2000 In Review—An Index

Articles, Reports, and Reviews

by author (boldface) and subject

 

Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA. See Spicer.

American Cathedral in Paris. See Ebrecht.

American Guild of Organists. See Palmer.

Andrews, Colin. New Recordings. July 10-11

Apple, Warren. New Organ Music. Mar 13, Apr 12-13, Nov 15, Dec 12-13

Arias, Enrique Alberto. Arthur C. Becker: Sonus Epulantis. Jan 15-17*+

__________. Gregorian Chant Review. May 8-10

 

Bach, J.S. See Crowell.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. See Latona.

Becker, Arthur C. See Arias.

Bethards, Jack. Frederick A. Lake obituary. Sept 6

__________. Organ Design and the Kraft Music Hall. Oct 18-21*†#

Book Reviews. See Collins, Hartman, Marigold, Ogasapian, Speller.

British Organ Music Seminar. See McAfee.

Bulgarian Organs. See Levi.

Butera, Jerome. In Memoriam Wesley Vos. July 2

Butera, Jerome, William Osborne, J. Bunker Clark, Haig Mardirosian, and Ronald E. Dean. Robert Noehren: In Memoriam December 16, 1910-August 4, 2002. Oct 14-17

 

Canadian Organists. See Hartman.

Carillon News. See Swager.

Cavaillé-Coll. See Zuiderveld.

Choral reviews. See McCray.

Coleberd, R.E. Stevens of Marietta: A Forgotten Builder in a Bygone Era. June 18-21*†#

Collins, John. Book Reviews. Feb 8, 10, Nov 11-12

__________. New Organ Music. Dec 12

__________. New Recordings. Mar 11-12, July 11, Oct 10, 12

Continuo. See Crowell.

Crowell, Gregory. New Organ Music. Mar 13, Nov 14

__________. New Recordings. Apr 10, May 12, June 12, Nov 13, Dec 10, 12

__________. Registration and Sonority in J.S. Bach's Continuo Practice. Feb 19-21*†

 

Dickinson, William. University of Iowa Institute for Sacred Music 2002. Aug 20-21*

Distler, Hugo. See Palmer.

 

Ebrecht, Ronald. Lenten series at the American Cathedral in Paris, 1949 and 1950. Dec 20-21*†

Editor's Notebook. Jan 2

Ellis, Laura. New Organ Music. Aug 13, Sept 14, Oct 13

 

Ferko, Frank. An Extraordinary Musical Odyssey: Paul Jacobs' Messiaen Marathon. Apr 14-15*

Fisk Opus 116. See Palmer, Zuiderveld.

French Organ Music Seminar. See McAfee.

 

Gault, Robert. 1878 Sagar Organ, Central Presbyterian Church, Eugene, Oregon. June 16-17*†

Geffert, Johannes. Toe or Heel? Evidence of Baroque Practices. July 15-17+

Gell, David A. New Organ Music. Jan 12, Feb 14, Aug 13-14, Sept 14, Oct 12-13

Gregorian Chant Review. See Arias

 

Hardwick, Peter. New Organ Music. Apr 12, May 13, June 12-13, July 12-13, Aug 12-13, Nov 14-15, Dec 12

__________. New Recordings. Nov 12

Harpsichord News. See Palmer.

Hartman, James B. Book Reviews. Feb 10, Apr 8, June 8, 10, Aug 8, 10, Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 10-11, Dec 8, 10

__________. Families of Professional Organists in Canada. May 14-15

__________. Seven Outstanding Canadian Organists of the Past. Sept 15-17

Holland, Jon. New Recordings. Nov 13-14, Dec 10

Huestis, Herbert L. Tech Lines. June 15#, Aug 14, Dec 22*

Hughes, Sarah Mahler. New Organ Music. Feb 13-14, June 14, July 13

 

Jacobs, Paul. See Ferko.

Johnson, Brent. Martin M. Wick obituary, Aug. 6*

Johnson, Jane. See Palmer.

 

Kuhlman, William. Organ Teaching in the Small Liberal Arts College. Dec 17-19*

 

Landrum, Mary Fisher. Sewanee Church Music Conference. Dec 22*

Latin American organs. See Wyly.

Latona, Peter, Robert Grogan, and Geraldine M. Rohling. The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Upper Church Organ Renovation Project, Goulding & Wood, Inc. Mar 21-23*†

Lawrence, Arthur. 2001 Summer Institute for French Organ Studies. Oct 22-25*†

Leaver, S. Christopher. Augustana Arts - Reuter Undergraduate Organ Competition. June 14*

Letters to the Editor. Feb 2, Apr 2, May 2, June 2, July 2, Aug 2, Sept 2, Nov 2

Levi, Sabin, and Hristo Buzhev. Organs in Bulgaria. Sept 18-21*†

 

Marigold, W.G. New Recordings. Jan 10, 12, Feb 12-13, Mar 12-13, Apr 10, 12, May 11-12, June 10, 12, Aug 10-12, Sept 12, 14, Nov 12

__________. Book Reviews. May 10-11, June 10, July 10-11, Dec 10

McAfee, Kay. British Organ Music Seminar. Feb 16-18*

__________. French Organ Music Seminar 2001: Paris Week, July 2-9, 2001. Mar 18-20*

__________. French Organ Music Seminar 2001: Alsace Week, July 10-14, 2001. Apr 18-19*

McCray, James. Music for Voices & Organ. Jan 8, Feb 8, Mar 8-10, Apr 7-8, May 8, June 8, July 8-10, Aug 7-8, Sept 10, 12, Oct 8, 10, Nov 8, 10, Dec 8

Messiaen Marathon. See Ferko.

Music for Voices & Organ. See McCray.

 

Nelson, Lee. New Handbell Music. Jan 14, Mar 13, May 12-13, Aug 14, Nov 15

New Handbell Music. See Nelson.

New Organ Music. See Apple, Collins, Crowell, Ellis, Gell, Hardwick, Hughes, Robinson, Schou, Smith.

New Recordings. See Andrews, Collins, Crowell, Hardwick, Holland, Marigold, Speller.

Nigerian music. See Sadoh.

Noehren, Robert. See Butera, et al.

 

Oaxaca. See Wyly.

Oberlin College. See Palmer, Zuiderveld.

Ogasapian, John. Book Reviews. Feb 10, 12, Mar 10-11

Organ Design. See Bethards.

Organ Historical Society. See Wechsler.

Organ Pedagogy. See Kuhlman.

Organ Recitals. Jan 25-26, Feb 28-29, Mar 28, Apr 28-29, May 27-29, June 28, July 24-25, Aug 28-29, Sept 32-33, Oct 32-33, Nov 28-29, Dec 28-29

Organ Restoration. See Wyly.

Overall, Jason. An Interview with Robert Powell. Nov 18-21*

 

Palmer, Larry. Drawings by Jane Johnson: A Retrospective and an Appreciation. Aug 18-19*

__________. Fan-fare: AGO in Philadelphia, July 1-6, 2002. Sept 22-25*

__________. Harpsichord News. Mar 6, 8, Apr 6, June 6-8

__________. Hugo Distler SIXTY Years Later. Nov 22

__________. Jurow Harpsichord Competition, SEKHS, MHKS in Bethlehem. July 14*

__________. Oberlin College opens its new Fisk Organ, Opus 116. Jan 18-19*†

Performance practice. See Crowell, Geffert.

Pickering, David C. The Organ Works of Leroy Robertson (1896-1971). Dec 14-16*+†

Powell, Robert. See Overall.

 

Robertson, Leroy. See Pickering.

Robinson, Joyce. New Organ Music. Jan 12, Oct 12, Dec 12

 

Sadoh, Godwin. The Creative Process in Nigerian Hymn-Based Compositions. Aug 15-17+

Sagar Organ. See Gault.

Schou, Larry. New Organ Music. Feb 14

Sewanee Church Music Conference. See Landrum.

SIFOS. See Lawrence.

Smith, Domecq. New Organ Music. Jan 12, 14, June 13-14, July 12

Speller, John L. Book Reviews. Jan 8, 10

__________. New Recordings. Feb 12, Apr 8, 10, May 11, Aug 12, Nov 12-13

Spicer, David. Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA. Feb 14-15*

Stevens. See Coleberd.

Summer Institute for French Organ Studies. See Lawrence.

Swager, Brian. Carillon News. Jan 6, 8,* Feb 6, 7,* Mar 6,* July 8,* Sept 8, 10, Oct 6-8, Nov 6, 8, Dec 6-7*

__________. 2002 Summer Carillon Concert Calendar. June 24-25

 

Taylor, Herman D., and Williams, Donald W. The University of Michigan 41st Conference on Organ and Church Music. Mar 14*

Tech Lines. See Huestis.

 

University of Iowa. See Dickinson.

University of Michigan. See Taylor, Wagner.

 

Vos, Wesley. See Butera.

 

Wagner, James. University of Michigan 22nd International Organ and Church Music Institute. Jan 14*

Wechsler, Malcolm. Organ Historical Society 46th Annual Convention. May 16-22*

Wyly, James. The Oaxaca Congress 2001: "The Restoration of Organs in Latin America." Mar 15-17*

 

Zuiderveld, Rudolf. Cavaillé-Coll in Oberlin: June 12-15, Oberlin College. Nov 16-17*

Appointments

Ball, Steven,* to Plymouth Congregational Church, Lansing, MI. Nov 3

Basch, Peter J., to St. Ann's Church, Hoboken, NJ. Feb 3

Beck, Janice,* to St. John's Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI. Mar 3

Britanyak, Tom, to authorized service director, Wicks Organ Company, Highland, IL. July 3

Brown, Thomas,* to University Presbyterian Church, Chapel Hill, NC. Nov 3

Budzynski, Eric James,* to the Parish Church of St. Luke, Evanston, IL. Jan 3

Charneski, Jason,* to First Church of Christ (Center Church), Hartford, CT. Apr 3

Christie, James David,* to professor of organ, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH. Aug 3

Coldwell, Maria, to executive director, Early Music America. Dec 3

Cowan, Ken,* to St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, NY. June 3

Decker, Pamela,* to associate professor, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Apr 3

Dexter, Jeffrey D.,* to vice-president, tonal director, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Forbes, James A., Jr., to AGO chaplain for 2002-2004. Oct 3

Gastier, Eric J., to vice-president, design and engineering, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Giesbrecht, Marnie,* to Professor of Music, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dec 3

Hamner, William,* to tonal department, Wicks Organ Company, Highland, IL. July 3

Kemper, Margaret,* to Kenilworth Union Church, Kenilworth, IL. Mar 3

Lee, Daewon (David),* to Korea area sales manager, Wicks Organ Company, Highland, IL. Oct 3

Leister, Jason, to assistant to executive director of the AGO. Jan 3

Malinka, Melanie,* to director of music, The Madeline Choir School, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT. Feb 3

Mangel, Curt,* to Curator of the Wanamaker Organ, Philadelphia, PA. Sept 3

Mann, Timothy H.,* to vice-president, marketing, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Miller, Charles,* to Asylum Hill Congregational Church, Hartford, CT. Mar 3

Montgomery, Krista, to director of sales and marketing, Shawnee Press, Inc., Delaware Water Gap, PA. Dec 3

Morrison, Alan,* to head of the organ department, The Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Aug 3

Moser, Rich,* to Ohio and Pennsylvania area sales manager, Wicks Organ Company, Highland, IL. Oct 3

Perlow, Kenneth R., to interim director of Early Music America. Jan 3

Porter, William,* to faculty, Eastman School of Music. June 3

Potts, Nigel,* to St. Peter's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Bay Shore, NY. Nov 3

Rakich, Christa,* to New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. May 3

Ridgell, Robert P.,* to Philadelphia Cathedral, Philadelphia, PA. June 3

Robinson, Joyce Johnson,* to associate editor, The Diapason. Nov 4

Rowley, Naomi, to First United Methodist Church, Appleton, WI. Feb 3

Scanlon, Andrew,* to Fellow in Church Music, Christ & St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal), New York, NY. Oct 3

Schantz, John, to chairman of the board and manager, service department, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Schantz, Victor B.,* to president, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Shorney, John L.,* to president, Hope Publishing, Company, Carol Stream, IL. Feb 3

