The Great Organ at Methuen

by Barbara Owen

In the middle of the nineteenth-century, American organbuilding reached a milestone when, in 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, a large concert organ - really the first of its kind in the country - was opened in Boston's relatively-new Music Hall. Visually and musically it was regarded as a sensation, as it put a stamp of approval on paid-admission secular organ recitals, and quickly opened the door to a spate of American-built concert hall organs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1495254208
• ISBN13: 9781495254208
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.9" x 6.5"