{"product_id":"organists-and-organ-playing-in-nineteenth-century-france-and-belgium-9780253214232","title":"Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium","description":"\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrganists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium \u003cbr\u003eOrpha Ochse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the catastrophes of the French Revolution to a Golden Age of organ culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[O]ne simply must recommend this highly coherent and well-illustrated book. . . .\"--L'Orgue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Even the well-informed reader will find a number of surprises. Who knows, for example, that Fryderyk Chopin played the organ for a funeral service and that Lefébure-Wély, in turn, played the great pianist and composer's Préludes for his funeral at the Madeleine? The abundance of details, we should add, does nothing to obscure the architectural clarity of this book.\" --La Flûte harmonique\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Now Ms. Ochse has succeeded in producing still another landmark work. . . . Although the work is extraordinarily well documented, the prose retains a narrative quality throughout, at times even taking on the character of good storytelling.\" --The American Organist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrpha Ochse, Professor Emerita at Whittier College, is author of The History of the Organ in the United States (Indiana University Press). She is well known as a teacher, lecturer, recitalist, and church musician.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eORPHA OCHSE, Professor Emerita of Music at Whittier College, is author of The History of the Organ in the United States (another Indiana University Press paperback). She is well known as a teacher, church musician, recitalist, and lecturer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50318658601234,"sku":"9780253214232","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_949999dc-1404-49a2-9b91-6fa61cace39d.jpg?v=1727559647","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/organists-and-organ-playing-in-nineteenth-century-france-and-belgium-9780253214232","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}