Sievert, Jack,* to executive vice-president, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Stowe, Linda Morgan,* to School Organist/Director of Chapel Music, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH. Oct 3

Suter, Erik Wm.,* to Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC. Nov 4

Swist, James, to area sales director, Wicks Organ Company, Highland, IL. Aug 3

Sykes, Peter,* to New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. May 3

Tadlock, Cherry, to Music Editor for Piano and Choral Music, Carl Fischer. Oct 3

Thoene, Marijim,* to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, New Orleans, LA. Jan 3

Trenney, Tom,* to First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, MI. June 3

Tucker, Dale,* to First Wayne Street United Methodist Church, Fort Wayne, IN. Feb 3

Urban, Christopher,* to First Presbyterian Church, Arlington Heights, IL. Apr 3

Unsworth, Andrew,* to Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT. Feb 3

Honors and Competitions

Abrahamson, Dan,* retires from the Reuter Organ Company. Mar 3

Apkalna, Iveta, wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition Bach prize. Nov  3

Ashdown, Franklin D.,* receives ASCAP awards. Sept 3

Baglivi, Anthony, receives 2002 AGO President's Award. Oct 3

Benedum, Richard, retires from Dayton Bach Society. Feb 3

Blair, Nancy Jane,* honored at retirement from Briarlake Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. Oct 3

Bolcom, William, and Joan Morris, receive MTNA Achievement Award. June 3

Brunelle, Philip, honored with Minnesota "Sally Award." Mar 3

Carrasco, Laura A.,* receives Mader Fund organ music research grant. June 3

Driskill-Smith, Clive,* wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition concerto gold medal and Duruflé prize. Nov 3

Dubois, Vincent,* wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition recital gold medal. Nov 3

Ensemble Amarcord,* wins German Music Competition. July 4

Fassang, László,* wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition improvisation gold medal. Nov 3

Fedak, Alfred,* awarded prize by John Ness Beck Foundation for composition. Apr  3

Gardiner, Rev. Robert, wins Macalester-Plymouth United Church hymn writing contest. May 3

Harbach, Barbara,* awarded honorary degree at Wilmington College, Wilmington, OH. July 3

Harmon, Thomas, retires from UCLA and First United Methodist Church, Santa Monica, CA. Sept 4

Hocdé, Emmanuel,* wins 2002 Grand Prix de Chartres, J.S. Bach performance prize, and Prize of the Audience. Dec 3

Jordan, Alice Yost, inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of Fame. Oct 4

Khvoshchinsky, Sergey, wins Plymouth Music Series and the American Composers Forum Christmas carol contest. Jan 3

Kilstofte, Mark,* wins 2002 Choral Ventures program. Sept 4

King, Robert Burns,* honored at fortieth anniversary as organist-choirmaster, First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, NC. Nov 4

Muncaster, Clive, wins Plymouth Music Series and the American Composers Forum Christmas carol contest. Jan 3

Oldengarm, Jonathan, wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition RCCO prize and encore prize. Nov 3

Olson, Timothy, wins first prize in AGO National Young Artists Competition. Oct 3

Pearson, Kate, wins Bowling Green State University organ competition. May 4

Porter, Emily Maxson, wins Holtkamp-AGO Award in Organ Composition. Feb 3-4

Reuter Organ Company receives Kansas Chamber of Commerce & Industry Excellence in Manufacturing award, Nov 3, and award from Kansas Department of Commerce & Housing. Dec 4

Rose, John,* honored for 25 years service as college organist by Trinity College, Hartford, CT. July 4

Schalk, Carl, to receive AGO Distinguished Composer Award. May 4

Sitton, Michael,* wins first place in Cantate "Signature Anthem" competition. Dec 3

Stringham, Phyllis,* honored at retirement from Carroll College, Waukesha, WI. Dec 4

Sullivan, Daniel,* awarded first place in Gruenstein Memorial Organ Competition. Oct 2-3

Swann, Frederick,* honored as Performer of the Year by New York City AGO chapter. Dec 4

Thornock, Neil, wins second prize in 2002 Carillon Composition Competition. Sept 3

Trapp, Lynn, receives 2002 Spirit and Truth Award from University of Notre Dame. Oct 4

Trotter, Thomas,* receives Royal Philharmonic Society's Instrumentalist Award. Aug 6

Truckenbrod, Phillip Agency,* celebrates 35th year of operation. Sept 6

Unger, Johannes,* wins St. Albans International Organ Competition. Jan 4

Wallace, Edward A.,* honored at retirement by the Church of St. Michael and St. George, St. Louis, MO. Jan 4

Warland, Dale,* receives Chorus America's Louis Botto award. Aug 6

Wikman, Thomas,* receives honorary degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, July 4.

Obituaries

Bales, Gerald Albert.* Dec 6

Banta, Lorene S. Feb 6

Bruun, Lewis C.* Dec 6

Goode, Jack C. May 6

Gotwals, Vernon Jr. June 6

Herz, Eric. Aug 6

Holzgraf, Lloyd.* Jan 6

Hume, Paul. Feb 6

Kelone, Earl V.* Sept 6

Lake, Frederick A. Sept 6

Lehnerer, Paul Francis. Aug 6

Lohmann, Heinz. Feb 6

Noehren, Robert.* Sept 8

Plummer, Ruth.* June 6

Radford, Jeffrey Paul. Nov 6

Rodgers, John. July 6

Schoenstein, Lawrence L.* May 6

Sherman, Elizabeth Birkshire Brothers. Oct 6

Vos, Wesley M.* July 6

Wick, Martin M.* Aug 6

Organ Stoplists

Austin

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT. Antiphonal 2/7,* July 1, 18

 

Berghaus

St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL. 2/34,* Feb 24

 

Bigelow

All Souls' Episcopal Church, Oklahoma City, OK. 2/22,* July 18

 

Buzard

North Shore United Methodist, Glencoe, IL. 2/17,* Nov 24

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Denver, CO. 2/17,* June 1, 22

St. David's Episcopal Church, Glenview, IL. 2/29,* Dec 1, 23

 

Dobson

United Lutheran Church, Red Wing, MN. 2/20,* May 1, 23

 

Edwards

Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Fort Oglethorpe, GA. 2/16,* Aug 1, 22-23

 

Fabry

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Spring Lake, MI. 2/21,* Feb 23

Fabry (Aeolian-Skinner)

Marytown Kolbe Shrine, Libertyville, IL. 3/29,* Mar 24

 

Fenris

Ascension Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, MN. 2/12,* Aug 23

 

Fowler (Casavant)

St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing, MI. 3/50,* Sept 27

 

Goulding & Wood

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. 4/210,* Mar 1, 21-23

St. John's Episcopal Church, Crawfordsville, IN. 2/9,* Sept 27

Meridian Street United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, IN. 2/14,* June 23

 

Harris and McDonough

St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, CA. 3/38,* Oct 28

 

Hendrickson

Church of St. Peter, St. Peter, MN. 3/40,* Nov 1, 23

 

Jaeckel

Christ Lutheran Church, Superior, WI. 2/10,* Apr 22

 

Lauck

St. Peter's Cathedral, Marquette, MI. 3/33,* Aug 24

 

Lewis & Hitchcock

First Presbyterian Church, Cumberland, MD. 3/30,* Apr 22-23

 

Lively-Fulcher

St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN. 3/67,* Oct 27

 

Marceau

Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, Gig Harbor, WA. 3/58,* Feb 1, 22-23

 

Muller, J.W. (Schuelke)

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Columbus, OH. 2/38,* July 19

 

Murphy

Falkner Swamp Reformed Church, Gilbertsville, PA. 2/14,* Jan 22

 

Nordlie

St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN. 2/19,* May 24

 

Quimby

SkyRose Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA. 4/65,* Oct 1, 26

 

Reuter

Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette, IL. 3/63,* Jan 1, 20-21

 

Rieger-Kloss

First Congregational Church, Beloit, WI. 4/65,* Sept 1, 26

 

Schlueter

Lumpkin United Methodist Church, Lumpkin, GA. 2/9,* Dec 24

Stella Maris Catholic Church, Sullivan's Island, SC. 2/23,* Nov 24

 

Schoenstein

Bishop Spencer Place, Kansas City, MO. 2/6,* June 23

Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI. 3/46,* Sept 28

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Belvedere, CA. 2/11, Dec 24

 

Visser

Concordia University, Austin, TX. 2/22,* Apr 23

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA. 2/31,* May 24

 

Wicks

Christ Church, Episcopal, Plano, TX. 3/22,* Apr 1, 20-21

 

Zamberlan

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Greencastle, IN. 2/23,* Aug 24-25

Articles, Reports, and Reviews

by author (boldface) and
subject

 

Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA. See Spicer.

American Cathedral in Paris. See Ebrecht.

American Guild of Organists. See Palmer.

Andrews, Colin. New Recordings. July 10-11

Apple, Warren. New Organ Music. Mar 13, Apr 12-13, Nov 15,
Dec 12-13

Arias, Enrique Alberto. Arthur C. Becker: Sonus Epulantis.
Jan 15-17*+

__________. Gregorian Chant Review. May 8-10

 

Bach, J.S. See Crowell.

Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate
Conception. See Latona.

Becker, Arthur C. See Arias.

Bethards, Jack. Frederick A. Lake obituary. Sept 6

__________. Organ Design and the Kraft Music Hall. Oct
18-21*†#

Book Reviews. See Collins, Hartman, Marigold, Ogasapian,
Speller.

British Organ Music Seminar. See McAfee.

Bulgarian Organs. See Levi.

Butera, Jerome. In Memoriam Wesley Vos. July 2

Butera, Jerome, William Osborne, J. Bunker Clark, Haig
Mardirosian, and Ronald E. Dean. Robert Noehren: In Memoriam December 16,
1910-August 4, 2002. Oct 14-17

 

Canadian Organists. See Hartman.

Carillon News. See Swager.

Cavaillé-Coll. See Zuiderveld.

Choral reviews. See McCray.

Coleberd, R.E. Stevens of Marietta: A Forgotten Builder in a
Bygone Era. June 18-21*†#

Collins, John. Book Reviews. Feb 8, 10, Nov 11-12

__________. New Organ Music. Dec 12

__________. New Recordings. Mar 11-12, July 11, Oct 10, 12

Continuo. See Crowell.

Crowell, Gregory. New Organ Music. Mar 13, Nov 14

__________. New Recordings. Apr 10, May 12, June 12, Nov 13,
Dec 10, 12

__________. Registration and Sonority in J.S. Bach's
Continuo Practice. Feb 19-21*†

 

Dickinson, William. University of Iowa Institute for Sacred
Music 2002. Aug 20-21*

Distler, Hugo. See Palmer.

 

Ebrecht, Ronald. Lenten series at the American Cathedral in
Paris, 1949 and 1950. Dec 20-21*†

Editor's Notebook. Jan 2

Ellis, Laura. New Organ Music. Aug 13, Sept 14, Oct 13

 

Ferko, Frank. An Extraordinary Musical Odyssey: Paul Jacobs'
Messiaen Marathon. Apr 14-15*

Fisk Opus 116. See Palmer, Zuiderveld.

French Organ Music Seminar. See McAfee.

 

Gault, Robert. 1878 Sagar Organ, Central Presbyterian
Church, Eugene, Oregon. June 16-17*†

Geffert, Johannes. Toe or Heel? Evidence of Baroque
Practices. July 15-17+

Gell, David A. New Organ Music. Jan 12, Feb 14, Aug 13-14,
Sept 14, Oct 12-13

Gregorian Chant Review. See Arias

 

Hardwick, Peter. New Organ Music. Apr 12, May 13, June
12-13, July 12-13, Aug 12-13, Nov 14-15, Dec 12

__________. New Recordings. Nov 12

Harpsichord News. See Palmer.

Hartman, James B. Book Reviews. Feb 10, Apr 8, June 8, 10,
Aug 8, 10, Sept 12, Oct 10, Nov 10-11, Dec 8, 10

__________. Families of Professional Organists in Canada.
May 14-15

__________. Seven Outstanding Canadian Organists of the
Past. Sept 15-17

Holland, Jon. New Recordings. Nov 13-14, Dec 10

Huestis, Herbert L. Tech Lines. June 15#, Aug 14, Dec 22*

Hughes, Sarah Mahler. New Organ Music. Feb 13-14, June 14,
July 13

 

Jacobs, Paul. See Ferko.

