Research Catalog

Title

The organ in church design / by Joseph Edwin Blanton.

Author

Blanton, Joseph E. (Joseph Edwin)

Publication

Albany, Tex. : Venture Press, 1957.

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Details

Description

xviii, 492 pages : illustrations; 32 cm

Summary

The purpose of this book is to acquaint the average architect with the organ as an instrument and to introduce to them the wealth of possibilities in its architectural treatment.

Subject

• Organ (Musical instrument)
• Church architecture
• Religious architecture
• churches (buildings)
• religious buildings
• organs (general aerophones)
• Religious architecture
• Church architecture

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 483-486.

Contents

Part I: The organ as an instrument. Component parts ; Actions ; Designation of pitch ; Pipe work ; Compound stops ; Divisions ; Tonal qualities ; Worship requirements -- Part II: The organ and church architecture. Preliminary survey ; Location ; Acoustics ; Elements of case design ; Architectural scale ; The ruckpositiv ; Spanish trumpets ; The fate of old organs ; Gothic cases ; Cases of the Gothic-Renaissance tradition ; Cases of the Italian Renaissance ; Cases of the Iberian Renaissance ; Cases of the French Renaissance ; Cases of the North European Renaissance ; Cases of the English Renaissance ; The architectural decadence of the Baroque ; The period of confused eclecticism ; Pre-reform links with tradition ; Unencased organs ; Contemporary case design ; Contemporary unencased organs ; The small contemporary organ ; Space requirements ; Consoles ; The swell box ; New organs in old buildings ; Conclusion -- Errata -- Appendix A: Dispositions of contemporary organs ; Appendix B: Recordings cited.

LCCN

58019720

OCLC

• ocm00604448
• 604448
• SCSB-1900236

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library