Organ Historical Society Philadelphia 2016
Subtitle: diamond jubilee commemorative anthology
By: Agnes Armstrong, Michael Hurley Cross, Robert Rutherford Drummond, Edward W. Flint, David Fuller, Sebastian M. Glück, James Lewis, Rollo F. Maitland, Paul R. Marchesano, Irvin J. Morgan, Henry Kemble Oliver, Barbara Owen, Bynum Petty, Stephen L. Pinel, Alexander Russell, Rollin Smith
Contributors: Organ Historical Society
Series: OHS monographs in American organ history -- no. 12; OHS monographs in American organ history -- no. 12.
Publisher: OHS Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Richmond, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780913499481; 9781533494269
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Congresses; Organs; Organ (Musical instrument); History; Pictorial works; Organ builders; Organ Historical Society; Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, N.J.); John Wanamaker (Firm); Aeolian Company; Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co; F.A. Bartholomay & Sons; Bates & Culley (Firm); C.S. Haskell (Firm); Henry Knauff (Firm); Midmer-Losh Organ Company; M. P. Möller (Firm); Mudler-Hunter Organ Company; Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Firm); J.C.B. Standbridge (Firm); United States Pipe Organ Company; Inc Vox Organo Musical Research Products
Other titles: Organ Historical Society diamond jubilee commemorative anthology; Organ Historical Society commemorative anthology :
Description: A study of the organ culture of Philadelphia extending over the last 250 years, with an emphasis on local organbuilders, organbuilding, organplaying, and organs in churches and public buildings in the Philadelphia area.--Publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Church music and the manner of its performance / Robert Rutherford Drummond; title: Henry Knauff and mid-nineteenth-century organ reform in America / Stephen L. Pinel; title: John C.B. Standbridge : a giant in the shadows / Barbara Owen; title: The organ / Henry K. Oliver; title: Contrasts in grandeur : Philadelphia's great synagogue organs of the Reconstruction and the Gilded Age / Sebastian M. Glück; title: Catholic choirs and choir music in Philadelphia / Michael H. Cross; title: Guilmant in Philadelphia / Agnes Armstrong; title: Philadelphia organbuilders, 1880-1930 : romancing the Romantic Period / Paul R. Marchesano; title: William Boone Fleming : an unknown American organ builder / Edward W. Flint; title: Are organ concerts a success in a department store? / Irvin J. Morgan; title: The thrill of playing the world's largest organ / Alexander Russell; title: Two Philadelphia aeolian organs / James Lewis; title: Tindley Temple and it's Möller organ : an improbable history / Bynum Petty; title: Emerson Richards : commander-in-chief of the American revolution in organbuilding / David Fuller; title: Playing Atalntic City proves a rare experience / Rollo Maitland; title: Early Philadelphia organ recordings / Rollin Smith; title: Appendix A. Organ for Convention Hall; title: Appendix B. The Longwood organ.