Johnson, Brent. Martin M. Wick obituary, Aug. 6*

Johnson, Jane. See Palmer.

 

Kuhlman, William. Organ Teaching in the Small Liberal Arts
College. Dec 17-19*

 

Landrum, Mary Fisher. Sewanee Church Music Conference. Dec
22*

Latin American organs. See Wyly.

Latona, Peter, Robert Grogan, and Geraldine M. Rohling. The Basilica
of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Upper Church Organ
Renovation Project, Goulding & Wood, Inc. Mar 21-23*†

Lawrence, Arthur. 2001 Summer Institute for French Organ
Studies. Oct 22-25*†

Leaver, S. Christopher. Augustana Arts - Reuter
Undergraduate Organ Competition. June 14*

Letters to the Editor. Feb 2, Apr 2, May 2, June 2, July 2,
Aug 2, Sept 2, Nov 2

Levi, Sabin, and Hristo Buzhev. Organs in Bulgaria. Sept
18-21*†

 

Marigold, W.G. New Recordings. Jan 10, 12, Feb 12-13, Mar
12-13, Apr 10, 12, May 11-12, June 10, 12, Aug 10-12, Sept 12, 14, Nov 12

__________. Book Reviews. May 10-11, June 10, July 10-11,
Dec 10

McAfee, Kay. British Organ Music Seminar. Feb 16-18*

__________. French Organ Music Seminar 2001: Paris Week,
July 2-9, 2001. Mar 18-20*

__________. French Organ Music Seminar 2001: Alsace Week,
July 10-14, 2001. Apr 18-19*

McCray, James. Music for Voices & Organ. Jan 8, Feb 8,
Mar 8-10, Apr 7-8, May 8, June 8, July 8-10, Aug 7-8, Sept 10, 12, Oct 8, 10,
Nov 8, 10, Dec 8

Messiaen Marathon. See Ferko.

Music for Voices & Organ. See McCray.

 

Nelson, Lee. New Handbell Music. Jan 14, Mar 13, May 12-13,
Aug 14, Nov 15

New Handbell Music. See Nelson.

New Organ Music. See Apple, Collins, Crowell, Ellis, Gell, Hardwick,
Hughes, Robinson, Schou, Smith.

New Recordings. See Andrews, Collins, Crowell, Hardwick,
Holland, Marigold, Speller.

Nigerian music. See Sadoh.

Noehren, Robert. See Butera, et al.

 

Oaxaca. See Wyly.

Oberlin College. See Palmer, Zuiderveld.

Ogasapian, John. Book Reviews. Feb 10, 12, Mar 10-11

Organ Design. See Bethards.

Organ Historical Society. See Wechsler.

Organ Pedagogy. See Kuhlman.

Organ Recitals. Jan 25-26, Feb 28-29, Mar 28, Apr 28-29, May
27-29, June 28, July 24-25, Aug 28-29, Sept 32-33, Oct 32-33, Nov 28-29, Dec
28-29

Organ Restoration. See Wyly.

Overall, Jason. An Interview with Robert Powell. Nov 18-21*

 

Palmer, Larry. Drawings by Jane Johnson: A Retrospective and
an Appreciation. Aug 18-19*

__________. Fan-fare: AGO in Philadelphia, July 1-6, 2002.
Sept 22-25*

__________. Harpsichord News. Mar 6, 8, Apr 6, June 6-8

__________. Hugo Distler SIXTY Years Later. Nov 22

__________. Jurow Harpsichord Competition, SEKHS, MHKS in
Bethlehem. July 14*

__________. Oberlin College opens its new Fisk Organ, Opus
116. Jan 18-19*†

Performance practice. See Crowell, Geffert.

Pickering, David C. The Organ Works of Leroy Robertson
(1896-1971). Dec 14-16*+†

Powell, Robert. See Overall.

 

Robertson, Leroy. See Pickering.

Robinson, Joyce. New Organ Music. Jan 12, Oct 12, Dec 12

 

Sadoh, Godwin. The Creative Process in Nigerian Hymn-Based
Compositions. Aug 15-17+

Sagar Organ. See Gault.

Schou, Larry. New Organ Music. Feb 14

Sewanee Church Music Conference. See Landrum.

SIFOS. See Lawrence.

Smith, Domecq. New Organ Music. Jan 12, 14, June 13-14, July
12

Speller, John L. Book Reviews. Jan 8, 10

__________. New Recordings. Feb 12, Apr 8, 10, May 11, Aug
12, Nov 12-13

Spicer, David. Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA. Feb
14-15*

Stevens. See Coleberd.

Summer Institute for French Organ Studies. See Lawrence.

Swager, Brian. Carillon News. Jan 6, 8,* Feb 6, 7,* Mar 6,*
July 8,* Sept 8, 10, Oct 6-8, Nov 6, 8, Dec 6-7*

__________. 2002 Summer Carillon Concert Calendar. June
24-25

 

Taylor, Herman D., and Williams, Donald W. The University of
Michigan 41st Conference on Organ and Church Music. Mar 14*

Tech Lines. See Huestis.

 

University of Iowa. See Dickinson.

University of Michigan. See Taylor, Wagner.

 

Vos, Wesley. See Butera.

 

Wagner, James. University of Michigan 22nd International
Organ and Church Music Institute. Jan 14*

Wechsler, Malcolm. Organ Historical Society 46th Annual
Convention. May 16-22*

Wyly, James. The Oaxaca Congress 2001: "The Restoration
of Organs in Latin America." Mar 15-17*

 

Zuiderveld, Rudolf. Cavaillé-Coll in Oberlin: June
12-15, Oberlin College. Nov 16-17*

Appointments

Ball, Steven,* to Plymouth Congregational Church, Lansing,
MI. Nov 3

Basch, Peter J., to St. Ann's Church, Hoboken, NJ. Feb 3

Beck, Janice,* to St. John's Episcopal Church, Detroit, MI.
Mar 3

Britanyak, Tom, to authorized service director, Wicks Organ
Company, Highland, IL. July 3

Brown, Thomas,* to University Presbyterian Church, Chapel
Hill, NC. Nov 3

Budzynski, Eric James,* to the Parish Church of St. Luke,
Evanston, IL. Jan 3

Charneski, Jason,* to First Church of Christ (Center
Church), Hartford, CT. Apr 3

Christie, James David,* to professor of organ, Oberlin
College Conservatory of Music, Oberlin, OH. Aug 3

Coldwell, Maria, to executive director, Early Music America.
Dec 3

Cowan, Ken,* to St. Bartholomew's Church, New York, NY. June
3

Decker, Pamela,* to associate professor, University of
Arizona, Tucson, AZ. Apr 3

Dexter, Jeffrey D.,* to vice-president, tonal director,
Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Forbes, James A., Jr., to AGO chaplain for 2002-2004. Oct 3

Gastier, Eric J., to vice-president, design and engineering,
Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Giesbrecht, Marnie,* to Professor of Music, University of
Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Dec 3

Hamner, William,* to tonal department, Wicks Organ Company,
Highland, IL. July 3

Kemper, Margaret,* to Kenilworth Union Church, Kenilworth,
IL. Mar 3

Lee, Daewon (David),* to Korea area sales manager, Wicks Organ
Company, Highland, IL. Oct 3

Leister, Jason, to assistant to executive director of the
AGO. Jan 3

Malinka, Melanie,* to director of music, The Madeline Choir
School, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT. Feb 3

Mangel, Curt,* to Curator of the Wanamaker Organ,
Philadelphia, PA. Sept 3

Mann, Timothy H.,* to vice-president, marketing, Schantz
Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Miller, Charles,* to Asylum Hill Congregational Church,
Hartford, CT. Mar 3

Montgomery, Krista, to director of sales and marketing,
Shawnee Press, Inc., Delaware Water Gap, PA. Dec 3

Morrison, Alan,* to head of the organ department, The Curtis
Institute of Music, Philadelphia, PA. Aug 3

Moser, Rich,* to Ohio and Pennsylvania area sales manager,
Wicks Organ Company, Highland, IL. Oct 3

Perlow, Kenneth R., to interim director of Early Music
America. Jan 3

Porter, William,* to faculty, Eastman School of Music. June
3

Potts, Nigel,* to St. Peter's-by-the-Sea Episcopal Church,
Bay Shore, NY. Nov 3

Rakich, Christa,* to New England Conservatory, Boston, MA.
May 3

Ridgell, Robert P.,* to Philadelphia Cathedral,
Philadelphia, PA. June 3

Robinson, Joyce Johnson,* to associate editor, The Diapason.
Nov 4

Rowley, Naomi, to First United Methodist Church, Appleton,
WI. Feb 3

Scanlon, Andrew,* to Fellow in Church Music, Christ &
St. Stephen's Church (Episcopal), New York, NY. Oct 3

Schantz, John, to chairman of the board and manager, service
department, Schantz Organ Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Schantz, Victor B.,* to president, Schantz Organ Company,
Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Shorney, John L.,* to president, Hope Publishing, Company,
Carol Stream, IL. Feb 3

Sievert, Jack,* to executive vice-president, Schantz Organ
Company, Orrville, OH. Mar 3

Stowe, Linda Morgan,* to School Organist/Director of Chapel
Music, St. Paul's School, Concord, NH. Oct 3

Suter, Erik Wm.,* to Washington National Cathedral,
Washington, DC. Nov 4

Swist, James, to area sales director, Wicks Organ Company,
Highland, IL. Aug 3

Sykes, Peter,* to New England Conservatory, Boston, MA. May
3

Tadlock, Cherry, to Music Editor for Piano and Choral Music,
Carl Fischer. Oct 3

Thoene, Marijim,* to St. Paul's Episcopal Church, New
Orleans, LA. Jan 3

Trenney, Tom,* to First Presbyterian Church, Birmingham, MI.
June 3

Tucker, Dale,* to First Wayne Street United Methodist
Church, Fort Wayne, IN. Feb 3

Urban, Christopher,* to First Presbyterian Church, Arlington
Heights, IL. Apr 3

Unsworth, Andrew,* to Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake
City, UT. Feb 3

Honors and Competitions

Abrahamson, Dan,* retires from the Reuter Organ Company. Mar
3

Apkalna, Iveta, wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition
Bach prize. Nov  3

Ashdown, Franklin D.,* receives ASCAP awards. Sept 3

Baglivi, Anthony, receives 2002 AGO President's Award. Oct 3

Benedum, Richard, retires from Dayton Bach Society. Feb 3

Blair, Nancy Jane,* honored at retirement from Briarlake
Baptist Church, Atlanta, GA. Oct 3

Bolcom, William, and Joan Morris, receive MTNA Achievement
Award. June 3

Brunelle, Philip, honored with Minnesota "Sally
Award." Mar 3

Carrasco, Laura A.,* receives Mader Fund organ music
research grant. June 3

Driskill-Smith, Clive,* wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary
Competition concerto gold medal and Duruflé prize. Nov 3

Dubois, Vincent,* wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary Competition
recital gold medal. Nov 3

Ensemble Amarcord,* wins German Music Competition. July 4

Fassang, László,* wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary
Competition improvisation gold medal. Nov 3

Fedak, Alfred,* awarded prize by John Ness Beck Foundation
for composition. Apr  3

Gardiner, Rev. Robert, wins Macalester-Plymouth United
Church hymn writing contest. May 3

Harbach, Barbara,* awarded honorary degree at Wilmington
College, Wilmington, OH. July 3

Harmon, Thomas, retires from UCLA and First United Methodist
Church, Santa Monica, CA. Sept 4

Hocdé, Emmanuel,* wins 2002 Grand Prix de Chartres,
J.S. Bach performance prize, and Prize of the Audience. Dec 3

Jordan, Alice Yost, inducted into the Iowa Women's Hall of
Fame. Oct 4

Khvoshchinsky, Sergey, wins Plymouth Music Series and the
American Composers Forum Christmas carol contest. Jan 3

Kilstofte, Mark,* wins 2002 Choral Ventures program. Sept 4

King, Robert Burns,* honored at fortieth anniversary as
organist-choirmaster, First Presbyterian Church, Burlington, NC. Nov 4

