Thistlethwaite Organ-building in Georgian and Victorian England

The Work of Gray & Davison, 1772-1890
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-1-78744-667-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 24, 577 Seiten

Reihe: Music in Britain, 1600-2000

The London firm of Gray (later Gray & Davison) was one of Britain's leading organ-makers between the 1790s and the 1880s.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thistlethwaite, Nicholas

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Geistliche Musik, Religiöse Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Geschichte der Musik
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikinstrumente Tasteninstrumente

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
PART I: The Grays
Beginnings
An expanding business: William Gray
'That good, honest, estimable man. John Gray'
Instruments: 1772-1840
PART II: The Davisons
Frederick Davison
PART III: Gray & Davison
Gray & Davison
Frederick Davison: 'a very straightforward and respectable tradesman'
Limited Company: 1877 to 1890
Instruments: 1840-90
Epilogue

Über Autor(innen)

Thistlethwaite Nicholas:
NICHOLAS THISTLETHWAITE has written extensively on the history of the English organ and other aspects of English church music, and his book, The making of the Victorian organ (1990) is recognised as the standard work on the subject. He has acted as consultant for the restoration and rebuilding of organs, most recently at St Edmundsbury Cathedral and Christ Church.