| Description |
xiv, 197 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
A rich and lofty organ. Early organs and organists ; A large organ on the pulpitum ; A time of uncertainty ; Two organists from Canterbury ; Musical progress ; A rare organist -- Turmoil and triumph. Dissent and discontent ; Troubled times ; The organ silenced ; Organ music returns to the cathedral ; The organists of the early 1660s ; Loosemore's masterpiece ; The chief among craftsmen of his kind ; The organists of the 1670s and 1680s -- Defects and decorations. A new era ; A defective organist ; A defective organ ; The organ rebuilt organ ; Another defective organist ; The organist and composer ; The organ adorned and repaired ; Retrospect -- In pursuit of quality and satisfaction. William Jackson of Exeter ; Another organist from Exeter ; Caring for the organ ; A dispute over Gilding ; The organ repaired and improved ; Problems with the organ ; Whither the music of Exeter Cathedral? -- A time of change. Choosing Paddon's successor ; Samuel Sebastian Wesley ; Further work on the organ ; Changes in the organ loft ; Cathedral restoration ; Problems ; Yet another rebuild of the organ ; A modest and dignified man -- The modern era. Organists who served in the Great War ; A major renovation of the organ ; Difficult times ; Organists who served in the Second World War ; Problems with the organ ; The musical centre of Exeter ; Further renovations of the organ ; And so to the future. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Organ (Musical instrument) -- England -- Exeter.
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Organ (Musical instrument) |
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England -- Exeter. |
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Organists -- England -- Exeter -- History.
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Organists. |
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History. |
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Exeter Cathedral.
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Exeter Cathedral. |
| Added Author |
Davies, David (Organist), author.
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| ISBN |
9781907605659 |
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1907605657 |
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