Muncaster, Clive, wins Plymouth Music Series and the
American Composers Forum Christmas carol contest. Jan 3

Oldengarm, Jonathan, wins 2002 Royal Bank Calgary
Competition RCCO prize and encore prize. Nov 3

Olson, Timothy, wins first prize in AGO National Young
Artists Competition. Oct 3

Pearson, Kate, wins Bowling Green State University organ
competition. May 4

Porter, Emily Maxson, wins Holtkamp-AGO Award in Organ
Composition. Feb 3-4

Reuter Organ Company receives Kansas Chamber of Commerce
& Industry Excellence in Manufacturing award, Nov 3, and award from Kansas
Department of Commerce & Housing. Dec 4

Rose, John,* honored for 25 years service as college
organist by Trinity College, Hartford, CT. July 4

Schalk, Carl, to receive AGO Distinguished Composer Award.
May 4

Sitton, Michael,* wins first place in Cantate
"Signature Anthem" competition. Dec 3

Stringham, Phyllis,* honored at retirement from Carroll
College, Waukesha, WI. Dec 4

Sullivan, Daniel,* awarded first place in Gruenstein
Memorial Organ Competition. Oct 2-3

Swann, Frederick,* honored as Performer of the Year by New
York City AGO chapter. Dec 4

Thornock, Neil, wins second prize in 2002 Carillon
Composition Competition. Sept 3

Trapp, Lynn, receives 2002 Spirit and Truth Award from
University of Notre Dame. Oct 4

Trotter, Thomas,* receives Royal Philharmonic Society's
Instrumentalist Award. Aug 6

Truckenbrod, Phillip Agency,* celebrates 35th year of
operation. Sept 6

Unger, Johannes,* wins St. Albans International Organ
Competition. Jan 4

Wallace, Edward A.,* honored at retirement by the Church of
St. Michael and St. George, St. Louis, MO. Jan 4

Warland, Dale,* receives Chorus America's Louis Botto award.
Aug 6

Wikman, Thomas,* receives honorary degree from the
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, July 4.

Obituaries

Bales, Gerald Albert.* Dec 6

Banta, Lorene S. Feb 6

Bruun, Lewis C.* Dec 6

Goode, Jack C. May 6

Gotwals, Vernon Jr. June 6

Herz, Eric. Aug 6

Holzgraf, Lloyd.* Jan 6

Hume, Paul. Feb 6

Kelone, Earl V.* Sept 6

Lake, Frederick A. Sept 6

Lehnerer, Paul Francis. Aug 6

Lohmann, Heinz. Feb 6

Noehren, Robert.* Sept 8

Plummer, Ruth.* June 6

Radford, Jeffrey Paul. Nov 6

Rodgers, John. July 6

Schoenstein, Lawrence L.* May 6

Sherman, Elizabeth Birkshire Brothers. Oct 6

Vos, Wesley M.* July 6

Wick, Martin M.* Aug 6

Organ Stoplists

Austin

Christ Church Cathedral, Hartford, CT. Antiphonal 2/7,* July
1, 18

 

Berghaus

St. John's Ev. Lutheran Church, Chicago, IL. 2/34,* Feb 24

 

Bigelow

All Souls' Episcopal Church, Oklahoma City, OK. 2/22,* July
18

 

Buzard

North Shore United Methodist, Glencoe, IL. 2/17,* Nov 24

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Denver, CO. 2/17,* June 1, 22

St. David's Episcopal Church, Glenview, IL. 2/29,* Dec 1, 23

 

Dobson

United Lutheran Church, Red Wing, MN. 2/20,* May 1, 23

 

Edwards

Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Fort Oglethorpe, GA.
2/16,* Aug 1, 22-23

 

Fabry

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Spring Lake, MI. 2/21,* Feb 23

Fabry (Aeolian-Skinner)

Marytown Kolbe Shrine, Libertyville, IL. 3/29,* Mar 24

 

Fenris

Ascension Lutheran Church, Albert Lea, MN. 2/12,* Aug 23

 

Fowler (Casavant)

St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing, MI. 3/50,* Sept 27

 

Goulding & Wood

The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception,
Washington, DC. 4/210,* Mar 1, 21-23

St. John's Episcopal Church, Crawfordsville, IN. 2/9,* Sept
27

Meridian Street United Methodist Church, Indianapolis, IN.
2/14,* June 23

 

Harris and McDonough

St. Augustine By-the-Sea Episcopal Church, Santa Monica, CA.
3/38,* Oct 28

 

Hendrickson

Church of St. Peter, St. Peter, MN. 3/40,* Nov 1, 23

 

Jaeckel

Christ Lutheran Church, Superior, WI. 2/10,* Apr 22

 

Lauck

St. Peter's Cathedral, Marquette, MI. 3/33,* Aug 24

 

Lewis & Hitchcock

First Presbyterian Church, Cumberland, MD. 3/30,* Apr 22-23

 

Lively-Fulcher

St. Olaf Catholic Church, Minneapolis, MN. 3/67,* Oct 27

 

Marceau

Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church, Gig Harbor, WA. 3/58,* Feb
1, 22-23

 

Muller, J.W. (Schuelke)

St. Mary's Catholic Church, Columbus, OH. 2/38,* July 19

 

Murphy

Falkner Swamp Reformed Church, Gilbertsville, PA. 2/14,* Jan
22

 

Nordlie

St. Barnabas Lutheran Church, Plymouth, MN. 2/19,* May 24

 

Quimby

SkyRose Chapel, Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, CA.
4/65,* Oct 1, 26

 

Reuter

Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette, IL. 3/63,* Jan 1,
20-21

 

Rieger-Kloss

First Congregational Church, Beloit, WI. 4/65,* Sept 1, 26

 

Schlueter

Lumpkin United Methodist Church, Lumpkin, GA. 2/9,* Dec 24

Stella Maris Catholic Church, Sullivan's Island, SC. 2/23,*
Nov 24

 

Schoenstein

Bishop Spencer Place, Kansas City, MO. 2/6,* June 23

Covenant Presbyterian Church, Madison, WI. 3/46,* Sept 28

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Belvedere, CA. 2/11, Dec
24

 

Visser

Concordia University, Austin, TX. 2/22,* Apr 23

St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Alexandria, VA. 2/31,* May 24

 

Wicks

Christ Church, Episcopal, Plano, TX. 3/22,* Apr 1, 20-21

 

Zamberlan

St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Greencastle, IN. 2/23,* Aug
24-25

Alain, Jehan. See Dzuris.

 

Apple, Warren. New Organ Music. Mar 11, May 13, July 13, Aug 12, Oct 11-12, Dec 12-13

Art of Fugue. See Kellner.

 

Bach. See Kellner, Shay.

Baggia, Aldo J. In the footsteps of Gottfried Silbermann. Aug 13-14†*

Beck, Charles. The Trials, Tribulations and Joys of an Organist on Tour. July 16-19*

Binford, Jeff. New Organ Music. July 13

____________.  New Recordings. May 10, 12, June 10, 12

Book Reviews. See Hartman, Huestis, Marigold, Simmons.

Brown, David Burton. 80th Birthday Tribute----Heinz Wunderlich. Apr 18*

Buzard, John-Paul. Reminiscences of Henry Willis 4. Part 1. Sept 14-15*             

    Part 2. Oct 16-18

 

Canadian Organbuilding. See Hartman.

Carillon Calendar. June 6-7

Carillon Music. See Swager.

Carillon News. See Swager.

Choral Music. See McCray, Smith.

Coleberd, R.E. The Economics of Pipe Organ Building. It's Time To Tell the     Story. Jan 14-17 #

Collins, Paul. The north German organ school of the Baroque: "diligent fantasy makers." + Nov 14-17

Conferences, Conventions, Workshops, Festivals

    Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA, by David Spicer.* Nov 13

    Catharine Crozier at Illinois College, by David W. Shane. July 8*

    East Carolina Religious Arts Festival, by Keith Nash. May 8, 10

    Improvisation Symposium----Eastern Michigan University, by Susan Craig.   June 7

    SEHKS Conclave in London, by Lilian P. Pruett.* Nov 17-18

    The 43rd Annual Convention of the Organ Historical Society. Denver, June     

        21-27, 1998, by Malcolm Wechsler. Feb 19-23*

    The Organ in the New Millennium: Pacific Lutheran University, April 8-12,          

        by Herbert Huestis. July 14-15*

    21st Annual Organ Conference--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, by Marcia Van Oyen. Apr 16-18

    University of Michigan Historic Organ Tour XXXVIII, by Marian Archibald. 

        Feb 14*

    University of Michigan 1998 Organ Conference, by Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra.

       Mar 18*

 

Dean, Ronald E. New Recordings. Dec 11

Duncan, Miriam Clapp. See Hughes.

Durman, Bernard. New Recordings. Jan 8, 10, Feb 10, 12

Dzuris, Linda. Six French organs and the registration indications in L'Oeuvre d'orgue de Jehan Alain. June 16-18† #

 

Economics of Pipe Organ Building. See Coleberd.

Editor's Notebook. Mar 2, Apr 2, May 2, Dec 2

Ellis, Laura. New Organ Music. Jan 12,  Feb 12,  May 12-13, Dec 12

 

Gasparini, Francesco. See Sloane.

 

Handbell Music. See Nelson.

Harpsichord News. See Palmer.

Hartman, James B. Book Reviews. Jan 8, Apr 10, June 8, 10, July 10-11,  Aug 10-11,  Sept 11-12, Dec 10-11

_________________. Canadian Organbuilding, Part 1. May 16-18. Part 2, June 14-15

Holland, Jon. New Organ Music. Nov 12

Holt, Earl. New Organ Music. Jan 10-12

_________.  New Recordings. Apr 12,  Oct 8, 10

Horning, Joseph. See Neenan, Rosales.

Huestis, Herbert L. Book Review. Nov 11

_________________. From European Training to American Organ Building: Following the Career of Martin Pasi. Mar 14-15*

_________________. New Recordings. Apr 12

_________________. Project 2000 makes Y2K deadline. June 12

Hughes, Sarah Mahler. An Interview with Miriam Clapp Duncan. Oct 14-15 *

_____________________. New Organ Music. Apr 12, May 13, July 13, Aug 12, Sept 12-13

_____________________. New Recordings. Mar 10-11, Sept 10-11

 

Kellner, Herbert Anton. How Bach encoded his name into Die Kunst der Fuge together with his tuning. May 14-15+

 

Letters to the Editor. Feb 2, Mar 12-13, Apr 2, June 2, July 2, Aug 6, Sept 2, Oct 2

List, Ken W. Lawrence I. Phelps 1922-1999: A Tribute. June 13

Looking Back: Diapason Retrospective. Dec 14-15

Lowry, David. New Recordings. June 10, Oct 10-11

 

Marigold, W.G. Book Reviews. Mar 10

______________. New Recordings. Jan 10, Feb 12,  May 12,  June 12, July 12-13, Aug 11-12, Sept 11, Nov 10-11

McCray, James. Music for Voices & Organ. Jan 6, Feb 8, 10,  Mar 8, 10,  Apr 8, 10, May 10, June 8, July 11-12,  Aug 8, Sept 8, 10, Oct 7-8, Nov 6, 8, Dec 8, 10

Millennium. See Huestis.

Music for Voices & Organ. See McCray.

 

Neenan, Thomas. Joseph Horning--In Memoriam. Feb 4, 6*

Neighbarger, Randy L. New Recordings. Dec 11-12

Nelson, Leon. New Handbell Music. Jan 12, May 13, Sept 13, Oct 13, Nov 12, Dec 13

New Carillon Music. See Swager.

New Choral Music. See Smith.

New Organ Music. See Apple, Binford, Ellis, Holland, Holt, Hughes, Rigler, Schou.

New Recordings. See Binford, Dean, Durman,  Holt, Huestis, Hughes, Lowry, Marigold,  Neighbarger, Wyly.

North German Organ Music. See Collins.

 

Organ Design. See Van Oyen.

Organ Recitals. Jan 22-23,  Feb 28-29, Mar 23-25, Apr 23-25, May 23-24, June 23-24, July 15, 23-24, Aug 19-20, Sept 13, 24, Oct 23-24, Nov 23-24, Dec 27-28

 

Palmer, Larry. Harpsichord News. May 8, July 10, Aug 7-8, Dec 8

Pasi, Martin. See Huestis.

