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A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England - William Sweetland of Bath (Hardcover, New Ed)
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A Provincial Organ Builder in Victorian England - William Sweetland of Bath (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Music in Nineteenth-Century Britain
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William Sweetland was a Bath organ builder who flourished from
c.1847 to 1902 during which time he built about 300 organs, mostly
for churches and chapels in Somerset, Gloucestershire and
Wiltshire, but also for locations scattered south of a line from
the Wirral to the Wash. Gordon Curtis places this work of a
provincial organ builder in the wider context of English musical
life in the latter half of the nineteenth century. An introductory
chapter reviews the provincial musical scene and sets the organ in
the context of religious worship, public concerts and domestic
music-making. The book relates the biographical details of
Sweetland's family and business history using material obtained
from public and family records. Curtis surveys Sweetland's organ-
building work in general and some of his most important organs in
detail, with patents and other inventions explored. The musical
repertoire of the provinces, particularly with regard to organ
recitals, is discussed, as well as noting Sweetland's
acquaintances, other organ builders, architects and artists. Part
II of the book consists of a Gazetteer of all known organs by
Sweetland organized by counties. Each entry contains a short
history of the instrument and its present condition. Since there is
no definitive published list of his work, and as all the office
records were lost in a fire many years ago, this will be the
nearest approach to a comprehensive list for this builder.
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