This article will consider Wilhelm Middelschulte's Kontrapunktische Symphonie über Themen von Joh. Seb. Bach. In addition to the discussion of this great and complex work, Middelschulte's connections to Ferruccio Busoni and Bernhard Ziehn will be explored as well as Middelschulte's position within the so-called Chicago "Gothic" school.
Philip Hahn, the
immediate past president of the American Guild of Organists, died peacefully at
his home in San Francisco, California on April 13, 2003, from complications of
myelofibrosis, a disease of the bone marrow. From 1992 to 2002, he was a member
of the AGO National Council and served as president from 1998 to 2002.