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  • Scottish Steamers in the 1930s

    by Iain Quinn, Derek Crawford, Gordon Wilson ...
    The 1930s were, to many, the heyday of the Scottish passenger steamer, as the crews of rival companies fought daily for passengers and prestige. This pictorial album illustrates many of the vessels involved in the trade, from the small Comet to the mighty Columba. As well as the more famous services on the Clyde and in the Western Isles, the steamers on Loch Lomond, and on the Tay and Forth, are ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life and Letters of John Bacchus Dykes

    Edited by J. T. Fowler, Iain Quinn ...
    Joseph Thomas Fowler's 1897 edition of the Life and Letters of John Bacchus Dykes remains a critical document when assessing the musical life of the Church of England in the nineteenth century. It is filled with details concerning Dykes' involvement with the first edition of Hymns Ancient and Modern (1861) and the compositional process behind many of the hymns that are well-known today across ... Read more

    $23.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Genesis and Development of an English Organ Sonata

    by Iain Quinn ...
    Series series Royal Musical Association Monographs
    This volume considers the influences and development of the English organ sonata tradition that began in the 1850s with compositions by W. T. Best and William Spark. With the expansion of the instrument’s capabilities came an opportunity for organist-composers to consider the repertoire anew with many factors reinforcing a desire to elevate the literature to new heights. This study begins by ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Rudolph Ganz, Patriotism, and Standardization of The Star-Spangled Banner, 1907-1958

    by Iain Quinn ...
    This book examines the succession of events toward the potential standardization of the music for “The Star-Spangled Banner” from an initial letter to President Roosevelt in 1907 to the 1958 congressional hearings on the National Anthem, and the later work of the Swiss-Born American pianist, Rudolph Ganz. These events took place across five decades when a culture of public patriotism was ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • MV Balmoral

    The First Sixty Years

    by Alistair Deayton, Iain Quinn ...
    Built in 1949 in Southampton for the Southampton, Isle of Wight & South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., MV Balmoral operated in their Red Funnel fleet for twenty years. Moving to Bristol, she became the last vessel purchased by P&A Campbell for the pleasure steamer services down the Bristol Channel and across to Wales. As well as service in the South West, she was used in North Wales too, ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • A MacBrayne Album

    by Iain Quinn, Alistair Deayton ...
    In 1851 G.&J. Burns sold their West Highland steamer services to David Hutcheson & Co. One of the conditions of the sale was that Hutcheson take on David MacBrayne, a nephew of the Burns brothers, as a junior partner. When David Hutcheson retired in 1878, David MacBrayne, at the age of sixty-five, took the company over and renamed it, Ever since MacBraynes has been an integral part of life in the ... Read more

    $11.69 USD

  • Studies in English Organ Music

    Edited by Iain Quinn ...
    Series series Ashgate Historical Keyboard Series
    Studies in English Organ Music is a collection of essays by expert authors that examines key areas of the repertoire in the history of organ music in England. The essays on repertoire are placed alongside supporting studies in organ building and liturgical practice in order to provide a comprehensive contextualization. An analysis of the symbiotic relationship between the organ, liturgy, and ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • Waverley Steam Navigation Company

    by Alistair Deayton, Iain Quinn ...
    On 8 August 1974, the world’s last seagoing paddle steamer was sold by her owners for the princely sum of a pound. The PS Waverley has now spent more of her career in preservation than in service with the British Transport Commission and Caledonian MacBrayne. She is still a common sight on the Clyde, Bristol Channel, the Thames and around Britain’s coastline. Purchased by members of the Paddle ... Read more

    $14.19 USD

  • Turbine Excursion Steamers

    A History

    by Alistair Deayton, Iain Quinn ...
    In 1897, a revolutionary new type of ship blasted its way through the Royal Review at an unprecedented 30+ knots. This small vessel, still extant in Newcastle, was the Turbinia, and she was powered by the world's first marine steam turbine. Developed by Charles Parsons, in one fell swoop she revolutionised sea travel. She was the first turbine steamer. Economical and fast, the turbine steamer was ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

  • The Organist in Victorian Literature

    by Iain Quinn ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    The book examines the perception of the organist as the most influential musical figure in Victorian society through the writings of Thomas Hardy and Robert Browning. This will be the first book in the burgeoning area of research into the relationship of music and literature that examines the societal perceptions of a figure central to civic life in Victorian England.This book is deliberately ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

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    Rudolph Ganz, Patriotism, and Standardization of The Star-Spangled Banner, 1907-1958

    by Iain Quinn ...
    Narrated by Rory Barnett ...

    Unabridged

    4 hours 9 min

    This book examines the succession of events toward the potential standardization of the music for “The Star-Spangled Banner” from an initial letter to President Roosevelt in 1907 to the 1958 congressional hearings on the National Anthem, and the later work of the Swiss-Born American pianist, Rudolph Ganz. These events took place across five decades when a culture of public patriotism was ... Read more

    $10.38 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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