Organ
All
the Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters
by Craig R. Whitney
Book Description: A distinguished New York Times editor explores
the history of the pipe organ in America in a book that will intrigue and
delight anyone interested in classical music and popular culture.
For centuries, pipe organs stood at the summit of musical and technological
achievement, admired as the most complex and intricate mechanisms the human
race had yet devised. In All The Stops, New York Times journalist Craig
Whitney journeys through the history of the American pipe organ and brings
to life the curious characters who have devoted their lives to its music.
From the mid-19th to the mid-20th century, organ music was wildly popular
in America. Organ builders in New York and New England could hardly fill
the huge demand for both concert hall and home organs. Master organbuilders
found ingenious ways of using electricity to make them sound like orchestras.
Organ players developed cult followings and bitter rivalries. One movement
arose to restore to American organs the clarity and precision that baroque
organs had in centuries past, while another took electronic organs to the
rock concert halls, where younger listeners could be found. But while organbuilders
and organists were fighting with each other, popular audiences lost interest
in the organ.
Today, organs are beginning to make a comeback in concert halls and
churches across America. Craig Whitney brings the story to life and up
to date in a humorous, engaging book about the instruments and vivid personalities
that inspired his lifelong passion: the great art of the majestic pipe
organ.
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Book Published: 01 April, 2003 |
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