Pulling out the stops : a history of the organ

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Title

Pulling out the stops : a history of the organ / directed by Nat Lilenstein.

Publication

Germany : ArtHaus Musik, 2012.

Physical Description

1 streaming video (214 min.)

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Notes

Title from resource description page (viewed November 03, 2015).

Editors, Andy Lloyd, Jacques Baker ; series editor, Gilles Cantagrel.

This edition in English and French with French and Spanish subtitles.

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Summary

The organ is one of the oldest, most complex and most glorious musical instruments known to man. The four-part series tells the history of this magnificent instrument, displaying the beauty of the sound it produces, the wealth of music written for it, the craftsmanship involved in building such a complicated and often ornate structure and the wonderful settings in which it has come to reside. Traces the origins, history and development of the organ through Italy, Spain and France. Explores the classical sobriety of the Italian style, the Golden Age of the organ in sixteenth century Spain and the French style of the eighteenth century. Features music by Frescobaldi, de CabezoÌn, de Arauxo, Attaignant, de Grigny, Daquin and Couperin.

Variant and related titles

History of the organ. Vol. 1, Latin origins

History of the organ. Vol. 2, From Sweelinck to Bach

History of the organ. Vol. 3, The golden age

History of the organ. Vol. 4, The modern age

ASP-AVON OCLC KB.

Other formats

Print version: Pulling out the stops. publisher catalog number

Format

Images / Online / Video & Film

Language

English; French