- Preface
Part I: The instrument
- Origins and development of the organ Nicholas Thistlethwaite
- Organ construction Stephen Bicknell
- The physics of the organ John Mainstone
- Temperament and pitch Christopher Kent
- The organ case Stephen Bicknell
- Organ building today Stephen Bicknell
Part II: The player
- The fundamentals of organ playing Kimberley Marshall
- A survey of historical performance practices Kimberley Marshall
- Organ music and the liturgy Edward Higginbottom
Part III: Selected repertoires
- Italian organ music to Frescobaldi Christopher Stembridge
- Iberian organ music before 1700 James Dalton
- The French classical organ school Edward Higginbottom
- English organ music to c. 1700 Geoffrey Cox
- Catholic Germany and Austria 1648-c. 1800 Patrick Russill
- The north German organ school Geoffrey Webber
- The organ music of J. S. Bach David Yearsley
- German organ music after 1800 Graham Barber
- French and Belgian organ music after 1800 Gerard Brooks
- British organ music after 1800 Andrew McCrea
- North American organ music after 1800 Douglas Reed
Appendix: The modes (toni) and their attributes according to Zarlino Christopher Stembridge
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