Cavaillé-Coll's monumental organ project for Saint Peter's, Rome : bigger than them all / Ronald Ebrecht.

Author
Ebrecht, Ronald, 1953- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, c2011.
Description
xi, 223 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

Details

Subject(s)
Summary note
This is the story of the quest to build the largest-ever mechanical-action organ in the biggest church at the time. Cavaillé-Coll's model for that organ and the book he wrote outlining his proposal are the core of Ebrecht's discussion.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-219) and index.
Action note
Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
  • An auspicious début, a difficult era
  • One hundred stops, Saint-Sulpce, Paris' greatest organ
  • Willis' one hundred eleven stops, and Cavaillé-Coll's septet of secualr organs
  • The Rome project and book
  • How developments in France impacted Italy, and the origans in Rome
  • The Vedette: the model, its evaluation, and exhibition
  • The jubilee
  • Others build ever bigger: Cavaillé-Coll's final glories and impoverished death.
ISBN
  • 9780739167281 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0739167286 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9780739170779 (ebook)
  • 0739170775 (ebook)
LCCN
^^2011031872
OCLC
742512269
RCP
H - S
Statement on responsible collection description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage. Read more...