January 2003

Articles, Reports, and Reviews

by author (boldface) and
subject

Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival/USA. See Spicer.

American Cathedral in Paris. See Ebrecht.

American Guild of Organists. See Palmer.

Andrews, Colin. New Recordings. July 10-11

Apple, Warren. New Organ Music. Mar 13, Apr 12-13, Nov 15,
Dec 12-13

A Bach makes news

All Charges Dropped Against Singer Who Threatened Murder

My eyes were drawn to a news item from the Associated Press:
"charges against heavy-metal singer Sebastian Bach will be dismissed if
he avoids trouble for a year. The former lead singer for Skid Row, whose given
name is Sebastian Bierk, was charged with terroristic threats and drug
possession when apprehended during a bar fracas." (Reported in the Santa
Fe New Mexican for July 27).

Fred Haley died suddenly at the age of 67 on September 14, 2002, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. An organist since age 15, he received his musical education at Westminster Choir College, where his teachers included Julius Herford, Alexander McCurdy, and John Finley Williamson. He pursued postgraduate study at Syracuse University with Arthur Poister and at the University of Oklahoma with Mildred Andrews.

Marilyn Mason led the University of Michigan’s Historic Tour 46 of Italy and Austria from May 8–21, 2002. The cuisine was especially noteworthy and the weather was perfect. We often said privately among ourselves, “pinch me,” just to see if we were awake or
dreaming!

A Performer’s Investigation, Part 1

Knowledge

In order to acquire knowledge about John Bull’s work,
it is important to know a little bit about what knowledge actually meant at the
time the work was created. Here we are dealing with the late
Renaissance–early Baroque, the exact date of the composition itself, as
far as I have been able to determine, being unknown. Michel Foucault in his
book, The Order of Things: An Archaeology of the Human Sciences, states:

On June 9, 2002, John Walker delivered the keynote address at the gala Open House at the Reuter Organ Company, Lawrence, Kansas. The following article presents the text of these remarks, in which Mr. Walker responded to Albert Neutel's request to envision the future of the pipe organ in America.