Nunc Dimittis   THE DIAPASON February 2010
Sister Marie Theodore Girten, OP, Markwell James Perry, Lorraine Schramm, Richard A. Starkjohann, Sister Cecil Steffen, OP (Edmund), Sally Slade Warner,
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Looking Back   THE DIAPASON February 2010
10, 25, 50, and 75 years ago in THE DIAPASON

The Chopin Bicentennial: Celebrating at the Harpsichord?   THE DIAPASON February 2010   Larry Palmer
News of a Chopin composition in two voices (without specific indication of instrumental medium), a work almost completely unknown, but a worthwhile piece playable on the manuals of the harpsichord (or organ): the composer’s unique Fugue in A Minor
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Poulenc and Duruflé ‘premieres’ in Woolsey Hall at Yale University and the Polignac organ   THE DIAPASON January 2010   Ronald Ebrecht
From manuscript sources, the author has reconstructed the specification of the Cavaillé-Coll house organ of the Princesse de Polignac, who commissioned the Poulenc Organ Concerto as it was for the premiere, December 16, 1938
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Nunc Dimittis   THE DIAPASON December 2009
Richard Gladwell, Paul Manz
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s English Suite for Harpsichord at 100   THE DIAPASON December 2009   Larry Palmer
The story of the first 20th-century solo harpsichord piece
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Paul Manz: May 10, 1919–October 28, 2009: In Memoriam   THE DIAPASON December 2009   Scott M. Hyslop
Paul Otto Manz, widely celebrated organist, dean of American church musicians, and composer of the internationally acclaimed motet E’en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come, died October 28 in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the age of 90
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Remembrances of a birthday celebration: Heinz Wunderlich at 90   THE DIAPASON September 2009   Jay Zoller
Birthday concerts in Hamburg for Heinz Wunderlich
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André Isoir: An Eclectic French Organist   THE DIAPASON August 2009   Carolyn Shuster Fournier
Honorary organist at the church of Saint-Germain-des-Prés in Paris, Chevalier of Arts and Letters and recipient of the National Order of Merit, André Isoir has received the highest distinctions as an international concert and recording artist, with a vast repertoire and more than sixty recordings to his name
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A Conversation with Composer Craig Phillips   THE DIAPASON June 2009   David Kelley
Craig Phillips’s compositions are engaging and satisfying, and they demonstrate his understanding not only of the voices and instruments for which he writes, but also his audience
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Nunc Dimittis   THE DIAPASON April 2009
Lukas Foss, James Barclay Hartman, Thomas A. Klug, Ewald Kooiman, Joseph F. MacFarland, Richard H. (Dick) Peterson, William J. (Bill) Stephens, Marguerite Long Thal
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Heinz Wunderlich at 90   THE DIAPASON April 2009   Jay Zoller
On April 25, 2009, Heinz Wunderlich will turn 90. Wunderlich has remained true to his calling, digging deep into the music of Reger and Bach and carrying that tradition into the 21st century with his own works, despite trends that have gone off in all directions.
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University of Michigan 48th Annual Conference on Organ Music   THE DIAPASON April 2009   Gale Kramer, with Marijim Thoene, Alan Knight, and Linda Pound Coyne
The emphasis of the 48th conference, which began October 5 and continued for three days, was on the music of Olivier Messiaen.
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Celebrating Hugo Distler: 100 Year Anniversary of the Birth of a Genius   THE DIAPASON October 2008   David L. McKinney
This article celebrates the 100th anniversary of Distler’s birth year. It enhances understanding of Distler as a composer and examines performance aspects of his organ works.
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“Entartete” Music—Hugo Distler and the Harpsichord   THE DIAPASON August 2008   Larry Palmer
Entartete—“degenerate”—was a derogatory term used in Nazi Germany to characterize art works deemed to be “un-German” or “impure.” To find a score by Distler among those deemed modernist and unfit for German ears seems unimaginable to present-day auditors, but such a travesty did occur.
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Nunc Dimittis   THE DIAPASON July 2008
William Robert “Bob” Brittenham, Mary Sherman Caskey, Bess Hieronymus, David Ramsey, Rev. Dr. Jaroslav J. Vajda
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He said, she said: A conversation with James & Marilyn Biery   THE DIAPASON June 2008   Joyce Johnson Robinson
James and Marilyn Biery are two very active composers, performers, and church musicians. Husband and wife, they share leadership of the music program at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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The University of Michigan 29th International Organ and Church Music Institute   THE DIAPASON December 1995   Diana L. Akers
The 29th International Organ and Church Music Institute was presented June 15–17 by the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance and directed by Marilyn Mason, devoted to the study of music by Franck and Messiaen, Gregorian, Anglican and responsorial chant, Luther’s musical thinking, hymn improvisation, and pipe organs around the world.
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