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The Van den Heuvel organ in the Bethelkerk in Lunteren

24/09/2020 | No category, The instrument

At the end of 2019 a new 3-manual organ with 46 stops was inaugurated. This is a rare event deserving attention, especially in a time when many churches are closing. On 27 November the organ was presented by the maker, the firma of Van den Heuvel from Dordrecht, to...

Dutch organists from the School of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy: an investigation. Part 1: the opening of the conservatory in Leipzig and the earliest contacts with Dutch musicians

08/07/2020 | No category, The gallery

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s influence was not limited to Germany. Many students at the conservatory in Leipzig, which the composer founded in 1843, came from foreign countries and returned after their studies to their original countries. Besides England, France and...

The use of the organ in protestant church services between 1886 and 1938. Part 6: The use of the organ in protestant church services between 1886 and 1938. Part 5: the position of the organist

05/03/2020 | No category, The gallery

In this series the author treats various aspects of organ music in church services as these were discussed between 1886 and 1938 in Het Orgel. In the first installment it was clarified that the year 1938 was chosen because in that year a new hymnal was published. ...