THE DIAPASON AN INTERNATIONA.L MONTHLY DEVOTED TO THE ORGAN, THE HARPSICHORD A.ND CHURCH MUSIC
Sixt,-Ninth Yur. No . 1 - Whole No, 817 ISSN 0012·23i8 DECEMBER, 1917 The Organ and Choral Music of the Renaissance by Thomas Day
Not too mall}' ycars aGo ;I, scandal churchl'S. In lUan)" fo-Iclltish paintings WHAT DID ORGANISTS I'LA\'? until the cud of the sixtccnth cell till)'. would hone erupted ir .. chorus per of lhe period c\'cn angels play this pop' Mon choral music was circllhucd nOI formed a Ren3is.'Iancc choral work with ular ill!>trllll1ent.~ Yet. in spite of all An occasional painting or other illus in score but in separate panbooks or in the ~Iightc!it addition of instrumental the e\"idcllce that demonstrates the im ~ tration rrom thc carl)' Ren:d ~'nce large choir books with separate parts :lccompaninumt. The choral music of I)()rtallce o( the Org:lll in the musical life JlihOWli an organ being pl:tyed by an on diH~ rent sections or the page. ]( or Dura)'. Josquin. Uyrd. Lassu,. Palestrina. of the Renaissancc. the treatises of Ihe :lngel (lr murt"l. but the ulltallillt is 1I0t If-Iuill ts wanted 10 "scc" how a poly. and their cOlllcmporaric..'S was considered ()eriod say littlc about what the orgall' looking at any mnsic. e,'clI though the phonic piece WUli put together before purc II cap/Jt:lln polyphony which would is[ is supposed 10 do whcn a choir sings. liingers in :molher pan or thc pai1l1ill~. Ihc)' accompanil'(l it. they had 10 go be ruined br Ihe addition of all)' in- Did the organ relllain '\ilelll? Did the might he camcstl), scowling at thei:r through thc proces.'\ of writing Iheir 1itnllllClllal sound. Fortunatel),. this la mgunist somehow pl:t)' along? Alas. purtbooks. Perhaps Ihi!> pro,",:s that or· n\\"11 scores from parts. (Many hand boo is !otowi)' dis3ppcaring. Today it is there arc 110 rirm al1 ~WC fli. 110 dcfinithc J.,r:lni!it!i were rond o( impro\'ising their written liCores from the pcriod have aur· nOi unusual to rind il choral conductor rulcs on the subject, probably hc..'canse parts. but perhap' painters did nnl \"i\"cd.) There is evidence that organ iSiS who dOllhlc!'i M)IIIC \'ocal lines of a mad no single practicc pt'cmik'1:I. W,1II1 In duller Ihei,' l.amas Wilh 5(lIlIe playcd the bass pan of a choml picce -r igal with \'iols or a collegium IImsiculIl The rcw rcmarts prcscnll'd hcre will ullsighily piece oC IUllsic on rhe organ alltl impro,"ised other noll'S on lOp - director who hach up a jo),olls molet 1I0t attempt 10 pm\'e. with elaborate console. ;1 practice that w01l1eI eventually te::lti wHh saddmls and olel l'l"Cd imlnllllcnis. t1ncunlentatioll. th:tt. during the Ren· The (:unolls Ghent ahar' pil,(c b)' the 10 the Uaroqlle "n,uo continllo, Thc aiss:U1ce. singers .wel lhe organ some· \'au E)'t:l.: hrutlu"'JS (al. 1-t:«I 's). !lhhough ;,,"c.- rage organist, no doubt, c:heatctl a E\'iticllcc from the riflCCllth :lnd six· times joinl'tl logethcr; thili was dOlle sollu:what carl)" Cor ollr purposes. is hit on allY improvised accompaniment IC.'(!l1lh ccnlu..-ic5 - p3iutillg5, engravings, 10llg ah~ in 0110 Killkeldc)"s pionccring IIc,'crlhdt.'l'i..,\ a KocHI cxample of this hy following a handwritten score nr :a <)OCUI1lCIHS. etC. - thoroughly justiHe! !lhul}' Orgel fwd K/lmiu ;11 tier Musi. problem. The angel !iingcn. with their \"cr.;;iuu of thc picce condcnsed into the this mi!ICturc of instruments and voices, tics 16_ ]nl"l",udt:rt., (leipzig, 1910) . mllliic c1rn;c at hand. are making such mUliical shorthand o( tablaturc notal ion. -c\"cn though the IItll!lic that has comc hllilead, this excursion thl"Ough hislori· different contortions with their mouths down HI us mcntions nothing ahuut in· cal fact and scholarl)' speculation is in· we Gill a!Sume that they arc unlggling It is important to rel1lcmllcr that or· strumcnts,1 COlUpO~T5 o( the Renais· tended to gh'c organists perhap' all in with somc intric:.ctc IH.lyphonic piece, ganists of the Renaissancc were familiar :53nCe did not alwa)'!! have rigidly spc· sight here 01" a better understanding lint plaind lant. The angel M.'alcd at the with the choral literature of the period -cific vocal cltst.·Ulhh..~ in mind when they there - all with the hope that morc orgall hll!> no music wilhin sight )"et and !iOlUetimes adapted this music (or puhlished a piece: mther. they provided perronnances of thi' maglliricent repcp knows enough or wlmt i!> happening to urg:m alonc_ For examplc. thc Spanish the \ucal lincs ahn()st ali au ahstractioll IUl1" or Renaissance chural filmic wi11 play simult:lnCDusly the pitche'l C · G . E ,~ lheorist and organist Juan Bermudo in :lnd expcclcd Ihat circulUlitances would he CllwlIl";lged. With tltis in mind let his lJulnmciou tie butrllmentos Mus;· decide i( a piece wOllld he IlCrrnrmed tiS proceed 10 0111 (irsl ;11111 Illost ronn· Tlti .. ;lIIgel org.mist, like mml ur~all' mlt:"f (1555) urged organists to play (I) hy \'Diceli alone. or (2) with inslru' illablc problem: What exactl r did or· iSI:> or the Rcnaissance. had tu knuw polyphonic choral music as oq,ran solos. mellis replacing vocal Iinell, or (3) with g:mists pia)' when they accfllupaniecl? how to improdsc :III accol1lp:m imenl for since thcrc was so littlc good music writ· instrumcntli doubling \"oed parts. 1:01' Did the}' re:ul MlIlll.'lhing or Illd they :t chural piecc. sincc composers 1I0nnall), 11..' 11 for Ihat instrument. He claimed example. a Mnss h)' Josquill or an elab· imprm'isc? did nut prodde p:lrl'\ laheled "o1").,'"41n" III;)( :Ill organist should be able to per orale selling o( a Lutheran chorale by fnnn, at sight, a polyphonic piece from Walther ma)" have heen sung by voices Ih(' scparate part!> - roughly the equiva- atone in a small chapel bill the smile 1l.'11l of playing :I string quartrl on the pictcs. pcrrorml'fl in a \'ast cathedral 011 piano with onl)' the individual par15 10 :t fl'Sth"c occasion. would h,1\'e rt:flllired !"C.'all, Uennlldo Oldmitled lhis W35 dUfi Ihe help of !>OlnC t()(al wind pla,.cn (0 cull auel concl'tll'Cl that )CM·than-accom· holsler Ihc parts. If the partbooks ror pli'ihetl organists cuuld write out a Ihc..'SC 53l11e comp05itions were distrihu· .scelTe from thc parts or usc an ingeniou, 1c..'tI among the guest'! aher a Sunday SplClIl of nolation which he had in· dinner, it is entirely possihle that tiOnle \'CIlIt.'tL' H organisl'! wcnt to the trouble decided to sing thcir parts and olherli or !li mring a polyphonic vocal piece for pl:l)"ed :llung (111 :1II)" available inslrn' (ltdr OWII solo performances. they prob· 1I1t"1II. ;Ihl )" would ha,'c also uscd lhese scores (n l" lahlatures) 10 accompany singers SC\ eral wuduclUrs loday hoc., up hr duplic-olting the part.!. Bermndo. un· with all the lalest lUusicological rind CUI"tUlliltel)" is silent on this point. iugs 011 this prohlem of perrormance praclicc-, and, when the), rehearse Ren· Sn (ar we ha,'c discussed the idea. that :lissance music, a large I)(lftioll or thc the organ in the Rcnaissance W35 an lime im·ohc..'S the most scrious kind or oC(:aliiolial and perhaps timid supporter tinkering 10 Sl'C what instrument goes of fallible liingen, The distinguished hest with what \'oice. Sometimes tied· musicologist ,\mold Schering once put sions arc dimcult becausc the spectrum {uHh the hypothesis that the org:m - of a\ ailable "colors" b so large: \'oices al Il'ast before about 1550 - wa.s tile (alonc or supportl'tl by instruments), principal illstnnllent o( thc Renaissance \"iols. recorders. shaw1Uli. cornetti, sack and llmt singers in ract ac:romr,anied It. bill!>, :IIU..I olher old hmrlllllents. as wcll In his hook Die niederliindiu: Ie Orgel. as sollie nuxlcrn sounds, slich as 01)0(.'1 meue ("The Organ Mas.s of the Neth· and bassoons_ Alixiug these "colors" cr· cl"l;lfulen," Leipzig, 1912) Schcring (ceth"ely tall'S considerahle rC5 l raillt IMJillll'tl out that the choral WOYks of ami ' palicncc, but the procc..'SS of decid· the late si!IClccllth century. with their ing can be a rascinating experiencc for sclllmnus flowing lines, were obviously hoth conductor and performer. ctllnposcd with the human voice in milld_ In sha'll contr3,t, the great MaSSC5 Thc onc instrument that conductors aud motcls or Josquin des Prez, Obrecht, gellerally a\'oid is the organ, especially Odeghcm. and other composcrs from a moderu olle. It poses too man)' prob. the earlicr part of the Rcnaissance often lems_ We know that organs of all de· scriptions were widely used in the m.lke what seems to be unreasonable de· churches, courls. and homes of the Ren lIIiUlds on the singers. The ranges for aiss.1l1ce - small ponablc types that the dif(erent voices sometimes go be could rest on the lap, slightly Jarger yond the accepted limits; jumps occur instruments that werc placed on a ta rn:cllIentiy. and in some instances there hie. largc portable models that required at least two people to ClITY, as well as Ihc standa.rd. "installed" organs in (CorU irlllt:d. page 12) THE DIAPAlSON The calendar reflecl'l one r r the busiest COllcert times of the year. While all Established in 1909 that activity is good and brings finc music to many, it also brings responsibili ties to those who schedule concerts. Many of us have to be our own concert A" Inlerna,;ontd Monthly Devoted ,(J 'he Organ, the HarJuichord .nd Church M,ui. managers, so perhaps it is appropriate to remind ouncl"es of what we owe a Ol/iti., Journal 01 the American Iru';Iute 01 Org."builders visiting artist. I would hazard a guess that the majority of people playing recitals thcse days, including some top-notch perfonners, do so for httle or Eeli'.r nothing (pace, Ms. Morgan ). Some do it for the experience, othcn for the DECEMBER, 11\77 ARTHUR LAWRENC! exposure and hope of publicity, and r et others for the glory. Those who p!ay for FEATURES glory receive their own reward, hut many of the others do not. If onc pcrfomu The 019GD ad Choral Mualc 01 at the risk of loss (or, at least, of little tangible gain), ought not the host to do the Renabaam:e DOII'OTHY ROSEII' by TbOIDas Day I . 12·14 his part to pick a good date and hOUT, sccure good publicity, produce an attrac A.litfan, Edi'or tive program (it can still be simple, cven typed ), encourage attendance, and AD IDle"le. wllb Cbrbtopher HOVWood. by La"", leDkiaa 5 WESLEY VOS provide a little hospitality? T o those whose bosses (churches, schools ) have given them time off to play el!ii(·where. a program ,d th name and aHiliation REPORTS AHD REVIEWS correctly spelled can be important, even if it seems insignificant at the time. LARIY PAIMU MUilc 'or VOlCH ad OnJDn Harpllellorrl Anyone who takes the time and trouble to accomplish these things in favor of by JalD" McCray • JAMES MeCRAY. someone else stands 10 appreciate it all the more when the situations are Ne. Books and Recorda • re,'erscd. - A.L . 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members in March 1978. Non-members The 5th North Central Di.,ision Conven. A Cetalogue of tho Worb of Mario 1978 AGO 5hou!d write directlv to Edith C. McAnul. fion of the Americon Choral Directors Castalnuo.,o-Teda,co, edited by Nick Rossi. National Conveation ty, Regilt,.r. AGO S.. ttle '18. 2326 Bige Auoc:ia'ion (ACDAl hes boen announced hes recently been pubhhed. The complete low A.,enue NGrth, Seettle, Washington for Februery 9· 11 in Minneapolil, Minne. woth of tho late Itolian composer. includ 98109, in orde r to obtain more infor. soto. C li nicians will include J ulius Herford , ing choral and ~ ey boa r d pieces, are listed. A century ago it was not uncommon mation about the convention. Hous· B.R . He nson, Kenneth Jennings, Willil!lm Inform.,tion obout purchase of the catalog for peop ~ to travel to the West in search ing information is also available from t he Kuhlman, Daniel Moe. and others. Eighteen may be obtained from the International of the lost frontier or 4 new frontier. In registr4r. Housing reserntions must be choral groups will perform during the con Costelnuovo-Tedesco Society, S5 West searching for a the me for the 1978 Na. received by May 19. but everyone attend· vention. Pra·registration information is 73rd Street, N.w YOl k, NY 10023. tional Bie nnial Convention of the Ameri ing is encouraged to mo ke housing reser available from David Thomas, Inve, Hills An Arrangement Request Form has been can Guild of Organists, the elecutive com· vations as soon as possible bv using tho Community College, 8-445 College Trl!lil, drofted bv music educators ond publishers mittee considered the idea of using this. official AGO Seattle '78 Housing Bureau Inver G rove Heights, Minnesota 55075. and is available to penons, especially However, SeaHle cannot be considered a form . choral directors, who wish to ma~e ar frontier today: its port is second in ship. The Royal School of Church Music has rengements suitable for their own use. An ping vofume only to New York City. the .,nnounced its Coune for O.,.ne.s Stu inquiry form for out.of. print music still Th ree Churl;h Music Clinics will be SeaHle·T (tcoml!l Inte rnationol Airport is dents which will to~e place from JulV 3 protected by copyright is 0150 av.,ilable. sponsored by Augsburg Publishing House serviced bv 13 ml!ljor oirlines, and SeaHle to August 14, 1978, .,t Addington Palace, Both forms may be requeded from th. on Januory 14. The 22nd annuol Minnea· is the termination of severol roil road lines. near London. The course will include Notion,,1 Music Publishers' Association, polis clinic wi U toke place at Centrql In this sense the "frontie r" does not 4pplV, p ractical work ot the school as well as 110 E45t S9th Street, New York, NY 10022. but. ,n the seMe of a search {or knowl· lutheran Church; the 7th annual los An The relel!lse of the Edition Paters Com geles dinic will be hald at Trinity Pres visits to cathedrals ond musical events. edqe, the AGO Sel5ttle '78 convention Resident tutors will include Richl!lrd Seal, pl.t" Catalogue has been announced by byterian Church in Santa AnOi I!In oddi· hopes to serve as 0 frontier for organ· Peter Aston, John Coo~e, John Birch, the C.F. Peters Corp. This cotalog lists tional half-dav reading senion tl!lke ists, church musicians, orgl!ln builders and will John Churchill, Allan Wicks, ond Michoel over 10,000 woth for all instruments and place at the Augsburg branch in Colum all people interested in the organ. Nichol.,s. Further information is available indudes information of reference v.,lue. It bus, Ohio. All the clinics ate free of There will be on emphosis on early mu· from the RSCM at Addington Palace, is availobl. free on request from : C. F. charge to intereded persons and will fea sic ond its performance practices, but one Croydon, CR9 SAD, England. Peters Corporation, 373 P.,r\: Avenue turo re.,ding sessions, demonstrations. and South, New York, NY 1001 b. does not need to fear fhat other peri displl!lYs of choral, organ, instrumentol, Organa Europa. 1978, 0 10 x 14.5 in. ods of music will be slighted. During the and liturgicol music. Furthor informl!ltion The Roval Conadien ColI.ga of Organ. wall calendar with lavish color reproduc morning hours, 47 different classes will is available from the Music Deportment, ids held its annual gener,,1 meeting in be offered in the form of four-hour semi· Augsburg Publishing House, .. 