Bøger af Orpha Ochse

Traces the organ profession's rebirth through the careers of Saint-Saens, Franck, Gigout, Guilmant, and Widor and other influential figures and composers. The author explores the development of the secular recital, the organist as church musician, and the education of organists in a documented study.

Immigration, wars, industrial growth, the availability of electricity, the popularity of orchestral music, and the invention of the phonograph and of the player piano all had a part in determining the course of American organ history.