July 2016
Nunc Dimittis
Peter McNeely Fyfe, 92, died May 7 in Nashville, Tennessee. For 35 years, he served as organist and choirmaster for Christ Church Cathedral (Episcopal) in downtown Nashville. He was an adjunct instructor of organ at the Blair…
Recording Notes II
Last month I recounted some musings that passed through my mind during preparation for my recent Frescobaldi recording sessions, about why one might want to make recordings. Now I offer related musings about what exactly…
Cuthbert and the Cow
Cuthbert (634–687 AD) was a monk and later a bishop in the Northumbrian Church, in the northeast of England, the area of modern Newcastle, near the Scottish border. After his death, his remains had remarkable…
Readers of a report on the third Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society conclave, published in The Diapason for February 1983, were treated to four clever caricatures of harpsichordists featured at the Florida event: Edward Parmentier,…
In honor of Marilyn Keiser’s 75th birthday (she was born on July 12, 1941), we offer this glimpse into her journey as a well-respected musician and person. One of our country’s foremost concert organists, Marilyn Keiser is a person of deep…
Schoenstein & Co. Pipe Organ Builders, Benicia, California
Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church, St. Louis, Missouri
This new organ is the result of a musical journey common to many American congregations. Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church…
Orgues Létourneau,St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
The Sabbatino Family Memorial Pipe Organ, St. Joseph’s Church in Greenwich Village, New York, New York
From the organist and director of music
For more than 187 years, the congregation of St…
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