26 South 5th Ottawa, Sept. 16-17. Events included a tions of famous argon cases, is avail.,ble from les Concerts Spirituels, B.P. lb. F. nors, one·hour workshops, reoding ses· Street, Minneopolis, MN 55415. reception and dinner et the hall of Christ sions ond discussions. The afternoon end Church Cathedr.,l, a recital by Karen 88100 Saint·Die. France. New and old in evening hours will indude nine orgen re Holmes on a new Casavant trader at St. struments from Belgium, France, Switzer. citols end nine progrems including choral The Organ Literature Foundation hOI Peter's Lutheran Church, an address bv land, Germ.,nv, Holland, ond Czechoslova· concern, chamber music, chancel opera, released a new catolog "K." It lists over Sir J ohn Johnston, and" festival service kia ole included, with specifications ond harpsichord, clavichord, fortepiano, and 700 items, more thon 160 of which ore at KnOll; Presbyterian Church. RCCO Fel. history in French, Germ.,n end En 2 THE DIAPASON Bach Tradition vic\\' of how the keys feel to the organist To the Editor: ur how he feels he is contro11ing the Regarding Michael Murraf s article, letters to the Editor speech of the pipes, There are other " The Pure Tradition of Bach;" Mr. arguments that should be presented. Murray lea\'cs unanswered the question I anl l approaching the subject from of when, between Kittel and Dupre, Not all works can (or should) be of pro$pective organist; the clmrch that the point of view of tonal design, Track the trill was turnt"d upside-down. ] re played on all instruments, and the same buys a se,'erely "classical" pipe organ er·action demands a completely straight fcr to the discrepancy between the piece ""ill be played differently depend for the same amount of money is going specification by necessity, and this im table of ortlamclHs from Bach's Clat,ier ing on the actual performance condi· to appeal to a \ery different type of mediiuely places limitations on how IhiclJle;fI var Wilhelm Frieriemann Bach, tions. To speak of any musical factor in prospccth'e playcr; and the church that man)' resources will be available to the and the table in the Dupre edition of absolute or " pure" terms is impossible settles for an all-round, middle-of-the organist for a gil'en number of ranks. Bach"s works. Also, the "Applicatio" cven if the studcnts of Hach thought it road. domesticated organ will e\'entually Fol' this reason, a completel), straight [rolU the same Clav;er·lJiicllle;fI contains was possible. ha\'e to settlc for an organist witb those electric org-dll offcrs liule more without fingerings which do not lend thcmsch'cs Sincerely. same characteristics. Whate\'cr kind of the concell'able mechanical advantages at all to the type o[ legato playing which Mrs, Carroll Hanson organ is dlosen, some organists will find of trdcker·action. So the issue really Mr. Murray describes. (The examples Iowa City. Iowa it an asset and some will find it a hin hoils down to unification. of Bach I refer to arc reproduced in drance. To somc extent this sort of True, unification has been abwed by facsimile in Harold Gleason's Method attraction-repulsion will also affect the many builders in the past, but this is 01 Organ Playing. fifth edition, pp. 17- church's general public image, to lay no reason to totally discard it as are· 18.) Function & Design nothing of its ability to aUract certain sourceful design technique. especially Tltl'se two examples of inaccuracies in To the Editor: kinds of choir singers and other musi for the pedal division. For example, Ihis oral tradition lead me .. _ .• to As an interested bystander. ] am con cians. People making decisions alilout using the techniques of downward ex cling to the " jew expressed by Nadia cerned O\'er the possibility that when organs ought to take stich factors into tension from the manna Is, octave du Boulanger ... .. churches make decisions about new or consideration. plexing, and extension within Llle ped Sincerely. gans, or about organ rebuilding. some A third question has to do with the al ranks themseh'cs, a comprehensive Dean W. llilhneyer basic questions get pushed aside or placement of the instrument in relation dh'ision can be de\'eloped to meet any Dallas, Texas o\'crlooked entirely. to the choir and the organist/director demand of the orbranist. and far beyond To the Editm: The first of these basic questions is and the congregation. Appropriate what would be possible with a handful I enjoycd Michael Murray's article this: What is the function of an organ placement is not merely a matter of of straight I'3nl;s. un "The Pure Tradition of Badl" in in this particular church? How does pUlling thc organ where it will sound As far a!> the manuals are concerned, the October, 1977 Diapasorl. He gave the organ fit into the liturgical and best whcn it perfonns just one of its thc Callac)' in the past has been to unify an interesting account of passing the cultural life of this congregation. Is the functions; a theoretically "good" loca. in adjaccnt octan'S. This will result in baton from Bach to Dupre. The author organ expected to function primarily tion is no good at all if it doesn't work a lot of wcak spots in chords. However. dtes Nadia Boulanger...... but tra· as a solo instrument (to play the stan in the context of thc particular situa. unifying c\'ef}' other octa\'e, such as 8' ditions hecome increasingly susceptible dard literature) , or as a supporting in lion where the organ is to be used. In aud 2', will bc satisfying to the ear and to indh'idual interpretations as each strument (to accompany the choir and/ some buildings there is no conventional still be economical. This would free a generation takes O\'er . . . ," but he or \'ocal soloists), or as all ensemble in way to place ule organ without losing rank of pipes to be used as a celcste. umcludes that the famous student/ strument (to play with other instru something important: what is best for And if this judicious use of unification teachers " .. . were impelled ... by ments in a chamber·music·like situa· accompanying the choir mOl)' be worst pl'O\'l'S satisfactory for the sacred princi. a tradition they belie\'ed, rightly, was tion). or as "leading" instrument (to for leading congregational singing. pals, just think what it would do for his [Bach's]." While Mr. Murray's facl5 aid in the congregational singing). or Thcre need to be new solutions to the nutL'S. which, bl' the way. could be uni poim to TCmarkablc consistency among as a creator of appropriate mood and problem, for example. of how to lct thc fied at more than two pitches with these famous organists regarding legato atmosphere? Most churches seem to ex organ speak with authority to the con Iillic degradation to the plenum. touch. repeated notcs. strict and mod pect that an organ ought to be able gregation during hymn-singing without As far as celc..'Stcs are concerned. the), eratc tempi. and minimal body mo\'e to do all these things 10 some extent; letting it overpower Llle choir during the arc rank·eaters, but 50 are mixtures, ment while playing, the qucstion still but I wonder if it is possible for any anLllem. Architects naturall}' shy away Howe\'cr, using the above unification remains whcther there is a "pure" Bach given instrument (no matter how large from this sort of quandry, but peoplc techniques. one can easily allocate six (or any other) tradition. The article or expensive or cle\'erly designed) to do who are closer to the actual nitty-gritty ranks of a thirty-rank stoplist to strings assullles that Bach's approaches ,'aried all these things equally well. and ] of parish mtlsical life cannot afford to and celestes and still ha\'e an instru littlc, if at all. from pedonnance to per wonder if it is reasonable to expect a dose their eyes and ears to the diffi ment complete with two four-rank mix fonnance. Should qucstions of legato smallish organ to be able to fullfil more culty. tures, independent mutations, solo and and dctached playing be posed in than one or two of these functions with I am convinced that there is no way chorus reeds and a clean plenum. Such "either/or" terms? Are they mutually any degree of success. for a church to get an organ that will a philosophy will win the applawe 01 cxclusive? What about the gradations in It seems to me that a clmrdl mwt satisfr e\'ery possible need. A church the organist. those who listen to it and between? be hc1ped to realize what its particular must decide what it cannot get along those who allocate the funds, and i:; Each composition must be considered musical priorities are, and then to plan without, and what it is willing to forgo; ",orth)' of consideration by any practi freshly at subscquem performances. for an organ that will reflect those and then it must be prepared to make cal person who wanl., the mo!O[ organ Touch, tempi. phrasing, articulation, priorities. If for that church OexibiUty the long-tenn musical and financial sac fur the money, registration, omamentation, etc., can be and ,'ersatility are more important rifices implied by its decision. And Vcr)' truly yours. dccided by seeking answers to thcse than adherence to some standard pat churchl'S need all the help they can get Richard C, Snyder lluestions: What arc the room acoustics? tern of organ design, the congregation to make sure the)' arc guided into a 51. Louis, Mo. What arc the individual characteristiOi ought to be made to realize what it is decision that can be Ih'ed willi. of the particular instrument used? What choosing; or, if musical integrity and SinCeIel)' yours, was the original function of the music? authenticity are more important than George Brandon How will the music function in the prcs breadth of possibilitics, the congrega Davis. Cal. Editor's note: AltlwIIglI tlu: Ic;rad oJ ent perfmmance? What do we know of tion ought to be made to realize what tmiJicatiotl dUC1used by Mr. Snyder the composert What are a\'ailable his it is getting and what it is giving up. does riot apply to tracker aelion, a torical facts concerning instruments, Another question has to do with the Unification? "umber of builders can attest to the style, registration. ornaments, etc? What influence the new organ will ha"e on To the Editor: Jact lI,at vorious systems of transmission is thc O\erall structure of the piece and the church's ability to attract and keep I t is my feeling that arguments pre arc /JoS5ible witli mecliatlical ael;o", dl'Sign of individual phrases and 100- an adequate organiSt. A church that sentell thus far on the merits of tracker ones ;n which a stop may be playable tin'S? What arc my personal prefer buys a large electronic instrument (with action over electro-pneumatic have been on more than orae marulol, or on a anccs as an interpreter? 32', etc.) is going to appeal to one kind approached purel), from the point of ma"lIal and orl ti,e pedal. Competitions Nunc Dimittis (see also page 17) A Composition Canted for on original by Marilyn Mason and is open to eny un. The composer Alexander Tcherepnin Dupre, Franck, and Hindemith was pl oyed chorol work ond on original organ work derg raduate student. Six finolishi will be died September 29 in Par.s. He was 78. in his memory by Ke nt Hi ll ond Ronald has been announced by the New York chosen from those submitting recordings Mr. Tc herepni" was born in St. Peters Spru nger o n September 30 at Mensfi eld City chapter AGO. Both winning pieces by March 10. The tapes are to contain burg. Russia, where his father we s a well. State College. Penn. will be performed at the chapter's guild o boroque or pre-baroque work, til roman ~n o wn com poser. He later moved fo Poris. service on February 27 at the Church of tic wor~, ond a contemporary wor~. Further but main tained homes in New York ond C. Edward Bryan died August 27 in St. Paul the Apostle: they will be pub information is available by writing Dr_ in Englond. He taught for a period at Jacksonville, Fla. He had studied at the lished by Hinshaw. The composer of each Herbert Wormhoudt, First Presbyterian DePaul Uni versity in Chicego and also Jecksonville College of Music, Pius X winning piece will be awarded $200. Both Church. 4th end Morion, Ottumwa. IA became on American citizen. He was School of liturgicol Music, Eastmon School works must be suitable for inclusion in e 52501. ~nown os a prolific com poser and wrote in of Music, Royal Conservotory of Music liturgicol service (neBher to exceed ten mony mediums. including works for ~e y (Copenhagen) and the Mozarfaum in minutes durotjonl and emphosis will be The First International Organ Competi boord. tion in Budapest will ta~e place between Sa lzburg. He had been organist and min placed on wor~s of practical value. The ister of music at the Riverside Baptist choral work moy be unoccomponiad or may September 16 and 29. 1978, os part of the I bth Budepest Internationol Music Gustav Reese. American musicologist. Church, Jacksonville. since 1942. He also hove organ tIIccompaniment; the ted neod taught voice and choral mu sic at Jack not be specificGlly liturgicol in nl!lture. but Competition, The age limit fo r or9anisfs died in Ber~eley. Cel., on September 7 is 32 years and epplicotions must be re ,t the oge of 77. He had studied at New sonv ille University for 31 years, until his should be suitable for a worship service. retirement last year, At thet time. he was Both works must be previously ullperformed ceived by JLfe I. Further information end York Un iversity ond later taught there for e prospectus is available from the Secra mony years, until his retirement in 19H . honored with the ' Musician of the Yeor" ond unpublished and must be signed with ,,"ward from Mu Phi Epsilon . a nom de plume. Entries must be post. tariot of the Competition, H·1366 Buda. He was best ' ~nown for his two monumental mar~ed by Dec. IS, 1977. and sent to pest 5, PO Box 80. Vorosmorty tilr I. b oo~s, " Music in the Middle Ages" and " Music in the Renoissonce," both of which Beloted word has been received of the Harold Stover. 235 West 102nd Street. The 1978 competition for Interpniters deo th of John J. Renner on June 3. He New York. NY 10025. oJ Cont,emporary Music. sponsored by the were considered as the definitive works o n these subjects in English. was choirmoster at St. M a r~ ' s parish. International Gaudeamus Foundetion, will Sheepshead Bey. New Yo r~ , until his re The Sixth Annual Organ Competition at ta~e place in the Netherlands March 30 - tirement in 1974. He had been music di. the First Presbyterion Church of Ottumwl!I, April 4, 1978. The deadline for applica. Word has been received of the death rector at Bis hop McDonne ll High School Iowa. will take place on April 14. 1978. tions is January 31. Further information of Leo C. Holden. who died July 20 et in Broo~ l yn from 1942 fo 1973. ond hed Prizes of $300 ond $150 will be aworded is eveilable from the Gaudeomus Foundo. the oge of 82. He was a former professor also served on the Diocesan Music Com to the fird ond second place winners. re tion, PO Box 30, Bilthoven. the Nether_ of organ at the Oberlin Conservotory of mission for two terms. He was a former spectively. The competition will be jud ged lands. Music. A recital of organ works by Bach, dean of the Broo~lyn Chapter AGO. DECEMBER, 1977 3 Reviews • • • • • • • .Choral Music, Records, Books ,\lII.u- oj Ihe Iledeemer. Richard Proulx, This recorded s::tntpling o( classic Ihat must .'rench urg:lllis15 ha\'c main· Music for Voices G.I.t\ . Publicalions, C · 1N!), $1.25, SAn French chamber music, then, is o( some lined (or sc\'er:al ccnturies. The lpeti£ic :llId orgill! wilh cougnogation, t\\·o trum· importancc to nTganists. Vox rccords re(cfCnccs lo man)' works arc help(ul, J)cIS and perC1lssion (E) . has produu-d a rine and incxpcnsh'c :15 arc fhe solmiun§ lo tl'gi5lrallonal and Organs This mas.'I setting is adapted (or usc thrt.'t.'