L'Ascension is by Oliver Messiaen: a suite of 4 symphonic meditations and the 3rd is 'Transports de joie...' a rhapsodic toccata of breath-taking brilliance -...
I love to find out about all of the music that is being listed here. I'm taking it down too, and if there is anything new to me I'll try it! Joan aka...
According to "A Dictionary of Composers for the Organ" by John Henderson it is published by: H. T. FitzSimons (+1 828 996 2043) Address: P.O.Box 570567,...
My "irritant" is the bride or the mother of the bride. At one wedding rehearsal, the soloist and I were practising a Celine Dion piece that was going to be...
I've decided after many decades to go for Liszt's Prelude & fugue on BACH. Has anyone any advice? The 'pianistic' writing for instance: will it require a more...
In a message dated 7/6/02 10:33:38 AM Central Daylight Time, orgdee@... ... Dee, Rapid piano-like passages won't sound right on many, if not most, 8'...
You have lost me! What are you talking about? Liszt wrote it for organ. Dee ... HREF="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JohannusOrgansSchool/">Johannus ... ...
In a message dated 7/6/02 4:02:34 PM Central Daylight Time, orgdee@... ... You said it contains "pinaistic writing," so the same stop-use principles I ...
In a message dated 7/7/02 2:20:18 AM Central Daylight Time, orgdee@... ... Dee, I didn't say not to use any 8' stops, but 8' stops that speak quickly. ...
"Rapid piano-like passages won't sound right on many, if not most, 8' stops,..." Pauline I disagree. Musical evidence is overwhelming to prove otherwise in the...
In a message dated 7/7/02 1:36:26 PM Central Daylight Time, orgdee@... ... That depends on the organ the music was composed for, and the one it's played ...
Is this piece as difficult as it sounds, or is it easy to pick right up? I just hear a recording of it and I'm about to go to the music store and get it. Also,...
Is this piece as difficult as it sounds, or is it easy to pick right up? I just hear a recording of it and I'm about to go to the music store and get it. Also,...
There are many editions available - one of the most fun being Virgil Fox'. It is not difficult - and is a lot of fun! Although, some in the congregation...
Why are we so hung up on speed? Why do we think of a line as being "pianistic"? Just because the organ is also a keyboard? I may be alone in this thought,...
In a message dated 7/8/02 12:25:13 PM Central Daylight Time, ... I've played a 100+ year old tracker organ. And finally gave up on it because ti was hard to...
I'm reminded of Virgil Fox' comment on using the swell shades on Bach. "If Bach had them, he would have used them!" Untill the middle of the 20th century we...
In a message dated 7/8/02 6:00:25 PM Central Daylight Time, ... After making a special study of Bach, the only church organist I heard play Bach at the tempo...
Can I remind the group that all I wanted in my original message was some insight into playing this work. Somehow, the discussion has gone quite off the track:...
kRemember hearing Joan Lippincott play this piece at a cathedral somewhere on Long Island. The wild arpeggios were done atiphonally between main and...
Thanks for the advice..St. Cecilia publishes the Fox arrangement of it in single sheets so I went and got it. You're right, it is fun and I'm really pleased...
I am responding to this letter though not to this writer. I've been amused then annoyed by recent misinformation and absurdities. Playing an octave higher...
BRAVO! HOORAY! and AMEN! An educated, knowledgeable, articulate scholar! Thank you very much! You made my day! You put into words what I knew and couln't...
Sverre Eftesol, I believe, is a Norwegian composer of much organ music. The title "Dance to your Daddy" to me seems to be of Scottish or Northern England...
Hi Siggy, I know we all would apreciate a lot if you write about this Norwegian composer since it is interesting about knowing about composers from those...
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