Phelps, Lawrence. See List.

Project 2000. See Huestis.

 

Rigler, Ann Marie. New Organ Music. Oct 12-13, Nov 11-12, Dec 13

Rosales, Manuel J. Joseph Horning--In Memoriam. Feb 4*

 

Schoenberg, Arnold. See Swedlund.

Schou, Larry. New Organ Music. May 13, Oct 13

Schübler Chorales. See Shay.

Shay, Edmund. The Schübler Chorales & The Numbers Game. Sept 16-17+

Silbermann. See Baggia.

Simmons, Morgan. Book Review. Feb 10

Sloan, Carl. Francesco Gasparini's Twenty-One Keys: Do they reflect the use of meantone? Jan 13-14#

Smith, Rollin. New Choral Music. Sept 10

Spong, Jon. Firmin Swinnen: An American Legend. Dec 16-17*

Swager. Brian. Carillon News. Jan 6, Feb 6-8,* Mar 8, Apr 7-8,*  May 6, 8,* July 8, 10,* Aug 6-7,* Sept 6, 8, Nov 6,* Dec 7-8

_____________. New Carillon Music. Oct 6-7

Swedlund, Ronald J. A Performer's Guide to Schoenberg's Opus 40. Part 1. Mar 16-18. Part 2, Apr 14-15

Swinnen, Firmin. See Spong.

 

Tuning. See Sloane.

 

Van Oyen, Marcia. The Post-Modern Fusion Style. Harbinger of 21st Century Directions. Dec 18-21*

 

Willis, Henry Willis 4. See Buzard.

Wunderlich, Heinz. See Brown.

Wyly, James. New Recordings. Nov 8, 10

 

Y2K. See Huestis.

Appointments

Arnold, Jeffrey,* to Heritage Congregational, Madison, WI. Sept 3

Austin, Kimberlee J.,* to President of Austin Organ Company. May 3

Bara, Thomas,* to Assistant Organist,   St. Thomas Church, New York City. July 3

Bohlert, Thomas,* to Operations Manager, Truckenbrod Concert Artists. Nov 3

Brown, David Burton,* to Idlewild Presbyterian, Memphis, TN. Apr 3

Brugh, Lorraine,* to Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN. Dec 3

Buchanan, Bruce Q.,* to Vice President & Tonal Director of Austin Organ Company. May 3

Cleveland, Douglas,* to Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. Oct 3

Craighead, David, to Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Sept 3

Dodson, Robert K., to Oberlin College Conservatory, Oberlin, OH. Oct 3

Engels, Stefan,* to Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ.  Sept 3

Farr, Stephen,* to Guildford Cathedral, England. July 3

Faucher, Robert,* to Curator, Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, Portland, ME. June 3

Foster, Stewart Wayne,* to Associate Organist/Artist in Residence, First (Scots) Presbyterian, Charleston, SC. July 3

Freese, Faythe,* to Concordia University, Austin, TX. Apr 3

Gyllsdorff, Gregory*, to Trinity-by-the-Cove Episcopal, Naples, FL. Dec 3

Hackett, Andrew,* to Organ Scholar, University of St Thomas, St Paul, MN. Nov 3

Hubbell, Brent,* to First United Methodist, Marion, VA. July 3

Johansen, Amy,* to University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia. Feb 3

Lawrie, David, to St John's Episcopal, Huntingdon, MD. Oct 3

Leaver, S. Christopher,* to Director

   of Public Relations, Reuter Organ

   Company, Lawrence, KS. Aug 3

Mellichamp, James F.,* to Dean of

   School of Arts & Sciences, Piedmont

   College, Demorest, GA. Feb 3

Miller, Dan,* to Rodgers Instruments LLC. Dec 3

Morlock, John W.,* to tonal director,  Andover Organ Company. Mar 3

Newton, Robert C.,* to tonal director,  Andover Organ Company. Mar 3

O'Donnell, James,* to Westminster Abbey, London, England. Aug 3

Page, Daniel Bennett, to St Stephen's Parish, Pittsfield, MA. Oct 3

Pardee, Katharine, to Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY. Sept 3

Perry, Chad,* to Rodgers Instruments LLC. Dec 3

Peterson, Gregory,* to President of Association of Lutheran Church Musicians. Oct 3

Preston, Simon, re-appointed Artistic Director of The Royal Bank Calgary Festival. Aug 3

Quinn, Iain,* to Trinity Episcopal, Hartford, CT. Apr 3

Robinson, Dana, to University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Oct 3

Sedun-Ulyanovsky, Natasha,* to Gloria Dei Lutheran, Forestville, CT. Nov 3

Tate, Ken, to First Presbyterian, Mankato, MN. May 3

Teardo, Frederick,* to Schweitzer Scholar, First Church of Christ, Wethersfield, CT. Apr 3

Teel, Christopher B.,* to Organ Scholar, Truro Cathedral, Cornwall, England. Aug 3

Thallander, Mark,* to Glendale Presbyterian, Glendale, CA. June 3

Triplett, Robert,* to University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. Sept 3

Visser, Larry, to LaGrave Avenue Christian Reformed, Grand Rapids, MI. Nov 3

Vozzella, Thomas R.,* to St Paul's Episcopal, Franklin, TN. Nov 3

Wagner, David,* to Madonna University, Livonia, MI. Mar 3

Zachacz, Thomas,* to Union Church, Pocantico Hills, NY. Feb 3

Honors and Competitions

Alain, Marie-Claire,* receives AGO Lifetime Achievement Award. Nov 3

Bastien, James & Jane, receive MTNA Achievement Award. Oct 3

Batastini, Robert J., named Music Director Emeritus, St. Joseph Roman Catholic, Downers Grove, IL. July 3

Beck, Janice,* receives Alumni Achievement in Music Arts Award. June 3-4

Belcher, Diane Meredith,* receives Outstanding Keyboard Performance award. May 3

Boyter, Mabel Stewart, awarded honorary DMA. May 3

Bratt, C. Griffith,* honored at retirement. June 4

Broome, David A.J.,* honored at Austin Organs. Feb 3

Bruch, Delores,* honored on retirement at Univ of Iowa. Dec 3

Craighead, David,* plays 75th birthday recital. Mar 3-4.

Crozier, Catharine,* plays 85th birthday recital. Mar 3-4

Deák, Lázló, wins prize in interpretation, Marchal Competition, Biarritz, France. June 3

Dunn, Wallace M. honored by Wichita AGO Chapter. Jan 3

Everhart, Ian,* wins Vernon deTar Scholarship Competition. Aug 4

Fahrer, Nicole, wins 25th annual Bowling Green Organ Competition. May 3

Gillock, Jon,* named Performer of the Year. Sept 3

Gran, Sarah,* wins first prize in 1999 Ottumwa Organ Competition. July 3

Hancock, Gerre,* receives honorary DMA from University of the South, Sewanee, TN. July 4; receives New York City AGO recognition. Aug 4

Hines, Lurley Whitty, celebrates 86 years as organist at Pollocksville Baptist Church. Mar 4

Joseph, Jeremy, wins second prize in Dublin Competition. Dec 3

Kwak, Tong-Soon,* elected President of the Korean Association of Organists. June 4

Kotylo, Andrew J.,* wins Arthur Poister Competition. June 3

Leach, Richard, wins Macalester-Plymouth Hymn Writing Contest. May 3

Locklair, Dan, awarded North Carolina Arts Council Artist Fellowship. Nov 4

Lord, Robert Sutherland,* named Professor of Music Emeritus, University of Pittsburgh, PA. July 4

Marks, Christopher,* wins Arthur Poister Competition. Jan 2

Martin, Béatrice, wins Bruges harpsichord competition. Mar 3

Oldengarm, Jonathan, wins third prize in Dublin Competition. Dec 3

O'Neill, Shane Douglas, wins first prize in Dublin Competition. Dec 3

Rigot, Vincent, wins first prize in improvisation, Marchal Competition, Biarritz, France. July 3

Steigler, Lou R.,* honored on 40th anniversary. Apr 4

Thurman, Frederick, awarded DMA degree. Sept 4

Travers, Aaron J., wins AGO/ECS Publishing Award. Aug 4

Weir, Gillian,* receives Albert Schweitzer medal. Feb 4

Wetzler, Robert, granted ASCAP award. Sept 4

Obituaries

Brooks, Gordon, W. Apr 6

Brown, Rayner.* Oct 6

De Tar, Vernon. Dec 6

Farris, Michael.*May 6

Guerra, Laeta Wentworth. Jan 4

Hansen, Edward. Feb 4

Heaps, Porter Warrington. July 6

Hofrichter, Joseph. Oct 6

Holmes, James. Mar 6

Horning, Joseph.* Feb 4

Israel, Michael.* Dec 6

Kean, Patricia "June". Apr 6

Martin, Madeleine Sue Henderson  Seid, Mar 6     

Matthews, Thomas. July 6

Phelps, Lawrence I.* Apr 6

Rayfield, Robert.* Dec 6-7

Shaw, Robert. Mar 6

Steed, Graham. July 8

Strahle, Arthur.* Sept 4

Worth, Ted Alan. Apr 7

Young, Gordon.* Mar 6

Organ Stoplists

Andover

     First Congregational, Rutland, MA. 2/19 tracker,* May 20

     Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, PA. 1/4 tracker,* July 19

     Trinity Lutheran, Reading, PA. 1/4 tracker, July 19

     Northfield Mount Hermon School, Northfield, MA. 2/38,* Sept 19

 

Austin

     St Andrew's Roman Catholic, Columbus, OH. 3/48,* Sept 20

 

Bedient

     Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital Chapel, Lincoln, NE. 2/5 tracker,* Apr 20

     St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Omaha, NE. 2/23 tracker,* Aug 16

 

Berghaus

     St. Raphael the Archangel,  Naperville, IL. 3/58,* Oct 1, 18

 

Bono

     Feild Residence, Fork Union, VA. 1/5 tracker,* Oct 19

 

Buzard

     St George's Episcopal, Belleville, IL. 2/32,* Apr 1, 19

     Glenview Community Church, Glenview, IL. 3/69,* Dec 1, 22 

 

Cook

     Port Madison Lutheran, Bainbridge Island, WA. 2/22 tracker, * Mar 20.

 

Dobson

     Eastminster Presbyterian, East Lansing, MI. 2/19 tracker,* Sept 20

     Wartburg College, Waverly, IA. 2/32 tracker,* Nov 20

 

Fisk

     St. James's Episcopal, Richmond, VA. 3/62 tracker,* May 1, 19

 

Fritts

     Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA.  3/80 tracker,* June 1, 19

 

Geddes

     Immanual Lutheran, Pflugerville, TX. 2/16,* June 20

 

Glück

    Congregation EmanuEl, New York, NY. 3/53,* Dec 23

 

Harrison & Harrison

     St. James Episcopal, Hendersonville, NC. 3/48,* Dec 24

 

Harrold

     Kay/MacBird Residence, Brentwood, CA. 2/26 tracker,* July 1, 20

    

Hendrickson

     Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata, MN. 4/70 tracker,* Jan 1, 17-18

 

Hochhalter

     First United Methodist, Eugene, OR. 3/43,* Oct 19

 

Hradetzky

     St Christopher's by-the-River, Gates Mills, OH. 2/18 tracker,* July 20

 

J.C. Taylor (Hinners)

Immanuel Lutheran, Tigerton, WI. 1/6,* Jan 4

 

Jaeckel

Trinity Ev Lutheran, Richmond, VA. 2/22 tracker,* Aug 1, 15

 

Lewis & Hitchcock

Christ Episcopal, Gordonsville, VA. 2/15,* Apr 18

 

Muller

Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock, AR. 4/82,* Nov 1, 19

 

Noack

The Old Dutch Church of Sleepy Hollow, Sleepy Hollow, NY.  2/19 tracker,* June 20

Christ Church Episcopal, Hudson, OH. 2/24 tracker,* Oct 20

 

Orgues Létourneau

First Baptist, Kalamazoo, MI. 3/57 tracker,* Feb 1, 23-24

St Ann's Catholic Church, Washington, DC. 3/61,* Aug 16

 

Parkey

St. Dunstan's Episcopal, Atlanta, GA. 2/6, May 20

 

Pasi

West Vancouver United Church, West Vancouver, British Columbia. 2/38 tracker,* Mar 1, 19

 

Rench

Bethany Ev Lutheran, Kenosha, WI. 2/22,* May 20

 

Reuter

St Therese Parish, Deephaven, MN. 3/51,* Sept 1, 18

 

Swanson

 Calvary Lutheran, Bellevue, WA. 2/15,* Nov 20

Charles Huddleston Heaton

A native of Centralia, Illinois, Charles Huddleston Heaton was educated at DePauw University and Union Theological Seminary in New York City. Following service in the U.S. Army, he was organist/director of the Second Presbyterian Church and Temple Israel in St. Louis, and from 1972–1993 held a similar position at East Liberty Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh. Following retirement he has been organist in residence at Trinity Cathedral and served as interim for a year each at Calvary Episcopal and Oakmont Presbyterian Churches. Dr. Heaton is a Fellow of the AGO, has written two books and published several anthems, and was editor of the Hymnbook for Christian Worship. He is a staff reviewer of new recordings for The Diapason magazine, and is listed in current editions of “Who’s Who in America.”

