March 2007

Karl Wilhelm Inc., Mont St. Hilaire, Québec, Canada, Opus 157: St. John’s Catholic Church, Fenton, Michigan

Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa: Calvary Lutheran Church, Brookfield, Wisconsin

Gober Organs, Inc., Elora, Ontario, Canada: First Church in Oberlin, United Church of Christ,
Oberlin, Ohio

The Sainte-Clotilde Tradition is based on the lineage transmitted in a teacher/student relationship from Franck to Tournemire to Langlais. Especially beginning with Charles Tournemire, these organist/composers, as well as many of their substitutes, had an intimate, spiritual understanding of the Gregorian chants used in the traditional Catholic liturgy. This was manifest in their deeply poetic and colorful interpretations, and in their use of Gregorian chants in their improvisations and compositions. This article is dedicated to Pierre Cogen, a French organist-composer in the Sainte-Clotilde Tradition.

The Sainte-Clotilde Tradition is based on the lineage transmitted in a teacher/student relationship from Franck to Tournemire to Langlais. Especially beginning with Charles Tournemire, these organist/composers, as well as many of their substitutes, had an intimate, spiritual understanding of the Gregorian chants used in the traditional Catholic liturgy. This was manifest in their deeply poetic and colorful interpretations, and in their use of Gregorian chants in their improvisations and compositions. This article is dedicated to Pierre Cogen, a French organist-composer in the Sainte-Clotilde Tradition.

The Sainte-Clotilde Tradition is based on the lineage transmitted in a teacher/student relationship from Franck to Tournemire to Langlais. Especially beginning with Charles Tournemire, these organist/composers, as well as many of their substitutes, had an intimate, spiritual understanding of the Gregorian chants used in the traditional Catholic liturgy. This was manifest in their deeply poetic and colorful interpretations, and in their use of Gregorian chants in their improvisations and compositions. This article is dedicated to Pierre Cogen, a French organist-composer in the Sainte-Clotilde Tradition.

Within the last decade, the major digital organ companies (Allen, Rodgers, Ahlborn-Galanti, Johannus, etc.) have produced reasonably priced MIDI modules with digital sampling that have a lot to offer. The lessons learned in adding four of these units to my residence pipe organ are presented here.

The 46th University of Michigan Conference on Organ Music took place October 1–4, 2006. The event focused on music of Germany, France and the USA, featuring performances by Marie-Claire Alain, Michigan faculty members Marilyn Mason, James Kibbie, and Michele Johns, and a slate of lectures on a variety of topics.

Daniel Pinkham was one of the brightest jewels in America’s choral diadem of composers.

Daniel Pinkham was one of the brightest jewels in America’s choral diadem of composers.

Who will be listening to organ music in your town 50 years from now?

Recreational reading and several reissued recordings from the middle of the 20th century are recommended for pleasure, guilty or innocent.

Everett Jay Hilty, Sr.