Includes bibliographical references (p. 322-331) and index.
Contents
Origins and development of the organ / Nicholas Thistlethwaite -- Organ construction / Stephen Bicknell -- Physics of the organ / John Mainstone -- Temperament and pitch / Christopher Kent -- Organ case / Stephen Bicknell -- Organ building today / Stephen Bicknell -- Fundamentals of organ playing / Kimberly Marshall -- Survey of historical performance practices / Kimberly Marshall -- Organ music and the liturgy / Edward Higginbottom -- Italian organ music to Frescobaldi / Christopher Stembridge -- Iberian organ music before 1700 / James Dalton -- French classical organ school / Edward Higginbottom -- English organ music to c1700 / Geoffrey Cox -- Catholic Germany and Austria 1648-c1800 / Patrick Russill -- North German organ school / Geoffrey Webber -- Organ music of J. S. Bach / David Yearsley -- German organ music after 1800 / Graham Barber -- French and Belgian organ music after 1800 / Gerard Brooks -- British organ music after 1800 / Andrew McCrea -- North American organ music after 1800 / Douglas Reed -- Modes (toni) and their attributes according to Zarlino / Christopher Stembridge.