spirit of the age in which it was built. This book considers this instrument's historical and cultural significance, reflecting the efforts of twenty leading scholars of the organ. The book chronicles the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, at least one specimen for every century from 1600 to the present. By considering their original contexts and their histories since they were built, as well as the extraordinary coincidences that link them together, the book offers a unique perspective on the cultural history of northern Europe. A CD with appropriate repertoire played on each of the six instruments accompanies the book. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-360), discography (pages 361-362), and index. |
| Performer | Performers on accompanying disc: Hans Fagius ; Harald Vogel ; Alf Linder ; Sverker Jullander ; Erik boström ; Hans Davidsson. |
| LCCN | 2001047643 |
| ISBN | 0195144147 |
| ISBN | 0195144155 (pbk.) |