·reC()rd sct which is hoth a !IImical prohlcms. The appendix includes SC\·CII · in either the Anglican ur Ruman Cuh· trcat and an historical doc:tullcnl. The it.'Cn spccifiC'.J.tions o( important oll,..-ns by Jallles McCray nlic riles and consisLII of 16 pagl..'S with music refll'Cl'i nearl)' a hUOllrcd ),t:'ar5 hy C3\'aillc·Coll. Mutin. I'ugct. Merlo. . only a small part o( it rur three· part of C()tnPQsition, c. 1650·1750, the age of lin, Ahbey, and Debierre, as well as the Chorall\(usic in Three Parts with Organ churus. Thcre arc !iC\'CIl short move· the Coupcrins and their organist col cunsule plan for Sacre·Cocur. A gl ~ lIlellLII hul Ihc Credo is excluded. Thc leagues {not to mcntion a ccrtain (am- sar)", bibliography, list o( composilions 1111I5ic is well wriUen, so that a prilgmatic 0115 king). The recording is accompan· refcrred to, and index arc included. Althc,ugh the twentieth-century stan yet lIlusical approach 15 used. The con· ied by tweh'e pages of notes wrinen by -rile Organ i" Frmlce is undoubtedly dard (or cho ru~ h35 heen to perConn gregation is (requently in\'oh'cd; how Mary Aune Ballard ::tbont the music the OC'5t work of its kind. It will make music in (ollr parts (SATU). not c\'cry e\'er, the trumpet and percussion parts ~nd the. instfUf!lonts, iucluding much a good gift for all 100'crs of French or· church choir dlreclor ha!'i the IUXlll)' of arc optional ;lUd arc 1I0t includcd in mformauon which callnot he rt.'3uily gan lIIusic. a so~idl)' balanced chorus. Too often. the choral score. (oulld clsewherc in English. the slIIall church choir i!'i limited en a The performanccs arc scnsilil'e and Gerhard Krapf, translator: Were'" bra\'c group uf cOII!'iciclltion5 souls who 1.t:1 My Pnll'er Cume Ukt: luume. Mi· wann. It is particularJy pleasant to hear mei.ster's Orgclprobc: in English. Raleigh, appear (or c\'cr) rehearsal and Sulttia,' Ian Kader.1\:ck, World Library or Sacred the strings played without au o\'crabun N.C.: Sunbury Prns, 1976. xx"i, 69 pp., scnicc, and yet another group whc~ ~1!1!iic, EMP·I!~JI·3, . I(~. TIlIl and organ dallce of eXlra·musical 1l0iSt'S which $9.00. achcdulc5 only pennit (I:Ul time aHell 1M) • dose microphones often inOt.'Ct 011 the Thi!i slllall hoot.. IS IInc or the more dance. Thc music t"C\'ic\\'cd thi!li mouth This liaS two IIIm'elllellls which ill' reaml listcner. alld the tranS\'crsc flute imporlant OIll..'S to al'l)Car recelltly, since cotlccntrah.'S un soon'S Clllplo)'iug oul) thule a gradual and iln allcluia. The has a 100'cl)' nuid sound. Almost all of it lilah'S a\'ailabte or the first time .:a thrcc \'aiees with 01"&:111 accolllp:mimcni laller is fast and has rapidl)' changing Ihe iustrumCllls (which arc de.saibcd cmnplele English tmnslalion uf lhe in an cr(orl 10 orrer new repertoire tn lIIeters which will be modcratcly dim· aud pictured in lhe ::tcrumpauying bro· most significant work b)' a 1J0teworthy choirs wilh limilc:d personnel. t..llt fur mall)' dmruscs, but the writing churc) arc actual omtiques, lIot mut.lefll lith·century organist and writer (W. I .. is guud. The first TllU\'Clllclll is slower ropit.'S. Thc continuo pla),ing b) harpsi· Sl~nlller's translaliun in the Orgml h,· Ct''''llle D (.'1111"(I. Oiclrich Buxtehude and IJrimarily humuphollic. The Org-dll chordist Lisa Crawford is eil..'gam and .,tIlllle Quarter/)" 1958 [no lungcr a\'::ti1 · (1657-li07) I ATisla Music Compau)' AE matcrial is lIut laxing and soUlctiUlI..'S apprnprialel)' I..'rnbroidl.'red without be· able], did nol include thc inlrmluclory 180, 75" 5(\U aud orwm whh solos for the churns is rCllui rcd In sing unac ing overJy asscrti\'e in the ensemble. material). Alldrt.'".J.s Werckmcister (1645 two sopranos and a bas.Il (M +) • ulIlipanicd. Ikalltiful lIIusic for mcn's The outstanding compositioll all the 17(6) is ht..,;t-Iwown today for sc\'cral Buxlehude was Ihe greal middle·na H1icl..'S wilh limitcd rolllges which kecps rccord is a unique piece b)' Marin Mar· temperamcnts which hear his name, roque Gennan composer whose lIlusic it within Ihe abilit\, 11.'\'1.'1 o( IIImt malc ais, "The Scale in the "-onn or a Small but this trcatise re\'cals other areas in and service iIlIlO\'alions in lhe Uibeck rllnin. Opera." rite long work is a rort o( suite which hc was expcrt. In his 0\\'11 day \larienkirche pro(ollndly influenced}. S. (£.or Uute, baroque \'ioHn and bilss viol, he was csteemed b)' such worthies as Bach. This tweh'c .page Latin motet set. with a st.'Cond viol assisting thc harpsi· 8uxtchude and Arp Schnitgcr; the lauer ting is a challenging work with (re. chord continuo) in which thc scctions honored him with a rhymcd endorse· quent melislUatic pa55age5 for all sec· gradually modulate all the wa)' up thc ment which concludes: tions. The organ music is a \·err·casy scale and back down. In terms of ooth "For as posterity this treasure will realization of a figurcd baS5 part. The HecOl'ds IlCrfonnance and compoSition, here i5 a acccpt, ranges for chorus 3re excellent, bUI superb example of Ie bO'J gofll. His name always among the famous those (or the soloists arc mnre extcnsh·c. -Druce Gustafsou shall be kept. There a re man,. 5111all ~cliol15 whh telll' , .. Uut k.now that un I\' fouls this po ch,mgt..,;, and the work c10SC! with a trt."dtisc call l"C!iCnt, . chordl setting or the Gloria )'atri. This While you. deilr \Vcrckmeister. lu is wOllllcr(lIl repcrtoirc for choil's with hea\'ell shall ascend." Iimih.'11 hill talcntcd singers. Books fhe translation is idiomatic, appt:ars lU be quill.' error-free. and shO\\'s carc .\lomiug Hal /lrukt: lI . alT. Robert J. in iL'i exccutinll. There arc numcrous I'uwell. AlIgsburg Publishing l'louse, II_ Wallace Gnudrich: The Organ in help(ul cxplanatory rootnotcs and cdi· 178S, -I!it!, SSA wilh organ (E) . Francc. Roston, 1971 1917; unabridgrd torial clllendatinlls. The preface alld , .In this sin\\" and ICIUJer selling ror rcprint, Portland, 1\lainr: Longwood dedication or the first re\'iscd cdition oSSA chorus, unl)' a small portion o( Ilrt.'M, 1976. xh', 168 pp., $20.00. (1698) arc includt.-d, as arc Schnilger's the anthcm is 3ctual1)' in three pal·ts. " In 110 other ((Iuutq [i.e., France1 puc:n and facsimiles of the title page The chorus sings in unison and two has the organ achic\'cd so high a posi· and illustration. Only the table of con. parts O\'cr a gelltle H/·I organ back. tion uf hOllul' among lIIusidans, or tcnts sc..'Cms tn havc ht.'en rc\'iscd slightl)", groun~1 Ihat has a lint:'ar approach ha\'e so many of the greatest conlem. to l1IaL:e it more uscful. The miginal matdung that of the mices. The illstrll p IHlT~ Concerto, (or example? For Frcnch el'cd thc latter thc most important part GORII Plutlmmn: orl Certo;" Leart/et/ Uejoice ami Sing. Albcrt Zabel, Hope music, the organist searches Ihc Schwanll and perhaps it is. Inn the lirsl part is T~~.C.ls) h}' John Gregory (1650). illU..I I'uhlishing Comp.:UlY, F. 951, 40" thrcc catalogue in vain (or good. recordings an cxcelletll introductiun 10 the }-'rcncll \\ Ilhalll Junes' Oblt:rvatimls in " Jour. cl)ual \'oict.'S anti organ (E). of m::tinstrealll music: Lully opcras and Olgan in general and cxplilins mallY ut!}' Iv P,n;l. This last, published in This fast and happy anthcm has an the chamber music which was 50 im· matters which mighl otheT\\'Uc sccm 1777, dcals with a \'isil to Ihe French optional percllssion part for finger cym portant to court and arislocratic life. exccptional t(l the American who has capilCll in which M. Dc LII(c's playing bals, with the la51 \'CUC ha\'ing a three Those with a more scholarly bent will not previously heard ur pla)'ed French or the organ at Nolre Dame is compared part homophonic texture. The ranges also be thwartcd in their scardl for organs. It 5hould be noted that the to colltclllporarr London performances. arc limitl..-d; 'he character or the music scores or this music, for even sOllie or lIIusic the author was concerned with is !he book is plainl)' but handsomely is such that it would work well ror a the most important works o( the period thal of thc latc Romantic period - prllltcd and bound. It will sen e as a youth chorus in a church, especially do not exist in modern editions (in con· Fmllck. \\,idor, Vieme, ctc. - bUl much curiositr item in the libraries (If those with members or the junior high age. trru;t to thc situation with organ music, (If his infonllation is applicable to ear who ha\'c already collecled the more The material is solllcwhat repctilh·c almost e\'er)" scrap o( which has been licr music, thanks to the remarkable 5ignific-dm Iiteratutc. ami the organ music \'ery simple. printed) . umtinuitr in !ilandarcJized registraliclIIs - Arthur Lawrence THE DIAPASON by Larry Jenkins pUblishctl and f(ll Ihc lItuSI part un' An Interview with Christopher Hogwood known which gh'c ),el rurthel' insight into baroque performancc practice and C:hri!'!IOfJhcr Hogwood has been al !-Ic thrh'l.'S 011 ideas, ahotH his I'e· is willing to conduct such scmiuan in lhe forcFrnnl of Ilcilrly e,"cry aspect of cently 3cquil'cd house, his garden (where conjunction with IInh'cl'Sity music de. the c.nly music world since his student this imcn'iew took place) , ruture hooks, parlmcnls when hi~ hUlIY ~hcdule 011 . da),s ill Cambridge. where he read cla!'; futurc rcomling pmjccts, Conccrning lows. !iio lind music at Pembroke Collcgf..·. thc harpsichnnl and iL'i usc. "To 111e In 19i3 he rOUlull'd the Academy (If Pli .. Icathers there included Thurston thc h3rp~ichord is an accompanying in· Ancicnt Music. the firM complcle early l>aTI. a prime force in bringing perroT. strument. Snlo rccitals ou the harpsi. das.~ical orclll..'l'tl'a pla)'in!: nn allthentir nmnt.:L"!'I IIf pre-classical works to the con· thurd arc generally boring," Ami yet he instnlll1elHS of the period. The group (cll plalCuTIII. HngwlKJiI then went In j, nol :1\er!oC to reconling snln recitals, has made 111 311)' recl)nlin~" and has he' -'pain. where he studied wilh Rafad "lIch :IS My I.ady Nn't!lIe'~ lIook two COIIIC widely L.IIUWIl rnl' il'l perrormancc.'S I'u),ana ;uIII );)lcr WilS mulCT the lull" )'r-ars :um rul' l)Ccca, He is \'er~ prmlfl of lilh and IRlh cCUllln' music ill \':lri. lage nf GusIOJ" Lt.-onhardt. As tt..'1:ipiclil u£ this I'l.'tonling, ou~ gruupings. l>ccca · :11111 Hogn-ond 11£ a IJrilish Council scholarship he wa!l " I wnllid not likc to lIIuJertakc a (tc· ha\'e de\'iscd a scril."S flf 2i recordings to ahle 10 spend a )'L";JT in Prugnc, engaged conling) projcCl such as the complete appeal' O\'er Ihe IIcxl rOllr Y'.. at5. Ihe in fL"Sl'ilrch and study at Charles Uni work., of The Amerkan Illstitute of Organ· Lecturl's nccupietl lIlust nr Wcdues. huiJdel'!l held ils firth allllu DECEMBER, 1977 5 Appointments Paul Halley has been eppointed orgenist J ames W. Biggers, Jr. has been op and mester of the choristers at the Cathe pointed to the music steff of the Episcopal drel of Soint John the Divine in New York Church of the Ascension in Cleerweter, City. He comes to this position from Florid", where he will develop e compre Christ Ch urch CGthedrel. Vencouver, hensive progrem for "dult end youth Sritish Columbia. Mr. Halley begon his choirs. Mr. Biggers received his early new duties September I. training ot the choir school of the Cathe dral of Saint John the Divine in New York City and earned underglGduate ond gradullte degrees et Northwestern Univer sity. He hes formerly held positions at Christ Church, Gerv, IndioOtl , St. John's Episcopal Church. Tampa, Florida, ond St. Peul's Episcopal Church, Winter Haven, Florida. Robert M. Turner h.lu recently been ep pointed tonel director end heed voicer of Harris Orgen" Whittier, CGlifornie. Prior to essuming this posit ion, Mr. Turner Haig Mardirosian hes been oppointed opere ted his own firm in Hopewell, New director of music end org"nist ot the Jersey. Gnd was responsible for the build· Cathedral of Seinl Thomos More, Arling. ing of e number of instruments, including ton. Virginia. He leaves 0 post as music those et First Presbyterien Church, Treno director tIt Reformation lutheran Church. ton, NJ, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, Weshington, D.C .. end continues es heed New York City, end the Church of St. of the orgen performence foculty tIt the Micheel end St. George in St. Louis, Mo. American University, Woshington. where Under his direction the Herris firm, esteb he also teoches theory end conducting. lished in 1967 by Dovid C. Harris, plens Dr. M"rdirosian's duties ot the cethedral to continue the construction of new or of the Northern Virginia diocese include gans, es well &s the rebuilding of existing Hens Vigeland hlls been lIppointed orglln· training the cathedral choir and a chil· instruments, utilizing mechonicol, electro. ist lind choirmoster of the First Congrege dren's choir. He s essisied by Robert l. mechanical, end eledro-pneumatic actions.. tional Church of Greet Borrington, Messo Wyant cathedrGI orgenist. chusetts, the seme church which he served when he started his coreer. The church hes o 65·stop instrument built by Hilbourne Douglas L Butler has joined the foculty Roosevelt, which is the subiect of ~r. of Portl"nd Community College, ROCk Vigeland's article itA S~mmer Remin Creek campus, in Port lend, OregOJ'l. where he teaches musicianship end chorus. He iscence It which appeered In THE DIAPA SON November 1976. He will continue leaves a position as director of music at as or~enist of the Berkshire School. the First Uniteri,," Church but continues on the organ faculties of Reed College, Michael G. McGuire hes been op Portland State. and the University of Port pointed director of music et lafayette land. This seeson he hes joined Fred Seut· Avenue Presbyterian Church in Buffalo. ter in premieres of works written for trum· New York, where he succeeds M~ry Elle.n pet and organ by William Albright end Burgomaster. A netive of St. lOUIS, he IS Rudy Shadelford. Dr. Butler is under the currently 0 cendidete for the MMus m"negement of Artist Recitols. degree et the Stefe University College, Fredonia, where he is e student of John Hoffman. Mr. McGuire holds undergredu ete degrees from Centrol Me~hod!st Co! lege and Michigan Stete University. HIS organ teachers heve included Ronald Arnatt, Gereint Jones, Luther Spayde end Kathleen Thomerson. Thomas F. Froehlich hes been appointed Mark Carter Johnson has been ep orgonist of the First Presbyterian Church pointed organist.choirmester at Groce of Dallas, Texas, where he ploys e new 3- Episcopel Ch~~ch in Utice., New Yorl:. He menual trader of S4- renks by Robert L Edith Ho has been appointed orgenist leeves II poslhon et ChrISt Church. An Sipe {see the April 1977 issue ofthis journ choirmaster of the Church of Ihe Advent dover, Moss"chusetts. Mr. Johnson is a al for the specificetion}. Mr. Froehlich re in Boston, where she succeeds Philip Stein. greduote of Phillips Academy, Andover, ceived his undergraduete degree et Low haus who had held that position for the lInd he eHended the Boston University rence University, Appleton, Wisc .