update: 4-03-2012
Manufacturing the muse
Dennis G. Waring:
"Manufacturing the Muse. Estey Organs & Consumer Culture in Victorian America"
Wesleyan University Press
Middletown CT
2002 | isbn 0-8195-6508--3 paperback | isbn 0-8195-6507-5 hardbound, 356 pages, with cd.
CD ingesloten in het boek, de cd is niet los verkrijgbaar.
CD is enclosed in the book, only available with the book.
Disclaimer: Presenting the soundtracks of this compact disc is meant to give you an impression of the disc only available with the book. The book is still available. For the few of you claiming to be "too poor" to buy it: The book is available as "google books" (partial and some pages removed). That is why there will be 4 soundtracks maximum available from this disc. The soundtracks available can be changed without any prior warning. And you can never be sure that it is a full soundtrack!
Tracklist
Selections from the Estey Organ Method
The numbers following the track name, refer to the edition of the Organ method and the index number in this album.
Carolyn Halsted, organist |
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| Estey & Co., 1874, no. 49352. Five-octave Cottage Organ, partially restored. | |
| Track 01. | Andante from Trio, Op. 1, Beethoven (Estey 1879, 59) |
| Track 02. | Air from La fille du Madam Angot, Lecocq (Estey 1882, 50) |
| Track 03. | "Song without Words," Mendelssohn (Estey 1879, 76) |
| Track 04. | Chorus from Moses in Egypt, Rossini (Estey 1879, 52) |
| Track 05. | Prelude in C Minor, Chopin (Estey 1882, 93) |
| Track 06. | Pilgrims' Chorus from Tannhäuser, Wagner (Estey 1882, 104) |
| Track 07. | National Airs from th'e Estey Organ Method (1879, 137, 44) SOUNDTRACK |
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Ned Phoenix, organist |
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| Estey Organ Co., 1898, no. 297262. Six-octave Parlor Organ, restored. | |
| Track 08. | Traümerei; Schumann (Estey 1882, 86) |
| Track 09. | "Home Waltz" (Estey 1882, 28) |
| Track 10. | "Estey Hymn", Ditmars (Estey 1882, 62) |
| Track 11. | "The Last Rose ofSummer," Milliken (Estey 1882, 51) |
Ned Phoenix, organist; Becky Graber, soprano |
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| Estey Organ Co., 1898, no. 297262. Six-octave Parlor Organ, restored. | |
| Songs from the Estey Organ Method | |
| Track 12. | "I Cannot Sing the Old Songs" (excerpt), Claribel (Estey 1879,74) |
| Track 13. | "I Love My Love" (excerpt), Pinsuti (Estey 1879, 86) |
| Track 14. | "Call Me Thine Own" (excerpt), Halévy (Estey 1882, 128) |
Nancy Reed, organist; Jack Reed, tenor |
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| Estey Organ Co., 1891, no. 235784. Five-octave Parlor Organ. | |
| Victorian Parlor Songs | |
| Track 15. | "Home Sweet Home," Payne SOUNDTRACK |
| Track 16. | Stephen Foster medley: |
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| Track 17. | "The Honeysuckle and the Bee;' Penn |
| Track 18. | "Bird in a Gilded Cage," von Tilzer |
| Track 19. | "Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes;' Old English |
E. A. Boadway, organist |
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| Estey & Green, 1860, no. 7135. Two-rank Perfect Melodeon, unrestored. Collection of E. A. Boadway, Claremont, N.H. | |
| Music for Church and Lodge | |
| Track 20. | "Danny Boy;' Irish melody |
| Estey & Co., 1874, no. 45661. One-manual Cottage Organ. Qld Trinity Episcopal Church, Cornish, N.H. | |
| Track 21. | "Herr Gott, dich lob en alle wir" (Old Hundredth), Drischner SOUNDTRACK |
| Estey Organ Co., 1889, no. 204721. One-manual Philharmonic Organ. Gethsemane EpiscopaLChurch, Proctorsville, Vt. | |
| Track 22. | "La Baritone;' Leybach |
| Estey Organ Co., 1896, no. 287018. One-manual Chapel . Organ. Community Church, United Methodist, West Unity, N.H. | |
| Track 23. | Scottish tune, Anon., published 1877 |
| Estey Organ Co., 1918, no. 411155. One-manual Artist's Organ. Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration, Whitefield, N.H. | |
| Track 24. | "Gegrüsset seist du, Königen," German Catholic hymn tune |
| Estey Organ Co., c. 1926, no. 439780. Two-manual with-pedal Studio Organ. Old Trinity Episcopal Church, Cornish, N.H. (hand-cranked by author). | |
| Track 25. | "Piccola Marcia," Mauri |
| Estey Organ Co., 1952, no. 498541. One-manual Parlor Organ; electric blower. Old St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, West Claremont, N.H. | |
| Track 26. | Voluntary, Linley |
| Track 27. | Hymn Tune, "Blaenwern," Rowlands |
Carolyn Halsted, organist |
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| Estey & Co., 1874, no. 49352. Five-octave Cottage Organ, partially restored. | |
| Hymn tunes from the Estey Organ Method (1879, 147-51) | |
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Luella Frechette, organist |
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| Estey Organ Co., opus 300, 1906. Three-manual pipe organ. First Baptist Church, Brattleboro, Vt. (donated by the Estey family in memory of Julius Estey). | |
| Track 29. | "Just a Closer Walk with Thee," Traditional |
| Track 30. | "Come Let Us Sing," Paxton |
| Mansion Music | |
| Estey Residence Organ with "automatic" self-playing mechanism. 1917 console, pipework from several old Esteys. Installed in the residence .of Laurence W Leonard, Laconia, N.H. | |
| Track 31. | "The Sheik of Araby," Snyder SOUNDTRACK |
E. A. Boadway, organist |
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| Estey Organ Co. Parlor Organ, 1909, no. 370590, unrestored. Choir loft auxilary organ in St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Claremont, N.H. | |
| Estey Organ Tonal Design | |
| Track 32. | Demonstration of various stop combinations and effects. In its present unrestored condition, it is interesting (and amusing) to hear the organ's internal machinations as stops are demonstrated. SOUNDTRACK |
| Coda | |
Ned Phoenix, organist |
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| Estey Organ Co., 1898, no. 297262. Six-octave Parlor Organ, restored. | |
| Track 33. | "Swanee River Swing," Foster, arr. Phoenix |
| Track 34. | "In the Good Old Summertime," Shields and Evans; arr. Phoenix |