Organ Restoration Reconsidered: Proceedings of a Colloquium

Watson (conservator of instruments at The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) presents 13 essays originally presented at the 1999 international colloquium "Historic Organs Reconsidered: Restoration and Conservation for a New Century." The papers first discuss broad issues of conservation and restoration including the broader meanings of organs to musical culture, new functional classifications of preservation and restoration, and the importance of the relationship between organs and related instruments. Later essays discuss the meaning of the restoration of the 1630 English chamber organ of the colloquium's venue—Historic St. Luke's Church in Smithfield, Virginia—for musical, historical, ethical, and practical issues of restoration and preservation. A final group of four essays present case studies of other restorations from different areas of the world. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR