the organs and the music in the Church of S. Lucia of Gonfalon, in Rome. From the XVI to the Xix Cen

(Century)
This pubblication is born after deepened and passion-driven researches, carried out in the Vatican Secret Archives. Here there are some documents dealing with the Arcoconfraternity and the Church of S. Lucia of the Gonfalon. This latter was one of the most important associations in Rome in the XV century. The research concerns with Nicola Morettini's organ, he was an organbuilder from Perugia, who built it in 1882 for the arcoconfraternity. The research also studies the previous centuries and provides some intersting news about 3 organs. They were brought in the Church from the early XVI century until the end of the XIX. Moreover, there are is much information about the music from different points of view: from the singer's one, the organplayer's and the kapellmeister's. Trough Throughout the chapters there are many references to some Archive's documents. They were diligently copied out and included both in the text and in the appendix. There is a detailed analysis which describes Morettini's organ's tecniques and organological features. It is completed with some photos of the last two restorations dated to from respectively to 1994 and 2013 respectively.
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