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THE SHEFFIELD DAILY TELEGRAPH. " Mr. Wedgwood devotes an entertaining chapter to the quaint stops occasionally found in English and Continental organs." THE MUSICAL TIMES. "Anyone who, judging from the mere title, might assume that this ' Dictionary ' is a dry, technical book, would soon realise that its pages are as readable as they are informing. That the work has been thoroughly done may be instanced by the space devoted to main subjects, e.g.. Diapason, 12 pages, Mixture, 8 pages, Reed, 6 pages, Tuba aDd Vox Humana, each 4 pages, and Swell Box, 2 pages. Research too, is evident. . . . Mr. Wedgwood's erudition and investigations are productive of not a little humour ... a book which is excellent in every way." THE MUSICAL NEWS. "A very useful and elaborately got-up volume. Its author is well-known as an enthusiast in organ construction, and he has brought his wide knowledge to bear in the compilation of this work. It is carried out in the most thorough manner technical as such a task must necessarily be, Mr. Wedgwood writes with so much historical knowledge and critical discernment that every page is of interest. Not only are the measurements and scales given of the multitude of stops to be found in old and modern organs, but, where necessary, these are fully illustrated with excellent drawings . . . the mass of information to be found in Mr. Wedgwood's useful volume." THE MUSICAL WORLD. "Mr. Wedgwood has long been known as an earnest, painstaking and thorough investigator in all matters pertaining to the construction of organs and the production of organ tone, and, indeed, has come to be regarded as one of our leading authorities on this subject. The present volume furnishes abundant evidence of the thoroughness with which he enters upon his researches, and of the wide area through which he pursues them. It is not only a dictionary in the ordinary sense of the word ; it contains also descriptions of every known organ stop, ancient and modern, together with particulars of construction, scaling and voicing ; and by whom invented, improved and perfected. Moreover, instances of organs are given in which the different varieties may be found, so that the book becomes virtually a history of the evolution of organ construction, regarded from a tonal point of view. Mr. Wedgwood having visited and examined the various instruments referred to both in this country and on the Continent, is well entitled to speak with authority upon these matters. Many of the stops are treated of at considerable length descriptions of such stops as the diapasons—with those modern developments of the voicer's art—namely, the diaphones and Tibias of various forms'—mixtures, reeds as a class, and in their numerous varieties, are in the nature of exhaustive essays, and constitute valuable contributions to the literature of this important branch of the organ builder's art. Modern developments and inventions, such as those of Hope- Jones, Casson, Compton, Norman, etc., together with those of less recent date (as Hill, Bishop, Willis, Cavaille'-Coll, etc.), are minutely, carefully, and, what is more, lucidly described. The descriptions, too, are considerably enhanced by the addition of excellent illustrations. One of the not least valuable features of the work is the compendious summary of the ' bibliography ' of the subject. Combined with wide and accurate knowledge and lucidity of expression, Mr. Wedgwood invests his writing with a wealth of literary charm which makes his book a pleasure to read. The volume is one that cannot fail to be of the utmost value to everyone interested in organ matters, whether as executants or builders, and we have confidence and pleasure in recommending this valuable work to the perusal of all such." MUSICAL OPINION. " If Mr. Wedgwood be a typical representative of the younger school of writers on musical subjects, we feel that the age of ponderous pseudo-learning is passing and is giving place to a type of scholarship which not only has the virtue of exactness and accuracy of detail, but which also possesses the saving grace of toleration and humour. . . . The work . . . marks a real epoch in the literature of the organ. It is not so much that it contains a great deal that is new to most of us, but that it includes everything that is old. . . . For our own part, we cannot help feeling that the title of the work is altogether inadequate. It is a dictionary, and certainly the most exhaustive one in existence, but it is much more. . . . The principles of reedvoicing are dealt with (probably for the first time) in detail. We commend the book to all lovers of the 'king of instruments,' and heartily do we congratulate Mr. Wedgwood on the success which has crowned his painstaking labours." : :
THE MUSICIAN. "Any misgivings the reader may experience in approaching a treatise on Organ Stops will soon give way to quite another sensation. ... A real gain to the musician's library. ... A well-written, luminous account of all the chief points of . . . the organ. Mr. Wedgwood has handled his somewhat difficult subject with considerable mastery and conspicuous intelligence." Do. Second Notice (by DR. CHAS. W. PEARCE). 'The name Wedgwood having become famous in connection with 'stop-nomenclature,' it was really only natural in the ordinary sequence of things to expect this well-known name to appear on the title-page of the first Stop-Dictionary (worthy to be so called) as author. The Dictionary has been carefully planned, and is the result of wide reading. . . . Mr. Wedgwood's sketch of the development of modern Diapason tone is exceedingly good. . . . Perhaps no writer has explained as clearly as Mr. Wedgwood the advantage to be gained by leathering the lips of Diapason PJP es .- " : ^-h6 Diaphone receives adequate description for the first time in a book of this kind, . . . Reed pipes . . their construction and careful treatment . . . are very capitally described. . . . Here, again, the illustrative wood-cuts are exceedingly good, and help in a large measure to make everything plain and straightforward. ... I can honestly describe this Dictionary, not only as a book which is in every sentence thoroughly up-to-date ; it is all this, and yet it is written with a reverent regard for everything great which has been produced in the past. A book so clearly written and illustrated, so impersonal, and so thoroughly reliable, ought to be in the hands of every organist and organ builder." THE ORGANIST AND CHOIRMASTER. '•This latest addition to the Vincent Music Company's valuable Text-books is certainly not the least noteworthy among a series which iB remarkable for its accumulation of specialized knowledge. Mr. Wedgwood's Dictionary must have cost him several years of continuous research and investigation, and he is to be congratulated upon bringing his labours to so successful a conclusion. We recommend all who are interested in organ matters, either as builders, players, teachers, or students, to procure a copy of this work, and to study it assiduously. They will be amply repaid. Apart from the excellent illustrations (themselves of great value) they will find every stop, whether English or foreign, obsolete, modern, or experimental, described at length, not in the dull, uninteresting style which one might expect to find in a ' Dictionary,' but with considerable literary charm and no little skill. The work is eminently readable,, and the author seems perfectly unbiassed and impartial in his judgment." Wetting in the "Correspondence Columns" of Musical Opinion, MR. ALBERT INOHAM, L.R A.M., A.R.C.O., speaks of the book in the following terms: " A work which every organ lover must have. It contains more information about the peculiarities of various stops than all other works put together, besides being up-to-date." The RT. REV. THOMAS BOSSART, D.D., O.S.B., Prince-Abbot of Einsiedeln, Switz., tendered the hearty thanks of his Community for the "highly appreciated present" of this "very excellent" Dictionary. (The Einsiedeln organ, built under the direction of the author's friend, the late Bt. Bev. Prince-Abbot, is frequently referred to in the course of the book). M, J. ABBEY, Facteur d'Orgues d'Eglise, of Versailles, France, refers to the Dictionary as a " very interesting " and " useful " work. MM. CASAVANT PRERES, of St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, Canada, writes:—"We have duly received the copies of your interesting Dictionary of Organ Stops. It is a real treasure of valuable information, and no organ builder, organist, or student should be without it . . the immense labours this work must have cost you." THE ETUDE (U.S.A.). " Mr. Wedgwood has made an exhaustive study of the subject of organ stops, has collected a fund of information relative to the historical side of the subject, and has produced a work that is not only useful, but essential to every organist. ... he has thoroughly mastered his subject, has shown much literary power and no little skill in treating each stop separately, and has exhibited a most commendable catholicity in giving to every inventor and organ builder the credit of his inventions.' —
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