May 2004
The 2003 national convention of the Organ Historical Society took place June 19-26 in South-Central Pennsylvania. It was a long, sometimes grueling week, but without question, a week of many happy surprises: organs, organ music, and…
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Rieger-Kloss
Company, Krnov, Czech Republic
Government
Street Presbyterian Church, Mobile, Alabama
Members of the Government Street Presbyterian Church worked for several
years developing a plan for the renovation of their beautiful…
Bach and Beyond: Bach and Bach Reception in the 19th Century
November 7-8, 2003, scholars and performers gathered for the organ symposium “Bach and Beyond--Bach and Bach Reception in the 19th Century,” sponsored by Illinois College (…
Lloyd Pfautsch died on October 3, 2003. See “Nunc Dimittis,” The Diapason, March 2003, p. 8.
I first met Lloyd Pfautsch when I came to Southern Methodist University to audition for my current position. He quickly invited me to attend his…
2004 Carillon Congresses
The World Carillon Federation will hold its 14th congress in Oslo, Norway, 27 June through 1 July. Her Majesty Queen Sonja will be the patron for the congress which is being held in Norway for the first time. Vegar…
Nunc Dimittis
Denise Restout died on March 9, 2004, in Hartford, Connecticut. Born November 24, 1915, in Paris, she came to the United States in 1941 as assistant to Wanda Landowska. Upon the great harpsichordist's death in 1959 Restout…
Ruth E. Brunner died on November 6, 2003, after a two and one-half year illness with breast cancer. She was 45. From 1984 until her death, she worked with her husband Raymond J. Brunner at their organ business in Silver Spring,…