THE INFLUENCE OF THE ORGAN
IN HISTORY.
THEINFLUENCE OF THE ORGANIN HISTORY.
Inaugural Lecture of the Department of theOrgan in the College of Musicof Boston University
BY
DUDLEY BUCK.
PROFESSOR AND LECTURER OF THE DEPARTMENT.
New Edition, with Illustrations.
LONDON:
W. REEVES, 83, CHARING CROSS ROAD, W.C.
Office of "The Musical Standard."
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
| I.—Pneumatic-Organ from a MS. Psalter of Eadwinein the Library of Trinity College,Cambridge | (Frontispiece). |
| II.—Peruvian Pan's Pipes, Double Set. From aTomb in Africa | 10 |
| III.—Early Form of the Regals. From Lucinius'Musurgia, sen Praxis Musicæ, 1536 | 19 |
| IV.—From Gori's Thesaurus Diptychorum. Saidto be from an Ancient MS. of the Time ofCharlemagne | 22 |
| V.—A Positive Organ. From Ambrosius Wilphlingseder'sErotemata, Musices Praticae,Nuremberg, 1563 | 31 |
| VI.—A Curious Engraving showing an OrganistPerforming upon an Instrument with BroadKeys. From Franchinus Gaffurius' TheoricaMusica, 1492 | 34 |
| VII.—The Ancient Mode of Organ Blowing. FromPraetorius' Theatrum Instrumentorum,1620 | 46 |
| VIII.—Terra-Cotta Model of Hydraulic Organ.Cir. 150 a.d. Carthage Museum. From HermannSmith's "The Making of Sound in theOrgan and in the Orchestra" | 47 |
| IX.—Rev. F. W. Galpin's Working Reproductionof the Roman Hydraulus. From HermannSmith's "The Making of Sound in the Organand in the Orchestra" | 48 |
SECTION I.
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