Example 1: Mendelssohn at the organ of the Heiliggeistkirche in Heidelberg (courtesy of Lebrecht Music+Arts Photo Library) A Kind of Organ School: Innovation in Mendelssohn’s Organ Sonatas and the Reinvention of a Traditional Form, Part 1
1750 organ by Josef Gabler, Abbey of St. Martin, Weingarten (photo credit: John Bishop) In the Wind: Favorite Pipe Organs
Example 1: Wagner, Parsifal transformation excerpt Forgotten Symphonies: Hans Fährmann and the Late German Romantic Organ Sonata
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Osterville, MA. Mice have harvested the black felt. (photo credit: John Bishop) In the Wind: the care of pipe organs
Puget gallery organ, Notre-Dame de la Dalbade, Toulouse The History, Evolution, and Legacy of Les Facteurs d’Orgues Théodore Puget, Père et Fils, Part 2
Notre-Dame du Taur organ façade The History, Evolution, and Legacy of Les Facteurs d’Orgues Théodore Puget, Père et Fils, Part 1
César Franck at the console of the Cavaillé-Coll organ, Église Sainte-Clotilde, Paris. Portrait by Jeanne Rongier, 1888 Remembering César Franck’s Organ Class at the Paris Conservatory: His Impassioned Quest for Artistic Beauty, Part 2
Alfred Lenoir’s sculpture featuring an image of César Franck outside the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde, Paris César Franck: Alive and Well in Worship