European organ reform movement

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The European organ reform movement was a 20th-century trend in organ building and design that sought to revive historical principles, especially Baroque aesthetics and mechanical action, in reaction against the symphonic and romantic organ traditions.

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instanceOf 20th-century musical movement
movement in organ building
organ reform movement
aimedAt articulate speech-like pipe speech
clarity of polyphonic texture
revival of Baroque aesthetics in organ design
revival of historical organ building principles
use of mechanical key action
alsoKnownAs Orgelbewegung
organ reform movement
associatedWith historically informed performance
neo-Baroque organ building
criticizedFor dogmatic approach to historical models
neglect of romantic organ repertoire needs
overly bright tonal ideals
deemphasized high wind pressures
symphonic orchestral color stops
unified and extension-based stop systems
emphasized Werkprinzip layout
articulate voicing
classical stoplists
clear separation of divisions
low wind pressures
mechanical key action
mixture stops
principal choruses
slider chests
hadImpactOn conservation of historical organs
organ pedagogy
organ repertoire choices
organ restoration practices
influenced organ building in Austria
organ building in France
organ building in Germany
organ building in North America
organ building in Scandinavia
organ building in Switzerland
organ building in the Netherlands
organ building in the United Kingdom
influencedBy Baroque organ building
North German organ school
surface form: North German Baroque organ tradition

historical performance practice movement
organ works of Dieterich Buxtehude
organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach
keyFigure Albert Schweitzer
Arp Schnitger revivalists
Christhard Mahrenholz
Hans Henny Jahnn
Helmut Walcha
Karl Straube
keyOrganBuilder Ahrend & Brunzema
Detlef Kleuker NERFINISHED
Flentrop organ
surface form: Flentrop Orgelbouw

Marcussen & Søn
Paul Ott
Rieger Orgelbau
Rudolf von Beckerath
location Europe
reactionAgainst electro-pneumatic action organs
pneumatic action organs
romantic organ building
symphonic organ tradition
relatedTo church music reform
liturgical renewal in the 20th century
neo-classical organ design
startTime early 20th century

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Marcussen & Søn associatedWith European organ reform movement