March 2002
Abundant citings of musical instruments in tales of murder
It has been nearly ten years since I updated my listings of harpsichords in murder mysteries; here are some additional citings.
Popular writer Lawrence Sanders delights his…
New bells in Yoakum, Texas
James F. Neumann of Yoakum, Texas, wrote me about his unique carillon installation. He is perhaps the only private citizen in the USA to possess a personal carillon. Yoakum is a small town about 125 miles from…
Fabry, Inc., Fox Lake, Illinois, has completed the first
phase of a three-phase program for the rebuilding and tonal additions for the
three-manual, 26-rank Aeolian-Skinner organ at Marytown Kolbe Shrine,
Libertyville, Illinois. Phase one…
The organs of the National Shrine, past and present
The Nave South Gallery Organ and the Chancel West Gallery Organ of the Upper Church, installed in 1965 by M. P. Möller (Op. 9702) were the gifts of Francis Cardinal Spellman, Archbishop…
The ninth biennial seminar attracted 80 participants who assembled in Paris anticipating the first week of playing time on the great instruments, lessons and classes with master teachers, participants' recitals, and the hospitality of our…
It is paradoxical in the organ world that the most widely-researched and famous old organ type, the north European baroque, is represented by relatively few examples that have survived in unaltered condition, while the most widely-diffused…
The University of Michigan's 41st Conference on Organ Music, October 7-10, 2001, under the direction of Marilyn Mason, featured the music of France with the theme, "The French Connection." Most of the music presented was French or French-…
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