Vox Humana Craftsmanship Origins, Intersections and Influence on Lithuanian Pipe Organ Building
This book provides a thorough analysis focused on the sound expression produced by human-crafted musical instrument – a pipe organ, in which various components blend into a complex whole to produce a wide range of timbres. The sound produced by wooden and metal pipes of a variety of sizes is an inte...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Springer International Publishing
2022, 2022
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2022 |
| Series: | Numanities - Arts and Humanities in Progress
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Establishment of the Vox Humana stop in pipe organ building. Some historical observations
- Chapter 1. In search of an appropriate name: Consolidation of the Vox Humana designation
- Chapter 2. From the Fiffaro to the Voce Umana: Beating stops in the Italian and Sicilian organ building tradition
- Chapter 3. The Vox Humana in Lithuanian baroque pipe organs
- Part 2: From Italy to Lithuania: The Casparini Dynasty and consolidation of Lithuanian baroque organ building
- Chapter 4. Over two centenaries of Caspari(ni) activity: From North to South
- Chapter 5. Following the activity of Lithuanian late-Baroque organ builders
- Part 3: Creating the Vox Humana’s variety of sounds
- Chapter 6. Characteristics of the Vox Humana’s resonator Construction
- Chapter 7. Observations on metal alloy and types of tongue and shallot in Lithuanian baroque pipe organs
- General conclusions: The discoveries continue