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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.
The English organ: how it evolved through history - Classical ...
Organ Music from the Great War. Music for organ is probably not the first thing which comes to mind when you think of the music of the First World War. But there's a surprisingly...
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Although it is one of the most complex of all musical instruments, the organ has the longest and most involved history and the largest and oldest extant repertoire of any instrument in Western music. In spite of far-ranging technical developments, the organ’s basic principles of operation remain substantially unchanged from when they were ...
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The pipe organ was both the most important musical instrument and, along with the clock, the most complicated machine of the late Middle Ages and Renaissance. Background. The very name "organ" reveals the dual place of that instrument in the history of music and the history of technology.
Aug 4, 2018 · 10 Famous Organ Players You Should Know. Charles-Marie Widor. Charles-Marie Widor is by far one of the most formidable and recognizable organists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Case in point, during his lifetime, he served as an organist of Saint-Sulpice in Paris, which was the most prestigious position an organist could hold in France.
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