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Walter Henry “Chick” Holtkamp, Jr., of Cleveland, Ohio, died August 27, aged 89. He was a graduate of Western Reserve Academy (1947) and University of Chicago (1951), and served in the United States Navy for four years.
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The fiftieth anniversary of the death of Healey Willan (1880–1968)
A year of remembrances in 2018
The English-Canadian composer Healey Willan had a lifelong love of sacred music. Gregorian chant, sacred polyphony, and organ music were his lifeblood. The “Dean of Canadian Composers” wrote over 850 works, including operas, symphonies, songs, and chamber music. Yet one might argue that his church music is among his most beloved work.
The 1864 William A. Johnson Opus 161, Piru Community United Methodist Church Piru, California, Part 4
A virtually complete documentation and tonal analysis derived from the data, drawings, and photographs from the restoration of 1976
by Michael McNeil and David Sedlak
Editor’s note: Part 1 of this article was published in the August 2018 issue of The Diapason, pages 16–19. Part 2 was published in the September 2018 issue, pages 20–25. See the October 2018 issue, pages 26–28 for Part 3.
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Designing an organ presents many challenges, many of which are related to making the instrument fit tonally and visually into the building which will be its home.
Fratelli Ruffatti, Padua, Italy
Buckfast Abbey,
Devon, United Kingdom
The sound
