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A portative organ (from the Latin verb portare, "to carry"), also known during Italian Trecento as the organetto, is a small pipe organ that consists of one rank of flue pipes, sometimes arranged in two rows, to be played while strapped to the performer at a right angle.
A portative organ or a positive organ (which are also, but imprecisely, known as box, trunk, and cabinet organs) can be used in a residential setting, but the notion of a residence organ strictly embodies a permanence of place that is belied by the notion of portability embodied by the portatives and positives.
A well-known instance of an early positive or portable organ of the 4th century occurs on the obelisk erected to the memory of Theodosius I on his death in AD 395. Among the illuminated manuscripts of the British Museum there are many miniatures representing interesting varieties of the portable organ of the Middle Ages, including Add. MS. 29902 (fol. 6), Add. MS. 27695b (fol. 13), and Cotton ...
Portative Organ: 1401–1500 A.D. 1280 A.D., Spain. Portative organ in the Cantigas de Santa Maria, Musician's Codex, folio 185V 1489, St. Ursula Shrine, Belgium. Positive organ: A tabletop pipe organ 1484–1500, France. One lady plays the pipe organ, with assistance from another on bellows.
Portative organ; A free-reed instrument designed by Filippo Testa in 1700, ancestor of the reed organ This page was last edited on 29 December 2019, at 16:11 (UTC). ...
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In Germany and Austria, baroque organ music utilized increasing amounts of counterpoint. Organ music in the baroque can be divided into works based on Lutheran chorales (e.g. chorale preludes and chorale fantasias) and those not (e.g. toccatas, fantasias and free preludes). There are marked stylistic differences between the composers of North ...
Swell box shutters of a Klais organ in Kleve, Germany. In a pipe organ, the swell box, "Swell" (German: "Schwellwerk;" French: "Récit") is an enclosed space that has adjustable shades (often referred to as "swell shades") that open to the listening space in a similar manner to Venetian window blinds. When open, these shades allow the pipes ...