Jan Marten de Vries New ListeningHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] Interest in the organ is decreasing rapidly, leading to the question of when and where the organ can still be used. The author makes a case for a new approach which he calls new listening....
Cees van der Poel and Rogér van Dijk The organ builders Kaat & Tijhuis recent workHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] The organ builders Kaat and Tijhuis had both gained experience with various employers when they decided to start their own company in...
Cees van der Poel Vicissitudes of three restored Robustelly organs, part 1Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 3, 4-19 [summary] Eckelrade Photo: Jan SmelikGuillaume Robustelly (1718/25 1793) learned the craft of organ building from the Le Picard family. After this dynasty had...
Kees Weggelaar Ten years after the death of Cor Kee (A musical giant)Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 3, 20-32 [summary] Photo: Archive Het OrgelThe Dutch organist, composer and improviser Cor Kee (1900-1997) was a many-faceted person with broad (musical)cultural...
Cees van der Poel Vicissitudes of three restored Robustelly organs, part 2Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 4, 4-12 [summary] Photo: Jan SmelikSince the restoration in 2006 by Verschueren Orgelbouw, two instruments are united in the organ of the Caroluskapel in Roermond. The...
Matthias Schneider Stylus phantasticus and Buxtehudes organ musicHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 4, 22-29 [summary] Buxtehudes organ music and stylus phantasticus are often named together. There is however great uncertainty about what stylus phantasticus means. Two...
Michael Belotti The earliest sources of Buxtehudes organ musicHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 4, 30-35 [summary] Picture to the right:The beginning of the choralfantasia Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein of Dieterich Buxtehude was written down by Johann Seb. Bach....
Victor Timmer & Ton van Eck Charles-Marie Philbert and the Adema organ in the St.-Jacobsgesticht in AmsterdamHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 5, 4-18 [summary] The French diplomat Charles-Marie Philbert was active during his sojourn in The Netherlands (1849-1878 and...
Rogér van Dijk & Cees van der Poel The Seventy-fifth anniversray of Mense Ruiter OrgelmakersHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 5, 19-33 [summary] In 2006 the firma Mense Ruiter Orgelmakers b.v. in Zuidwolde (nearGroningen) celebrated its 75th anniversary. The willful...
Aart Bergwerff The Organ and world music les extrêmes se touchentHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] World music is a hot item in The Netherlands. There are festivals, concert series, and even a radio station that give a lot of attention to world music,...
Willem Tanke New approaches to improvisation and compositionHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] At the International Organ Symposium Rotterdam 2007 Willem Tanke presented improvisations and compositions of an innovative character, that were inspired by...
Rogér van Dijk & Cees van der Poel A full and harmonious sound (Restorations by the firm of Adema)Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 1, xx-xx [summary] On 16 September, 2006, Ademas Kerkorgelbouw of Hillegom presented its jubilee book celebrating 150 years of organ...
Hans Fidom From Willem-Hendrik Zwart to world music: a different perspective on church organ playingHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 6, xx-xx [summary] When I began studying musicology in 1986, I learned two things immediately. One: music by people from, say, Africa is just...
Johann Th. Lemckert Adriaan Engels (19062003)Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 1, xx-xx [summary] Adriaan Engels, born in Haarlem in 1906, first studied organ with George Robert, organist of the St.-Bavo church in Haarlem, and music theory with Leo Smit. Later he studied at...
Jan Smelik Whaddya mean King of Instruments? A Symposium on the future of Dutch Organ Culture.Het ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 1, xx-xx [summary] On the 21st of November, 2005, the Association Dutch Platform for Organ Art and Culture (Vereniging Nederlands Platform voor...
Willem Tanke New directions in organ artHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 2, 17-23 [summary] The Art of Doing Nothing is the name of a research project that Willem Tanke is carryingout for the World Music Research Group of Rotterdam Conservatory. It aims at improving mental...
Jan Hage The organ works of Petr Eben evaluatedHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 2, 24-34 [summary] The Czech composer Petr Eben is seldom mentioned along with leading composers of modern organ repertoire like Messiaen, Ligeti, Kagel, Berio and Xenakis, but his organ works...
Richard Bot The organ in the Roman Catholic liturgy since the Second Vatican CouncilHet ORGEL 103 (2007), nr. 2, xx-xx [summary] The current function of the organ in the Roman Catholic Church in the Netherlands is shaped by a number of factors. Since the Second...
