THE DIAPASON JULY, 2011 Hendricks Avenue Baptist Church Jacksonville, Florida Cover feature on pages 30–31 July 2011 Cover.indd 1 6/9/11 1:25:13 PM James David Christie Peter Richard Conte Isabelle Demers Clive Driskill-Smith David Enlow Jeremy Filsell S. 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You have a friendly, open-minded, An International Monthly Devoted to the Organ, mative article by James McCray, “The and good-humored approach to things the Harpsichord, Carillon, and Church Music Evolution of American Choral Music: that is very refreshing to read. You seem Roots, Trends, and Composers,” in the to have a passion for sharing knowledge May issue. It provides much information and experience and writing about it in a about neglected periods in this country’s very engaging way. CONTENTS Editor & Publisher JEROME BUTERA [email protected] church music. I would suggest only one Please keep up the great work! 847/391-1045 addition to the words devoted to Dud- Charles Clancy FEATURES ley Buck: In a graduate class in church Walnut Creek, California Birds, Bells, Drums, and More in Associate Editor JOYCE ROBINSON music, I vividly recall Dr. Luther Noss, P.S.: I don’t recall if these were on Historical Italian Organs, Part 1 [email protected] Dean of the Yale Graduate School of your list of tools, but among my indis- by Fabrizio Scolaro, English translation 847/391-1044 by Francesco Ruffatti 20 Music, emphasizing that Dudley Buck pensable tools are a small articulated Contributing Editors LARRY PALMER became one of the fi rst full-time church mirror and a fl ashlight that is small Ayo Bankole’s FESTAC Cantata: Harpsichord musicians in this country. This estab- enough to hold between the teeth. A Paradigm for Intercultural Composition lished a tradition of professional church (Sounds like a bad idea but works if you by Godwin Sadoh 25 JAMES MCCRAY musicians that continues to this day. need both hands free.) J. L. Krebs: Choral Music Buck also was one of the fi rst non-Eu- Borrower Extraordinaire ropean fi gures of importance to the an- It is with some trepidation that I pick by Jonathan B. Hall 28 BRIAN SWAGER Carillon them repertoire in this country. up a pen (mouse) to correct someone Carl B. Staplin, Ph.D., AAGO as knowledgeable as John Bishop. But NEWS & DEPARTMENTS JOHN BISHOP Professor Emeritus of Organ and his explanation of why a fl ue pipe’s tun- Editor’s Notebook 3 In the wind . Church Music ing changes with temperature (“In the Letters to the Editor 3 Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa wind,” May 2011) is, I believe, incor- Here & There 3, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 GAVIN BLACK rect: “When the air gets less dense, On Teaching Appointments 6 Sacred Heart Roman Catholic sound waves need less energy and they Nunc Dimittis 8 Reviewers James M. Reed Church, Ingersoll, Ontario shorten. When the sound waves short- On Teaching by Gavin Black 12 John L. Speller We would like to thank and acknowl- en, the pitch increases.” John M. Bullard edge our associates and colleagues from The wavelength is determined by In the wind . by John Bishop 14 Jay Zoller Keates-Geissler Pipe Organs for their the length of the pipe and this does Charlie Steele REVIEWS help and support on the restoration at not change. What does change is the Jan-Piet Knijff Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church speed of sound, which increases with Music for Voices and Organ 16 in Ingersoll (“Here & There,” The temperature. Hot air molecules are fast New Recordings 17 Diapason, May, p. 10). Please note the molecules. Since frequency = speed/ Book Reviews 18 THE DIAPASON (ISSN 0012-2378) is published monthly by Scranton Gillette Communications, Inc., 3030 W. Salt memory system was supplied by SSL wavelength, frequency increases as tem- New Organ Music 19 Creek Lane, Suite 201, Arlington Heights, IL 60005-5025. and not Westacott. We apologize for the perature increases. Phone 847/391-1045. Fax 847/390-0408. Telex: 206041 incorrect information. John Coenraads NEW ORGANS 32 MSG RLY. E-mail: <[email protected]>. Subscriptions: 1 yr. $35; 2 yr. $55; 3 yr. $70 (Unit- Gary R. Schmidt Victoria, British Columbia SUMMER CARILLON CALENDAR 32 ed States and U.S. Possessions). Foreign subscrip- Schmidt Piano and Organ Service tions: 1 yr. $45; 2 yr. $65; 3 yr. $85. Single copies $6 Kitchener, Ontario John Bishop replies CALENDAR 34 (U.S.A.); $8 (foreign). Back issues over one year old are available only My thanks to Mr. Coenraads for his ORGAN RECITALS 37 from The Organ Historical Society, Inc., P.O. Box 26811, John Bishop, “In the wind . .” apt correction of my quasi-scientifi c er- Richmond, VA 23261, which can supply information on I’ve been a reader of The Diapason ror. We all know that when we touch or- CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING 38 availabilities and prices. for 12 years or so. I’ve especially enjoyed gan pipes they go out of tune. If we touch Periodical postage paid at Rochelle, IL and additional mailing offi ces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes it since 2007, when its content started without dislodging tuning slides or other Cover: A. E. Schlueter Pipe Organ Company, to THE DIAPASON, 3030 W. 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Unsolicited ing House, is to write “Thank you for stration frequently: I ask my assistant to reviews cannot be accepted. doing this!” play two pipes an octave apart and put a This journal is indexed in the The Music Index, an- notated in Music Article Guide, and abstracted in RILM I relate to or learn something every fi nger on one of them. You can tell that Send subscriptions, inquiries, and ad- Abstracts. time I read one of your columns, even the pitch is changing almost instantly as dress changes to THE DIAPASON, Copyright © 2011. Printed in the U.S.A. when it’s about something entirely re- the “beats” start. I thank Mr. Coenraads moved from the organ world, such as sail- for his correction. 3030 W. Salt Creek Lane, Suite 201, THE DIAPASON accepts no responsibility or liability Arlington Heights, IL 60005. for the validity of information supplied by contributors, ing—or maybe even just life in general. John Bishop vendors, advertisers or advertising agencies. 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Here & There The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Editor’s Notebook Washington, DC, presents its summer organ recital series: July 3, Roland Stang- ier; 7/10, William Atwood; 7/17, Russell In this issue known prelude and fugue of Gottfried Weismann; 7/24, Richard Fitzgerald; In this issue of The Diapason, Fab- Kirchhoff, by Maxim Serebrennikov; an 7/31, Donald Fellows; August 7, Gerhard rizio Scolaro takes a detailed look at introduction to the works of Giuseppe Weinberger; 8/14, Paul Murray; 8/21, the many unusual sound effects found Gherardeschi, by Sarah Mahler Kraaz; Leo Abbott; 8/28, Federico Andreoni. in historical Italian organs: birds, bells, and much more. For information: drums, and more. Godwin Sadoh ex- <www.nationalshrine.com>. amines the FESTAC Cantata by Ayo THE DIAPASON website Bankole, which combines elements of I continue to promote The Diapa- Western compositional style with indig- son website, a useful resource, much of enous Nigerian instruments and idioms. which is restricted to current subscribers Jonathan Hall offers a new perspective of The Diapason. When searching the on Johann Ludwig Krebs’s borrowing archives and other features, users are from the works of his teacher J.S. Bach. asked to enter their subscriber number In his regular column, Gavin Black and e-mail. Your subscriber number is continues his discussion of memoriza- the seven digits following “DPP” above tion—pros and cons, the teaching and your name on the label of your copy of learning process, and implications for The Diapason.