• where previous nine years. She leaves a position Tanglewood Institute. He hes 0150 studied he wes e student of Miriam Cl"pp Duncen, as director of music at the United Church in Centerbury. Englend. and his masler's degree in orgen perform on the Green, New Haven, Ct .. where ance from Northwestern University, where she hlld been for three years. Miss Ho, e Douglas Paul Forbes hes been ep he studied with Wolfgeng RObsem. He wes nlItive of China, received the BMus and pointed organist end choirmoster of Grece a finalist in the 1975 Ft. W"yne competi MMus degree from the Peabody Conser. Episcopal Church, lowren -c;.e. Mossechu tion and studied for two years in Peris vatory of Musie in Baltimore. She has sethi, where he succeeds the lete Fre~ E. wah Mllrie Claire Alain. Prior to eccepting studied orgen with Arthur Howes, Heinz J ones. Mr. Forbes is e OtItive of Weshmg the Da lles position. he was director of mu· Wunderlich. and Helmut Walcha, end has ton , D.C.. and was 0 member of the sic for St. Michllel 's Angeliclln Church in concertized throughout the United States Weshington Cathedrel Choir before et P"ris. lind Europe. She has held teaching posi tending the New England Conservetory Alan Barthel hlls been nemed director tions at Peabody Conservatory, Gettysburg and the Boston Conserve tory. For the of music for First St. Andrew's United past five yeers he ha s been the enistent Joyce Anne Schmanske has been ep College, and Dickinson College. Church of Canade in London . Ontario, pointed director of liturgical music for the et the Church of the Advent in Boston; He received his BA degree from Drev. Henson Markham has been appointed he will continue es director of music et the campus ministry progrem et Saint Mery's vice president - director of publications Univt rsity. his MMus degree from Butler College. Notre Dame, IndiGna, where she for Theodore Presser Compliny, music pub Advent School. University, and his MSM degree from lIlso teeches theory ond piano in the mu lishers in Bryn Mewr, Pe. He will be re Herman C. Taylor hes been oppointed Christilln Theologicel Semintlry. His or sic department. She is a native of Detroit, sponsible for directing the publishing University Organist end AssociGte Profes. gan teachers heve included lester Beren Michigen, and earned her undergroduote plogram of the entire organization, in sor of Music ot Dille.rd University in New broid. Cherles Henderson, and Ernest degree from Wayne Stete University, os 0 cluding lIffilillted compllnies. The Presser Orleans, louisiane. He leeves e position White. In lIddition to his work at the student of Rey Ferguson. She received her Compllny has elso announced its appoint at Preirie View A and M University, church, he will continue GS musiclll direc masters degree et Northwestern Univer. ment es sole U.S. representative for Prairie View, Texes. A biogrephy and por tor of Aeolian Town Hell in London Gnd sity and is currently working on the DMA Roberton PublicGtions of BuckinghGmshire. treit of Dr. Teylor appeered in the August as publisher of the Ernest White Edition, degree there, where she is a student of Englend. 1976 issue of this journal. Fairfield, Co ..... Wolfgang Riibsem. o Sine. 1906 VISSER-ROWLAND R to all our friends from G A 713;t.88-7346 2033 JOHANNA A-2 N :11.. S'lmto/o/ Qua/iI'I HOUSTON 770S5 COMPANY,INCORPORATEO p 645 W~ST 32ND STREET. P. O. BOX 1U55 • ~RIE, PA. 16812 ~ JEROME B. MEYER &SONS International Society of Organbuilders E 233' SO. AUSTIN ST. QU AlIT Y PIPE ORGAN SUPPLtES 5 MILWAUKEE, WIS. 53207 6 THE DIAPASON c P 38. S T HVA,CINTHE-QU£eEC , CANAOI).. ~asauanr frt'~f§ u2'~~ October lat~ 1977 To our friends, You may recall MY letter of a year AgO which appeared as an advertisement in this journal. I stated then my firm intenti on and commitment to continue nnd strengthe n the p ipe o r gan d i vision of our company. As an ongoing exprcBo ion o f this commitment, Ca s avant Frercs Limitcc haG created a subsidiary in the S tato o f Texas, Casavant Frcres Inc. C.F.I., as this new organization will be known, will offer a unique service to churches and educational institutions in the States of Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Arkansas. Sacked by the financial, technical and ar~istic resources of one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of quality pipe organs in North America, the professionally trained personnel of C.F.Y. will make available a complete range of services related to the pipe organ: tuning and mainte anee of pipe organs, regardless of type, builder or age, - assistance in setting up a maintenance program designed to keep your instrUIDent in the best possible condition at a fair price, - counsel and services for the purchase of new pipe orqans, - tonal revisions and revoicing, - rebuilding and additions, - restoration of worthy instruments, - acoustics, - fund raising and financing, - emergency service, and pre-planning assistance for architects and building committees. Undor the experienced end able direction of General Manager David Marshall, I feel that C.F.I. will provide a full spectrum of pipe organ services which will be a standard for the industry. It is our intention to expand this concept throughout the United States. For further information, please write to us. Sincerely, -- ., BFN:lrn M"/sOH fONDlE EN tlU fST&lUSHEO IN 111$ TELEPIIONE 1514) 17;J'$OQ; l Management Arts Im"ge ltd. has e .. ponded its mlln· agamont operations to Europe. where lon· don.hosed activities are headed by Fred. erid Symonds end Michael MacKenzie. Mr. Symonds. It native l ondoner and general secretary of The Orgltn Club for the Plut 12 yeers, w,n form ely in an "dministrlltive capacity with the New Philharmonic Or chedra : Mr. MacKenzie. f'fm Scotland, is secretary of the Wegner Society tIond an economist by training. Aqency president Philip Trudenbrod remeins directly in cherge of North American operetions. He has re cently announced the following ad. ditions to his roder. Huw Lewis holls been added to the list of concert orgollnists represented by Ads Imollge Ltd. He wes born in WoIIles in 1952 lind studied at the Royal College of Mu sic in london end et Collmbridge Univer sity (Emmllnuel College', before moving to the United States to pursue graduate wor~ oIIt the University of Michigan. Mr. lewis was the first prize winner in the fin.. Fort Wayne competition and holls performed widelv as a recitalist in North Americ" and Europe. He is organist choirmaster of St. John's Episcopal Church in Detroit and 011 faculty membe r oIIf W ayne State Un;v."Hy. J C s o o H C R y R H G o I L A u S ] N O.vid Hurd. winner of the 1977 ICO im provisation and performance competitions. s T C S has been added to the Arts Image list, as M K " pert of his first prol e award. He ii or A E ganist end church music instructor at the S R General Theological Semin,,'Y I Epi"op"l). end music director'org"nist of the Church of the Intercession, both in New Y o r~ City. A gradu"te of Oberlin College, he has ta~en grllduate wo r~ ot the M"nhatten School of Music and tho University of North Carol in ", Chopel Hill. He is a com· poser end member of the Standing Com· mission on Churc h Mu sic of the Episcopal Church. Heinz Lo hmun, orgenist of the Kirch. Zum Heilsbra nnen in Berlin, hos loined the list of ortish represented by Ark Imege ltd. He hes recorded ovor 30 discs formed throughout Europe. He oppeared as a recitolliist ond leclurer at the Internoll tionol Congress of Organists in Philedel phioll during August. Mr. lohmann's fint North America n tour is scheduled for No. for various Europeen IlIbels and has per. vember 1978. Ragna, Biornsson, conc~rt organist from St.I"JkOolas Epi~cq)Ql (hurd) Icelllnd. has been tldded to the roder of Arts Ima ge Ltd., a nd will play his first Richfield, Minnesota North Americ"n performances in late Odober and ea ny November, PHS. Mr. Bjornsson is organist of the cathedral in 2 Manuals 8 Stops 10 Ranks Rey~i"vi c a nd is II regular conductor of the Icel"ndic Symphony Orchestrl!. /li nd of John A. Frykman 'th e Na tiona l The"tre O pe reo . He studied Area Sales Representative in Germany and Holland and has toured in northe rn Europe, includ ing Ruuia. Raymond Daveluy, org"nist of the Oroll tory of St. Joseph in Montreal, hes ioined the list of concert organists reprosonted by Douglas Lo1wrenf;e, concort Ct rg"nist from A rts Imollge ltd . The well·l:nown Canadian Australia, will be represented in North musicie n is olso a visiting professo r at Mc· America by Arts Image Ltd. He will ma~e G ill University end director of the his first lour to this country in O elober Montreel Conservotory of Music. Mr. litE RElITEIl .ORGAN COMPAHY • BOX 486 AM 1978. Mr. Lawrence teaches ot the Uni Dollveluy hes toured edensively in Europe TELEPHONE (9131 84:1-2822 LAWRENCE, KAHSAs _ versity of Melbourne and has mllde com and North America, and has mode record. mereiel recordinos on A usfralilln labels. He ings on four commerdal lebels. He spe. studied in Vien na for two yeen with Anton cializes in the interpretation of 11th and Heiller oIInd performs reg uloll rl y in Europe. 18th-century French argen literature. 8 THE DIAPASON THE SUNBURY PRESS is proud to announce the publication of THE ORGAN-BUILDER (L 'Art du jacteur d'orgues) by FRANCOIS BED as CELLES translated by CHARLES FERGUSON with the assistance of Charles B. Fisk and Fenner Douglass Two volumes 11 x 17 inches; 410 pages of text, 101 full page illustrations; 36 oversize fold-out illustrations. All illustrations reproduced at full scale from the Colby College original. Buckram binding with uncut margins. ISBN 0-915548-02-x AVAILABLE NOW. $ 320. postpaid through December 31. . THE· SUNBURY· PRESS • Scholarly hook...s for Pla)'ers & Bttilrlers P. O. Box 1778 . Raleigh, North Carolina 27602 French Music of the Grand Siecle a Report by Bruce Gustafson A small "umber of mU51CI3115 from Je bneuis d'un rnartire in £ogneu." de before. the soft-spoken :ntisl ga"c a Tuesday afternoon. David Fullc=r: "Organ 5;ever.a1 loc;alions in the easlt."t"n section Coun·iJle; "M.. Bngtte non ~gtte," 'cry dear and interesting demonstra· Venus Lure in 1he An of the Cbvr or the country joined Yale Unh'crsil)"'s anonymous. Lul~ solo: Prelude. Allr tion of thc minor differences betwccn dniltes." Caculty ::md slutlcnLS for a scriL"S of stim mande, Courante, Canaries. and Sara· (he (wo most popular tllnings for Ihe Mr. Fuller's lecture w:as a coml?lclely Ulating concerts :lIId lectlln-s. October g. bande in D Minor, D. and E. Cauhi~r. inslrument, and of the considerable di. reworked "crsion of the paper willch he II . It is rare for a conference to be dc Soprano, organ and 'erlto: Prrmirre and "ergt nce or the guilar's, music Crom presented at Saint 1\.Jar)·'s Harpsichord vDIN [0 lith-century French music, and Second~ ~ns d~ Tcn~bres, Fran~is that for lute. BLOUse Ihe baroque Kuhar Wt.'Ckcnd, three weeks earlier. Ha"ing the inclusion of repertoire for lute, harp Couperin. was llined with almost all of the heard both ,'enions of the presentation. sichord and org'lIl made this gathering strings in the same Iwitllr.l. its music I rind it difficult to n:st... in my cn· even more spl..'Cial. The mccting-\'al"i· The symposium began whh a recital nc,'er invol\'t.-d significant amounlS or thusiasm for this scholar's ahili Iy 10 ously listed In publicit)' as "the Fourth by Phyllis Curtin. She has certainly polyphony or the melody-bass polarity sharpen his already acule perceplions. Organ SymposIUm," or "Scventeenth· earned her wide reputation as a semi· of lule music. It was, in fact, only as Here he w:as able to make effective usc Century French Music, a Sympo!iiolll th·e. intelligent singer with a beautiful the lute began its gr.adual decline in of a large, almost.French organ (the Featuring Organ, H:upsichonl. and mice and an impeccable tt."Chnique. Un popUlarity about 1650, th:».t the guitar Bc£ker.lth). a harpsichord, a haroque Voice," hut actually called "French rortunatc1r this instrument simply (like the harp-dchord) rose in prom· lute, and guitar (the laller two instru· Music of the Cr.and Sii."Clc"-was coordi. could not be scaled down to the dy. inence. ments played by Mr. and Mrs. Strb..ich). mated by organist Charles Krigbaum. In namic and stylistic demands of singing The gencral thrust of the paper has al· addition to Mr. Krigbaum and his col nirs dt co"r (listed in the progr..m as Monday afternoon. William Hays: ''Rrg. . ready been discussed in this journal leagues at Yale (sopr.mo I'hyllis Cur "airs du coeur"!) with lute accom· istration in the Organ Works of The (No,'ember, 1977, p. 8), and ~nc can tin and harpsichordist Richard Rep· paniment. Ms. Curtin was further loure - Quc:sc.ions Without Answers." only add here that the second mcarna henn), six guests played or k'Ctured: hampered by a bad cold and gnciously Aftcr an hour's hreak, William Hays don brought into clearer focus th~ organbt Fenner Douglass (Duke Ulli\'er· apologized Cor ending the program part pTtoscnlt'd a short amI li,'cly talk 11\ organ's surprising hack of importance to sity); musiCOlogists D:l\'id Fuller (Slale w:a)' through the second of the Le~o,rs de which he outliru.·d the rather rigid the clnvecHI;sles. The opportunity to Unh'enity of Ncw Yorl:. ;at Bnffalo). 1~,.~I''-es by Fran{Ois Coupcrin. formulas of classic (i.e. • lale 17th ttn· hear duets played by harpsichord and William Hays (Wt"Slminsler Choir Col· Ms. Slril.ich pla)'ed with elegance a tllry) French organ rtoglstrations and IUle was :alone worth the top 10 Yale. lege). and Fn'()erick Neumann (Unin.·r· suite compiled from the worts of En· contrasted them with Ihe lack of an)' sity of Richmond. reliTCd) ; and lute· nemond and Denis Gaultier. The lUle· pcrcci\'abJe timbre assumptions in the Tuesday afternoon. Charln Krigbaum, nists Catherinc Udell Siriz.ich and Rob· nists of 17lh-century France were at works of the great pre-classic masler. organist (Plainsong choir conduc1ed by ert Slriuch (Longy School of Music and the "cr)' heart of court and bourgeois Titelouze (156!J·165!). Mr. Hays com FAlwnrd Wagner). Exsultet C'.or:lum, Mag· the Belmont SchOOl/. They prO\'ided a musical aClh·ity, and the Gaultiers wcre pared the ranges and textures of Tile nincat quarti toni, hnge lingua, nl~ the founding fathers of the style. Much total of four recila sand fh'e kCIllTt'S lauze's pic£es to those of c1assi£ works loule; Fantasie des trom~l1es bas.sc:s d or classes. The namt'S of the composers of the repertoire h3S appeared in mod. and pointed out ways in which ccrtain hautes, Piece, Fanlasie des lrompetles lisled on the concert programs sugg(SI em editions during the past fifteen types of piett'S either could or could basses et hautes, IbOOu; Fanta.ie del the rarified atmosphere of the sym· years, but few lutenists havc yet tackled not have beell played \\,jlh cOfTt'Spond. primo lono, Comet; Tiuc:e en taiU~, the formidible baroque hUe and its posium: Moullnc. Plallson. Gaultier, de ing classic registralions on Ihe organs Basse de trompel1~, Chromhome sur 130 Courville. Couperin (Louis and Fran· reclu'rclle repertoire. Hearing this suite which Tilclouzc knew. Although Mr_ taille, Fran{Ois Couperin; orCenoire sur ~s). LcbCguc, Nivers. Bo}'\in. Raison. Sunday night, one was 'tnlck that its Hays was careful to point out that In grands I' eux, de Crigny. Chaumont, Dandricu. de Grigny, Tile· leclmical and musiClI difficulties were there was no conclusive answer to Ihe ."our o'c ock is a dreary time to play loule. Babon, COntct, Chambonnicrcs. so great that it was almost impossible registralional questions, he proposed a a rc£ital. It is a tribute to Mr. Krig and d'AngleberL The opportunity 10 to perform it in a manner which would pr.lctical scheme of realiz.inf the works baum thal he brought his audience to hear so much of this mllsic concentratcd show Ihe audience why some of these on /Jldu jell, , ,-i o, and g,-om jeu combi· life with a program which was thor· in barely more than t"·o days prm ided melodit.'S bt:came "irtually hit tunes all nations. Thc first part of the lecture oughly satisfying. Beginning with a an aural COntext for the lectures and across Europe by the third quarter of was perh:aps too undocumentt.