dc.contributor.author	Newton, R. G.
dc.date.accessioned	2010-11-04T22:20:40Z
dc.date.available	2010-11-04T22:20:40Z
dc.date.issued	1996	en
dc.description.abstract	The flourishing of organ building in New Zealand from 1895 onwards is due as much to cultural developments in Europe and Britain as it is to economic changes here. By examining perceptions of music and the organ in nineteenth-century secular and religious sources, it is possible to demonstrate the influence of German transcendentalism and the concept of Gesamtkunstwerk on the demand for pipe organs in New Zealand churches (particularly in Protestant denominations), as part of a wider movement in Christian worship defined here as "aesthetic worship." The role of choirs, organists and others as facilitators in this movement is addressed, as are other cultural, historical, economic and technological contexts. Together, they assist in the construction of a new set of criteria for better understanding the organ of the period, and give a unique insight into the relationship of nineteenth-and early twentieth-century aesthetics and technology. In this thesis, the first to treat the subject, all 140 organs built in New Zealand between 1895 and 1930, and the lives of twenty of their builders, are substantially documented with specifications, transcriptions, and some photographs. The close reading of extensive primary sources available from religious and secular archives (from which the documentations are obtained) and substantial secondary sources, leads to a greater understanding of the cultural contexts of organ building than is otherwise possible.	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4848
dc.identifier.uri	https://doi.org/10.26021/15198
dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	University of Canterbury. Music	en
dc.relation.isreferencedby	NZCU	en
dc.rights	Copyright R. G. Newton	en
dc.rights.uri	https://canterbury.libguides.com/rights/theses	en
dc.title	Organ building in New Zealand 1895-1930 : a documentation of cultural context	en
dc.type	Theses / Dissertations
thesis.degree.discipline	Music	en
thesis.degree.grantor	University of Canterbury	en
thesis.degree.level	Doctoral	en
thesis.degree.name	Doctor of Philosophy	en
uc.bibnumber	756725	en
uc.college	Faculty of Arts	en

Organ building in New Zealand 1895-1930 : a documentation of cultural context

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