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A Symphonic Organ in the Cradle of the Symphony
The new Rieger Organ in the Golden Hall of the Music Society in Vienna
Introduction
For centuries,...
Long before I began my formal training
for degrees in organ performance, I spent many occasions playing my grandmother’s Hammond C-3, known as the “...
Over the years, I’ve asked myself why
harpsichordists aren’t expected to memorize, and, like many harpsichordists, I’d been asked by audiences why I...
Thoughts on teaching
interpretation
Interpretation is fascinating from many points of view. These include the relationship between interpretation and...
Introduction
In 2010 J. S. Bach, G. F. Handel, and D. Scarlatti, who were born 325 years ago, once again were the main figures of the musical...
We’re havin’ a heat wave
It’s hot. I’m writing in mid-July from the coast of Maine, where we usually enjoy cool ocean breezes. But records are being...
We’re havin’ a heat wave
It’s hot. I’m writing in mid-July from the coast of Maine, where we usually enjoy cool ocean breezes. But records are being...
Remembering Wm. Neil Roberts
(1929–2011)
Contemplating an invitation to play a harpsichord recital in California and not knowing where to find a...
Elaine Sylvia Bliss died May 7 in Rochester, New Hampshire. She studied music at Middlebury College, where she received her BA in 1956, and at Union...
Robert William Wallace Pipe Organs, Newport News, Virginia
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception Roman Catholic Church, Fredericksburg, Virginia
This...
Johnson Organ Company,
Moorhead, Minnesota
Bethlehem Lutheran Church,
Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Bethlehem Lutheran Church of Fergus Falls, Minnesota,...
Paul Fritts & Co., Tacoma,
Washington
St. Philip Presbyterian Church, Houston, Texas
From the organist
Nearly a decade ago, St. Philip...
Part 1 was published in the July 2011 issue of The Diapason.
The “Turkish” Percussions
Between the first and the second decades of the 18th century (...
It is well known that Bach aggressively
studied the music of his contemporaries and predecessors as he developed his own personal and unique style....
Memorization II
Last month I staked out a position about memorization that went something like this: that asking students to perform from memory is...
Did you say millions?
It’s like making sausages. You might enjoy the finished product but you don’t want to know what went into it. Each month I sit...
Oswald Gleason Ragatz, formerly of Bloomington, Indiana, and recently residing in Burnsville, Minnesota, died May 20, of natural causes. Dr. Ragatz...
A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia
Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Florida
The early morning hours of December 23,...
Kegg Pipe Organ Builders,
Hartville, Ohio
First Presbyterian Church,
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania
The new Kegg organ in the First Presbyterian Church...
Fayola Foltz Ash died March 15 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, at age 85. Born in Lansing, Michigan, February 24, 1926, she received her bachelor’s degree...
