
"In this book, Barbara Owen has created a rich resource of historical information coupled with strategies for interpreting that information on today's instruments." --Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society
". . . Barbara Owen has succeeded admirably in distilling...

Barbara Owen has prepared the first work to present in a single volume the registrational practices of organists from 1550 to 1800. Along with the many stoplists and discussions of performance traditions, the book discusses the religious and political context for each period...