-d for its liturgical atmosphere crraled by th~ clas.scs, remo, ing an)' ft.'Cling of aca· the cl'ntur),. musicological setting, and the enti~ty usc of a ch:ant choir altem4lting with demic remoteness. would havc been better if it h:ad been ~ronda)' morning, Oclobt-r 10. Frrderkk Ticelouzc's organ verscts, the program Sunday evening, Octobtr 9. Phyllis Cur~ Nc=nman: untidro kcturc. scheduled as a practical session in a moved to the ridiculous with Babou's tin, iOprano; Catherine lJddell Stril.kh, room with an organ. (Illustrating this trines :md Ihen became monumrntal lute; Rolxn StrbJch, lute; Robert Lud· ProC. Neuman is a rrnowm."li musi· cologist who has devotrd his consider· lupic on .. piano w:as ludicrous.) On the with Comet's grand fantasy. The con· wig, organ; Eugene Fritstn, ,·iolonullo. ,,'hole, howc,'er, it was infoTmati\'c and a duding works continued the high level Sopromo and lute: uEOn, la be:mte que able mental acumen 10 Tt'fuling the per. formance practice thcorit"S proposed b)' credit to this organisl.scholar. of musicality and technical accuracy of j'adorr," :£tlenne Moulinic; "u rousee the playing. One mi~hl quibble with .. du joly mols du May." JC:ln Planson; other scholars. His h:ctuTe at Yale {,re· Monday evening. Fenner DouglaS&, or· sented a ,'eritable barrage of mUSical rew line points of historical accuracy - ,,~s moneb de souplrc," anonymous; ganist. Second Ton. LcWgur; OUrrie rn examplt'S gleaned from mcal and key· for such a speciaJized audience, it would "1\Ia Bdl~ Ii ton Ame," anonymous; "Si fugue et dialogue, Niven; Hultlboe board ornamcntation lables of the 171h have been nice to hear the chant sung Ton, Bop'in; orCene du Sme ton, in accompanied piaincllant mu.s;ctJl~ of and carll' 18th cenlluies. His in lent was Raison; Fanbsi~ sur Ie tierce du grand to dispcll the notion, which he claimed the sc,'enteenth century - but the art cla"ier anc Ie Irt'mblant )cnt, Fantasie ist's sure and sensitive renditions of the to be held dogmatically by the estab· sur Ie cromhornc, Louis Couperin; Cha· lishment. that appoggiaturas were al· music on this organ more than com· E. Power Biggs conne en la, Chaurnon:; Duo en cors de pensated for any little might-ha\'e.bcen's. ways played on the beal and Ihat trills chasse sur la tromp~lIe, Dandrieu; Dia· Organ Series always bt.ogan on the upper lIote. Mr. logue ;\ 2 bUies du cromome ct 2 dessus Neumann conceded that kcyboard de comet, Ibssc de trompelle. RCdt de Tuesday evening. Richard Rephann, treatises are remarkably consistent about harpsichordisL Allemande b rare, Cour~ tierc~ en taille, Dialogue de nQt~ Dia~ upper note trills. but he prcscnled e"I' ante I·n, Sarabande, Cigue la Coquette, B.cb, I.S. logu~, de Gdgny. dence which was convincing in its over· CaUlard~, La Drolleric= in A Minor, -MY SPIRIT BE JOYFUL whelming abundance that the practicc Tuc=sday morning, Octobtr II. Fenner ChambonniCrClj P~lude, Allemande, (with 2 Trumpets) ...... 1.95 was not univenal in olher mUSIc, Cer DoURlas: MaSl~rclass, Cen1er Oturch on Coura.nk, Pike de troo IOnes de mou"~ -NOW THANK WE ALL OUR tain inconsistencies in the prCSC!ntation the Gree:u.. menu, Sar.lbande, Gi~, La p3.ltourdle, GOD (with Trumpet) . .. .95 ga\'e this listener the uncomforlable Fenner DouglaS! needs no introduc· Chaconne in D Minor, Loub Couperin; fecling that Mr. Neumann W:l.5 alternate. Prelude, Allemande, Couran1e, ~m tion to readers of this journal. A St.'a' BIKb, W.F. I)' using or ignoring Ihe same el'idence sont.'tl performer and teacher, he h:as bande, Glgue, Call1ard~, Pas&acaWe In C _COMPUlE WORKS FOR as it suited his puf1?OSC:: Frall('Ois Cou also written :an authoritath'c book about Minor, d'Anglebert. perin could be dismissed in some senses The concluding £oncert was played on ORGAN SOLO ...... 3.00 the French classic organ. His recital was lx.'Causc he was csscntially so unsys· p1:aycd on the Ihree·manual \'on 8('£k· a 1760 Taskin harpsichord. one of the BnbDU,J. temalic, but the fact that in his trill erath organ in Yale's Dwight Chapel; crown jewels of the Yale Collection of illustration there were nine nOles in one Musical Instruments. Mr. Rephann. the _II CHORAL PRELUDES 3.00 althou~h hardly a French imtnlment measure and eight in the next was a in baSIC design. its reeds arc su££icientlr director of the collection, knows both Fracobllcll. c." Homillus, G. major building block in the case against piquant and powerful to cafTy :a French this harpsichord and Ihe music vcry upper notr trills. Ne,'erlhdess, this program convincingly. The recital was well, and his musical case was apparent. -..RICERCARE " scholar's forthcoming book about orna· played with musicality .md inlelligence. The program was characterized by reo PRELUDE ...... 2.25 mellladon will be a. "olume with which TIle reasons for Mr. Douglass' quick straint and limpid musical gestun'S. all serious musicians must rc£kon, and Kftbs,J.L tempi and often legato 10uch were o· Conclusion. it will present much new material while plained in the mastercl:ass whkh was --II CHORALE PRELUDES qucstioning current performance prac· held the following morning, using a fine (with Trumpel or Oboe). 3.00 Yalc's symposium was an engrossing Uce. Fisk organ. Prof. Douglass worked wilh gathering for relatively spcci:aUzed mu Moart, W.A. Monday afkrnoon. Robert Strizich: Lec about half a dozen students in his three sicians, It must be noted that the ad hour clOlSS, and he pronxl himsclf to --..FUGUE IN G MINOR ... 1.00 ture d~molUlradon on th~ baroque vance planning was wc=ak, and that thc guitar in France in th~ St'Cond h:alf of be very c£fecti,'e in loosening the rigid £onferencc was not really geared for any SebuMrt, F. the 17th century. application of stylistic "ruit'S." He re significant number oC outsidc~ ..At Yale --..FUGUE IN E MINOR .. . 1.00 Mr. Strizkh discllss<''() and plaYl-d a pealedly led the playcrs to take a larger there is no prctenac: of proViding am· large number of works for baroque "icw of pieces, consciously sacrificing mcnitics: housing. food, and even the SCIlu ...... R. guitar, tracing the e\'olution of the st}'le a few niceties of t1etail in order to pro. 1000tionJ of the events had to be figured out by the indh·idual. and the program _4 SKETCHES ...... 2.00 Crom impro"isetl slrummt.'tI accom· ject the spirit of the works. No French paniments at the beginning of the 17th lreatise, if only .. prefacc to an edition of brochure was an embarrassing jumble of anomalies, inaccuracies, and gram V.rious century to the more precisel}, intabu· music, ever ended wilhout a reference to lated dance groups of the guitar'S hey matical errors. The event was a success. _TREASURY OF EARLY Ie 11011 gOI!t ("tlle good laue." not an however, becausc of the keen intelligence ORGAN MUSIC ...... 3.95 day during the reign of Louis XIV (lumseU a guitarin). Using two guitars. indh'idual's momenlal')' whim. as it is and rine musicianship of the assembled _TREASURY OF SHORlER and laking ad\'antage of the fact Ihat a sometimes misconslrued); this Mr, Doug· leaden, dealing with a small but knowl· ORGAN CLASSICS . .. 2.50 baroque lute had been heard the nilZht lass certainly possesses. cd~eablf' audience. For singl~ 'on approval' "Liste" Rebecca, tile Harpsichord copi~ write on c=on.ult Soumls .• •" organilOtion Im~rhMd to: EDWIN D. NORTHRUP ANDERSON H. DUPREE HARPSICHORD/POETRY Theodore Presser Co. B9A9, .fUR. D. harpsichord male., RECORD FOR YOUNG AND OLD Mercury Music 2475 LEE BOULEVARD 7 Comstock Street CLEVELAND, 0111044118 BY HILDA JONAS Dr,.. DN·2 Germantown, Ohio 45327 SEND $6.50 to SAN}O - MUSIC Brya Mawr9 PenaL 19010 P.O. Do. 16422 TEL. (216) 932-4712 (513) 855-7379 SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 94116 10 THE DIAPASON Elizab.th Freeman played this recitel in london's Purcell Room on September 23: Suite in 0 minor, Couperin; Partita in G. fiarp6ichorJ nW6 S. 829. Bach: F SEVENTH ANNUAL NATIONAL ORGAN COMPETITION ARST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Fort Lauderdale, Florida First Prize - $700.00 Cash Award Other Two Finalists - $100.00 plus Expenses Competition: March 5,1978 Deadline for Applications & :rapes February 1, 1978 Address inquiries, including requests for applications to: J. William Stephenson, Minister of Music First Presbyterian Church In addition 10 Ihe French Iwo-manu.a1 inslrument. we are now producin, a fine, 401 Southeast 15th Avenue .inlle-manual harpsichord. Orden heinr taken rot 1978. fl,OOO .OO. RIchard Klnntoa nan"kilordI. Dept.. D. !!U lIaln 8L. naUu. TIIIZU UfOi. Telephone Fort Lauderdale, Fl. 33301 (:1t, Tn·MH. DECEMBER. 1977 11 The Organ and Choral Music quirtd parts - usually three - on the Ik'(:msc Schcring did not sprinkle his round in churches ;tnd would 0111)' allO\\' organ. In addition, solo singers enter dogmatic theory with words !illch as IInaC'COmp:mied singing during their !\Cr 12 THE DIAPASON (\narchy, while sometilnes slimulating. his skills by adding a little nourish like is also a source of frustr.ltion because the following it constantly forcl..'5 one to make an end· Ic5!'l numher of decision~, The following (St.'C Examplc 2) ~uggl'StioIlS offer a fcw ideas for making Ihose decisions on how In combine Ihe In the Renai5!'lance singeOi, as a mat organ with Renaissance polyphony with, Icr of course, would ha\'e aho weicolllcd out doing \'iolence 10 the original char. this oppurtunit)' to illll,ro\'ise something :ICier of the lIIusic, illlprl"SS i\'c at this cadence - with the mll)'c skilled singers TCOIching to the top Kecp discreetly in the background. IIf their ranges, nut herme an}' public :\Iall~' mleenth· and sixll..'t!nth-ccnIUty pcrformance, the "west!''' eli cappt!lla dlUrch orgaus muM produce an imprcs. ilia)' havc dt!dded whilh singers and in· sh'ely land s()und hut the)' were often sirulllentalists would c: mhl'llish this ca installed in brallerit.-s fal' from the place dellce and which onl..'S \\(mld suslain the whcre the choir sang; a "swallow·nest" original notes; he might ha\'c C\'cn in· organ, placed high ag-din5t thc wall of structed the organist to pla~' the cadence ~ church, sumctiml.."S had h:ltcly enotiRh a:o; written 50 Ihat Ihe nthl'r performers roolll 10 fit the organist at Ih\., consolc, (ould be r.·ce 10 impro\'isc. In all)' case. Accompanying a chorus would ha \"c bccn Rell:lissance performers wuuld ha\'c been impo,.,ihlc from thcse relUole instru· hnuifil.-d at the way Palestrina's plagal ment'l, If thc organist wanted to support l-..dence is usually tTcated toda}': .. chuir, a slllaller portable iuslrument wotlld hale becn used. For this reaSOll, (Sec Example :l) :111)' accompan)'ing on the organ shullici try 10 approximatc the dclic:nc sollnd r\I'OLOGIA uf these ~ mall instrumenl.. . A challlher urgan might cOllie close t'uough 10 Ihe Organists who try some IIf these sug· righl sound, Thc miniature lap.sized gl.'Stions may find the), ha'-e 10 deal portative, of len Cound in the all~c1 or· with imlc performcrs and listcners who chl'StrOlS of fi£t~nth . century "'Icrnish still il\5i~t that the onl}' authentic wa)" paintiugs, is impossible 10 imitate 011 :1 tn perform fifteenth. aud sixll'cllth· modcrn organ; the besl wa)' 10 I'cpro· cemnry voeal polyphony is without in· lYTOm .. Hie v.;:;;;;::;:-';'raYed from strulilents, e\'CIi thc organ. So oftcn, dllce the sound of Ihis s1ll311 instrument Publbhecl by Hleroaymlll Coc., Aatwerp. is 10 huild one. lI"n~lle. (C:.hIMl ~lel F... tanlr>e.I , Il.epruo.lUC' ... ltJ,o Pt'ftIIlul"", howc\'er, these suppo!>Cdly authentic pCTfunu:mces we hear - shapl'd and Ilia)' the organ as if it ,,'cre a single Letting the organ subslitule for a lowed the organist In impl'o\'isc sollie· mnlded h) the exprcssh'e hands o£ a wind instnlmcnt or group of instru part will opcn up a large repertory of thing more elaborale. conductor - blalantly contradict the ments dOUbling nlCll parts. ambitious choral works for man)' chor· The modcrn organist who tril.'S to add Renaissancc (and Baroque) ideal of a US(.-'S that ha\'e seldom \'cntured beyond this "forerunner" of the 'J(uw cm";lIIw pcrfonllancc th:it "just happens," with. ".. his is the most clCl1Il'lItil f) (orllt o( Ihe coufines of the SATB ensemble, nut 10 a madrigal by Mareilliu or a motel accompanying, The oqfolJlisl c.Juplicah,·s 0111 Ihe constant manipulation of a con· une drawbacl:. is that switching a part by Las... us will find that hiSlorical in· ductur. In othcl' words, what pa."!ieS olle or more of the \'oeal parts ami, H frum \'oicc to organ may work wcll in ronnatiull doc'S nnt alwa\'s translatc intu 1)(}S..'iihle, gh'es Ihe imprcssion that re· for the "pure (J caNu~lIa sUlllld" of Rell :t I)it:c~ with " complicaled pol)'phonic r.ractiGd n,·sullS. We cim nC\'el' l:.nu\\' cordcrs, or recd instrument'!, or strings aissolnce pol)'phony too often rcpresents lexture lun nut In ;\ t:ompnsition with 1f 'UII)' improvised act Uinpanillll'nl is a thorough modcrnization o( this mu arc doing the jot". Doubling a dirricuh. a chordal 0'- h)'mulike sound. "' aulhCll1ic" or IIOt. RcnaisSOJncc compu, ;Icrobalic middle part will be especially sic, in ordcr 10 makc it more acceptablc Experiment by pbying the ba55 with an sers and instrumentalists were oftcn lie · 10 modern 3t1diellcl..'S, helpful and wilt kccp the pitch frol1l crelh'c a hout their tcchniques, ami p rc ,,'andering, There is collsiderable roo ... imrrm'isnJ accompanimenL nut, in a sense, modernization is an cise directions (or filling oUl :II kcyhuaTd Thc historical justifiatiull fOT this old 5tOl)' "'ilh Rcnaissance music. E\'er)' here ror experimentation concerni1lg part hom a bass wcrc lIul puhlishl'1l lal..l'S a _'iOlllcwhat ronndahout ronle: In brencr.ltion since the end of thc Renais· ,,'hal min.'" In douhlc and how, but, in until the c;lrl) 1600's." the Baroque Period «(n, Iftl)()·1 i50) sance has adjuslcd this music to fit any case, the Im\,cst voice should al\\'a~$ It wnllill be most helpful if sOlllcone kc),board players imprO\ ist.'tl accompani contemporary ideals, I\~ soon as the Ba· hc douhled. Whcn thc organ plays all disco\'c l'\.'d a lUust)' early sc\·enteeuth· upper ():lft without al50 plal'ing lhe mcnts to picces using the lowest notcs roquc style hegan to emerge about 1600, and t:honJ symbols as a guide. This Iype ccntur)' treatise which expl:1iul..'tl Ihe tuwest H~icc , the in5t rumcnt can some. slep·by-slep de\'clopmcnt nf keyboard new·fanglcd 11QJSo cont;lIuo parl.. wcre of accompaniment, tht: mUlo cOlllilJlw, addcd tlO) old Renaissance masterpieces,n limes .