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Sir John Stainer
Sir John Stainer , 1840-1901, English composer and organist, grad. Oxford. He was organist and choirmaster at St. Paul's Cathedral (1872-88), and he wrote music for the church service, cantatas, and two oratorios, one of which, The Crucifixion (1887), is still often performed.... Read more |
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Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck , 1562-1621, Dutch organist and composer, called the "maker of German organists" because the succession of his pupils descended directly to J. S. Bach and Handel. In his organ fugues, called "fantasias," he was the first to give an independent part to the pedals.... Read more |
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Dorothy Thompson
Dorothy Thompson The outspoken conservative American journalist Dorothy Thompson (1894-1961) was one of the earliest women in her field. Her commentaries reached a very large audience in print and radio from the 1930s through the 1950s. Dorothy Thompson was born in Lancaster, New York, on... Read more |
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Girolamo Frescobaldi
Girolamo Frescobaldi , 1583-1643, Italian organist and composer. He became organist at St. Peter's in Rome in 1608, where huge crowds came during most of his life to hear him play and improvise. From 1628 to 1634 he was organist at the court of the Medici in Florence. Through his pupil Johann ... Read more |
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Orlando Gibbons
Orlando Gibbons 1583-1625, English organist and composer. He became organist of the Chapel Royal about 1603, court virginalist in 1619, and organist at Westminster Abbey in 1623. His compositions include English anthems and services, consort and keyboard music, and madrigals. His brothers, Edward... Read more |
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Franz Gruber
Franz Gruber , 1787-1863, Austrian organist. On Christmas Eve in 1818 he composed his one published work, the music for the poem Silent Night by the local curate, Josef Mohr.... Read more |
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Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger , 1736-1809, Austrian musical theorist, teacher, and composer. He became (1772) court organist in Vienna and later was chief organist, conductor, and choirmaster of St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna. He composed more than 240 works and wrote important books on counterpoint... Read more |
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Sir Richard Runciman Terry
Sir Richard Runciman Terry 1865-1938, English organist and musicologist. He was organist and choir director (1901-24) of Westminster Cathedral. Terry studied and made collections of early English church music and edited the Westminster Hymnal (1912), the official hymnal for Roman Catholic use in... Read more |
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Johann Pachelbel
Johann Pachelbel , 1653-1706, German organist and composer, b. Nuremberg. He held a number of posts as an organist in German churches, returning to his birthplace in 1695, where he became the organist at St. Sebald's Church. As a composer he is best known for his chorale preludes and variations, and... Read more |
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Jimmy Smith
Jimmy Smith Jazz organist More than any other musician, Jimmy Smith was responsible for the rise in prominence of the Hammond B-3 organ in jazz. "He revolutionized the instrument," wrote Ron Wynn and Bob Porter in All Music Guide, "showing it could be creatively used in a jazz context and... Read more |
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MacDowell not 'Crush'-proof Onetime Southern belle plays English headmistress...
...enjoys cigarettes, wine and discussing the...chocolates given to the woman with the worst dating...the knees and that women want to copy. Of...and guns, these women use their rapier...falls for a young organist named Jed. When...friendship ... |
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Communion of the saints: honouring the elderly with bread and wine.(Aging)
...We have music, an organ and organist and a long sermon. And the...a sweet, old Presbyterian woman glared at her daughter when...home but realized the older woman was furious. I quickly went...she savoured the bread and the wine! Are we acting with honour... |
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MAKING PEACE WITH NEW AGE MUSIC
...tune that went on to sell a million bottles of wine, the 17th century church organist may have been the first composer of the New Age...Windham Hill's Liz Story, one of the few women in the top ranks of New Age popularity, proves... |
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THE WELL TEMPERED COMPOSER; WEEKEND.
...Germany where he was church organist and choirmaster in several cities...He was a hearty eater and wine drinker. As a young organist, he had been severely reprimanded...was herself a desperately sick woman and her physicians were unable... |
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Bishop's pportunity finds equal opposition: Church snubs female...
...opposes ordination of women, she found more than...found an empty altar, no organist and no bread or wine with which to conduct...cannot work through a woman, a view shared by Roman...The ordination of women is a denial of the truth...than ... |
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The islands that stepped back in time
...lukewarm black cocoa, a line of enormous men and women stood swaying gently from side to side, crooning...go up to the altar rail: instead, trays of wine were set around the pews, as the organist played "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain... |
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REGISTER NORTH: WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE AREA
...Music will be provided by organist Mary Ludovico-Kotulski...firefighters to hold benefit wine tasting HAMDEN" The...Firefighters will sponsor a wine tasting from 5:30 to...appetizers. Mt. Carmel Wine and Spirits Co. will...Sola at 239-6804. ... |
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Whats on
...soprano Ludmilla Edelman and organist/harpsichordist Alexander Rozenblat...Orchestra for a candlelight and wine concert of Vivaldi's "Stabat...music by Rossini ("The Italian Woman in Algiers"), Vivaldi...fortress, with time out for wine and food. Soprano ... |
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Down Your Way
...soloist was Jessica Adams, the organist Hazel Vincent and pianist Janet...Society, local businesses, the Women's Institute, the bowling...Singers also took part; the organist was Peter Mitchell, with soloist...Afterwards mince pies and mulled wine were ... |
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DAYBOOK -- COMMUNITY EVENTS
...by Oct. 31. Young organist to perform A concert...the American Guild of Organists will feature 14-year-old organist Felix Hell on Nov...scholarships for young organists in the area. The Fox...the performance "The Wine Time" at 8 ... |