ArticlesFrank van Wijk The organ works of Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans (1812-1875)Het ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 6, 4-13 [summary] The composer, organist, and Bach pioneer Johannes Gijsbertus Bastiaans was born 200 years ago. Although his name is familiar among organists,...
ArticlesJaap den Hertog The “Utrechts Orgelarchief Maarten Albert Vente” – a rich source for the futureHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 6, 14-21 [summary] The historian Maarten Albert Vente (1915-1989) occupied himself intensively with the scholarly study of the...
ArticlesHenco de Berg The organ symphonies of Arie J. Keijzer (01)Het ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 6, 22-29 [summary] Composer and organist Arie J. Keijzer, who celebrated his 80th birthday in June, 2012, wrote a large number of compositions for organ, piano, and orchestra,...
ArticlesJulia Dokter Musical rhetoric in Sweelinck’s keyboard variations on sacred tunes (02)Het ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 6, 14-23 [summary] [Summary – part 01]In the second part, those variation sets are treated in which about half of the text is represented by...
ArticlesKees van Eersel The first International Organ competition in BredaHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 6, 40-43 [summary] The first International Organ competition for young professional organists was held in the Grote of Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekerk in Breda from Thursday 27...
ArticlesGerrit Jordaan South African organ music. In search of cultural identityHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 4, 26-37 [summary] Organ Music from Africa has in general received little attention so far. South Africa has a considerable repertoire of organ Music for...
ArticlesJulia Dokter Musical rhetoric in Sweelinck’s keyboard variations on sacred melodies (I)Het ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 5, 14-23 [summary] Our knowledge of the music of Jan Pietersz. Sweelinck, whose 450th birthday is celebrated this year, has been augmented in...
ArticlesVictor Timmer Nicolaas Arnoldi Knock: ‘A first-class dilettante’ (part 2: About his relationship with Abt Vogler and about the DispositienHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 5, 4-13 [summary] The second part of this article is devoted to the relationship between Knock...
ArticlesGeert Bierling Organ arrangements of Vivaldi’s L’ Estro ArmonicoHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 5, 24-31 [summary] Three centuries ago Vivaldi’s collection L’Estro Armonico (opus 3) appeared, containing twelve concertos for 1,2, and 4 solo violins and...
ArticlesVictor Timmer Nicolaas Arnoldi Knock: ‘A first-class dilettante’ (part 1: biography, career, and musical activities)Het ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 4, 4-15 [summary] Nicolaas Arnoldi Knock (1759- 1794), familiar from his “Dispositien …”, was born of patrician...
ArticlesRogér van Dijk and Cees van der Poel The organ in the St.-Willibrorduskerk in Esch reborn in gloryHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 4, 16-25 [summary] In 1961 the trustees of the St.-Willibrorduskerk in Esch bought the organ that had been removed from the Hervormde...
ArticlesOlga de Kort-Koulikova Organizing organ concerts: a special talent?Het ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 3,4-11 [summary] In the second part of her article on organizing organ concerts, Olga de Kort-Koulikova discusses the situation in the Netherlands (the first part...
ArticlesAuke H. Vlagsma The swallows’ nest organ in the St.-Marienkirche in LemgoHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 3,20-29 [summary] In the town of Lemgo in the German region Lippe, previously a principality in Westphalia, an organ was built about 1590 by Georg (Jorrien)...
ArticlesRick Boele and Gerard Verweij The emergence of the Groningen organ landscapeHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 3,12-19 [summary] What non-musical factors played a role in the emergence of the Groningen organ landscape? To give an answer to this question, power...
ArticlesPeter van Dijk Restoration policy between 1970 and 2011 in particular in the province of GroningenHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 1, 6-13 [summary] The practice of restoring organs arose in The Netherlands in the twentieth century under the influence of the...
ArticlesHans Davidsson Arp Schnitger: legator of an unsurpassed organ-building traditionHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 1, 14-25 [summary] In the materials used and the way these were produced, the organs of Arp Schnitger are of unexcelled quality. Through the centuries...
ArticlesBruce Shull The organ of the Der Aa-Kerk and its influence on American organ buildingHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 1,xx-xx [summary] The organ and the space in the Der Aa-Kerk coöperate extraordinarily well. This almost perfect unity between organ and building...
ArticlesReitze Smits The restored organ of the Der Aa-Kerk: stimulus to new creative pathsHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 1, 34-38 [summary] A lot has happened in the Dutch organ world in the past fifty years, and the richness of Groningen’s organ heritage has inspired...
ArticlesHans-Jürgen Kaiser Franz Liszt and the organHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 1, 34-49 [summary] The double anniversary of Franz Liszt (2011 was his 200th birthday and the 125th anniversary of his death) is a good occasion to reconsider his organ works. A review of...
ArticlesAlbert Clement Pieter Bustijn (1649-1729) – A local organist of international significanceHet ORGEL 108 (2012), nr. 2,4-10 [summary] : For a long time it was thought that The Netherlands had brought forth no composers of importance in the period between...