~und " stranded" and out ofJ'lace. accompanimcnt frolll the duplication uf existed ill SOlllc cmbr}'onic form in thc The Rcnaissance worl:.s that were still Two other things to be a\'oide arc the bass part 10 the figllH.'d bas!i. SiXll"ellth (Cnttln', bcc:lUse a few Italian My being perform cd in the se\'cnteclllh and l'Iaborate registrations and hcavy Hi' (I\\'n suspccion is th:lt such a ttcutisc stops in the &Jass, l'uhlishers in tlie late 1500's l)Cb",n to eightl'Cnth u'nturies - mostly composi. would dl'SCfibe how org:llnisl~ in the late ISMle sacrcd ;uu) 5I:Clllar choral music lions from the Roman School - wcrc Renais50Jnce bl'gan to realize the), could with parts called " INWO pu I'mgarw" often gh'ell modernized cadencc~ and Let thc organ replace patti. "feel" the hllrmonies of Paleslrina, Las· en "lmllO gc"eralt:. " or somethillg simi ~ instrumental hacking. Mall), choruJiC~ stav :1\\3)' frolll Ren sus, Byrd, Victoria, and others on Ihe lar. ( rhe music in these IJarthooks con· JII 1;40 J(lh:mll Sebastian Bach copied aissance compositiuus Ihal call (01' an)'. ,isIS csselltially o( Ihe nutes the bass l.:cyboard, 1,.'jo pt.'Cially if Ihc)' hact a hass thing larger than :111 SATn cnsemhle, part to look. al: the.sc " Iatc" compuscrs I'alesllina's !U;l.JtI Sine Nomi,,#! for st-< sinWi or thc 100\cn nuk'S hut without \'oices and prepared a pcrfonnance score with the cxcuse that they do not ha\'c Ihe U:\roquc ahbrc\ ia tiolls for chords.) oftcn had whal we would call de;lr enough \'oicC!li to co\'cr all the pariS, fOT the KHie anel Gloria. III his ar· SIIl(e Ihc publi.dlcrs did uot announce chord probFfessions iu miud when the)' The organ can be of hclp here b)' tak· ",rote a pil'ce, and their polyphonic lines rallgcment 'cornetti pia), along with the t"l'SC l)1'gan part'! as sClllu!thing re\'olu· two soprano I,arts and rour trombon~ ing m cr onc or more of Ihe \oice parts tionalY. it would aplJCar Ihat organists, seem to come out or Ihl.'SC predclcnnilled and thc luwl..'5l \oice. For example, let hannonies. This imagin:lf)" tl'e;ltise dnuhlc the ;1 to, two tenors, and bass. :u leasl in Itah', had for some time bcen There arc continuo parts for both or· 11.'1 supposc there i~ a splendid motet thinking or kc'} hoa),d accompanimcnt 0lS would go on to sOIY that earher Rcn :ti~· ror all SA Trn enscmble but bard)' sance pol),phony h\' the "'ranco·Flemish gan and cembalo. Juhann Gottlob Har ~mu!thing th:11 Went (rum the bottom lcr, nach's SIlCCl'S!Wlr at Leipzig, adaptl.,() cnuugh tenors HI cm'er one part. The lip, LOllg be(ore the Baroque period, masters \\as :mull,,;r maHer entirel),. ... \u fullowing division of the parts would organist could casil)' pl:l)' the bass ur at least fotlr of Pall"Strina's Masses for ht, worlh trying: org'Jnisls hat! probably supported choral the chapel of :1 conrt oUidal in Dresdcn; singing by pla)ing the bass with the an ingeniously complic:llcd motct h) Harrer IeHI adeled organ :tnd ins(fumcn· left hand lind, wilh the right h:tnd , thcy josquin or perhaps e\'en the whole Sopro"," lal pal't~ In back up the choms. added ~J11\C lIok'S now and then. An piet:e, bill finding tlte implied hannon· Alto 10 on the l.:cyboanl "'flU hi be au almcJ!i1 In the (';mrlr" lid P(lrna~"'n ( 1725) Lhmu~ organist whn \\as IInl tCI)' familiar with Tellor II Ihc compmitiun could ha\'e restricted impossible lask, hcC;IUSC each ,'ocal part Johann .Joseph FilS described two types f, Bass Ihe extra IInlt's ill thc right hand to is so independcnt. of tl ra/JIJrlln musIc Ilmt existed in hi~ the Sl.'clions whcre he heard standard Until 5udl a ucatisc is round, OlWIII. lillie: "withelill !ligan and othCT instru iSl" t()()a)' arc rree to experiment, pm· \,' jth Organ feuol Gulenu-s ur cliches; grl-ater familiarity ments; aucl the organ and other { na~s with Ihc compo!iitinn would h:ne 01.1· vidcd the)' (irst immerse thcmsch'l.'S in instrumenls," (He was rdcrring to Ren· the stud), of Renaissance music and :Ip' aiss:ul(:e WOIks that wel'e ~till pcrfonned proach the whole mallcr with a certaUl in Ihe Iml)Crial Chllpel :md elsewhere; ,- 1 amount of fear and trembling. What hc also hacl in mind the ueo-Rcnaiss:lI1cc works for l'ait.'Strina may min Jos')lIin, church colltl)(Jsilions by composers such ill'! AUluniu Lulli :lIId himself.) Perhaps Add omamcn15. these sc\'Cnl\.'Clltll- alI(I eightcenth.cen u Renaissallce composers a~umcd that tury "nrcheslraticms" of n cap/lelia Rcn· .a- pel'fonncrs would embellish the bare ais~lIlce IIIUlIic, l..'Speciall)' Palcstrina's 110tl..'S UHlt they prm'icled 011 the page. Massc!, could he dismis.\Cd as a total .0. a In fact, what i:o; snmctimcs descTibed misunderslandlng of the slylc. But an as thc "purit~" of RCllaissance pol)'· olher couclusicm is 1>05!'lihle: The added phfllt)' di!lappcarcd occasionally under thoroughhas.'I paris (or the organ and the wcight of trills, rllUS, and other the instrument;11 doubling may indicate T glittcring displa)'s of \'irtuosit) addl'tl IIOt :t distortiun of the original but a -c by :o;ingers and instnunentallst'!. "or ex· continuation nr the common Rcnai5S3l1ce ... ample, the final cadellcc of the Sallctus practice . from Palestrina's rather plain M;ssn The Gcrman Romantics :1IIc.J scholar! Aeterna Christi Mlmera consislS of twu \\ ho re\ h'cd this music in the nine· whole-note chords in modcrn notation; teenth century all as:sumcd that the \'OU might say thai the composer hall ("hnil of the Sistinc Chapel, which docs deliberatel), prO\ ideu a 'ery COnspicUUII!' place where the organist could show off (Cm,/hllled, /mge 1·1) ~ &dl1nW1 fJJlj g j '" r.- ~ ... .- .. .t, -~ fP c.uc., ...... Ito If .1 ...... "cc.~It. . eI..... '''~ISI "'t'\4"""1EO - .. D c_ .c - -.. - V .;.. 'Iample 2; 'UH"ted ca.... flal ft•• ,I, .. " Exampl. 3, typical cadenHal laterp,.""'n DECEMBER, 1977 13 NOTIIS The Organ and Choral Music 1 At lhe tum of the century, HulO Leichten (coflt;nucd /rmn p. IS) tnU made a stlldy of countless paintings, en not c\'cn use an 0'lP"' had continued gr.avinp, and olher reprenntatiom of mUlic the authentic tradition of the Renais· making in th~ late M,ddle ~ and Renais tantt. On the bu. of thil invt:Sdption he sance, just as it had prcser\'cd so much questioned the prevailinR opinion that most music from that period in ,its repertory. old music was unllc:c:ompanitd. TIle visual artl, This is wh)" generations of organists he maintail1ed, reveal ItImething quite differ· had 10 wait until the chorus rinishcd a ent_ "Singen alone, ..... ithout inllrurnents, an Renaissance molet before ther could ftpraentni re'atively rarely: more often one 101lch the keyboard. Yct. while the or· trCI .intin! with instnunenll aDd, with IUrpm g,Ul remaint..'tI silent in the nante of au ins frequency, iutrumenl..l ..... itboo.t .1nsins." "w.. Ichren un! die Bildwrne des 1..... 17. lillhr thenticity. this music was often modem bunderu uber die hulrumentalmUl,1r. lhrer ilro with all kimJs of Romantic Uue Zeit~" Sammtlbiind, d" "",,,,tf,i,,,,a1,n At,, tll31ioll5 in tempo anti great wa\'CS of Jik,~rtIlK htfl', vn (l 90~-$ ). 317, For other un· Renaissance crescendos aud deere· undies, most o' which arc l l1 Gtnmm, sre sccmJm. (Richard Wagner's arrange Mary Vinquist and Neal ZaIIaW, 1'''I.''ma'' t ~ ment of Palestrina's Statmt Mater is a P,adiu: a nibli",raph, ( Ntw York, 1970 ). I RfLM IRc perto,re International de Littera good example of this.) E"en the re ture MUlicale) lUll! all o' die rTCC1l1 boob cordings of Renaissance music madc by and articles on Renais.anc~ music in its peri the Sistine a,apet Choir demonstrate odical Alu"Mh 01 AtNJie Li,,,tf, .. ril , Most of how lhe Mas.q... and motelS of the six I~ studies, hcuo'C\'rr, are cuncerned ..... idl tc.'Cnth CClitUIl CUI be intcrprctt.'tI to \Io-hat could he ealkd tm: " philokttn''' of Ren· sound like Puccini. iII;"'J;illn« musK, and the realk,. muu tea.n::h In all fainu_"SS it mU$. t he pointcd dilisendy for praclic.al information about pc'" fonnantt practice. Thuntun D3rt', e:llc:eJeni 0111 Ihat eycry pcrfonner or conductor study, l'ltil lrtftrpre,o,jo.. 0/ AlIlJi~ ( 19)-1 ; pa unconsciousl), modcrnizcs the music of pern.de edition, 1963). is "m we{ul and up the past. A fcn' do it mure tastefully lo-dale, for the most part_ All of this Ir.ind than others, but nOllc call qualify to or musicological inform.alion is put to good cast the first stone. Those til)', inl4.,'lIcc use by the Prague Madripl lingen under M. tllal (and thoroughl)' anti,RolOantic) Venhoda; their perfonn:ance o. Josquln'. Muur interpretations of old music which claim Ptf." Li.,N4 (Teldunken S-9~95 ' demonstratrs many 01 the poinll m.de in this paper obout to be solidl)- authentic, sccm (0 collte the use of the orpa and other iRitrumentl frolR the same aestlu.,1.ic mentality that ..... ith Rrnailsance mUlK_ pnxluccs glass skyscrapers. abstract • for tome splendid ftproductM,1lS of these painting, and music in the style of paintings, S('e Robert WanlenneC:. Flemish At. Anton Webcm. And it could be that IN- and Sotie,)' jn 'he Fi/,un,1t ."d Sul.ert'" the spirit of John Cage and the whole CII'", .. riil, {Ne..... Yorlr., 1970, . alcatory school of music hovers m'er the ' See Flor Peeten and Ma.arten Albert Vente, l 'Ir., O"all tfrtd i" jf'l$ie irt ,h, Ndlt.rlGnM: Collegium Musicum that experiments 1$QO. 11OG (Antwerp, 1971), p. 42. " .. ith omamenlation and the "orchestra· • BcrPlw do'J advke i. MUnlll\at i1:ed in Robert tion" of old pol),phony. If, then, add S~t:l~, J u~ &,,",,40 f Ilw: lIape, 1960). ing instrumcnts to RcnaiM:1nce: \'DCaI ,.. )4, music be "mooemizing," mak.e the most • AlIII' ""~ iJ'e, tllIJ 4u F~'lJd' JJI O"th"I,1J of It. By having an instrument replace ( LeiPf-i., .sn), a voice pari, manr choral conductors t For ~ inr.,..ptio• • ktl JAftH:i MeKt..c.. ''TlIc Mu.in, of the ".,';IIK: I\)ktnk /\pi_ be 10 will able cha lenge their choruses MIUical l1ulnUtKnb," M lllkol.,y, I with Renaissance compositions thai aU e.,r,.' for something morc than the four· part (Sprins, 1!Mi)), "..a2. ' Joh;uH\D Do",inic:1II M1I\lI, S.".,• .,. C IJII ~ enscmble. With the participation of the cU .., ... Nlto- " A",pliuim. C.lI',dw, 100M 0f8'311 a huge repertory of choral litera· 14, eoIlI"''' 57. Tb•• ,. • .,d aJlowed "'fa. D)U. ture opens up to choruses that have tic lA ITPI.M:e tht: tdtem;allt nna ... hynI."" dHficulty singing unaccompanied. More rhe Emperor Mallmillaa I aHenelll" Idan at ~. by tile Mast... ., tile r ..... rcl (flnt cantldel, ant.! ..,.hnJ, preor1dtd .n o f tbtlr o\'er. when we consider that more than lI.lf of the 16th c..tury). TIle court CINllPOser , ... Holll.l...... ee .... , ...les ... ehellr .... vena aN "pronounced diltinclly in daoir," hal( a century ago 5C.holars determined "app!. n,ol." TIle backward aNI ..... the ,Ipes may'" artfstle Ileft.e - ,... e.,... ".,.'. IWJ. that the \'ocal music or the Renaissance way of ....Ph ••IDII' perspectl".. ' A Hil'ary 01 tl'esU'1i "'"lie. f'C\'iiC'd N _ (New was nol always and evcf)'whcrc per· Vork, 1973), p. 111. Jonuoo withOUL the aid of instrumel1ls, !Ie For othC"r PUuJinl elt3111ples of Rrna'iNanc:e perh::.ps some "modemization" of our 1I1'I3nl illUitrated with the longer Ilipes at ~ approach to this music is long o\'erdue, risht ICe Edwin M . Ripin, " ,. ke-eva1ualloo of VinJuns'. .\.tau;,. ,du"d,," Jo .. ,rud D/ ,he Ame,jctlll .\I1I.j,%,;':41 Sode", XXIX SOME RECOMMENDED SCORES to those who thoulht the staid Old Matter to (Slimmer, 1976 ) I'. 217, 3nd an anol1ymous There :",-e "nough inellpenslw, ",~I1-cditcd be a bit of a bore_ One problem ..... ith thil et1graying of Ih'e E",pertH' Muimilian I at scorn of Renai.tPnce music to keep a choir "Urt~t" edition iJ Ihat some pieces mUit be mass, reproduc:rd above, a nd m'wanist bllsy for a lifetime. TII~ rollow transpotc'd down. ' U There wrre, to ~ SUft, cerbin con""ntion' illR puW,catKins would make an e;JIcellent .dd ~ Tlr.e T,nu .. ,., ttl En,/uh Ch,e" MlUk about which iNtrumeatal oolon were appro tinn tn any choral library: ( Blandford Prna' London, 1965 ), Vol. I (1I0l- priate lor paltoral piccct, battle teena, de_ T .. tI", Ch, d l !tIlu i~ SC'1'tn {ftprintfll by 15.fS) .. 00 Vol. 2 (1 ~5-IMO ); other volumes See Robert L , Weaver, " SiJlteenth.Century In Edwin f . K.lmul a nd dittributed by Be!win 14Ike thil publicatton up to the twentieth cen Itrumentat;"n," Th /tfV$iIl'M a.".rte,I,. XLVII Mills/25 Dnhum Dr_/ Mdyille, N.V_ 11 7461; tUfT, The editor of Vol, 2, Pet'lT Le Huray. (l9fi1 1. 363-78_ an imprnsi,,'e ;wnrtment of EnSlith and Latin indicates that the keyboard reducttoQ.l he 'Ul>"' " For 3n eJihawtiw . tudy 01 eillrly woru on worb by Byrd, GibhollS, Tall;" Taverner, plies can be used for " optional" orpn accom the bfUJO con,j,ulo, tee F_ T . Amo!d, TA:e A" T"mkins, and othen. Indiyidual 100m .ell for paniment. Act omp"rtimt", /ram a: Tha,,,.,A·-lhu, III D4J Chor",uk (Mo.seler Verlag. Wolfen (1/ I~ than .$2 _ Some Latin ..... orq hay~ been ruu:lj$ld in ,he XI'II,h tfnd XI" ",,, Cert'lint. gi\,tn Englb h wnrds, b[mel ). Thi, teriC'J contains enough indiYid~ TI,omas Day iJ an a.JJutant pro/eJsor ( London, 1931 ; reprinttd, 1961 ) . The Complde Wor,!;, 01 GIOVGnni Piul"iri KOres to fill a library &heU, Many of thac: o f mw;c at HerlJert Le/,mtUl College oJ da PQ/~ f " i na in 74 volumes (Ed..... in F, Kal 1C0rn do not contain modem bar lines or II For example, tee Jlermann J. Busc:h, ed •• tl,e City University of New Yorll and u mUl) . Individual val"mes sell {or lea than $2- tied notes oyer th~ place when! a bar line Two Se"i,,'f DI PoJ~'tnntf' l .wi.Utf Ptfpae Mar CI member 0/ tile Amerkan GuUd of The ,umiIIUOtlS MiWn in Vol, 16 and the or· ,hould be. U this callSes probkau, bar linel u lli, 'Vol. 16 01' Reetrtl Rtrea:,def ill tI., 14. Organisu_ fertorM (Volt. -IS-47 ) ..... iIl come ;!oJ a surptde can al",.. p be addffi in pencil.. IU 0/ ,I.e Btf,. , .... E,,, ( MadUon. 1973,_ Lutheran Mass Performed in Oxford as in Bach's Time Of interest to those invol\'t_'tI in ecu Musicialls besides conductor Hillsman l'relude on the chorale Nun bitten menical work is news of a musical mar who took. kc)' parts in the pcrfonnance lI.Iir den Heiligen Gd.lt. followed by the: ri:lge betwccn the rites of the Church IIf lhe ",mic \R"fe Richard Line, organ singing or the Chorale in Gennan; nr England ami the oltl Luther-HI ist; Robert J0III..-'s, alto; Neil M:a.cKen St.... mon (I'a.storin RO$with GerlolO: C)1urch. On WhitsumJay, May 29th, zie, tcnol'; Robcrt Morton. Bass, and Prayers of intercession. confession, ab· all AbendmnhigollesdierlJt, or evening the Oxfonl Pro M lIsica. solution: Whitsunday eucharist, W:lS celebrated The order of service was as follows: Sursum Corda and proper preface (01' in the chapel of Queen's College, Ox Jlrelude on the chorale Des Heilgen \\Thitsunday; forti. The Lutheran rite was designed Gd5les reicJre GtJad (anon,). followed Mass in B Minor: Sarlclus U. S. as it might ha\'e been done in 51. b)' thc singing of the chorale in Ger- Bach) ; Thomas Church, Leipzig, during Bach's man; Prayer of Thanksgiving and Lonl',s lenure and adapted for usc in a celebra Volunury: KOIII"" Heilger Ceist, Prayer; lion of Hoi), Communion according to lIefTe Gott (Clavieriibung Ill) U. S. Communion: Prelude on Nun lob, the Series 11 service of the Church of nach); me;" Sed. den Herren U. Pachelbcl). England, M;ua sutwda: Kyrie and Glm,-a (ollowed lJ)' singing of tTte chor.J.lc: in (Ham Leo Hassler) ; CCfln3U; Lesson for the Episde: Acts 2: 1·15; l'relude: on Komm. Gott, Schopfer, Thc entire sen'ice was rt.