Films for the Humanities and Sciences

The Organ

Pipe organs are the most majestic of musical instruments, and each one is a unique work of art named after its designer. This program studies the painstaking craftsmanship in wood and metal that goes into pipe organ construction and illustrates the function of the instrument’s many parts. The voicing process, in which the volume and tonal quality of a pipe organ is adjusted to suit the acoustics of its location, is also explained. Generous musical samples, included to illustrate the range and effects of pipe organs, are performed on both historical and modern instruments. (28 minutes)

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Item#: BVL7069
Copyright date: ©1997
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6091-7

Part of the Series : The History of Musical Instruments


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