基本説明
This collection of essays by leading scholars of the organ follows the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, a unique cultural history of northern Europe during the past four centuries. Acompanied by a CD with appropriate repertories played on each piano.
Full Description
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 collection of essays by leading scholars of the organ follows the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, 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 tells a unique story of the cultural history of northern Europe. A CD with appropriate repertoire played on each of the six instruments accompanies the book.
Contents
Praeludium: Organs as Historical and Aesthetic Mirrors; Part I: Court and City; Interludium primum: An Ideal Organ and its Experts Across Seventeenth Century; Part II: A Large European Organ in a Small Factory Town; Interludium secundum: The Musical Cultures of Eighteenth-Century Germany; Part III: A French Organ in Copenhagen; Interludium tertium: On the Organ Problem; PART IV: REVIVAL AND RENEWAL; Postludium: A New Organ for a New Millenium