-searched and Prelude on the chorale Kamin, Heili Heilger Geist (J. S. Bach). followed by nnder the musical direction of 'Valter ger Geist, Herre Gott a. G. Walther), singing of chorals in Gennan: Hillsman, an Amerian organist, former followed b)' the singing of the chorale Post-Communion: organ scholar of New College, Oxford, in German; Blessing: Chorale, Gott .lei "tIS ,"a' and Fulbright pupil of Karl Richter in Gospel: John 14: 23-31: dig, sung in Gennan: Munich. Hillsman designed and dir«ted Cantata No. M 0 ewiges Feuer, 0 UT Chor.tle, Du Heilgen Ceistes reich. similar musial projects in 1974 and sprunf, der Li DECEMBER, 1977 15 Patricia 0 , Hudson hes resigned as di. rector of music ot the Congregetional Church of San Mlliteo, Celifornilll, effective ".ugust 31. During a twenty.nine yeor ten_ ure she developed en active music pro grem at tha church. with a highly success ful chencal choir. Most recently she con ducted the choir and a chlllmber orchestro in Mendelssohn's "St. PauL" Robert Shafer directed the Notionol j Shrine Choir in Palestrina's "Assumpte est Maria" mass end motet for the noon mass on the Feast of the Assumption, August IS, et the shrine in Weshington, D.C. The six.perf mlliss is considered one of the finest chorel works of the I"ta Renoissonce and wes olso heard et the noon mass on August 14. ACiD "The Gallic Muse" wes the title of e progrem presented June 12 lIIS the tlnnuel ) spring concart tlt St. Merk's Episcopol -, John Obetz hes completed ten yean of Church, Glendale, Californie, in which the b,cadcading wee~ly organ recitals as audio Foure Requiem end the Poulenc Orgen attl torium organist for the Reorganized Concerto were hetlrd. Jack Miller WtlS ,/ Church of Jesus Christ of latter Dey organ soloist. ond the choir end orchestra / Saints Independence, Missouri. The 520 were directed by Richlllrd W. Slater. half·hour recitals have been played on the church's IIO·ran~ Aeolian·S~inner end J. Thomas Strout, organist of the First have been carried by 200 radio stations. United Methodist Church of Whittier, Celifornie end music feculty member et Convention & Vacation Olivier Messiaen's famous orglllo wort Rio Hondo College, WlllS selected es one La Nativite du Soigneur continues to be of two persons to represent the United heard in oc c&sional complete perform. States et the Internetionllli Orgon Work . Mces. David M. Gifford played Ihe suite shop held recently in Mechelen, BeI 9 iu~. The AGO SeaUle '78 Nallonal Convenllan can prove 10 be an of nine meditolions on September 30 lilt The workshop WtlS sponsored by the Bal exciting vacation opportunlly. Five days tilled with recllals, Trinity Episcopel Church, Gelvaston, Texas. gium Ministry of Dutch Culture and held seminars and workshops are planned tor the convenllon program. Robert Triplett performed it October 28 at St. Rombout Cathedrel, where Flor Fine organs, restaurants, galleries and museums will all serve to Cornell Colleqe, Mt. Vernon, lowo; 33 Peeters wes the mester teacher. Dr. Strout, enhance your convenllon visit. dencen joined Dr. Triplett in the choreo· previously e Fulbright student of F10r grephed presentotion. Peeters, wes osked to prepere 12 mllijor organ works to be used during the wor~ . The Art of Fugue by J.S. Bech hes reo shoo. An extended vlsll 10 5eatlle provides time to explore the Seatlle ceived several complete parformences this fell. Vernon Wolcott played the work Sep Robert Parris pleyed the first perform Center. Pioneer Square, Pike Street Markel. the Ihealers, Wagner's tember 23 et Bowling Green State Uni ence of his "Sonete No. I for Organ" "Rlng Cycle" and even the King Tul exhlbll. Recreallona' areas In or versity in Ohio, and Chlllries Krigboum per. (1976) on e Mey 2 recitel in Hendricks near 5ealile Include ocean shores. lakes, snow-capped mountains formed '1 ef Harvard University on Octo· Chapel, Syracuse University. Also included and lush lorests. A vlsll to the Paclllc Ocean along the Oregon coast ber 28. The latter occasion was the first in on the concert were the MozlIIrt FlIIntasilll, Is always worthwhile as Is the Ashland Shakespearean Fesllval. e series of recitels morting the tenth onni· K. 608, Brahms' Prelude and Fugue on "0 Ships sail regularly to Alaska and nearly to England by vlsiling versary of the building of Hervllrd's Isha m Trtlurigkeit," two chorel preludes by Bech, Vic luria, Brilish Columbia. Memoriel mqen by Cherles B. Fist. and Persichelti's Shime h B' toli. Mr. Perris is 0 doclorel student of David Craighelld Rene Saorgin. organ .professor et t he' et the Eastmlln School of Music, where he ConservlII tory of Njce I France) and titular is also a teoching essistent in theory. His Plan a refreshing vacation and attend the AGO Seallle 7 8 org"nist of the Church of Seint Jean. soneta is published by Hinshaw Music convenllon. BlIIptiste, opened the recital series at St. Com peny in the Contemporery Orgen Mart's Cathedrel, Seattle, Wesh ington, on Series. October 14. His recite I consisted of Cherles RlIIquet: Fantaisie; de Grigny: Kathleen Thomerson gove the first Amer June 26-30, 1978 Recit de Herce en faille; Merchond: Grand icen performance of the PlIIrtita on "Puer nobis noscitur," Op. 128, by Flor Peeters Edith C. McAnulty. A.giltf.f • 2326 BigMa. Av enue North. Se.l1l1e W.lhlnglGn 9U09 Dielogue in C Major; Buxtehude: Ghorole prelude "Veter unser," Chorole fantasie et the First Presbyteri.,n Church of Gaines "Wie schon leuchtet," Prelude end Fugue vllla , Floride, on June 26. Other works .. in E Mejor; J.S. Bech: Preludes end Fugues played on this University of Florida recite I in A Minor and F Major, Chorale pre were by Dandrieu, TomHns. J. S. Bach . ludes "Schmucke dich" and "Allein Gott" Frend, and Peter Hurford; the orgen WlllS I trial. built by Kinzey-Angerstain in 1974. NEW! Sir4aell1Jori.& The wrarktt QJ)rgan iSUiUltt Bamboo Organ IIJ!II i!. &.at ilarn lluab ilarn. lImnmrt OS 641 BAN FRANCISCO of Las Pinos , Philippines DO IT YOURSELF PIPE ORGAN KITS RONALD WAHL HISTORY, CONSmUGION, Custom sp.clRCIIttons for eIIurell or ORGAN BUILDER RESTORATION rHldenu, complete or FMrts, full 1,.. sfnIdlonl b, .st.blTshed or9.n bullden. APPLETON, WISCONSIN 54911 Klais / Steinhaus / Blanchard COLKIT MFG. CO, P.O. lOX 112 Busin.JI A,urUJ Mtzili", ArlJrlU 292 page" 207 photo,. WU1' ROADWAY bUVa 8(K E.UT SOUTH liT. HII. St.tlon, luH.10, N.Y. 14m (41<) 734-7117 (414) 734-8238 20 drawings hard cover. cloth binding $35.00 CHESTER A. RAYMOND, INC. (OhiO reSidents add sales tax) PIPE ORGAN BUILDERS Send With Order Rebuilding, Maintenance and Additions Checl~ THE PRAESTANT PRESS P.O. Box 55 Princeton, N.J. 08540 PO Oox 43 Phone, 609-924-0935 Delowore Oh 0 43015 16 THE DIAPASON , Lif. Triumphut by Normand lockwood received its firs t North Carolina perform ence on October I'" in Winston·Salem, d 0 5 di. when John Moch nid directed the Morllt· gotionol mus Chorale. The work wes commissioned lffective by the University Musicel Society of the ear ten· University of Michigen in memory of the ~I RODG€RS I~ sic pro· lete Thor Johnson. success· ,he con· Canad;o" composer Denis Lorr.in has FIRST CHOICE OF ,rchestro been awarded a g ront from th e Conodllt Council to pursue dod oral studies at tho NEW JERSEY COLLEGES Sorbon ne in Paris, under the direction of \lationol the distinguished Gree~ composer lonnls • PIPE ORGANS "pto est XenoHs. Mr. Lorrain recently composed on mass "Extremo" for organ and percussion. • STANDARD ORGANS August Rodgers is the first selection of n, D.C. St. Mart's School Boychoir of Dallas, 1 of the Texes. will p.:.y a return visit to the Danish New Jersey schools and colleges oissonce purchasing organs because every WJ Redia Boys Choir in Copenh.:.gon, June mass on 1978. The Danish choir, directed by Hen Rodgers Organ is built to conlorm ning Elbirk. visited the United States d uro to traditionally accepted standards ing its 1976 tour. James livengood is the of design and tone. Ie of a DonaJd Spies hos returned this fall to director of the Sf. Mart's c.hoir. J onnual his position ot Ripon College in Wiscon. Our competitor builds an organ piscopo I - sin after a sabbatical leave. During the Marilyn Malon, professor of argon lIt that will play only 12 notes . . . hieh the year spent in Boston, he worked on the Un iversity of Michlg.:.". performed the that's right .. . the ca pacity of their Organ thoroughbass performance practice and Jongen concerto with the Chautauqua linle computer is limited to pro· ler was music editing. He also constructed a Symphony in Chautauqua, New York. on cessing only 12 notes at one lime! ,rchestra three-stop positive "nd made a number July 26. On August 4, she lectured on ter. of concert appeerences. ornamentation problems to the conference of lutheran Church Musicians et Can. Would you purchase a piano or The third annual Fall Organ Recitel he First cordia College in Ann Arbor, Michigan. pipe organ that plays only 12 Vhittier, Series was presented during Septem notes? Of course not! Imagine nber at ber at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Organists are invited to anter the 5th trying to te ach .. . or playa chur as one Tecumseh Michigan. Michele Johns, FrM annual national Ruth and Clarence Mader cine Mata, Donald Renz, Dennis Schmidt. service ... on an organ with a United Memorial Scholarship Fund competition, limitation of only 12 notes. STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY I Work. Thomos Strode. David Wogner, and Paul to be held on May 6 at Occidental Col. WILHAM PATERSON STATE COLLEGE 3elgiu~. Wey. doctoral studonts of Marilyn Moson lege, los Angeles, Col. The winner will We don't expect our customers to MONTCLAIR STATE COLLEGE ,he Bel· at the University of Michigan, performed receive a $1,000 award ond a recitol ap· GLASSBORO STATE COLLEGE the pogroms on the 196'" von Bederath perform on a computer inslead of nd held pearance' eoch of the other finalists will a legitimate organ. Fortunately, TRENTON STATE COLLEGE re Flor tr.o d6 r in the church. receive cl!lsh ewards. KEAN COLLEGE the computer programming de· RUTGERS UNIVERSITY (Newark) . Strout, A nlemorial service was hold September Organists under age 30 on the com petition date are eligible to enter. Appli. partment is not located in the of Flor 18 fo' the late leopold Stokowski ot St. ~------, IS music building. major Sarlhclomew's Church in New York City. cetions, together with tope recording Name ------1 8 wo,~ . Mr. !'tokowski had been organist and end wriHen proposol for the use of the For lurther choirmaster of the church 1905-1908. His award in on argon study program, must Add ...., I setting of the ·· Benedicte omnia opera, ' be received no later Ih.:.n April I. 1978. infonnalion 'erform The tape should include a major solo organ call coli eel, ------1 along with worh by other composers, wos ____ Z;p I Orglln" su ng. .. art from any period; a ma jor solo orgen orwrile 10drich work by e contemporary composer, written Ilcluded Peter Hurford, master of the music at St. or published after J.:.n. I. 1965 : and a Bech antasia, Alban's Cathedral in England since 1958, tria sonata loll movements). A mlltxim um Telephone I on "0 has announced his retirement in July, 1978. of five finl!ll ish will be notified by April y Boch, .. Mr. Hurford will devote 1978·79 to com. 10. .• Parris pleting his recordings of the complete Applicetion forms may be obtained by Open daily tiD9 f'M./Saturday till S ,ighead Bach organ worh for the Argo label. He .. riting the Ruth .nd Clarence M.der here he hopes thereaftor to telltch lItnd to continue Memori.1 Scholarship Fund, P.O. BOl '''·C, ny. His intornational concertizing. Pasadena, CA '1104. Music • Organ l Amer· I "Puer Peeters, Gaines· Zn~n §Ore C~nd works recital EXPERIENCE and QUALITY . Sach, Ian was d. ..f""t:Qnojuz-'le ~"";_IU" WORK COMPLETED - 1975-1977 2M/ 4R PRACTICE ORGAN TONAL ADDITIONS AND RESIDENCE OF THREE MANUAL DRAWKNOB CONSOLE MR. WILLIAM CARNOT FIRST METHODIST CHURCH ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA t TWO MANUAL DRAWKNOB CONSOLE TONAL ADDITIONS - NEW CHEST WORK TWENTIETH CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST MR. PETER CROTTY .. VENICE, CALIFORNIA SAN MARINO, CALIFORNIA IN CONSTRUCTION NEW CHEST WORK - DIVIDE ORGAN - TONAL ADDITIONS BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH ANAHEIM, CALIF. 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All events are assumed to b. organ Handel Messiah, Part I; Holy Trinity recitals unless otherwise indicated, and are Lutheran, New York. NY 5 pm grouped from east to west and north to West Side Modrigali5ls; Immanuel Luther robert anderson HEINZ ARNOLD south within each date. Calendar Informa an, New York, NY 5 pm tion should include artist nalne or event, Woiciech Wojlasiewicz; SI Thomas Church, SMD FAGO F.A.G.O. D.Mu •• date, location, and hour; incomplete Infor· New York. NY 5115 pm 1607 A WESTWINDS DRIVE motion will not be accepted. THE DIA· Seuthem Methodist Unlv ....1ty Handel Messiah (Advent. Christmas por COLUMBIA, MO. 65201 PASON regrets that It cannot assume re· tions); Ch",rch of the Ascension. New York. Dallas, 75275 sponslbility of the accuracy of calendar en- Nya pm 'e .... RECITALS WORKSHOPS tries. Bach Cantata 61, Vivaldi Gloria; West minster Presbyterian, Utica, NY 4 pm UNITED STATES German Advent & Christmas music; Cal CHoULOm AND WIWAM East of the Mississippi River vary Presbyterian, Riverton, NJ 11 am Peter J. Basch S DECEMBER Vivak:li Gloria, Pinkham Christmas Can· ATKINSON Allen Shaffer, Hlndemlth Concerto t, with tota, First Presbyterian, Red Bank. NJ 4 130 FIIST PtlES&Y1EIIAN CHURCH Wildwood Road Norfolk Symphony; Chrysler Hall, Norfolk. pm 2001 EI Camino aeal VA 8:30 pm Haydn St Nicolas Mass; Presbyterian Ocean.W., California 92054 Califon, New Jersey 07830 Church. Latrobe. PA 11 am 6 DECEMBER Rona:d Morris; St Charles Barromea. Phil Vernon de Tor, with flute & harp; Church adelphia. PA 4 pm Workshops Recitals of the Ascension, New York. NY 8 pm Christmas choral concert; Heinz Chapel. Robert S lord, all· Bach; Heinz Chapel. U CHARLES BOEHM U of Pittsburgh. PA 4 pm of Pittsburgh, PA 12 noon ROBERTA BIT6000 TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH Randall Mullin; Church of Epiphany, Wash. Music of Pouleno Sf Davids Church. Bal S.M.D .. F.A.G.O .. Ch. M. HI ...... III •• N.Y. ington, DC 12:05 pm timore, MD 4 pm 13 Best View Road NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE Robert l Simpson, with choir; SI Lukes Choral concert; Cathedral of Mary Our Quaker Hili, Connecticut 06375 Garden City, N.Y. Ca thedra l, Orlando, Fl a pm Queen, Baltimore. MO 5130 pm Music for voice & plano; Christ Church. •• Jay of Christmas;" Washington, DC Cath Cincinnati, OH 12 noon edral, 4 pm Winter choral concert; U of illinois. Ur Christmas cnoral concert; Longwood Cal CHARLES S. BROWN bano, IL 8 pm Organ - Harpsichord ARTHUR CARKEEK Ie-ge. Farmville, VA 4 pm M.S.M. A.A.G.O. Nortn Texas State University 7 DECEMBER "In Proi~ of Advent," Covenant Presby. Denton 76203 Del'auw University Organist Britten Ceremany 01 Carolsl SI Thomas terian. Charlotte, NC 7:30 pm 51. John's Episcopal Church Gobin Memorial Church Church, New York, NY 12:1 0 pffl Russell Stinson; Sf PhiliPI Cuthedrol, At· Dallas Albert Russell; St Johns Church, Washing. la:1ta, GA 5 pm CrurKaltie, Indiana The Denton Bach Society ton, DC 12:10 pm Dione Blsh; Carol Ri dge Presbyt erian. Ft lauderdale, Fl 4130 pm B DECEMBER Karel Paukert; Art Museum. Cleveland. Terry Charles; Kirk of Dunedin, FL 8d5 OH 2:30 pm JOHN BULLoUGH lIobert C'arJ. pm Feast of carols & p",dding; Fairmount Pres byterian. Cleveland Heights, OH ~:30 pm 10.1. M.S.M. Ch.M. 9 DECEMBER fa,lelgh Did,htton University School 0/ Musie Handel Messiah. Honegger Christmas Can T_neck, New J.,..y Universlly of Michigan Hondel Messiah; Carol Ridge Presbyterian, talol Eastern Kenl",cky U, Richmond, KY 8 MemOftal M.thodi,t Church Ft Lauderdale, Fl a pm pm Terry Charles; Kirk of Dunedin, Fl 8d5 Whit. Plain., New York Ann Arbor Snyder Pastares Ipremi.r. ), Court St pm Ch",rch. F,int. MI 9:30 & 11 am Fiori Muslcali baroque ensemble; St Paul Christmas Ch:lrol concert; Ch",rch of Lor- lutheran, Skokie, IL 8 pm etta, St Marys College. Notre Dame, IN 8 pm WILL CARTER Harry E. Cooper 10 DECEMBER Bach Magnificat; Valparaiso U. IN 4 pm Christmas choral concert. Heinz Chapel. t4elen Skuggedol Reed; Redeemer luther· U of Pittsburgh, PA 8:30 pm Church of Saint John the Evangelist Mus. D., F.A.G.O. on. Evansville. IN 4 pm "Joy of Christmas;" Washington, DC Cath Choral m",sic for Advent & Christmas; 51 New York City RALEIGH, N. CAROLINA edral, 4 pm lukes lutheran, Chicago. Il 4 pm Handel Messiah; Coral Ridge Presbyter Ha ndel Messiah, Rockefeller cha pel, U of Ian, Ft La uderdale, Fl a pm Chicago. Il 4 pm Terry Charles; Kirk of Dunedin, Fl adS Procession with lessons & carols; St Lukes pm Episcopal, Evanston. Il 7 pm WALLACE M. COURSEN, JR. lessons & corals; St Ignatius Church, An 11 DECEMBER tioch. Il 6:30 pm FAG.O. u~6-Colemm1Q:!9!lHlst - CIIOIl'IIUiSter larry Allen & l inda Miller; St Rose of C1tTist Ckun:ll Cm!Ibroolt CHRIST CHURCH lima Church, IY\eriden. CT 12 noon 12 DECEMBER Thomas Richner. dedication; Eighth Church Richard Morris; Cal",mbia HS. Lake City, IlIooII9'ieId Hills,jllickigill, 46013 ILooMFIELD AND GLEN RIDGE. NJ. of Christ SCie ntist, New York. NY 3 pm Fl 8 pm MICHAEL CORZINE DAVIDSON RA YMOND H. CHENAULT School of Music J...,. F. StiNnL M. Mus. FCM Recitalist MSM, Mao ChM MSM,ChM Florida State University Harper Coll •• The ,,..byhrln Churdl Orglnlst - Choirmaster '.latlM, lUI"', '.rrlngton. 