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Table of Contents: “…Succession Lists of Organists and Assistant Organists --…”
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Table of Contents: “…List of music to be used by the organist and choir of a small church / supplied by…”

Table of Contents: “…Evolutionary schemes : organists and their revolutionary music /…”

Table of Contents: “…The rise of professional choirmasters, organists, and singers as church musicians --…”

“…School of Bach-playing for the organist ;…”

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“…School of Bach-playing for the organist,…”

Table of Contents: “…Prologue: Bach and the notion of "musical science" -- Springs of musical talent and lifelong influences: Eisenach, 1685-1695 -- Laying the foundations: Ohrdruf, 1695-1700 -- Bypassing a musical apprenticeship: from Lüneburg to Weimar, 1700-1703 -- Building a reputation: organist in Arnstadt and Mühlhausen, 1703-1708 -- Exploring "every possible artistry": court organist and Cammer Musicus in Weimar, 1708-1714 -- Expanding musical horizons: concertmaster in Weimar, 1714-1717 -- Pursing "the musical contest for superiority": capellmeister in Cöthen, 1717-1723 -- Redefining a venerable office: cantor and music director in Leipzig: the 1720s -- Musician and scholar: counterpoint of practice and theory -- Traversing conventional boundaries: special engagements: the 1730s -- A singing bird and carnations for the lady of the house: domestic and professional life -- Contemplating past, present, and future: the final decade: the 1740s -- Epilogue: Bach and the idea of "musical perfection".…”

Table of Contents: “…The Pastoral symphony -- Tristan und Isolde -- Bach's organ fugues -- Mozart's Requiem -- Tchaikovsky's Sixth symphony -- The music of the café -- The composer in England -- The old cathedral organists -- Charles Hallé -- The spirit of the piano -- An Irish musician -- Hector Berlioz -- Postcript…”

Table of Contents: “…Green eyes -- The moonbeam -- The white doe -- Master Pérez the organist -- The gold bracelet -- The kiss -- The Christ of the skull -- Believe in God -- The devil's cross -- The miserere -- Haunted mountain -- The cave of the Moorish woman -- The promise -- The gnome -- Literary letters to a woman, I-IV…”

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Table of Contents: “…Advent/Christmastide -- Lent/Eastertide -- Thanksgiving -- Liturgical year -- 9/11 -- Music ministry -- Music ministry--cantors -- Organists -- Ethno sacred music -- Liturgy and rituals -- General instruction of the Roman missal -- Liturgy -- Art and environment -- General ministry -- Church conditions -- Cultural conditions -- Misc.…”

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Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Preface to the english edition -- Bach-Organist, composer, organ expert: An introductory sketch -- Timeline of organ-related dates in Bach's life -- Maps -- Part one: The organs of J.S. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Civilizing Instruments -- The Mechanic and the Tax Collector -- A Silver Merchant's Daughter -- A Dark-Haired Dame and her Scottish Admirer -- Two Teenage Countesses -- A Marriage Rooted in Reason -- Male Amateur Keyboardists -- A Blacksmith's Son -- May God Protect this Beautiful Organ -- How Professional Musicians were Compensated -- The Daily Life of an Organist.…”
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