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Pipe Organs of La Grange, Illinois, and the Architectural Edifices That House Them Part 4, Convent of the Sisters of St. Joseph
This article is a continuation of a feature in the August 2015, June 2016, and July 2017 issues of The Diapason. This essay was delivered as a lecture for the Midwinter Pipe Organ Conclave on January 19, 2015, in La Grange, Illinois. The research for this project provides a history of a number of pipe organs in the village, but not all.
Hinners & Albertsen on the Mississippi Bluffs Part 1: the Genesis
A unique figure in the story of the American organ is John Leonard Hinners (1846–1906), who perhaps epitomizes the late nineteenth-century entrepreneurial spirit in the face of the closing frontier (Figure 1
Early Organ Composer Anniveraries in 2018
In 2018 there are several composers whose anniversaries can be commemorated, albeit some of the precise birth and death dates are not known for certain. Several names below need no introduction, but there are also quite a few lesser-known names listed here whose compositions are well worth exploring.
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Russell & Co. Organ Builders, Chester, Vermont
Zion Lutheran Church,
Appleton, Wisconsin
