January 2001

Articles, Reports, and Reviews

Acoustics. See Bethards.

Apple, Warren. New Organ Music. Jan 12-13, Sept 13-14, Oct
14, Nov 10

__________. New Recordings. July 12, Aug 10, Oct 12-13, Dec
10, 12

Art of the Fugue. See Kellner.

Bach. See Kellner.

Baggia, Aldo J. New Recordings. Apr 8, 10, May 12, Oct 12,
Nov 8-9, Dec 8, 10

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Austin Organs, Inc.,

Hartford, Connecticut

The Episcopal Church of

Bethesda-by-the-Sea,

Palm Beach, Florida

Bok Tower Festival

Organ Conference 2000

For twenty-two years George Ritchie and Quentin Faulkner
have developed and presented a wonderful series of organ conferences at the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Musicians throughout the United States and
abroad have come to expect a superb conference with clinicians, artists and
teachers who are among the most respected people in their fields. (See sidebar
for a brief retrospective history of the Nebraska Organ Conference.)

New directions in US organ research

Quiet successfully the Organ Historical Society has added a new
feature to its activities. On October 12-14, 2000, some sixty scholars and
friends gathered at Westminster Choir College of Rider University,
Princeton--where the OHS Archives are housed--for "New Directions in American
Organ Research, a Symposium Exploring New Directions of Organ Research in
America." The symposium was designed to showcase the handsomely arranged
archives, in Westminster's Talbott Library, and archivist Stephen L. Pinel was
the justifiably proud host.

When one thinks of the history of the harpsichord, Hungary
is not the first country that comes to mind. Yet, as might be expected from a
country that has produced so many outstanding musicians, a number of talented
and enthusiastic performers have succeeded in securing the harpsichord a place
in Hungarian musical life. Compared to Western Europe and the United States,
this has come about relatively recently and much of the credit must go to
János Sebestyén, who established the first harpsichord class at
the Lizst Academy in 1970.