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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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10174/29856 |
| 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. |
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