A Brief History of the Organ in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from A Brief History of the Organ in the Chapel of Trinity College, Cambridge The renovation of the Trinity Organ is a fitting opportunity for the reissue of the late Mr. Gerard Cobb's "Brief History, " originally published in the Trident (July, December, 1890). a Trinity College Magazine which appeared from June, 1889, to December, 1891. The "Brief History" was subsequently issued as a pamphlet. Mr. Cobb (1838-1904) was a prominent musical amateur and a prolific composer, many of his songs, especially his setting of the "Barrack Room Ballads, " having attained great popularity. As Junior Bursar of Trinity from 1869 to 1894, look a warm interest in the improvements of the organ in 1870 and 1890, and devoted much loving care to the details of the work done. His pamphlet is of considerable historic interest, and his suggestion as to the origin of the phrase "Chaire" organ is, I believe, original, and is now generally accepted as well founded. The pamphlet is also probably one of the earliest specimens of the historical accounts now usually printed 011 such occasions as the present one. It is reprinted verbatim with the exception of a detailed account of the 1890 restoration and a few sentences referring thereto. I have added a description of the work just completed. I am indebted to Dr. Fletcher for calling my attention to the passage quoted in the note 011 p. 16. It throws an interesting light on Smith's social position. The photograph showing the organ before 1870 was kindly given me by Mr. B. B. Bales, F. R. C. O. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.