Jan-Piet Knijff Bert Matter retires after 33 years in ZutphenHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 1, 8-9 [summary] Bert Matter (1937) was organist of the Bader/Timpe organ in the St.-Walburgiskerk at Zutphen from 1969 till spring 2002. Matter calls this organ one of his teachers;...
Henk Kooiker, Sarah Stiles, Pieter Bakker New developments connected with the organ festival VOOR DE WINDHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] Ever more attention is being paid to the development of a new perspective on organ culture. Recent discussions on this...
Guido Persoons and Peter van Dijk Cornet and Sweelinck: new evidence on their keyboard musicHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] Attention to Dutch organ music from the decades around 1600 is increasing. Recently, Pieter Dirksen and Jean Ferrard published the...
Jan R. Luth German Choral Books from the 19th centuryHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 4, 16-21 [summary] In the 18th and 19th centuries, Dutch ecclesiastical music was influenced strongly by German composers and musicians. Many organists were immigrated Germans; Dutch...
Jean-Pierre Felix Belgium: organ building after the French RevolutionHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 4, 22-31 [summary] After a time of stagnation as a result of political-religious circumstances at the end of the 18th century, Belgian organ building recovered bit by bit. It...
Christian Ahrens and Jonas Braasch Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein: inventor of the organ stops with free reedsHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 4, 32-37 [summary] As a result of the Orgelbewegung in the early 20th century, free reeds lost their good reputation. Nowadays they...
Piet van der Steen Jacob Bijster and his organ musicHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 5, 5-14 [summary] Jacob Bijster (1902-1958) wrote 31 compositions for organ; 20 of them have been published. These editions are sold out. Wouter Bijster, son of the organist/composer, made...
Lex Gunnink The organ music of Jaap DragtHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 5, 15-24 [summary] Jaap Dragt (1930-2003) studied organ with Jacob Bijster at the Amsterdam Conservatory. He was senior organ lecturer at the Conservatory at Zwolle from 1961 to 1987.Dragts works show...
Hans Fidom Can I pump?! Utopas organ courseHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 5, 24-27 [summary] In 2001, Loek Dijkman, initiator of the Dutch Foundation Utopa, developed a plan to introduce organ building and organ music to 50,000 children. Utopas general aim is to...
Victor Timmer Contributions to organ history in Catholic churches in the Dutch province of Overijssel in the 19th centuryHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 5, 29-38 [summary] Quite a few aspects of the organ history of the Catholic Church in The Netherlands are still unclear....
Kees Hoeksma The new Regulation for church musiciansHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 5, 39-42 [summary] On 1 April 2004, the three main protestant churches in The Netherlands will merge to form the United Protestant Church. A committee has drafted a Regulation for church...
Jean Ferrard Organ instruction in Brussels in the 19th centuryHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] At the start of the 19th century, Catholic organ art was judged rather negatively by quite a few publicists, especially in France en Belgium; some even spoke of...
Christo Lelie Festival VOOR DE WIND in AmsterdamHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] The organ festival VOOR DE WIND took place 5-7 September 2003 in Amsterdam (voor de wind is a Dutch expression, meaning that one is doing well, like the sailing boat that is...
Jan R. Luth The organ as an iconographical and allegorical phenomenonHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 2, 32-38 [summary] Whereas the Calvinist point of view is that instrumental music only tickles the ear, the Lutheran tradition never rejected the use of instruments in...
Ibo Ortgies and Frank van Wijk Pure harmony at Alkmaar / Tuning and temperament in The Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuriesHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 3, 12-36 [summary] The main organ in the Laurenskerk at Alkmaar has been known as one of the first organs in The...
Albert van der Schoot Who invented the Golden Section?Het ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 3, 38-40 [summary] It is a persistent misunderstanding that renaissance artists and architects used the golden section. Indeed, Euclid was aware of the specific properties of the...
Anthony Fiumara The composer Fons BrouwerHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 3, 5-11 [summary] The composer Fons Brouwer (1963) was impressed deeply by Morton Feldman, who said in a composition masterclass in 1986: Taking the organ out of the organ is the only way to do it...
Joris De Henau Storm in the St Niklaaskerk at Gent in 1856Het ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 4, 5-15 [summary] The three-manual Cavaillé-Coll organ in the St. Niklaaskerk at Gent (Belgium, 1856) has been silent for decades; it is in bad condition. François-Joseph Fétis had...
Cor van Wageningen Organ music between 1800 and 1825Het ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 4, 37-43 [summary] A common aspect of many organ pieces from the decades around 1800 is that they are less progressive than other compositions. Beethovens First Symphony or Haydns Die...
Albert van der Schoot Johann Sebastian Bach and many, many figuresHet ORGEL 99 (2003), nr. 1, 10-12 [summary] In 1985, Kees van Houten and Marinus Kasbergen published their book Bach and het Getal [i.e. Bach and Number]. Which numbers could be found by associating...
