The Making of the Victorian Organ
- Author: Thistlethwaite, Nicholas J.
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Contents
- Part I :
- 1. The English organ in 1820;
- 2. Organs and organ-building, 1820-40;
- 3. The Insular movement;
- 4. Three case studies;
- 5. The Bristol reformation;
- Part II :
- 6. Bach, Mendelssohn and the English organ, 1810-45;
- 7. The German system;
- 8. The work of William Hill, 1839-55;
- 9. The Transition;
- Part III :
- 10. The emergence of the Victorian organ, 1850-70;
- 11. Music and mechanics;
- 12. German influences, 1855-70;
- 13. Hill & Son, 1856-70;
- 14. Henry Willis;
- 15. Epilogue.