Disposition and Tonal Character of the St. Paul’s Organ

One of the more surprising aspects of the St. Paul’s project is that the earliest records of the organ’s disposition do not originate in a builder’s proposal or signed contract. Rather, the first complete record of the three-manual, 54-stop disposition is found in the Leipziger Jahrbuch (Leipzig Yea...

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Published inJohann Scheibe p. 107
Main Author Butler, Lynn Edwards
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published United States University of Illinois Press 26.04.2022
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Casparini
Contius
Disposition
Hildebrandt
Musicology and Music History
Sicul
Silbermann
St. Paul's Church (Paulinerkirche) Scheibe
Trost
Viol di Gamba
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Summary:One of the more surprising aspects of the St. Paul’s project is that the earliest records of the organ’s disposition do not originate in a builder’s proposal or signed contract. Rather, the first complete record of the three-manual, 54-stop disposition is found in the Leipziger Jahrbuch (Leipzig Yearbook), an account published by Christoph Ernst Sicul in 1718, two years after the organ’s completion (referred to hereafter either as the “Sicul disposition” or simply “Sicul”; see fig. 22 and also table 4).¹ As well, the disposition can be inferred from a drawing of the organ’s stop knobs and labels, obviously made
ISBN:9780252044311
0252044312
DOI:10.5622/illinois/9780252044311.003.0006