Herman de Kler Amsterdam, 1932: bank employee appointed cathedral organistHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 3, 16-29 [summary] In 1932, Henk Loohuijs, bank employee at Amsterdam, was appointed organist of the Nieuwe Kerk of the Dutch capital. Loohuijs, who possessed the...
Jan Smelik Bach interpretation according to HET ORGEL, established in 1886Het ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 4, 5-26 [summary] HET ORGEL played an important role in the discussion of the interpretation of the organ music of J.S. Bach. Before 1900, German literature on the...
Peter van Dijk The significance of the organ building firm Van Oeckelen according to HET ORGELHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 4, 27046 [summary] Petrus van Oeckelen (1792-1878), son of organ builder Cornelis van Oeckelen (1762-1878), who lived in Breda, was a musician of...
Pieter Dirksen Fingering in 17th-century keyboard music (Scheidemann)Het ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 5, 10-19 [summary] A little-studied tablature with domestic keyboard music from Brussels (B-Bc, MS 26.374/ii), which originated close to Heinrich Scheidemann (ca....
Henk Kooiker Barker levers: technical aspectsHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 5, 5-9 [summary] The Barker lever helps the organist to open the valves in the wind chest. The need for such a lever arose in the 19th century, as organs grew bigger and had relatively larger pipes...
Auke Hendrik Vlagsma The former organ of the Reformed Church at BoerakkerHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 5, 32-41 [summary] Early 17th-century pipes made by organ builder Anthonie Verbeeck for the former organ of the Jacobijnerkerk at Leeuwarden survived when organ builder...
Martin Moree German Chorale-Preludes from the decades around 1900Het ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 5, 20-31 [summary] German organists wrote many chorale-preludes in the decades around 1900. Their quality is not always good, but quite a few pieces are interesting as long as...
Rudi van Straten In memoriam Onno WiersmaHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 6, 5-11 [summary] On 16 August 2004, Onno Wiersma died. Wiersma was assistant director and chief of the department of expertise of the National Heritage Trust. In 1970, he succeeded Cor Edskes as...
Kees Weggelaar Unknown for no good reason: the music of Bernard BartelinkHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 6, 25-31 [summary] Bernard Bartelink (1929) was not only the organist of the Cathedral Basilica St. Bavo at Haarlem: he is composer as well. The organist Bartelink...
Henk Verhoef The organ of the St. Martinuskerk at WestwoudHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 6, 12-21 [summary] In 2003 the Ypma organ of the St.-Martinuskerk at Westwoud was re-inaugurated after a restoration carried out by Elbertse Orgelmakers. Ton van Eck was consultant....
Bert van Dijk Wire for organ actions since the 19th centuryHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 6, 22-24 [summary] In the second half of the 19th century, brass wire appeared to be insufficiently reliable to organ builders. They suspected the light gas that fuelled the lamps...
Kees Weggelaar Composing for organ at NoorbeekHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 3, 30-35 [summary] At Noorbeek, a village near Maastricht, a series of organ recitals takes place annually. This series is a special part of the Limburg Organ Festival, in which every year a new...
Hans Fidom Musicus index legum! Interview with Piet KeeHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 1, 5-14 [summary] Piet Kee (*1927), until the end of the 1980s organist of the famous organs in the city churches at Alkmaar and Haarlem and teacher at the conservatory at Amsterdam,...
Peter van Dijk The organs of the St.-Jan parish at LarenHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 1, 15-21 [summary] On 19 May 2002, a new organ was inaugurated in the St.-Jansbasiliek at Laren. It was built by Ademas Kerkorgelbouw (Hillegom). The organ is the third instrument of...
Jan Jongepier Organ consultancy: changing perspectivesHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 1, 22-28 [summary] On 1 November 2003, Jan Jongepier was awarded the first Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck Prize, for his significant contributions to organ culture, especially in his role as an...
Peter Ouwerkerk The improvisation contest 2003 at ZwolleHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 1, 29-32 [summary] On 27 September 2003, the third Dutch national improvisation contest took place in the city of Zwolle, on the Schnitger organ (1721) in the Grote Kerk and the...
Pieter Bakker Key CharacteristicsHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 1, 33-37 [summary] About a hundred years ago, German writers introduced the doctrine of the affections in musicology. The word affect had been used before, but it is not at all certain that it meant the same...
Hans Fidom Organ sound and organ philosophy: the world of Bernhardt EdskesHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 2, 19-26 [summary] Organ sound and organ philosophy: the world of Bernhardt Edskes Hans FidomThe way the Dutch/Swiss organ builder Bernhardt Edskes (his company is...
Peter van Dijk Estonia: a dynamic organ cultureHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 2, 27-31 [summary] Estonia is the most northerly of the three Baltic countries. Its capital city, Tallinn, became a member of the Hanseatic league in 1284. Estonia became independent in 1991, and...
Stefan Gruschka and Hans Fidom Colloquium: The organ between yesterday and tomorrowHet ORGEL 100 (2004), nr. 2, 32-38 [summary] From 23 to 25 September 2003 the colloquium Die Orgel zwischen gestern und morgen took place in Siegen (Germany), led by Hermann J....
