Magnificent beyond measure
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The most beautifully elaborate instruments from the Baroque
8. Magnificent beyond measure
In 1711, Freiberg Cathedral in Germany commissioned this spectacular organ from J.S. Bach's friend Gottfried Silbermann. Mozart reckoned that his instruments were 'magnificent beyond measure’. Silbermann’s admirers refer to its ‘Silberklang’ or ‘silvery sound’.