Somehow during my grade school years, I got into the habit of writing in a diary each night, and have kept it up for over seventy years. Recently I was looking up a name in the 1954 book, the year I was released from the army and my wife (Jane) and I drove to New York so I could begin doctoral studies at the School of Sacred Music of the Union Theological Seminary.
Hundreds of people were at the school during those years; perhaps these items will recall pleasant days. The writing is presented as is, with no attempt to revise or change comments I perhaps would not agree with fifty-plus years later. To identify characters a bit: Dr. Porter was the director of the school, Searle Wright was director of the Chapel Music at Columbia University, Harold Friedell was organist-choirmaster of St. Bartholomew’s Church, Virgil Fox was organist of the Riverside Church, Julius Herford taught musicology and baroque interpretation at UTS, Vernon deTar was organist-choirmaster at the Church of the Ascension.
The title of my dissertation was “The Disciples of Christ and Sacred Music.”
Trips to Plainfield, New Jersey nearly always were to Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, where the legendary Charlotte Lockwood Garden played and directed (student of Clarence Dickinson, then of Louis Vierne). Choir and organ playing were superb. Mrs. Tangeman was Clementine Miller Tangeman, a member of the prominent Disciple family in Columbus, Indiana. Dr. Skinner of Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis was W. Sherman Skinner. Dr. Thompson is Van Denman Thompson; both Morgan Simmons and I studied at DePauw with him—a magnificent teacher and performer.

1954
Sept. 14. Spent quite a little time going to New Brunswick and auditioning for the job of Chapel Organist for Rutgers University. They wouldn’t say for sure, but I believe I got the job. Will play there Sunday at any rate.
Sept. 19. Played the service at Rutgers this morning, and got the job permanently!
Sept. 21. Finally got registered to the tune of $390. Ouch. They charge by the point for us doctoral candidates.
Sept. 26. Did the Rutgers service today and it went quite smoothly. The organ has no general pistons, but can be well managed. [Rutgers Chapel had a lovely 3-manual E. M. Skinner organ with gorgeous sounds. I did not direct the choir.]
Oct. 3. We drove back and went to St. Bartholomew’s Church for “Elijah.”
Oct. 4. Had the Herford analysis class all afternoon and he piled work on. Ugh.
Oct. 7. This evening we went to a buffet supper for the Disciples’ Club in Dr. and Mrs. Bates’ apartment. Most pleasant.
Oct. 11. We went to the broadcast of the Bell Telephone Hour concert tonight with Robert Casadesus. Splendid.
Oct. 13. We went to the Amsterdam Concertgebouw orchestra at Carnegie tonight. Beautiful playing.
Oct. 17. Heard a recital by E. Power Biggs this evening.
Oct. 25. This evening I heard deTar do “The Creation” down at the Church of the Ascension. Not too good.
Oct. 30. This afternoon we went down to St. George’s Church and I played the huge old Austin there. Had great fun. [Organist-choirmaster of this historic church was George W. Kemmer. His choir did elegant work.]
Nov. 8. Attended a longish and dullish lecture by Archibald Davison tonight.
Nov. 14. Went to Riverside this evening for Vaughan Williams’ “Dona Nobis Pacem.”
Nov. 17. Went to a recital by Jack Ossewaarde at St. Bart’s which was quite fine on the modern stuff, but not too good on the Bach.
Nov. 20. This afternoon we heard a tenor recital by the great Roland Hayes. His voice isn’t too fine any longer, but the magnificent spirit is there!
Nov. 29. The Seminary had a beautiful memorial service this afternoon for the great Henry Sloane Coffin, who died the other day. We heard Ernest White play a fine recital tonight.
Nov. 30. Morgan (Simmons) and I went to the Cathedral of St. John, and Alec Wyton played the big organ there quite a while.
Dec. 4. We heard a beautiful piano recital by Guiomar Novaes this afternoon. Really superb.
Dec. 13. Finally had the big carol service for the first time tonight. Everything went off quite well. I played the organ for most of it. We had a party here afterwards.
Dec. 14. Did the carol services twice more today, and got the thing concluded nicely. Kind of tiring.

1955
Jan. 5. Ben and Dan and I went down to the 8th Street Wanamaker store to see the old organ today. It is to be sold, etc. A great old monster—110 ranks. We couldn’t play it, though, the thing was disconnected.
Jan. 9. Went to Riverside and heard Bach’s “Magnificat.”
Jan. 12. Talked with Dr. Porter and he said I could be chapel organist at Union the next summer.
Jan. 14. Friedell gave me four tickets to a Bach concert tonight honoring Albert Schweitzer’s eightieth birthday.
Jan. 16. Went to St. Bart’s this afternoon and heard the Evensong. Friedell asked me to play an organ recital there in July!
Jan. 17. I practiced nearly five hours today, for a change.
Jan. 26. Lots of music today—the complete dress rehearsal of Mozart’s “Idomeneo” at Juilliard, and a Palestrina program by the Dessoff Choir. Very good.
Jan. 29. Today I registered for the second semester at Union. Tuition: $360.00. Wow.
Feb. 5. Went over into Brooklyn and visited Dr. Dickinson in the hospital today.
Feb. 7. Good news: I passed the German reading exam. Bad news: Had to pay a $5 fine on a parking ticket. Also heard a fair organ recital by Jeanne Demessieux, a French organist.
Feb. 12. We drove down to St. George’s Church and picked up a set of flute pipes Mr. Kemmer gave to Ben Smith today. He is going to build an organ with our help! I also played a wedding at Riverside this afternoon. [Ben Smith is J. Benjamin Smith, later director of chapel music at Duke University.]
Feb. 18. Had an organ lesson today. Cost $24 for the car, but they put in new plugs, points, etc., and the thing runs much better so far.
Feb. 21. Tonight I took a rehearsal of “Elijah” at Columbia for Searle Wright.
Feb 28. Herford had a dullish class in Bach analysis today.
Mar. 5. Went on the Music School retreat to the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church at Plainfield today.
Mar. 10. Heard Corliss Arnold play a recital over at Columbia this noon. It was quite good.
Mar. 12. Dr. Volkel gave me his old copies of “The Diapason” for 1926 to 1930!! They are in splendid shape. [I later had all the years of “The Diapason” bound and ultimately donated to the library of DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, where I fervently hope they still reside!]
Mar. 14. The music school had a fine party tonight—Searle Wright played jazz until 12:30, to Jane’s delight.
Mar. 19. Got the remaining “Diapasons” from 1930 to 1946 from Dr. Volkel today.
Mar. 20. Went to St. George’s Church and heard Kemmer and his group do a splendid “St. Matthew Passion.”
Mar. 24. I am going to play at Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church this summer.
Mar. 25. Tonight we heard Virgil Fox give the opening concert on the huge new Riverside Church organ. It was showy and flamboyant.
Mar. 26. Practiced at St. Paul’s all morning. Then had a “Crucifixion” rehearsal in a little church I am playing it for. Jane had her first false labor pain last night!
Mar. 29. Played my recital over at Columbia this noon. It went off quite well, although I forgot and took a second ending in the Dupré, shortening the piece slightly!
Apr. 3. In the afternoon we went to St. Patrick’s to see Courboin, but he wasn’t playing. [Charles M. Courboin was the legendary organist of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and one of the very finest performers I ever heard by any standard.]
Apr. 6. Jane didn’t feel very good this afternoon and labor pains got more and more frequent.
Apr. 7. Jane had a little girl this morning about 4:30. We named her Rebecca Lynn.
Apr. 11. (Much about Mother and Baby . . . ) Tonight I took a rehearsal for Searle Wright again.
Apr. 23. Went to a superb concert of baroque music over at Juilliard. Harpsichord, portative organ and all.
Apr. 24. Jane went with me to Rutgers today, then we drove to Bound Brook, New Jersey and talked to some people about a possible job there.
Apr. 26. We heard an organ recital by Lady Susi Jeans tonight at the
Cathedral.
May 1. The people from Bound Brook I saw last Sunday were at Rutgers to hear the service. Heard the annual service of Negro spirituals at St. George’s Church this afternoon.
May 10. Took the third of my organ exams this afternoon. Judges were Searle Wright, Friedell, and Porter. I played the 6th trio sonata of Bach, the “Elegie” by Flor Peeters, and the 1st movement of Vierne’s first symphony. Went off OK.
May 16. Went to Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church this afternoon and Mr. Lee showed me all around the facilities, as I am playing there this summer.
May 21. Spent the morning up at The Reformed Church in Bronxville practicing for tomorrow and the afternoon for a wedding over in James Chapel.
May 22. Raced to Bronxville after Rutgers and played the big choir service up there.
June 9. Did the first section of the written work for the AAGO exam this afternoon.
June 10. Completed the second section of the Guild exam all this afternoon. Think I did OK on it.
June 12. Got up quite early and went to Freehold, New Jersey, where I have the choir and organ for the next three Sundays. Quite a pleasant situation in the Methodist church there.
June 14. Have started reading in Disciple history for my dissertation.
June 22. I made a tentative outline of my dissertation today and Dr. Tangeman and I discussed it.
June 28. I worked quite a while over at Madison Avenue this afternoon.
June 30. Had a funeral at Madison Ave. this morning. Morgan Simmons is here now for summer school. [My colleague from both DePauw and Union, Morgan F. Simmons, was for some 28 years organist-choirmaster of the Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago. We remain great friends.]
July 5. Dick Peek is up for the summer. We had him over tonight. I played the first chapel service this morning. Also have a couple of organ students lined up.
July 6. My article on Alexander Campbell’s hymnody came out in the June 29 issue of “The Christian-Evangelist.”
July 7. The church at Bound Brook said I could have the job for next year if I wanted it.
July 9. Had two weddings this afternoon, so it was profitable. Morgan cooked a big dinner for six of us tonight. Was very good.
July 14. Went down to Bound Brook tonight and ended up by getting the job there. $50 per week plus the fine apartment next door. So a move is in store. Will have four choirs and a fine organ.
July 20. We had a choral service in chapel this morning which I directed and all. Played a wedding this afternoon. The Tangemans asked us up tonight. Very pleasant visit.
July 21. Heard a typically bad organ recital by Claire Coci at Riverside
tonight.
July 25. Worked on bibliography quite a bit today. Also attended a choir rehearsal tonight to watch Ifor Jones conduct.
July 26. Accompanied Doric Abriani on a voice exam this afternoon. Gave a couple of lessons.
July 28. Heard John Huston play a fine recital in Riverside tonight.
Aug. 9. Got the welcome news today that I passed the Associate exam in the Guild! Took it in June, and now the trip back wasn’t wasted.
Aug. 11. Had our last bibliography class this afternoon and ended up with a B+ in the course. Morgan is leaving tomorrow and the school closes up for a month.
Sept. 2. We got up, loaded the car up and raced to Bound Brook. Then I picked up a big truck and drove back to New York and Jim Francis and I hauled all our furniture out here. A real job!
Sept. 4. Had to get up early and commute into New York for a change—the last day at Madison Avenue.
Sept. 7. Worked on the choir rehearsal deals today a lot. Had our first rehearsal tonight and it was pretty successful.
Sept. 11. First Sunday in Bound Brook was quite a success, musically speaking. I went to Westminster fellowship tonight trying to recruit members for the youth choir.
Sept. 17. Had my two little choirs this morning—about forty kids altogether.
Sept. 20. Sent out the first hundred questionnaires pertaining to my dissertation today.
Sept. 27. Went in to Union and registered today—$150 tuition. Am taking private theory lessons with Mr. Friedell now.
Sept. 29. In to Union and had a preliminary lesson with Friedell today. Am taking theory and all preparatory to taking the F.A.G.O. exam next year.
Oct. 12. Had the two choirs tonight and worked quite a little on modulating and all today.
Oct. 18. Worked on theory and did the initial bit of actual writing on my thesis today.
Oct. 23. Was too sleepy during the services today! Went to Plainfield and heard an organ recital by Dr. Michael Schneider, a German organist. Was very fine.
Nov. 3. Had a long trip into NYC today. Started giving a girl organ lessons at Union. Practiced at St. Bartholomew’s Church, too.
Nov. 7. Worked on early hymnals a lot today, trying to get stuff down on paper! Worked on theory a bit—reading alto clef and transposing.
Nov. 20. Went to Westfield and heard Dr. Volkel play a good organ recital this afternoon.
Nov. 22. Went into NYC today and practiced, also heard a program of liturgical music at St. Mary the Virgin.
Dec. 5. Went in and practiced at St. Bartholomew’s Church all afternoon, and the recital seems to be going well.
Dec. 7. Played the recital at St. Bart’s tonight, and it went off quite well.
Dec. 11. Drove to Princeton this afternoon and heard a Christmas Vesper in their beautiful chapel. Carl Weinrich played and it was very fine.
Dec. 25. We had fine Christmas services at the church today, despite a few absent choir members on vacations. We had to take our tree out this evening, it was shedding so badly.
Dec. 26. Started preparing a bunch of historical organ recital programs that I have to do sooner or later.
Dec. 29. This evening Margie and Paul Koch came out to stay and eat with us.

