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The organ is a relatively old musical instrument, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria (285–222 BC), who invented the water organ. It was played throughout the Ancient Greek and Ancient Roman world, particularly during races and games.
hydraulis. positive organ. portative organ. organ, in music, a keyboard instrument, operated by the player’s hands and feet, in which pressurized air produces notes through a series of pipes organized in scalelike rows.
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See media help. Fugue in G minor, BWV 578, (popularly known as the Little Fugue ), is a piece of organ music written by Johann Sebastian Bach during his years at Arnstadt (1703–1707). It is one of Bach's best known fugues and has been arranged for other voices, including an orchestral version by Leopold Stokowski. [1]
The earliest surviving keyboard compositions (keyboard music was not instrument-specific until the sixteenth century) are from England ( Robertsbridge Codex c. 1365) and Italy ( Faenza Codex, 15th century). The organ is specified in Marco Antonio Cavazzoni 's Recerchari, motetti, canzoni [...] libro primo, printed in Venice in 1523.
Medieval music was created for a number of different uses and contexts, resulting in different music genres. Liturgical as well as more general sacred contexts were important, but secular types emerged as well, including love songs and dances.
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