1111Mb Tallahassee All Saints Episcopal Church, Atlanta, Georgll Marllaret Melvin JOHN EDWARD COURTER EUGENIA EARLE F.A.G.O. '.ach.,. College, Columbia University DICKINSON Harpsichord Recilals University o' Louisvill. Recitalist Performance Practice Workshops louisville Bach Soclel, Berea College Berea. Ky. 40404 15 w.st 14th St,.... Ne. York, NY. 10024 Calvo" fp.llOpol St. Fr.ncis-in... h ..n.w. Epi~opal DAVID HEWLETT DELBERT D1SSELHoRST GEORGE ESTEVEZ DMA ch.m. MARSHALL BUSH University of low. Ih. Conservotary of Mt.sic Chicago Cha ...... ' Chol, Winchester. New Ham..... Iowa City low. N G.C.5.A KATHRYN ESKEY R EARL EYRICH E .JOHN HOLTZ The Uniyerslly of " 51. Stephen·s Church T (Episcopa ll A Facuhy: HARTI COLLEGE, University af Hartfard North Carolina L Rhode Island ColieR. 5 Organist: CENTER CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, Hartford at GrHnmoro ProvidenCF 22 THE DIAPASON 13 DECEMBER lessons & carols; Fourth Presbyterian. Chi· Charpentier Midnight Mass; St Theresa caga, Il 6:30 pm Charle. H. Ph. D.. , ..... G.O. Church, N Reading, MA 4 pm Handel Mesiah. George Es tevez, dir; St GEORGE FAXON West Side Madrigalists; first Presbyterian, Pauls Church. Chicago, IL 7 pm New Rochelle, NY 2 pm TRINITY CHURCH FINNEY Handel Messiah, part I: SI Thamas Church. 19 DECEMBER Chairman, Dlvhfon of Music , Art Terry Charles; Kirk of Dunedin, Fl 8;1 5 New York. NY 7130 pm BOSTON Houghton College, Houghton, N.Y. pm Alvi n Gustin; Church of the Epiphany, Houghton W.. r.yan Methodist Church Washington, DC 12: 10 pm 20 DECEMBER Richard Morris, with Martin Berinbaum. Terry Charles. Kirk of Ow nedin, fl 8:15 trumpet, Forest HS. Oca!a. fl Bd5 p m pm Britten Ceremony of Carols; Christ Church, Robert Finster 14 DECEMBER Cincinnati, OH 12:1 0 pm HENRY FUSNER Music of Purcell; St Thomas Church. New DMA S.M.D .. A..... G.O. York. NY 12:10 pm 21 DECEMBER 51. luke', Church Helen Penn, St Johns Church. Washing. Christmas carol sing; St Thomas Ch\lt'dt. Flnt Pr ••byterian Church ton, DC 12:10 pm New York, NY 12 ~ 10 pm San Antonio Na.hville, T... n ..... 37220 Alvin Gus tin; Weste rn Presbyterian, Wash. ing ton. DC 12dO pm 24 DECEMBER Charpentier Messe de Minuit; Art Mu· Vivaldi Gloria; Trinity Episcopal, Hartford, seum, Cleveland. OH 8:30 pm CT 10:30 pm Candlelight service; Sf Thomas Church. 10b" B. ~tarbart III Robert Glasgow 18 DECEMBER New York. NY 4 pm B.A., M.Mus. lessons & carols; Christ Church. S Ha mi l· Hei.lI.r Adventmudk; Immonual Lutheran, Grace Presbyterian Church School of Music ton, MA 5. 7 pm New York, NY 7 ~ 30 pm Jenkintown, Pa. 19046 UniverSity of Michigan "ChrIstmas on Historic Hill:" Trinity Recital & candlelight service; Church of 887-6117 Church. Newport. RI 7:30 pm Redeemer. Brooklyn. NY 10:30 pm Ann Arbor Vivaldi G!oria. Mathias Ave Rex; 1m· Ourufle Messe lOCum Jubilo;" St Philip! manuel Congregational. Hartford, CT 4 pm Cathedral. Atlanta. GA 8 ~30 pm. 11 :30 pm Christmas concert; Central Presbyterian. Carol & condlelighting service; First Pres· noel New York. NY 11 am byterian. Ft lauderdale. Fl 7 ~ 30 pm lessons & Carols; St Thomas Church. New Bach Chriltmas Oratorio, part 1·11; Fair Antone Godding York, NY 110m. 4 pm mount Presbyterian, Clevefand Heights. OH School of MUlic GOEMANNE 8017 P.... ton Road Dalla., T.xal 75225 lessons & Carols; Church of Redeemer. 10;30 pm Bilhop W. Anli. Smith Chapel Brooklyn. NY 11 am Britten Rejoice in the lamb; St Michaels Oklahoma City Unlv.rsity workshops, leeture-readlng Williams Pageant of Holy Nativity; St in the Hil b. Toledo, OH 10;30 pm sessions of awn works BarthaJamews Church. New York. NY 4 pm Carol service: first Presbyterian, Nash. frederick Grimes; Holy Trinity lutheran. Ville, TN B pm New York. NY 4:30 pm Peeters Magnificat; Ca urt St Chureh, Flint, Boars Head & Yule log fest ival; Down· MI 7;30 & 9 pm town United Presbyterian. Rochester. NY Brass & organ music. lessons & carols; LESTER GROOM BRUCE GUSTAFSON 5:30 pm Zion lutheran, Ann Arbor, MilO pm. II Seaule Candlelight carols; United Methodist. Red pm Bank. NJ 4;30 pm, 7 pm lessons & Carols; Independent Presbyter. Seattle '-ucifir r.llun'h of Ihe Saint Mary'. CoII GEORGE MARKEY KENT HILL SAMUEL HILL Recards Markey Enterprises 201·762·7674 MSG Music Department St. Paurr Church Recitals 42 Maplewood Avenue I'rIn,../ieltl, PA 16933 CIlia"" DOno.. Instrudion Maplewood, N.J. 07040 MARILYN MASON Harry H. Huber CHAIRMAN. DEPARTMENT OF ORGAN VICTOR Hill UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Ha...,.khord M.Mus. ANN ARBOR Kansas Wesleyan University HMit. MaIOll played with oulferlfy and ,eM",e, clemanlfraring anew Wilham. Col .... University Methodist Church Ite, .x"aorcl'ltOry fodllly ••• H 0.. Mol .... Rllli ....., Octobe, 5, 1964 Wllha ...town, MOil. 01267 SALINA, KANSAS FRANK IACINO d. deane Organ Virtuoso Hecol'ding Artist THOMAS MURRAY hutchison For ,ecital bookings, writ. tal Franlc Vinc.n. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL BOSTON 02111 portland, oregon 161 Oakwood Av •• , Apt. 304 Toronto, Ontario. Canada ELltN KURTZ pOCOt20 BOq SlflGeRS JACOBSON CHARLES D. JENKS Firet Congregulionul Church STATE COl I Ft".c, EASTSTROUDSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA IB301 M.Mu1. AAG.O. Des Plaines. IL 60016 Concord, California K. BERNARD SCHADE, FOUNDER AND MUSICAL DIRECTOR DECEMBER, 19n 23 Calendar 10 JANUARY David Craighead; Church of lhe Ascension, BRion JOnES KIM R. KASLING (continued from p. 23) New York. NY 8 pm D.M.A. Albert Wi lfJa ms. organ & harps;chord; Boston 02181 Christ Church. Cincinnati. OH 12 noon Wenesley Congreptlonal Church W ••tern Michigon Universit, Noble & Greonouah Dedham Choral Fin' Congregational Church 1 JANUARY I' JANUARY School Society KOJamoIDO. Mldd.... Bach Chrillma, Oratorio. part IV. Canto· Johnathan Dimr.ock. St Johns Chl,lrch, fa 190; Sf Bartholomews Church. New York. Washington, DC 12;10 pm NY 4 p m larry Allen & linda Miller; Magnolia Boch Christmcu Oralorlo, PorI IV, Holy SI Baplisl .Greensboro. Ne 8 pm SHARON KLECKNER Trinity lutheran. New York, NY 5 pm James Kibbie Frauke Hoosemonn. 0110; W Thomas Smilh. 12 JANUARY House of Hope organ; Cathedral of 51 luke-51 Paul. COOrle .. J Mereu!. Rit chie; Refotmed Church, Ora Holy family Church Pre.bylerian Church ton. SC .. pm dell. NJ 8 pm 51. Paul, MN 55 I 05 Byron C Bevis; SI Philips Cathedral. At· Virgil Fox; Opera house. Orangeburg. fort Worth, Toxas Rocilals lanta. GA 5 pm 5C 8 pm Boors head & yule log festivalJ Christ Terry Charles; Kirk of Dunedin. Fl 8:15 Church. Cincinnati. OH 3 & 5 pm pm 3 JANUARY 13 JANUARY Frauke Haaserrann, alto; W Thomas Smilh. lorry Allen & Linda Miller; First Presby WILLIAM KUHLMAN HUW LEWIS orgon; St Pauls lutheran. Soyonnah, GA 8 terian. DanVille. VA 8 pm Luther College R@eitftilfl pm Terry Charles; Kirk of Dunedin. Fl 8:15 pm Deeorah, Iowa 52101 Saint John's Church • JANUA RY Frauke Haasemonn. alto; W Thomas 50 f ••, Fi,h.r, Detroir. MI 4120' Jane 0 Cain; SI Johns Church, Washing. Smith. organ; Willenberg U. Springfield. t:ln, DC 12:10 pm OH 8 pm 7 JANUARY U JANUARY RICHARD W. L1TTERST David Lowry Victor Hi!l. harpsichord; Williarm Ca' Ploy of Herod; Chrisl Church. S Hamilton, 'ege. Williamstown, MA 8 pm MA 5 pm M. S. M. Scllool of ~1u.,i(' S JAN UARY n JANUARY stCONli CON5R£SAT\OH~l CHURCft \\:iutlHlIp Cullt'llt, Victor Hill. harpsichord; Williams Col Ploy of Herod; Chrisl Church, S Hamilton. ROCKFORD. IlliNOIS Hod.; I Iii I. '-, nl lll1 CnOlil1 L. ROBERT SLUSSER Rob@rt tv.. S."itla solly slatle womer MUS. M•• A.A.G.O. Univ.,sity Baptist Church a.a.g.o. ch.m. Diredor of Music CarHlanneur LA JOLLA 'RESlmRIAN CHURCH Charlottesville CHURCH OF PHILLIPS ACADEMY LA JOLlA. CAlIFOtINIA Virginia 22901 ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST Beacon H ill Boston M.... •• • + - . . 24 THE DIAPASON UNITED STATES 13 JANUARY West Df the Mississippi River IORobert Glasgow; All Souls Episcopal, Oklahoma City, Ok a pm THE DIAPASON A MUST FOR EVERY ORGANIST 5 DECEMiER *Oavid Craighead; 1st United Methodi,t. Richard Morris; Ingram alld. Bay Cily. Phoenix, AZ 8 pm 1$7.50 D YIHlr-$I~.oa fDr tWD p.ts. TX 7:30 pm John Pagett; American Victorian Museum. 00 n.' Hnd CDth linda Walters; Southwestern Union Col. Nevada City, CA 8 pm lege. Keene. TX S pm Marilyn Mason; first Congregaliooot. los Send THE DIAPASON for __ .... ___.. _ yeans) to \ngele5, CA 8 pm 6 DECEMBER Virgil Foxl Victoria College, TX 8 pm 14 JANUARY Name Enclosed i. $, _ _ _ _ . ·Robert Glosgow. maslerdaSi; All Souls 7 DECEMBER Episcopal, Okloh:lmo City, Ok 10 am Street Bach Cantata 61; Christ Memorial luther. IO Oa.,id Craighead. workshop; 1st United THE DIAPASON an, Affton. tNJ 7:30 pm Melhodist. Phoenix. Al am Richard Morris. with Martin 8erinboum. City 434 South Wabash Ave. trumpet; Civic center, McAllen. lX 8:15 pm 15 JANUARY Chicago, III. 60605 8 DECEMBER Carlene Neihwt; Bethlehem lUlheran. Kan· Slate ..._ . Zip _ _ Rkhard Morris. with MarHn Serlnboum, i OS Cily. KS 5 pm trumpet; Mem aud. Harlingen, TX 8 pm Royal 0 Jennings. wilh yoices & Instru· ments; Central Pork Christian. Topeka. K5 9 DECEMBER 3 pm Christmas with Irvine Mosler Chorale; HS Bach Cantata 150 .Disller, Respighi works; Carl Staplin aud. Santa Ana. CA 8,30 pm 5t Lukes Episcopal. Son Anlonio. TX 8 pm Ph.D •• A.A.O.O. John Pagett; fitsl Congregationa l, Berke ROLLIN SMITH 10 DECEMBER ley. CA l' ,30 am Drake University Richard Mofris,: HS. Bogalu50. lA 8 pm Occidental College Glee Club; 51 Marks RECITALS University Christian Chureh Christmas with Irvine Master Chorale; HS Episcopal. Glendale. CA 4 pm 1150 Forty.On. Street, Broald'rn, NY 1121B DIS MOINES, IOWA aud. Santa Ana, CA 8130 pm • AGO (hapler program 11 DECEMBER Christ mas vespersl Westminster Presbyter. INTERNATIONAL NORMA STEVUNGSON ian, llnfO ln. NE 4 pm Neil Ras.eruheln, t!!lngr, flnt.Plymouth O.M.A. .5 DECEMBER Congregational. linco ln. NE B pm Jokn Berta:ot.l St Mic hoels Church. Corn· Un;venjly D' WiJeOn.in-S•• riDr Vaughan Williams Hodie; Community hiU, Eng'ond 1 pm Pilgrim 'IIIIt.ran Clturclt Church. Gorden Grove. CA 11 :1 5 am Su".riDt~ Witconsla 54110 SuncolSt Conu,t Mgmt. It ProductlDn •• Inc. lloyd Halzgral. First Cong,egotlo~ . los /;t:::~' Angeles, CA .. pm 11 DECEMBER P.O. &:17 •• Clearwate, • FIDrida · 3 3511 Bach choral concert; First Baptist. Coyina, Alan Barthel, Gordon JefferYI Aeolian Town Hall, lond:ln, Ontario ~30 pm 18 DECEMB£R ADOLPH STEUTERMAN Music for Christmas. 5t Bedes Episcopal, 12 DECEMBER Mus, Doc., F.A.G.O. FREDERICK SWANN Menlo Park, CA 100m,S pm Richard Seal; 5t Michaels Church. Corn· SDuth • .,•• ,n at Memphi., Retired The Riverside Church Christmas choral concert; St Marks Epis· h111. England 1 pm copal, Glendale. CA 4 pm CDlvary EpiscDpal Church, Em.rilus New York City Christmas concerti Community Church, 22 DECEMBER M.... phis. r ... nH," Gorden Grove. CA 6 & 8 pm Kerry J Beaumont; Notiona l Arh Centre. Thompson St Lu k. Nat1vit)l'J Presbyterian Ottowa. Onlor10 '2:15pm Churck. La Jolla.. CA 7:30 pm George Norman Tucker 24 DECEMBER 4 JANUARY maurice thompson M .... Ibeh. leuons & Caro!s; Flrlf·Plymoulh Congrego August Humer; St Johns Anglican, Vic· IIonal, lincoln, NE 11 pm Iorio. B.C .• Canodo B pm St. Ignatius Catholic Church ST. LUKE'S CHORISTERS lessons & carols; Presbyterian Church. La Kalamazoo Jolla, CA 7 pm IS J ANUARY Austin, Texas 78704 Handel Messiah; Immanuel Presbyterian, John Macintosh; Aeolian lawn HolI, lon· BOY CHOIRS los Angeres, CA 10:30 pm don. Onlorio 8:30 pm WA-Ll-RO CLARENCE WATTERS BOY CHOIR RECITALS J. MARCUS RITCHIE WARREN C. MILLER - DIRECTOR The Chapel, Trinity College Chrl.. Church. Shalr., Heiaht. 22. Ohio Hartford, Connecticut ORGANIST AND MASTER or THE CHOIRS . CATHEDRAL or ST. PHILIP DAVID A. C. GORDON ATLANTA 30305 WEDERTZ WEHR Represented by Arts Image Ltd. 253~ Wes. \18111 5L Eastem Kentucky Unlvenil), Richmond. K.mludty Box 670. South Orange. N.J. 07079 CHICAGO 60655 Gruenstein AWArd SponllOr (harles W. Whittaker CHICAGO br.l::,rbcrt iu~itt Recitals <,1 .~ Fairfax United MethodIst Chun:h CLUB OF Surw;oaU COlKer' ""~_n1 I!o P,oductions. Inl:. P.O. Box 110 Fairfax Vllllnia 22030 Boll 6374 CI ..rwat ••• Fl llSlB 11131446·2914, WOMEN ORGANISTS DONALD W. WILLIAMS DONALD WILLING Ann Taylor, Preaidenl Founded 1928 D.M.A. faculty Zion Lutheran Church North T.xa, Slat. Univ.rskr The Gentlemen and Boys of St. Simon's Chu"clt Choir Concordia CoUege 0..... Toronto, Canada Ann Arbor, Ml Recent Hecordinl''': I. Tire Gracious Time by Keith Bissell (Side 2), is a quietly intimate work de· signed to illustrate four different aspects of thnt 'hallow'd and gracious time Gary Zwicky wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated.' "JOe instrumental background as· RONALD WYATT DMA FAGO signed to solo, viola, flute and piano is further designed to WKlerline its chamber quality. (Side 1) includes carols and rehdings by CanndiiUl netor, TrIoI., ChUM E... ., .. IIIlnDis U"iYltnlty Robert Christie. Galvellon 2. A Festh'alo/ Christmas Carols (familiar carols). Cha,I...... 3. Stabat Mater - Pergolesi (a fine recording oC this work using the trebles and counter· tenors from the Choir). 4. The Art the Treble (a unique solo treble in recital with St. Simon's Choir o..rll!ms.IIcrW"" ~ 0/ •• a...... _ ..... ~ and The Boys' Choir of Toronto). Selections include Hedge Roses and My Lynn peace thou art (Schubert). Alleluja (MoZllrt). Magnif'ocat in G (Stanford). OIIGAN I\IlSIC Linden Lea (Vaughan Williams). ZEIGLER-DICKSON s.\IllfD CHOIIAL I\IlSIC .!ll '.r. Ift.Nt..... d .. _u.- PRICE: 87.00 each, plus postnge, 81.00. Oraanlst a CU"tllCllt. D.partment of Music 110 1- .....In. WOUIJwtDtVUSlCSUV1ClJ Orden! to: nlC Secrelary, Church or St. Simon.the·Apostle, .,.,....1.....,..,· ...... S2S·Bloor Sirut Enst, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. M4W lJl IOWA STAlE UNIVEl5'1Y _ ...... _ Y"'- .., . ..,.:ra....a Am ••• IDwD - DECEMBER. 1977 2S ClaSlft.... adv.rtlsing ral•• : p.r wlH'd, $.20; minfmtlm thorae, $2.50; Itox nllmber, .deUtI.n.! $1.00. CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS R.pli •• to Itox numb.r•• hould It. Hnl c/o TIM DiaJHIson, 434 S. Wabash Avenue, Chlcago, 111. 60605. MISCE~N~OUS HARPSICHOIIDS SKILLED flUE VOICING, REVOICING. TON· HARPSICHORDS, CLAYICHORDS, MOZART choimuul.r seeh 1 .1111 finis hing . Free lance only. Addren M.2, THE ing combination Pianos by Neupert, solo or rental, Finoncin9 with lerious minis try of DIAPASON . ism; (preferably a H ovailable. Wr·te or call Woll y Po lieo, 1955 West greel, II rcell e"' references, Must occommodate 13 John Beers Rd., Steven1Vi Ue , MI "9127. ce90 area. (lI2) 692·1732. TWO, THREE AND FOUR·MANUAl AUSTIN Pos. eMi 17 Ped ,lops p'us cOMOl es, bought and sold. Factory tr.ined tech. Blackstone, 1364 Statcrou HA RPS ICHORDS - LISTING OF INSTRU. 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