medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Elena Lemeneva wrote:
>
> I read today in Hauck's Kirchengeschichte Deutschlands (1904) that
> organs started to appear in churches in the thirteenth century. . .
> This amazed me: I've always believed organs were a baroque invention.
> . . Does anyone know how these primitive organs looked like? Where in
> church would they be located? Are there any notations preserved?
The Early English Organ Project has reconstructed two parish church organs
of the 1530s from soundboards discovered recently.
http://www.earlyorgans.org.uk/
John Briggs
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