The Organ of Santa Catarina's Church, Calheta, S. Jorge Island - Azores

The organ of Santa Catarina's church in Calheta, São Jorge Island was build by the Portuguese eighteenth-century organ-builder António Xavier Machado e Cerveira in 1790. The instrument was purchased for this church after being rejected by the nuns of a convent in Ponta Delgada. It was restored...

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Main Author: Henriques, Luís
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Humanities Commons 2017
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Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.17613/m6121h
https://hcommons.org/deposits/item/hc:15423/
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Summary:The organ of Santa Catarina's church in Calheta, São Jorge Island was build by the Portuguese eighteenth-century organ-builder António Xavier Machado e Cerveira in 1790. The instrument was purchased for this church after being rejected by the nuns of a convent in Ponta Delgada. It was restored by master organ-builder Dinarte Machado in 1991.