Cultural and interdisciplinary studies with Cornell U.'s new baroque organ

Anette Schwarz, chair of German studies, discusses the cultural and interdisciplinary studies possible with Cornell University's new baroque organ in Anabel Taylor Chapel.

The organ project required over seven years of research in an international, collaborative effort by Cornell's College of Arts and Sciences and the Gothenburg Organ Art Center (GOArt) at the University of GÖTEBORG, Sweden.

The instrument re-creates the tonal design of the celebrated Charlottenburg organ in Berlin, handmade in 1706 by master organ builder Arp Schnitger and tragically destroyed during WWII. The interdisciplinary effort to understand the many aspects of this historic organ's construction included experts in fluid dynamics, electro-acoustics, and metallurgy, as well as craftsmen and musicians.

For more information: baroqueorgan.cornell.edu

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