All The Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ And Its American Masters - Hardcover

Whitney, Craig

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1586481738 ISBN 13: 9781586481735

Publisher: PublicAffairs, 2003

Synopsis

Presents a history of the pipe organ in the United States from the nineteenth-century until the present day.

About this title

About the Author:

Craig R. Whitney has worked as reporter and foreign correspondent for the New York Times in New York, Saigon, Bonn, Moscow, Paris, and London. He has also served as European diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, and Washington editor. He is currently Assistant Managing Editor of the Times. An amateur organist, he has played on and written about pipe organs around the world.

Review:

"A thoroughly enjoyable, as well as enjoyably thorough survey...Highly recommended for organ specialists and music fans alike." -- Library Journal (starred review), March 15, 2003.

"Superb...From any perspective, musician or novice, this book is informative, well-written and downright fun." -- Baltimore Sun, April 13, 2003.

"While [this book] provides plenty of pipe organ trivia for organ buffs, its narrative will also delight a general reader." -- Religious News Service, July 22, 2003.

"Whitney's finely honed reporting skills allow him to give us the facts without seeming dry or pedantic." -- Christian Science Monitor, May 15, 2003

"Whitney's meticulous research and his knack for storytelling make this book...most engaging and readable." -- Chicago Tribune, July 27, 2003.

"With exuberant expressions..., boldly painted portraits and generous dashes of scuttlebutt, Whitney has captured the glory days of the...organ." -- New York Times, May 30, 2003.

"[A] lively history of the pipe organ in America...[Whitney] weaves a tale of opposing ideas and colorful personalities." -- Publishers Weekly, March 17, 2003

"[F]ive names from the organ world of America in the 20th century are given generous coverage...Their achievement...makes for enthralling reading." -- New York Times Book Review, May 4, 2003.

"deftly chronicles the twentieth-century battle for the "soul" of this most complex of musical beasts... extols the organ's eclectic heritage." -- New Yorker, June 30, 2003.

"sumptuous . . . fascinating, contentious history of the organ." -- Los Angeles Times, July 27, 2003.

About this edition

• Publisher: PublicAffairs
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1586481738
• ISBN 13: 9781586481735
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 323