| Description |
x, 276 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm. |
| Series |
OHS monographs in American organ history ; no. 12
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OHS monographs in American organ history ; no. 12.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Church music and the manner of its performance / Robert Rutherford Drummond -- Henry Knauff and mid-nineteenth-century organ reform in America / Stephen L. Pinel -- John C.B. Standbridge : a giant in the shadows / Barbara Owen -- The organ / Henry K. Oliver -- Contrasts in grandeur : Philadelphia's great synagogue organs of the Reconstruction and the Gilded Age / Sebastian M. Glück -- Catholic choirs and choir music in Philadelphia / Michael H. Cross -- Guilmant in Philadelphia / Agnes Armstrong -- Philadelphia organbuilders, 1880-1930 : romancing the Romantic Period / Paul R. Marchesano -- William Boone Fleming : an unknown American organ builder / Edward W. Flint -- Are organ concerts a success in a department store? / Irvin J. Morgan -- The thrill of playing the world's largest organ / Alexander Russell -- Two Philadelphia aeolian organs / James Lewis -- Tindley Temple and it's Möller organ : an improbable history / Bynum Petty -- Emerson Richards : commander-in-chief of the American revolution in organbuilding / David Fuller -- Playing Atalntic City proves a rare experience / Rollo Maitland -- Early Philadelphia organ recordings / Rollin Smith -- Appendix A. Organ for Convention Hall -- Appendix B. The Longwood organ. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Organ (Musical instrument) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- History.
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Organ (Musical instrument) |
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Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia. |
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History. |
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia -- Pictorial works.
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| Genre/Form |
Pictorial works.
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| Subject |
Organ (Musical instrument) -- United States -- History.
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United States. |
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Organ builders -- Pennsylvania.
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Organ builders. |
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Pennsylvania. |
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Organ builders -- United States.
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Congresses.
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Courboin, Charles M. (Charles Marie), 1884-1973.
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Courboin, Charles M. (Charles Marie), 1884-1973. |
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Guilmant, Alexandre, 1837-1911.
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Guilmant, Alexandre, 1837-1911. |
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Richards, Emerson, 1884-1963.
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Richards, Emerson, 1884-1963. |
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Tindley, Charles Albert.
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Tindley, Charles Albert. |
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Bates, Samuel L., 1857-1913.
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Culley, Oliver B., 1855-1933.
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Fleming, William Boone, 1849-1940.
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Haskell, Charles Eugene, 1878-1946.
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Haskell, C. S. (Charles Sylvester), 1839-1905.
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Haskell, William E., 1865-1927.
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Knauff, Henry, 1808-1897.
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Möller, M. P. (Matthias Peter)
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Möller, M. P. (Matthias Peter) |
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Mudler, Bernard, 1846-
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Roosevelt, Frank, 1862-1895.
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Roosevelt, Frank, 1862-1895. |
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Roosevelt, Hilborne L. (Hilborne Lewis), 1849-1886.
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Roosevelt, Hilborne L. (Hilborne Lewis), 1849-1886. |
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Standbridge, J. C. B. (John Christopher Barnett)
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Organ Historical Society -- Congresses.
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Organ Historical Society. |
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Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, N.J.) -- Organs.
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Boardwalk Hall (Atlantic City, N.J.) |
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John Wanamaker (Firm) -- Organs.
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John Wanamaker (Firm) |
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Aeolian Company.
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Aeolian Company. |
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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co.
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Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. |
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F.A. Bartholomay & Sons.
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Bates & Culley (Firm)
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C.S. Haskell (Firm)
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C.S. Haskell (Firm) |
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Henry Knauff (Firm)
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Midmer-Losh Organ Company.
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Midmer-Losh Organ Company. |
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M. P. Möller (Firm)
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M. P. Möller (Firm) |
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Mudler-Hunter Organ Company.
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Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Firm)
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Hilborne L. Roosevelt (Firm) |
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J.C.B. Standbridge (Firm)
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United States Pipe Organ Company.
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Vox Organo Musical Research Products, Inc.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Armstrong, Agnes.
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Cross, M. H. (Michael Hurley), 1833-1897.
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Drummond, Robert Rutherford.
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Flint, Edward W.
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Fuller, David R.
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Glück, Sebastian M.
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Lewis, James, 1944-
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Maitland, Rollo F., 1884-1953.
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Marchesano, Paul R.
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Morgan, Irvin J.
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Oliver, Henry K. (Henry Kemble), 1800-1885.
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Owen, Barbara.
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Petty, Bynum, 1943-
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Pinel, Stephen L.
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Russell, Alexander, 1880-1953.
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Smith, Rollin.
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Organ Historical Society, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
Organ Historical Society diamond jubilee commemorative anthology |
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Organ Historical Society commemorative anthology : Philadelphia 2016 : diamond jubilee |
| ISBN |
9781533494269 |
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1533494266 |
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