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Lewtak Pipe Organ Builders, Mocksville, North Carolina
Chapel by the Sea, Clearwater, Florida
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New Manuscript Sources of the Organ Works of Gervais-François Couperin
Gervais-François Couperin (1759–1826) was the last significant member of the famous Couperin family. He was the son of Armand-Louis Couperin (1727–1789) and was organist of the Church of Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais after the death of his father and brother, Pierre-Louis Couperin (1755–1789), from 1789 to the end of his life. He was also the last organist of Louis XVI, organist of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame (by quarter—four organists rotating every three months—1789–1793), and several other churches in Paris, namely Saint-Pierre de Charonne and Saint-Jean-Saint-François.
Nunc dimittis: Andrew Carter and William Paul Pacini
Andrew Carter
Andrew Carter, 86, English composer, pedagogue, conductor, and arranger, died January 5 in York, UK. He was born on December 13, 1939, into a Leicestershire family of tower and handbell ringers. After completing a music degree at Leeds University where he studied organ and piano, he joined the York Minster Choir in 1962 as a bass songman under the direction of Francis Jackson. For a decade, he served as director of music at Bar Convent Grammar School.
