Books

The books listed below are just a selection of those available related to the organ. Do you have a favourite that should be added to the list, or perhaps you might like to write a book review for ‘The Organ Manual’ site?

Recent book reviews can be found on The Organ Magazine site.

TitleAuthor
All The Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ and Its American Masters Craig R. Whitney
Bach A Musical BiographyPeter Williams
Bach’s Feet: The Organ Pedals In European CultureDavid Yearsley
Harmonization at the KeyboardCharles Proctor
Hugh Blair: Worcester’s Forgotten OrganistKevin Allen
Making Music On The OrganPeter Hurford
OrganArthur Wills
Organ-ismsJenny Setchell
Organ Practice: The Anne Marsden Thomas GuideAnne Marsden Thomas
Organs and Organists: Their Inside StoriesJenny Setchell
Organ-Stops and Their Artistic RegistrationGeorge Ashdown Audsley
The Cambridge Companion to the OrganNicholas Thistlethwaite, Geoffrey Webber
The Classical Organ in Britain vol 1-3John Rowntree and John Brennan
The History of the English OrganStephen Bicknell
The Making of the Victorian OrganNicholas Thistlethwaite
The Music of the English Parish Church 1 & 2Nicholas Temperley
The OrganWilliam Leslie Sumner
The Organ BookDavid Baker
The Organ in Western Culture, 750-1250Peter Williams
The Organ Music of J S BachPeter Williams
The Organ: An EncyclopaediaDouglas Earl Bush, Richard Kassel
The Organs of BritainJohn Norman
The Registration of Baroque Organ MusicBarbara Owen
Wednesdays at 5.55: Organ Recitals at the Royal Festival HallW Harry Hoyle