Nunc Dimittis

Michael Farris,
Associate Professor of Organ at the Eastman School of Music since 1994 and
co-chair of the Keyboard Department, died on March 27. Dr. Farris was 41.

Edward H. Holloway, Janny van Wering

In recognition of the tercentenary year, eight books have been published between 1994 and 1996; seven of these will be discussed in these pages in two installments.3 The books in the first group, general in outlook, present the historical background of Purcell's time, provide a picture of his life from scattered sources, and establish a credible context for his compositional genres.

Remembering the prolific and active church musician

Donald Paul Hustad, organist, choir director, radio musician, composer, arranger, scholar, educator, editor, and writer, died on June 22, 2013, at the age of 94. Active in church music for more than 85 years, he had become one of the most articulate scholars, chroniclers, and critics of the history and traditions of music in the evangelical and “free” (i.e., non-liturgical) church traditions.