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... organ was again heard in the church . As pic- tured in the time of Cecilia , the organ was far from the instrument as we know it to - day . Crude as it appears to us , the organ was at that time already a very old instrument . Its ...
... organ was again heard in the church . As pic- tured in the time of Cecilia , the organ was far from the instrument as we know it to - day . Crude as it appears to us , the organ was at that time already a very old instrument . Its ...
Page 96
A Textbook in Music Appreciation Thomasine Cobb McGehee. 1 and some of the cathedral organs were so large that many men were needed to keep a steady supply of air . Organ makers exerted themselves to make the organ an elaborately ...
A Textbook in Music Appreciation Thomasine Cobb McGehee. 1 and some of the cathedral organs were so large that many men were needed to keep a steady supply of air . Organ makers exerted themselves to make the organ an elaborately ...
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... organ that in- terested him . But Bach was not only an organist . His first position of importance was that of court violinist to the duke of Weimar ( vi'mär ) , a court famous for its hospitality to men of genius . He passed from ...
... organ that in- terested him . But Bach was not only an organist . His first position of importance was that of court violinist to the duke of Weimar ( vi'mär ) , a court famous for its hospitality to men of genius . He passed from ...
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