1956
Jan. 5. Tried to find out if I will graduate this spring or not, but no success!
Jan. 13. Spent some time typing up my historical organ recitals in their final copy.
Jan. 15. Tonight we drove in and took the Boggesses with us to Carnegie to an all-Wagner program the Tangemans got us tickets for.
Jan. 17. Went into Union today to play some baroque music for the committee, and learned of a couple more piddling things I have to do for this elusive degree.
Jan. 21. Completed the first draft of the “anti-organ” dispute for my dissertation.
Jan. 23. Fired off a couple of letters to Butler University at Indianapolis to see about the possibility of teaching there next year.
Jan. 26. Had a long talk with Dr. Tangeman today and it seems that Dr. Porter has nearly ruined my chances of getting the doctorate this year.
Jan. 30. Began the long job of calculating the results from the questionnaires on Christian Church music this afternoon.
Feb. 2. It is pretty final that Porter isn’t going to put through my degree this year, although both Tangeman and Friedell were for it. He is griped off that I quit studying with him.
Feb. 14. Tonight was a fine Mozart program at the Crescent Ave. church which we attended. Was busy on my thesis and practicing.
Feb. 16. Had a pretty good day in New York. Stopped by and talked with Dr. Adams at Park Ave. Christian Church about Disciple music a while. [The Reverend Doctor Hampton Adams was one of the distinguished clergy in the Disciples of Christ denomination.]
Feb. 26. Beautiful day, so all the fair-weather Christians turned out for church this morning.
Feb. 27. This evening we heard the Philadelphia symphony and the Rutgers choir in a wonderful performance of Mahler’s “Resurrection” Symphony. Certainly was a splendid job.
Mar. 1. Am going to NYC tomorrow instead of today, so I worked more on my dissertation and Friedell stuff. Also practiced.
Mar. 9. Today I finished copying out my six responses and sent them off to Canyon Press to see if they would publish them.
Mar. 11. Dan Byrens and Fred Stroop played a fine organ recital over in Plainfield this afternoon and they came for dinner afterwards.
Mar. 13. Made a New York trip to interview a man from Boston University about a job today, but I am sure they want an older person for the job.
Mar. 21. Completed the first draft of my dissertation today, hallelujah. There is a lot of checking and all that to do, but it is good to have it this far done.
Mar. 22. Tonight we went to Rutgers, heard the Boston Symphony. Got stuck in the ice and had to be pushed out.
Apr. 1. We sang our Cantata “The Green Blade Riseth” by Searle Wright at both services this morning, and it went very well.
Apr. 7. All manner of feverish activity today. It is Rebecca’s first birthday, and George and Dona Lee were out to proofread my dissertation.
Apr. 21. Page 100 completed on the final four copies of my dissertation!
Apr. 26. Went in to Union for all the day, and up to Bronxville tonight to rehearse for a choral program Sunday.
Apr. 29. Spent the afternoon to and from Bronxville, where I played the choir festival at The Reformed Church like I did last year.
May 4. Typed on the dissertation—now to page 170. Ought to be nearing the end before too long, I hope.
May 6. Dr. and Mrs. Tangeman came out for the service and had dinner with us. She took back some of my dissertation to read.
May 8. Finally finished typing the main text of my dissertation—200 pages. Now have all the odd stuff to get out like appendices and bibliography.
May 12. This afternoon I completed the typing of my dissertation!
May 17. Went to New York today and interviewed Dr. Heerens from the Southern Baptist Seminary with an idea to teach organ there.
May 27. The choir sang Noble’s “Souls of the Righteous” today and ripped it off perfectly splendidly!
May 29. They wired from Louisville today and said it was decided not to change organists this year, but did I want it for 1957! Now the problem is “what to do.”
June 4. Had to go to New York just to practice an hour on the Guild examining instrument. A wondrously out-of-tune organ.
June 7. Took half of the written work and the playing part of the FAGO exam today. The playing was beastly difficult, and really kept me sweating.
June 20. Morgan and Mary Simmons and their baby came out here to stay all night. He is getting this job for next year.
June 24. The convention of the American Guild of Organists begins tomorrow.
June 26. Lots of people at the convention. Dr. Thompson came out from DePauw.
July 2. Trip to Allentown Pa. today to conduct a rehearsal and look into a possible job. They have old facilities now, but the possibility of a new church, organ, etc.
July 7. Yesterday I wrote a special delivery letter to the pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis about a job there. Tonight he called me and arranged an appointment with himself and the chairman of his music committee on Tuesday!
July 10. I went to Union to interview a Dr. Skinner and Mrs. Fischer of the Second Presbyterian Church in St. Louis. They have a complex combination job there which I think we landed! There is a TV telecast program once per week, as well as the church and a possible temple. [W. Sherman Skinner was a brilliant preacher. It was an honor (and my great good fortune) to work with him in St. Louis.]
July 13. Picked up my dissertation from Dr. Tangeman. Have to make corrections on the final copies—then it is finished!
July 15. They had a nice reception for us at the church today. Heard from St. Louis that we definitely are going there!
July 29. Rode to Princeton this afternoon and heard and watched Arthur Bigelow, the bell-master, play a carillon recital—quite exciting.
July 31. Went to Union today and took my dissertation. Learned that last week they were looking for a Minister of Music at the National City Christian Church!! Too late.
Aug. 5. Played the last service at Bound Brook today. The choirs and music committee gave us a purse of $47.00!
Aug. 6. Went to NYC to take a last coaching lesson from Friedell on my organ exam Wednesday.
Aug. 8. Played a last exam today in New York, which officially concludes my doctoral work, as nearly as I can determine.
Thursday August 9, 1956. We loaded up and left Bound Brook.

•

Over the years, I have noticed that most people seem to feel that the time they spent at whatever college or university marked the zenith of excellence for that institution. Most of us who were privileged to attend the School of Sacred Music of Union Theological Seminary during the 1950s probably feel somewhat the same way. I hope these personal entries from my diaries will bring fond memories back for many, and indicate to younger readers what the church music scene was like then in New York City.

 

Larry Palmer

Buried Treasures: 

The Harpsichord Pages 

in Retrospect (2006–15)

Once upon a time (well, twice actually, in The Diapason issues of January 1974 and February 1979), we offered cumulative indices of harpsichord-related matters in the journal, from Philip Treggor’s first harpsichord column (October 1967), through December 1978. Treggor continued his responsibility for harpsichord news until December 1968. Following his resignation, harpsichord submissions were managed by the magazine’s Chicago staff until September 1969, at which point I took over at the invitation of Editor Frank Cunkle.

As it has been 36 years since we have offered a third cumulative listing of harpsichord-centered writings, it may be time to offer this “backward” look, covering the past ten years. I cannot begin to count the number of instances in which the previous retrospectives have been of use to me: so much so that I keep these indices filed next to my bound copies of the magazine. If this present list proves useful to you, please let me know. I could then plan to complete indexing the years 1979 through 2005. Our January issue includes the journal’s composite index of the previous year; this would be a logical target date for continuing such offerings.

In the following citations, the title or subject appears first, followed by the month and year of publication, page number(s) in parentheses, and author. My contributions are indicated by the letters LP; other, less-frequent contributors, by their full names. I have added a few articles not specifically published under the Harpsichord News rubric. Categories sometimes overlap, particularly those of Personalities
and Obituaries.

 

Instruments and Builders

William Dowd: An Appreciation, Jan 09 (22), LP; The Earliest Surviving English Spinet by Charles Haward [c.1668], July 09 (12, 14), Charles West Wilson; Harpsichord News: ARTEK Goes German, July 15 (13), LP; Autobiography of a Clavichord (Dolmetsch-Chickering 2006), Dec 15 (12–13), LP.

 

Repertoire and 

Performance Practice

Mozart and the Harpsichord: An Alternate Ending for Fantasia in D minor, K. 397, Nov 06 (20), LP; “Entartete” Music: Hugo Distler and the Harpsichord, Aug 08 (22–23), LP; Harpsichord News: Chris DeBlasio Dances, Soler, Scarlatti, Lully, the Borrel Manuscript, May 09 (14), LP; Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s English Suite at 100, Dec 09 (36–37), LP; The Chopin Bicentennial at the Harpsichord, Feb 10 (23), LP; Addenda to Chopin, Aug 10 (11), LP; A Harpsichord Piece by Henri Mulet, Aug 10 (11), LP; Mulet Petit Lied—a complete facsimile, Jan 11 (12), LP; Harpsichord Works of Asiko Hirabayashi, Nov 10 (12–13), LP; J. S. Bach’s English and French Suites with emphasis on the Courante, May 11 (24–25), Renate McLaughlin; Gathering Peascods for the Old Gray Mare: Some Unusual Harpsichord Music Before Aliénor, Dec 12 (27–29), LP; Soler’s Fandango: new edition from Ut Orpheus and recording by Diego Ares, Dec 13 (12), LP; Multi-Media Mozart—Words, Notes, and Sounds [Harpsichord News], Feb 14 (12–13), LP; Christmas Music for Harpsichord, Oct 14 (12), LP; Going [J. William] Greene—Music for Harpsichord, June 15 (11), LP; Pedaling the French: A Tour de France of Revival Harpsichordists 1888–1939, Aug 15 (10–11), LP; Harpsichord Plus: The Accompanied Harpsichord Music of Jacques Duphly, Nov 15 (10), LP. 

 

Personalities in the Harpsichord World

Helmut Walcha, Oct 07 (28–29), Nov 07 (21–23), Dec 07 (21–23), Paul Jacobs; Oscar Peterson, Feb 08 (12), LP; Gustav Leonhardt (anecdote, footnote 3 in AGO National Convention Review), Nov 08 (27), LP; Pavana Lachrimae: A California Tribute to Gustav Leonhardt, Aug 12 (18), Lee Lovallo; Crazy about Organs: Leonhardt interview from 2000, Nov 12 (20–22), Jan-Piet Knijff; Gustav Leonhardt—a Letter to the Editor from Hellmuth Wolff, Jan 13 (3); Mamusia: Paul Wolfe Remembers Wanda Landowska, Oct 12 (23–25), Craig Smith; Janos Sebestyen, May 12 (12–13), Robert Tifft; Harpsichord in the News: Mahan Esfahani, Jory Vinikour, Frances Bedford, and a 1615 quotation from Trabaci about the status of the instrument, July 12 (10, 12), LP; Remembering Irma Rogell (and a review of Martin Elste’s book Die Dame mit dem Cembalo), April 13 (11–12), LP; A Triptych for Rafael [Puyana], May 13 (11–12), Betina M. Santos, Jane Clark, and LP; Virginia Pleasants Turns 100, Feb 12 (11); Harpsichord Playing in America after Landowska, June 11 (19–21), LP; Ralph Kirkpatrick Centennial, June 11 (13–14), Gavin Black; Remembering Wm. Neil Roberts, Sept 11 (12–14), LP; Joseph Stephens—In Memoriam, Sept 14 (15), LP; Remembering Hilda Jonas, Dec 14 (11), Glendon Frank and LP; Remembering George Lucktenberg, Feb 15 (11), LP; Remembering Richard Rephann, Mar 15 (25), Allison Alcorn.

