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November 1997

Profile: McDonogh School The McDonogh School is an independent, endowed, non-denominational, college preparatory school for boys and girls. The spacious 775-acre country campus with colonial and contemporary brick buildings lies to the…
Gladys Farmer Brodt, co-founder of Brodt Music Co., died in Charlotte, NC, on September 23. She started Brodt Music Co. in 1934 with her late husband Cecil Brodt, and continued the business until her retirement in 1992, when it was…
The Berghaus Organ Company, Bellwood, IL, has recently completed a new 28-rank organ for St. Mary's of the Hills, Rochester Hills, MI. It is completely free standing, having no casework except for the red oak Swell enclosure in the center…
Henry Purcell, by Robert King. London and New York: Thames and Hudson, 1994. 256 pages, 103 illustrations, 13 in color. $34.95. Purcell Remembered, by Michael Burden. Portland, OR: Amadeus Press, 1995. xxv + 188 pages, 17 b/w illustrations…
Part 1 of this interview appeared in the October issue of The Diapason, pp. 16-21. Q: I just wonder how you get all your energy. A: Well, maybe it's because I'm from Oklahoma. I do exercise a lot. I walk quite a bit and I used to bike a…
Books about the phenomenon known as the 20th-century harpsichord revival continue to appear. Among recent publications, none is so engrossing as Violet: The Life and Loves of Violet Gordon Woodhouse, written by her great-niece Jessica…