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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 repertoire. The organ repertoire is considered to be the largest and oldest repertory of all musical instruments. [1] Because of the organ 's (or pipe organ 's) prominence in worship in Western Europe from the Middle Ages on, a significant portion of organ repertoire is sacred in nature.
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Biology. Organ (biology), a group of tissues organized to serve a common function. Musical instruments. Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone. Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument. Hammond organ, an electro-mechanical keyboard instrument.
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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When was the organ invented? - Classical Music
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.
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