The Cambridge Companion to the Organ

Contents

• 1. Origins and development of the organ Nicholas Thistlethwaite;
• 2. Organ construction Stephen Bicknell;
• 3. The physics of the organ John Mainstone;
• 4. Temperament and pitch Christopher Kent;
• 5. The organ case Stephen Bicknell;
• 6. Organ-building today Stephen Bicknell;
• 7. The fundamentals of organ playing Kimberly Marshall;
• 8. A survey of historical performance practices Kimberly Marshall;
• 9. Organ music and the liturgy Edward Higginbottom;
• 10. Italian organ music to Frescobaldi Christopher Stembridge;
• 11. Iberian organ music before 1800 James Dalton;
• 12. The French classical organ school Edward Higginbottom;
• 13. English organ music to c.1700 Geoffrey Cox;
• 14. Catholic Germany and Austria before 1800 Patrick Russill;
• 15. The north German organ school before 1800 Geoffrey Webber;
• 16. The organ music of J. S. Bach David Yearsley;
• 17. German organ music after 1800 Graham Barber;
• 18. French and Belgian organ music after 1800 Gerard Brooks;
• 19. British organ music after 1800 Andrew McCrea;
• 20. North American organ music after 1800 Douglas Reed; Appendix The church modes Christopher Stembridge.