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Mechanical organs, which include the barrel organ and Orchestrion. These are controlled by mechanical means such as pinned barrels or book music. Little barrel organs dispense with the hands of an organist and bigger organs are powered in most cases by an organ grinder or today by other means such as an electric motor.
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.
The pipe organ is a musical instrument that produces sound by driving pressurised air (called wind) through the organ pipes selected from a keyboard.Because each pipe produces a single pitch, the pipes are provided in sets called ranks, each of which has a common timbre, volume, and construction throughout the keyboard compass.
Andante (Prelude) in D minor for organ, WAB 126/2 (c. 1846) Prelude in E flat major for organ, WAB 127 (c. 1835, doubtful authorship, possibly by Johann Baptist Weiss) Four Preludes in E flat major for organ, WAB 128 (c. 1835, doubtful authorship, possibly by Johann Baptist Weiss) Prelude (Perger Präludium) in C major for organ, WAB 129 (1884)
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On April 26, 1941 Ray Nelson entertained fans that showed up early with a pipe organ behind the ballpark's grandstands. The Chicago Tribune notes that Nelson had to cut the music before the first ...
Music with orchestra and pipe organ. Includes any compositions with orchestra that has an organ-part as well as organ concertos (Organ concertos are listed in a subcategory). The list should not include continuo parts.
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