Research Catalog

Title

Vox humana craftsmanship : origins, intersections and influence on Lithuanian pipe organ building / Girėnas Povilionis, Diego Cannizzaro, Rima Povilionienė

Author

Povilionis, Girėnas

Publication

Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2022]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cannizzaro, Diego
• Povilionienė, Rima

Description

xxx, 267 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

Summary

"This book provides a thorough analysis focused on the sound expression produced by human-crafted musical instrument a pipe organ, in which various components blend into a complex whole to produce a wide range of timbres. The sound produced by wooden and metal pipes of a variety of sizes is an integral part of the instruments unique character, while the organ stop is like its signature, from which one can judge about the size and style of the instrument, an organ building school or even an organ master, to which it is attributable. Precise identification of the name of the stop in accordance to both the pipework itself and the authentic inscriptions on the pipes is instrumental in investigating the geographic origins and authorship of an organ. The monograph focuses on the craftsmanship of complex and historically influential organ stop Vox humana. Its research and definition provides specific information distinguishing particular features in the variety of organ building traditions and discussing the differences in organ sound perception and production. The volume is aimed at art and music historians, as well as musicologists and scholars researching restoration techniques. The book contains supplemental material with video and audio material as well as photo-documentation of authentic Vox humana examples. The material is placed in the online catalog, which may be accessed by scanning the QR code in the appendix of the book."--Cover page 4.

Series Statement

Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress ; volume 23

Uniform Title

Numanities--arts and humanities in progress ; v. 23.

Subject

• Organ (Musical instrument) > Construction > Lithuania
• Organ stops > History
• Organ (Musical instrument) > Construction
• Organ stops
• Lithuania

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part I. Establishment of the vox humana stop in pipe organ building : some historical observations: 1. In search of an appropriate name : consolidation of the vox humana designation. 1.1. The emergence of the vox humana in European organ building ; 1.2. A variety of names : from a bear's roar to the human voice ; 1.3. Discrepancy in verbal naming and sound perception / Girėnas Povilionis and Rima Povilionienė -- 2. From the fiffaro to the voce umana : beating stops in the Italian and Sicilian organ building tradition. 2.1 Establishment of the fiffaro and the first attempts in Italian organs ; 2.2. The fiffaro in the Bergamo area organ building tradition : cases of Antegnati craftsmanship ; 2.3. Some aspects of the Sicilian organ building tradition / Diego Cannizzaro -- 3. The vox humana in Lithuanian Baroque pipe organs. 3.1 The development of an individual Baroque organ building school in Lithuania ; 3.2. In search of reed stops in Lithuanian Baroque organs ; 3.3. Testimony about the vox humana in archival records ; 3.4. Extant vox humana examples in Lithuanian organs / Girėnas Povilionis. -- Part II. From Italy to Lithuania : the Casparini dynasty and the consolidation of Lithuanian Baroque organ building: 4. Over two centuries of Caspari(ni) activity : from North to South. 4.1 The Casparini dynasty ; 4.2. Eugenio Casparini : "Tedesco(I) Italiano(I)" ; 4.3. Following Eugenio : later generations / Girėnas Povilionis -- 5. Following the activity of Lithuanian late-Baroque organ builders. 5.1 Settling in Vilnius and working in the area ; 5.2. A duo of Vilnius organ masters : Joachim Friedrich Scheel and Ludwik Jozef Klimowicz ; 5.3. The founder of the Vilnius school : Gerhardt Arendt Zelle and his milieu ; 5.4. Nicolaus Jantzon's oeuvre and the flourishing of the Vilnius school / Girėnas Povilionis. -- Part III. Creating the vox humana's variety of sounds: 6. Characteristics of the vox humana's resonator construction. 6.1 On the configuration of the vox humana pipes in written sources ; 6.2. The typology of the vox humana resonators ; 6.3. The vox humana pipes of cylindrical-conic construction ; 6.4. The vox humana pipes of double-conic construction / Girėnas Povilionis and Rima Povilionienė -- 7. Observations on metal alloy and types of tongue and shallot in Lithuanian Baroque pipe organs. 7.1 Reviving the historically accurate sound ; 7.2. On lead-tin composition of the resonators ; 7.3. Impact of copper-zinc composition on the quality of timbre ; 7.4. The subtlety of shallot construction / Girėnas Povilionis. -- General conclusions : March 2022--the discoveries continue / by Girėnas Povilionis. -- Appendix A: Stoplists of the organs by Casparini ; Appendix B: Representative stoplists of Vilnius late Baroque organ building school ; Appendix C: Interactive audio-video catalogue with QR code.

ISBN

• 9783031102899
• 3031102894

OCLC

• on1322811584
• SCSB-14676217

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library