“UNBELIEVABLE!” “I had no idea” “How many pipes are there?” Whenever we introduce church members to their pipe organ, these are the inevitable exclamations. Most of them have seen the console of the organ, with its keyboards, pedalboard, stops, and buttons, and they believe that these parts constitute “the organ.” Most have […]
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Organ playing is the manifestation of a will filled with the vision of eternity. – Charles Marie Widor
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Mankind desperately needs to bridge the gap between the rational and the spiritual…
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The first order of business was to launch an educational effort in the renewing of worship.
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Musicians, this is worth a read! http://www.rd.com/true-stories/inspiring/the-night-i-met-einstein/
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“Remember that Bach is not idiomatic keyboard music, but an imitation of voices, instruments, or ensembles, and use the resources of the piano (organ?) accordingly.” -Ralph Kirkpatrick (1911-1984), American Musicologist and Harpsichordist
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“Blatant imitations lack integrity.” Alexandra Stoddard in “The Decoration of Houses”
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“Men can never look at the sun, except downwards, at his reflection in the things of earth. If he is reflected in a dirty puddle, he is still the sun…” -Mary Stewart in “The Crystal Cave”
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“There are some things that one hesitates to bring down into words. Words change an idea by definitions too precise, meanings too hung about with the references of every day.” – Mary Stewart (in The Hollow Hills)
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We paint our houses to make them beautiful. We color our clothes to make them beautiful. Artists paint pictures to create beauty. And the sole right of the organ to be tolerated in church, in theatre, in school, in concert halls, in the home, depends upon its ability to create beauty. […]
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