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Notes ' A range of 25 notes is incorrectly given here. "De sostenido . . . re" means eft' to and including d'", which is a range of 26 notes. ^ The Cadereta is the separate division, placed at the organist's back (Rugwerk or Positiv). There can also be a second windchest for the Cadereta in the main case. In fact, the Cadereta is divided into two sections. Both parts are playable from the same keyboard. The smaller, freestanding part is called in both dispositions "Positivo de Espalda." The larger interior section is called "Organo Cadereta." ^ The range of 24 notes is correct here. Instead of 25 notes, as in the Epistle organ, C# is omitted. making 24 in the Gospel organ. "* In both dispositions, the pedal registers are missing. The construction of both organs makes it unlikely that the pedal registers are later additions. It can be assumed that the omission of these registers was an oversight. ^ 1 Vara is 84 cm. ^ In view of the sparse documentation, it seems likely that the dispositions given in Musica y Musicos may also have come from the Gazeta de Mexico. The omission of the pedal registers could point to copying from a possibly incomplete newspaper article. ' Possibly a Corneta? (J.F.) 29
Selected Bibliography Estrada, Jesus 1966. Datos para la historia del organo in Mexico. Revista del Conservatorio, 13:9-10. 1973. Musica y Musicos de la Epoca Virreinal. Edited by Andres Lira, Mexico City: Sep/Setenas. Fesperman, John 1979. Organs in Mexico. Raleigh, North Carolina: Sunbury Press. 1982. Flentrop in America. Raleigh, North Carolina: Sunbury Press. 1984. The Mexican Legacy of Organs. Musical Times, 84(2): 107-109. Piatt, Simon 1981. Organs of the Vice-regal Period in Four Mexican Cathedrals. In Organ Yearbook, 1981:55-80. Amsterdam: Frits Knuf. Toussaint, Manuel 1948. La Catedral de Mexico y el Sagrario Metropolitano. Mexico City: Comision Diocesana de Orden. Velazco, Jorge 1975. Organos barroeos Mexicanos. In Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Esteticas, 44. Mexico City: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. 30
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Page 3 and 4: Contents Preface iv Dedication v Im
Page 5 and 6: Dedication Dr. M.A. Vente's Ph.D. d
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