William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs. Gordon Curtis places this work of a provincial organ builder in the wider context of English musical life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He relates the biographical details of Sweetland's family, surveys Sweetland's organ building work and explores the organ recital repertoire of the provinces. The second part of the book consists of a Gazeteer of all known organs by Sweetland.
William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs. Gordon Curtis places this work of a provincial organ builder in the wider context of English musical life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He relates the biographical details of Sweetland's family, surveys Sweetland's organ building work and explores the organ recital repertoire of the provinces. The second part of the book consists of a Gazeteer of all known organs by Sweetland.
Gordon Curtis is a chorister and organist with a lifelong interest in church music. He studied for the MA in Organ Historiography at Reading University and is currently involved in editing music for the Schola Pietatis Antonio Vivaldi of Oxford.
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Contents: Preface Part I Sweetland's Life and Work: Introduction Biography Bath organ builders and Sweetland's other acquaintances Business history Inventions The organs Some notable instruments Repertoire Sweetland's place in English organ building. Part II Gazetteer: Geographical list of Sweetland's organs Appendix: conjectural worklist of William Sweetland Select bibliography Index.
Contents: Preface Part I Sweetland's Life and Work: Introduction Biography Bath organ builders and Sweetland's other acquaintances Business history Inventions The organs Some notable instruments Repertoire Sweetland's place in English organ building. Part II Gazetteer: Geographical list of Sweetland's organs Appendix: conjectural worklist of William Sweetland Select bibliography Index.
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