Organ use in protestant church services between 1886 and 1938. Part 2
There is but little known about organ music in protestant church services in The Netherlands from 1886 to 1938. What has been published on the subject deals almost solely with chorale books published around 1900. But there are more aspects and problems that deserve...
Jan Zwart – Willem Mudde. Musical-hermeneutic investigations (I)
Music is one of the means by which the church manifests itself. It is truly an important means, because it speaks without words in a living manner directly from the heart to the heart. Through music the church communicates its beliefs to a specific audience, whether...
L’Art total. On the death of Jean Guillou (1930-2019)
On Saturday 26 January, 2019, Jean Guillou died after a short illness at the age of 88. He was a writer, poet, composer, pianist, organist, organ consultant, teacher, connoisseur of art, and according to some an iconoclast. The relations between all these aspects are...
The disposition collection of Lucas Willem Boogert
The author discovered the hitherto unknown collection of dispositions that Lucas Willem Boogert made between 1949 and 1959. He wrote an extensive article which can be downloaded from the website of Het Orgel www.hetorgel.nl/dispositieverzameling_boogert.pdf In number...
‘Queen of the organ’. Jeanne Demessieux in memoriam. Part 2 (end)
The 11th of November, 2018, was the 50th anniversary of the death of the French organist and composer Jeanne Demessieux. In the previous number her education, her contacts with her teacher Marcel Dupré, and her concert career were presented. She was welcome in The...
In memoriam Gerrit Stulp (1935-2019)
On 6 April, 2019, the organist, music teacher, conductor and composer Gerrit Stulp died in Leeuwarden at the age of 83. In this article his life and work are discussed. He was nationally known primarily through his chorale settings. In 1995 Boeijenga published his...
In memoriam André Verwoerd
Andries (André) Verwoerd died on Sunday the 9th of December, 2018. He was born in the north part of Rotterdam, the city where he lived his whole life. He was associated as church organist with the Bethelkerk, the Grote Kerk in Overschie, the Prinsekerk, and the...
In memoriam Gerrit Klop
Gerrit Klop died on 5 December, 2018. Visionary craftsman and as instrument maker very much at the center of the stormy development of historically oriented performance practice, which arose in the 2nd half of the previous century: so might one best characterize...
Life and work of the organ maker Albert Kiespenning
On 9 March, 2018, the organ in the Grote Kerk (St.-Janskerk) in Wijk bij Duurstede was reïnaugurated after a restoration by Orgelmakers Van Vulpen of Utrecht. The instrument is now tuned in mean-tone. It was built about 1615 by Albert Kiespenning. The restoration is a...
Piet Kee (30 August 1927 – 25 May 2018) – Artistic willfulness and infinite precision
The organist and composer Piet Kee (1927-2018) passed away last year. This article discusses the influences of the German “Orgelbewegung”, Kee’s motivation, and his vision for the organ and organ playing. Finally, using a few works as examples, his stylistic traits...
A future for organ culture
The article discusses the question of what is needed to guarantee the future of organ culture. Does the organ have a chance of survival without the religious (Christian) context? Introducing cosmetic innovations is insufficient to guarantee the continuation of secular...
Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 3 by Bart van Buitenen
ArticlesBart van Buitenen Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 3Het ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 4-13 [summary] In the third part of the series ‘Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen...
The Hoornbeeck organ in the Nieuwe Lutherse Kerk in Amsterdam by Auke H. Vlagsma
ArticlesAuke H. Vlagsma The Hoornbeeck organ in the Nieuwe Lutherse Kerk in AmsterdamHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 14-22 [summary] In 1694 the Consistory of the Lutheran congregation in Amsterdam decided to have an organ built for its second church building at the...
Why and how we restore organs by Robert Helder
ArticlesRobert Helder Why and how we restore organsHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 23-29 [summary] This article discusses the goals with which monumental organs are restored and the relevant criteria. Already in 1931 an international congress of architects and engineers...
In memoriam Piet Kee by Jos van der Kooy
ArticlesJos van der Kooy In memoriam Piet KeeHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 30-33 [summary] The organist/composer Piet Kee passed away on 25 May, 2018. He saw himself as musician, or even better as artist, with a great passion for composing, making music, teaching,...
In memoriam Herman van Vliet by Evan Bogerd
ArticlesEvan Bogerd In memoriam Herman van VlietHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 4, 34-35 [summary] In 2011 Herman van Vliet stated in the Reformatorisch Dagblad that life was short and limited, and that to be able to carry out all his plans, he’d have to live till he was...
Developments in Bach interpretation by Reitze Smits
ArticlesReitze Smits Developments in Bach interpretationHet ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 3, 14-21 [summary] There was attention for the original context of early music from the early 20th century. But historically based performance practice blossomed particularly in the...
Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 2 by Bart van Buitenen
ArticlesBart van Buitenen Instruments of reflection. Organs for international exhibitions as seen by the Dutch, part 2Het ORGEL 114 (2018), nr. 3, 3-13 [summary] In 1937 the “Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie moderne” [International... 