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The king of instruments:

how churches came to have organs
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SPCK, 1993 - Music - 146 pages

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Contents

Introduction
1
Organs Before They Became Church Instruments
15
Organs as Church Instruments
40
Copyright

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TitleThe king of instruments: how churches came to have organs
AuthorPeter F. Williams
Editionillustrated
PublisherSPCK, 1993
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized18 May 2010
ISBN0281046646, 9780281046645
Length146 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Church music
Music / Musical Instruments / Piano & Keyboard
Music / Religious / Christian
Music in churches
Organ (Musical instrument)
  
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