 

Pedagogy and Technique

Dear Harpsichordists: Why Don’t We Play from Memory?, Sept 11 (24–25), Paul Cienniwa; Continuo (On Teaching), Nov 11 (15–17), Dec 11 (11–13), Jan 12 (16–17); Gavin Black; Recital Programing, Aug 12 (13–14), Gavin Black.

 

Reports on Harpsichord Events

Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society 2006 Meeting in Rome, Georgia, June 06 (12), LP; Westfield Center 2006 Conference, Victoria, British Columbia (includes mentions of Colin Tilney and Edoardo Bellotti), Dec 06 (29), Herbert Huestis; Boston Early Music Festival 2007, Sept 07 (22–23), LP; East Texas Pipe Organ Festival 2012: A Harpsichordist in Aeolian-Skinner Land, Feb 13 (20), LP; Continuo: the Art of Creative Collaboration—Westfield Center 2013 Conference at Pacific Lutheran University, 2013, July 13 (20–21), Andrew Willis; Historic Keyboard Society of North America 2013 meeting in Williamsburg, VA, April 14 (10–11), LP; HKSNA International Conference in Montréal and Aliénor Competition, Aug 15 (10–11), LP; Broadening a Harpsichordist’s Horizons: Remembering 2014 ETPOF, Sept 15 (11), LP. 

 

Reviews of Books, 

Music, and Recordings

A Guide to Musical Temperament (Thomas Donahue), reviewed by G. N. Bullat, June 06 (16); Guilty Pleasures: Mark Schweizer’s The Soprano Wore Falsettos, Choices (a novel) by Paul Wolfe, CD of Landowska reissues, DVD: Landowska—Uncommon Visionary [Harpsichord News] Mar 07 (10), LP; Peter Watchorn Plays Bach’s WTC I [Harpsichord News] Aug 07 (12–13), LP; Fernando Valenti’s Scarlatti recordings, Feb 08 (12, 14), LP; Peter Watchorn’s Isolde Ahlgrimm, Vienna, and the Early Music Revival and a published score for Richard Strauss’ Capriccio Suite, June 08 (12), LP; The Best Medicine—a review of Schweizer’s The Diva Wore Diamonds, Aug 09 (10), LP; New Harpsichord Music, Oct 09 (18–19), John Collins; a new compact disc set of Bach’s Six Partitas, and the publication of A Medici Harpsichord Book from Ut Orpheus, April 12 (12), LP; Joys of Re-Reading: Blue Harpsichord, Early Music mystery series by James Gollin, and more, Aug 14 (11), LP; Harpsichord News: Words and Music—Ralph Kirkpatrick Letters and Frank Ferko Triptych, April 15 (12), LP. 

 

Obituaries

Daniel Pinkham (d. 2006), Feb 07 (8); A Pinkham Memoir, Mar 07 (20), James McCray; Albert Fuller (d. 2007), Dec 07 (10); Remembering Albert Fuller—Trombones in Dido and Aeneas?, Feb 08 (14), LP; Fenner Douglass (d. 2008), June 08 (8); Thomas Dunn (d. 2008), Mar 09 (10); Virginia Pleasants (d. 2011), Feb 12 (11); Gustav Leonhardt (d. 2012), March 12 (10); Christopher Hogwood (d. 2014), Nov 14 (10); Bruce Prince-Joseph (d. 2015), July 15 (10); Paul Jordan (d. 2015), May 15 (18–19); Roger Goodman (d. 2015), Sept 15 (10); Alan Curtis (d. 2015), Oct 15 (10).

 

Esoteric Ephemera

Nineteenth-century harpsichord citings: Bizet and a Chopin student [Harpsichord News], Feb 08 (12), information from John Carroll Collins reported by LP; Historic 20th-Century Harpsichordists in Hungary, Italy, and the Czech Republic [Harpsichord News], Feb 08 (12), Robert Tifft; Bytes from the Electronic Mailbag: Fandango, Misspellings of the Word Harpsichord, April 14 (10–11), LP; November Musings: Blessed Cecilia (In Honor of Isolde Ahlgrimm’s 100th Birthday), Nov 14 (12), LP; A mystery, a cautionary tale: Mark Schweizer’s The Maestro Wore Mohair and Simon Menges’ misadventure [Harpsichord News], Oct 15 (12), LP.

 

And Something New: Mysteries
with Musical References

The American expatriate author Donna Leon (born in New Jersey in 1942) has published 24 books in her series starring Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venetian constabulary. Number one, Death at La Fenice (1992) introduces the soprano Flavia Petrelli who is singing Violetta in Verdi’s La Traviata at the venerable opera house. German maestro Helmut Wellauer dies before the final act of the opera, and Brunetti finds that he has a complicated bit of detecting to do before solving this clever crime.

For Acqua Alta, book five in the series, Leon brings back this soprano, a “favorite character because of her voice.” By the novel’s end Flavia is off to sing her first Handel opera, a plot twist chosen so that, should Petrelli return in future books, Leon would be able to write about her best-loved music. In real life the author became closely associated with American conductor Alan Curtis; together they created an opera company, Il Complesso Barocco, to perform rare works by Handel and other baroque composers. References to harpsichord are found on pages 201–2 of Acqua Alta, and again on page 229 when Flavia’s companion Brett chooses Mozart’s Jupiter Symphony for listening rather than harpsichord music, the “plunky sound of which would snap her nerves.”

Volume 24 of the Brunetti stories arrived in 2015: Falling in Love is set in La Fenice again, this time with Petrelli starring as Puccini’s Tosca. Music figures prominently, the plot is gripping, and I particularly enjoyed a comment on page 154, where Brunetti is reminded of a CD shop owner who opined that “the weirdest customers were people who liked organ music. ‘Most of them shop at night,’ his friend said. ‘I think it’s the only time some of them ever leave their houses.’”

Further “baroquery” is to be found in Leon’s standalone novel The Jewels of Paradise (2012) which features a musicologist and a plot driven by the legacy of Italian composer Agostino Steffani (1654–1728). Highly recommended for all fans of mystery novels and baroque music. Finally, dear readers, should you come across references to the harpsichord, please send me the citations! ν

 

Comments are always welcome. Please submit them to [email protected] or by post to Dr. Larry Palmer, 10125 Cromwell Drive, Dallas, Texas 75229.

by Larry Palmer

A Bach year roundup

Miscellaneous items received (and collected) by the
Harpsichord Editor during the Bach anniversary year 2000:

 

* Advertisement for the Lufthansa Festival of Baroque
Music (London, 5 June'14 July): "For 74 years Lufthansa has been
moving people around the world. Now we'd like to commemorate a fellow
German who's been doing it for slightly longer. Bach's music has
been moving people for over 250 years. . ." [found in the publication
Early Music from the Early Music Network UK].

 

* Harpsichordist Bradley Brookshire presented
Bach's Art of Fugue at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City on the last
day of 2000. Unusual was the simultaneous projection of a computer-generated,
digitally projected score scrolled across a large screen at the rear of the
stage, above the harpsichordist. Supertitles (!) explained the contrapuntal
devices utilized by the composer ("Theme in Tenor in Inversion,"
etc.). These addenda to Bach's plan were conceived and executed by
computer specialist James McElwaine.

 

* A spate of Goldbergs: in England, Gary Cooper played
Bach's Goldberg Variations, BWV 988 (Mar 4) at Tudeley Church, Kent, site
of twelve magnificent stained glass windows by Marc Chagall, and home to an
extensive early music concert series. At Oberlin (Ohio) Lisa Goode Crawford
presented the set in Kulas Recital Hall, Oberlin College (Feb 8). Larry Palmer
played half of them (Aria, 1-7, 14, 21-22, 25, 27-30, Aria) in Marvin Chapel,
Tyler (Texas) on Sept 21, a repeat from his 31st annual faculty recital at Southern
Methodist University, Dallas (Sept 11): music BY and ABOUT J. S. Bach,
including Schumann's Fugue III on BACH (played on the harpsichord),
Hindemith's Sonate II for Organ, March of the Night Watchman (from
Bach's Memento) of Widor, Ricercar on the Name BACH by Waldemar Bloch,
and Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C, BWV 547.

 

* In Savannah (Georgia) the exact 250th anniversary of
Bach's death (July 28) was commemorated at the Evangelical Lutheran
Church of the Ascension with this program played by Gene Jarvis: Italian
Concerto, BWV 971, Partita in B-flat, BWV 825 (harpsichord); Toccata and Fugue
in D minor, BWV 565, Passacaglia in C minor, BWV 582 (organ). Dr. Irene Feddern
played three organ chorales (By the Waters of Babylon, 653; Rejoice Now,
Beloved Christians, 734; O Lamb of God, 618), and Quoniam tu solus sanctus from
the Mass in B minor was sung by baritone Christopher Roper, with Pam Titus,
horn.

 

* LARGELY BACH, three concerts of music by Bach, his
friends and family, played on 18th-century period-style instruments, took place
in Beloit (Wisconsin) at Beloit College (Sept 27, Oct 23, and Nov 8) featuring
the Wisconsin Baroque Ensemble, the Roosevelt-Fuerst Duo (violin and
harpsichord) from Freiburg, Germany, and harpsichordist Max Yount, professor of
music and music department chair at Beloit.

 

* Hundreds of compact discs celebrated Bach during
2000: among the finest, the continuing series of Bach cantatas in stellar
performances on period instruments, led by Masaaki Suzuki, with his Bach
Collegium Japan (available on BIS Records). Suzuki's performances are
consistently among the most satisfying to be heard on recordings, for they are
both intensely involved and historically-informed, presented without extremes
or dogmatism, yet securely based on scholarly foundations.

* Richard Troeger continued his engrossing and
rewarding traversal of Bach's keyboard works played on the clavichord
(Lyrichord) with volume 2 (the Seven Toccatas, LEMS 8041) and volume 3
(Inventions, Sinfonias, Little Preludes, LEMS 8047).

 

* Memphis organist and choral conductor John Ayer has
recorded The Art of the Chorale, An Organ Anthology (Pro Organo CD 7064, CD
7119), on which his superb choirs sing chorale settings (many by Bach) followed
by organ settings from various composers (Buxtehude, Hanff and Walther to
Mendelssohn, Reger, Langlais, Manz, Near, and William Lloyd Webber). Bach organ
works included are Komm, heiliger Geist (BWV 651), Aus tiefer Not' (686),
Vom Himmel hoch (606), Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (659), and Vor deinen Thron
(668).

 

* If transcriptions are your delight, Shawn Leopard
and John Paul have recorded the complete Bach Keyboard Trio Sonatas played on
two Lautenwerke (gut-strung harpsichords) built by Anden Houben (Lyrichord LEMS
8045).

 

* From his archives, Baltimore harpsichordist Joseph
Stephens has issued two compact discs of recital performances: Live from the
Cathedral Joseph Stephens, harpsichordist, Plays Bach (AMR 19971003) and Music
for Two Harpsichords (Stephens with Lloyd Bowers), available from Dr. Stephens
[email: [email protected]].

 

* Do not neglect to read Christoph Wolff's
up-to-the-year, state-of-the-art view of the composer in THE 250th anniversary
biography Johann Sebastian Bach, The Learned Musician (Norton; ISBN
0-393-04825-X).

 

News items and features are welcome for these columns.
Please address them to Dr. Larry Palmer, Division of Music, Southern Methodist
University, Dallas, TX 75275. Email:
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