Interview with composer Saskia Macris by Kees Huges

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Kees Huges Interview with composer Saskia MacrisHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 6, 37-39 [summary] In 1997, Saskia Macris won the Hinsz organ composition contest at Kampen, with thecomposition Bevrijding (Liberation). It was her first organ piece. Now she hascompleted a new...

Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) and the church hymn by Hans Jansen

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Hans Jansen Ernst Pepping (1901-1981) and the church hymnHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 6, 12-15 [summary] Composer Ernst Pepping was composition professor at the Berlin Hochschule für Musik.He did not belong to the group of experimental composers such as Ligeti and...

Why do we sing at a lower pitch? by Jan R. Luth

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Jan R. Luth Why do we sing at a lower pitch?Het ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 6, 22-24 [summary] Many Dutch church musicians experience that congregations have trouble singing‘high’ tones like d2. Is this a new development? And if so, how canwe explain it?Writings of Van...

Into the future with Distler by Stephen Taylor

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Stephen Taylor Into the future with DistlerHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 6, 5-11 [summary] Despite the doubtful state of organ building in the Interbellum, the 1930s was perhapsthe most significant period of organ composition in the 20th century, with major workswritten by...

The National Monument Service and organs by Christa Hijink

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Christa Hijink The National Monument Service and organsHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 5, 5-7 [summary] The board of the Royal Dutch Organists Association recently met the Adviser on Organsof the National Monument Service, Rudi van Straten, and his predecessor, now...

The organ of the Dom in Innsbruck (A) by Peter van Dijk

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Peter van Dijk The organ of the Dom in Innsbruck (A)Het ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 5, 20-23 [summary] On 1 July 2000, the organ of the St.-Jacobsdom in Innsbruck (Austria) was inaugurated.The instrument is a reconstruction by organ builder Pirchner. Organist Reinhard Jaud...

Sweelinck, his students, their works by Bernard Winsemius

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Bernard Winsemius Sweelinck, his students, their worksHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 5, 8-11 [summary] Jan Pietersz. Sweelinck’s organ style was less famous in Holland than it wasabroad. His students came from cities around the Baltic Sea: Heinrich Scheidemann,Melchior...
A noteworthy organ for the Hofkerk in Bergeijk by Jos Laus

A noteworthy organ for the Hofkerk in Bergeijk by Jos Laus

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Jos Laus A noteworthy organ for the Hofkerk in BergeijkHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 6, 32-35 [summary] At Pentecost, an organ based on the work ofMaarschalkerweerd was inaugurated in the Hofkerk in Bergeijk. The original instrument wasbuilt in 1902 by Michaël...
Casting organ metal on sand by Hans Fidom

Casting organ metal on sand by Hans Fidom

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Hans Fidom Casting organ metal on sandHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 3, 31-33 [summary] In this article the process of casting sheets of organmetal on sand is illustrated by a series of photographs. In the Netherlands, two organbuilders are intensively occupied by this...

Loudspeakers and organ music by Henk Kooiker

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Henk Kooiker Loudspeakers and organ musicHet ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 1, 13-17 [summary] Many organists have reached a high level because electronic organ imitationsenabled them to study intensively. Furthermore, many organists make cd’s. To whatextent are loudspeakers...
Italian organ building since 1960 by Wijnand van de Pol

Italian organ building since 1960 by Wijnand van de Pol

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Wijnand van de Pol Italian organ building since 1960Het ORGEL 97 (2001), nr. 4, july/august 21-27 [summary] In the 1960s, theinfluence of the Orgelbewegung began to be felt in Italy. Luigi Ferdinando Tagliaviniacted as a pioneer by designing new organs following the...