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Organ reform movement

Index Organ reform movement

The Organ Reform Movement or Orgelbewegung (also called the Organ Revival Movement) was a mid-20th-century trend in pipe organ building, originating in Germany. [1]

25 relations: Albert Schweitzer, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, Arp Schnitger, Auckland City Council, Baroque, Direct electric action, Dirk Andries Flentrop, E. Power Biggs, Electro-pneumatic action, Expression pedal, Frobenius Orgelbyggeri, G. Donald Harrison, Gottfried Silbermann, Historically informed performance, Holtkamp Organ Company, Johann Sebastian Bach, Marcussen & Søn, Mixture (music), Organ building, Pipe organ, Registration (organ), Rockefeller Chapel, Rudolf von Beckerath, Symphonic organ, Tracker action.

Albert Schweitzer

Albert Schweitzer, OM (14 January 1875 – 4 September 1965) was a French-German theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician.

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Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (4 February 1811 – 13 October 1899), was a French organ builder.

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Arp Schnitger

Arp Schnitger (2 July 1648 – 28 July 1719 (buried)) was a highly influential Northern German organ builder.

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Auckland City Council

Auckland City Council was the local government authority for Auckland City, New Zealand, from 1871 to 1 November 2010, when it was amalgamated into the Auckland Council.

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Baroque

The Baroque is a highly ornate and often extravagant style of architecture, art and music that flourished in Europe from the early 17th until the late 18th century.

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Direct electric action

Direct electric action is one of various systems used in pipe organs to control the flow of air (wind) into the organ's pipes when the corresponding keys or pedals are depressed.

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Dirk Andries Flentrop

Dirk Andries Flentrop (1 May 1910 – 30 November 2003) was a Dutch organ builder.

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E. Power Biggs

Edward George Power Biggs (March 29, 1906 – March 10, 1977) was a British-born American concert organist and recording artist.

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Electro-pneumatic action

The electro-pneumatic action is a control system for pipe organs, whereby air pressure, controlled by an electric current and operated by the keys of an organ console, opens and closes valves within wind chests, allowing the pipes to speak.

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Expression pedal

An expression pedal is an important control found on many musical instruments including organs, electronic keyboards and pedal steel guitar.

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Frobenius Orgelbyggeri

Frobenius is a Danish firm of organ builders.

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G. Donald Harrison

George Donald Harrison (April 21, 1889 – June 14, 1956) was responsible for the design of some of the finest and largest pipe organs in the United States.

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Gottfried Silbermann

Gottfried Silbermann (January 14, 1683 – August 4, 1753) was a German builder of keyboard instruments.

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Historically informed performance

Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of classical music, which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of the musical era in which a work was originally conceived.

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Holtkamp Organ Company

The Holtkamp Organ Company of Cleveland, Ohio is one of America's oldest builders of pipe organs.

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach (28 July 1750) was a composer and musician of the Baroque period, born in the Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach.

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Marcussen & Søn

Marcussen & Søn, known as Marcussen and previously as Marcussen & Reuter, is a Danish firm of pipe organ builders.

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Mixture (music)

A mixture is an organ stop, usually of principal tone quality, that contains multiple ranks of pipes including at least one mutation stop.

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Organ building

Organ building is the profession of designing, building, restoring and maintaining pipe organs.

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Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurized air (called wind) through organ pipes selected via a keyboard.

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Registration (organ)

Registration is the technique of choosing and combining the stops of a pipe organ in order to produce a particular sound.

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Rockefeller Chapel

Rockefeller Chapel is a Gothic Revival chapel on the campus of the University of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

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Rudolf von Beckerath

Rudolf von Beckerath (19 February 1907 – 22 November 1976) was a German master organ builder.

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Symphonic organ

The symphonic organ is a style of pipe organ that flourished during the first three decades of the 20th century in town halls and other secular public venues, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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Tracker action

Tracker action is a term used in reference to pipe organs and steam calliopes to indicate a mechanical linkage between keys or pedals pressed by the organist and the valve that allows air to flow into pipe(s) of the corresponding note.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_reform_movement

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