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Japanese art was virtually unknown in the West until the middle of the nineteenth century, when the island nation emerged from 200 years of self-imposed isolation. A passion for Japanese culture swept Europe, and this landmark publication opened the eyes of the world to the grace and beauty of Japanese design. George Ashdown Audsley, a leader in the revival of English decorative design and one of the first Britons to specialize in Japanese art, assembled...
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Volume 2 of the fullest repository on organ building and history in English language. Includes outline of organ history, external design and decoration, internal arrangement and mechanical systems, acoustics and theories of sound-production in organ pipes, tonal structure and appointment, compound stops of the organ, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications.
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Volume 1 of the fullest repository on organ building and history in English language. Includes outline of organ history, external design and decoration, internal arrangement and mechanical systems, acoustics and theories of sound-production in organ pipes, tonal structure and appointment, compound stops of the organ, more. Complete with illustrations, tables, and specifications.
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This 1921 classic by a renowned organ builder provides organists and all those interested in the instrument with a guide to its numerous stops, among them bassoon, bass tuba, cymbal, double trumpet, oboe, piccolo, viola da gamba, and xylophone. The text supplies various names of each stop in different languages, traces their origins, and describes their construction, tonal characteristics, and value in artistic combination and registration. A fascinating...
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Meticulously reproduced motifs from rare 1882 edition, with informative introduction and notes on original plates. Diaper patterns, medallions for ornamental devices, pillars and arch moldings, bands and borders, floral and foliated designs, alphabets, illuminated initials, much more. Royalty-free designs ideal for visual inspiration or immediate practical use. Introduction. Notes.
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One of the oustanding organ builders of modern times, George Ashdown Audsley is widely considered the father of the twentieth-century organ. In this profusely illustrated book--a classic of musicology--he fully formulates principles of tonal contrast and compound flexibility and expression that have become fundamental to modern organ building. His survey of the artistic treatment of the organ case in different ages and lands is followed by descriptions...
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Dover Publications
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[1968]
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English
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The Fret, for instance, is an ornament very commonly believed to belong exclusively to Greek Art, and in most works on ornament it is confined to that school, but by looking over a collection of Greek Frets, the student can gather partial information only regarding the subject of Fret ornamentation, and he is not made aware of the fact that the Greeks were not the first or only people to use it. -- Preface.