AMR1.qxd 8/22/00 11:04 PM Page 17 EDITOR’S ______NOTE ______ ______ ______ ______ Volume XLI, Number 4 September 2000 FEATURES One of the goals of the ARS Long-Range Anthony Burgess: The Man and His Recorder Music . 11 Plan, adopted this past year, is to make An analysis of the surprising number of works for recorder American Recorder available on the Inter- net. With this issue we are taking the first left by one of the 20th century’s outstanding men of letters, steps toward that goal. On a trial basis, by Scott Paterson readers can access the September AR in 6 The Worshipful Recorder. 18 PDF format by pointing their web browser to <www.recorderonline.org>. A church organist, composer, and recorder player Thiswill take you to a page wel- wonders why the recorder isn’t ubiquitous in religious services, coming you to “American Recorder On- by Peter A. Ramsey Line,” with specific instructions on how to proceed (including how to download the latest version of Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, DEPARTMENTS which you will need in order to open these 11 Advertiser Index . 40 pages). The PDF format allows you to “thumb” Book Reviews . 21 through the magazine starting with the Chapters & Consorts . 35 cover, almost as if you are holding the Classified . 40 printed version. But there will be added advantages. After providing a password Music Reviews. 25 (shhh, it’s “Stanesby” for this issue only), On the Cutting Edge. 33 clicking on any article or department on Opening Measures . 31 this first Table of Contents page will take 35 President’s Message . 3 you directly there. Clicking on any adver- tiser listed in the Advertiser Index will take Response . 39 you to the page where the ad appears. ON THE COVER: Tidings . 5 Many advertisers have made arrangements Illustration by Professional Potpourri, ARS & Amici, Berkeley Festival to have their ad in American Recorder di- Adam Niklewicz Country Music on Recorder, Bits & Pieces rectly linked to their own web page or to © 2000 their e-mail address. References to web ad- dresses in the text will often be “active” in the same way. Best of all, it is now possible to hear the musical illustrations in articles. Scott Pa- BENJAMIN S. DUNHAM, Editor terson’s research into the life and recorder Contributing Editors works of author Anthony Burgess (page FRANCES BLAKER, Beginners; SCOTT PATERSON, Book Reviews 11) benefits from musical examples that CAROLYN PESKIN, Q & A; CONSTANCE M. PRIMUS, Music Reviews can be played back in MIDI format, just by EUGENE REICHENTHAL, Education; PETE ROSE, 20th-Century Performance clicking on the music as it appears in the GILLIAN KAHN, Design Consultant PDF version. In this same way, we can also make it possible for members to hear a Advisory Board Members’ Library Edition before they play Martha Bixler • Valerie Horst • David Lasocki it—Peter A. Ramsey’s Triptych is on-line at Bob Marvin • Howard Schott • Thomas Prescott • Catherine Turocy the same address as American Recorder fol- Kenneth Wollitz lowing the same instructions as above. We are also pleased to be able to reprint Mr. Copyright © 2000 American Recorder Society, Inc. Printed in U.S.A. American Recorder (ISSN: 0003-0724), 5554 S. Prince, Suite 128, Littleton, CO 80120, is published bimonthly (January, March, May, September, and Ramsey’s article about using recorders in November) for its members by the American Recorder Society, Inc. $20 of the annual $40 U.S. membership dues in the American Recorder Society is for a subscription to American Recorder. Articles, reviews, and letters to the editor reflect the viewpoint of their individual authors. Their appearance in this magazine church settings, adapted from its original does not imply official endorsement by the ARS. Submission of articles and photographs is welcomed. Articles should be typed single-spaced with wide margins or submitted on PC discs (WordPerfect 5.1, Word for Windows, or RTF preferred) or as an attachment to an e-mail message. They should be for the appearance in the GIA (Gregorian Institute exclusive consideration of AR, unless otherwise noted. Photographs may be sent as color or black-and-white prints,or high resolution, zipped TIFF images. Editorial office: Benjamin S. Dunham, Editor, American Recorder, 472 Point Rd., Marion, MA 02738; 508-748-1750 (business hours), 508-748-1928 (fax); of America) Quarterly. [email protected]. Deadlines for editorial material: November 15 (January), January 15 (March), March 15 (May), July 15 (September), and September 15 (November). Books for review: Scott Paterson, 77 Queensbury Ave., Scarborough, ON M1N 2X8, Canada. 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