The Organ As a Mirror of Its Time: North European Reflections, 1610-2000 Text & CD
by Kerala J. Snyder
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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. The Organ as a Mirror of its Time, the first book to consider this instrument's historical and cultural significance, reflects the efforts of twenty leading scholars of the organ. The book chronicles the history of six organs in Scandinavia and Northern Germany, show more at least one specimen for every century from 1600 to the present. By considering their original contexts show lessTags
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Kerala J. Snyder is professor emerita of musicology, Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester.
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