Liturgical Organ Music in the Long Nineteenth Century - Preconditions, Repertoires and Border-Crossings

The long nineteenth century was an era of transition, paradoxes and conflict in the area of church music. A time of continuing decline in the position of the church and the organ in musical life, it also saw the birth of several reform movements relating to liturgy, organ and church music – movements that not only shaped many of the developments in the following century but have also had significant repercussions on present day practices. Far from being neglected, the use of the organ in the...