The History of the Organ in the United States / [by] Orpha Ochse.
From the Spanish mission days of the seventeenth century to the present, the organ mirrors to a remarkable degree its social, economic, and cultural setting. It has unique characteristics that bind it more closely than any other instrument to its location, to social and economic changes, and to fluc...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, [1975] ©[1975] |
| Year of Publication: | 1989 1975 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (1 online resource xv, 494 pages) :; illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Part one : Organs in a New Land 1524-1760
- The Spanish Missions
- The British Colonies
- The British Colonies
- Part two : Organs in a rural society, 1760-1810
- Some General Observations
- Pennsylvania
- Builders in Other Locations and Imported Organs
- Part three : Organs in an Expanding Society 1810-1860
- Some General Observations
- New England
- New York
- Pennsylvania
- Organs and Builders in Other States
- Part four : Organs in an Industrial Society 1860-1900
- Some General Observations
- New England
- New York
- Organs and Builders in Other States
- Part five : Organs in the Twentieth Century
- The Orchestral Organ
- The American Classic Organ
- The Neo-Baroque Organ
- Appendix. A letter on the conduct of a church organ ; Diary of John Krauss ; Cavaille-Coll organs for North America.