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A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia
Advent Lutheran Church,
Melbourne, Florida
A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, Lithonia, Georgia
Advent Lutheran Church,
Melbourne, Florida
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Heinz Wunderlich—A Remembrance One Year Later
Heinz Wunderlich died March 10, 2012 (see “Nunc Dimittis,” The Diapason, May 2012, pp. 10, 12). He served for many years as music director at St. Jacobi in Hamburg and as professor of organ and improvisation at the Hamburg College of Music. He concertized throughout the world, including several tours with his choir, the Kantorei St. Jacobi. In the United States alone he made twenty-six tours.
Marie-Claire Alain: August 10, 1926–February 26, 2013
The world’s most distinguished concert organist, Marie-Claire Alain, died at the age of 86 on February 26, 2013, in Le Pecq, France
Beyond the Nun Danket of Sigfrid Karg-Elert: On the 80th anniversary of the composer’s death
Some composers’ reputations, such as those of Bach and Mozart, are secured by their masterpieces in various genres. Some composers are remembered for their contributions to specific genres, such as Verdi in opera, Chopin in piano miniatures, and many favorite organ composers. Still other composers are remembered for a single composition that becomes their signature piece.
In the wind...
A century after the art of the pipe organ advanced to include all that electricity brought to organbuilding, it advances again to include solid-state controls—an additional wealth of gizmos allowing the organist to express the music ever more effectively
As it was in the beginning
On Teaching
Using excerpts from repertoire as pedal exercises, and a bit about pedal playing
Organ Method VII
