December 1999
At "The Organ in the New Millennium" conference held in April 1999 at Pacific Lutheran University, it was reported that, "The Pacific Northwest builders are in the process of creating a new organ type that will not merely incorporate, but…
The name of Firmin Swinnen came to my attention when I was a teenage freshman at Drake University. It was then that I first heard Swinnen's virtuoso pedal cadenza (discussed in detail later in this article), played so brilliantly and…
Looking Back
Ninety years ago, The Diapason published its first edition. The December 1909 issue reported that--
Wilhelm Middleschulte played the dedication recital on a new Hann-Wangerin-Weickhardt organ at First Baptist Church, Milwaukee…
Discoveries
The discovery of not one or two, but six Spanish 17th-century harpsichords is detailed in Andreas Beurmann's lavishly illustrated article for Early Music (May 1999). Concentrating his instrument-collecting efforts for the past…
“Le Nadalet”
Le Nadelet is an old bell tradition that fills the air with sonorous ringing each December. The tradition is common in the south of France, the Langue d’Oc, and involves sounding bells during the days preceding Christmas. The…
Vernon de Tar died on October 7 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, at the age of 94. He was organist and choirmaster at the Episcopal Church of the Ascension in Greenwich Village for 42 years, and had taught at Union Theological Seminary,…
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