ArticlesJan Smelik Reger in “Het Orgel”; a contribution to the reception history of Max Reger in the NetherlandsHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 6, 4-13 [summary] The first issue of Het Orgel appeared in March, 1886. Also in that month Max Reger celebrated his 13th birthday....
ArticlesCor van Wageningen ‘Meist liegt der Rhythmus in der Tiefe der kleineren Notenwerte’. {Usually the rhythm is found in the depth of the smaller note-values}. Tempo in Reger’s worksHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 6, 14-21 [summary] Reger’s metronome indications and...
ArticlesErik Zuurbier Bach in just intonationHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 6, 22-27 [summary] Many temperaments are available for organs. This article treats just intonation, but with many more than the customary 12 pitches per octave. For this, a different division of...
ArticlesFred van Lieburg Music & the history of religion; The Dutch Organists’ Association [Nederlandse organistenverenigingen] from 1890 to 2015Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 6, 28-35 [summary] The Dutch Organists’ Association [Nederlandse organistenverenigingen] was...
ArticlesJan Smelik ‘A professional should be able to say what’s good and what isn’t”. Interview with Jan R. LuthHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 6, 36-41 [summary] Jan R. Luth retired on 10 November, 2016, from his position as professor [universitair docent] at the...
ArticlesPaul Peeters Upper sliders: an 18th-century variantHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 6, 42-46 [summary] In numbers 2 and 3 of volume 112 (2016) of this journal, Jaap den Hertog (†), Winold van der Putten and Victor Timmer published an article about upper sliders. The...
ArticlesHugo Bakker Musical strife in The Netherlands? pro and contra ‘music of the future’ (1850-1880)Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 5, 12-15 [summary] In the 19th century there was a confrontation between two trends: on one hand there were those like Felix...
ArticlesLaura de Lange Life and work of Samuel de Lange, Jr. (1840-1911)Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 5, 4-11 [summary] Samuel de Lange, Jr. was raised in a musical family. His father, Samuel de Lange, Sr., (1811-1884), worked in Rotterdam, first as assistant organist of...
ArticlesGerben Budding The 8 organ sonatas van Samuel de Lange, Jr.Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 5, 16-25 [summary] The organ works of De Lange Jr. include twenty-four opus numbers and a number of works without opus number. Besides the 8 organ sonatas, the most important...
ArticlesHester van der Male Registration habits of Samuel De Lange Sr. & Jr.Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 5, 26-35 [summary] Nineteenth-century organists gave much attention to color and dynamics in their registration. Many composers provided their music with dynamic...
ArticlesJan Smelik Samuel de Lange, Jr., and protestant hymn singingHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 5, 36-43 [summary] The name of Samuel de Lange, Jr. is associated predominantly with general musical culture. Although only to a modest degree, De Lange was also active in...
ArticlesAuke H. Vlagsma The organ makers Van Hagerbeer, part 4 – conclusionHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 4, 23-33 [summary] There has already been much written about the Van Hagerbeer family, which produced three organ builders and one organist. But a complete...
ArticlesJan R. Luth In memoriam Haite van der SchaafHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 4, 40-41 [summary] On Wednesday 24 May, 2016, Haite van der Schaaf died at the age of 89. Van der Schaaf worked as organ teacher at the music school in Bussum and later at the Verenigde...
ArticlesAlbert Clement In memoriam Bram BeekmanHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 4, 42-44 [summary] On Wednesday 30 March, 2016, the organist Bram Beekman died (born 1949 in Vlissingen). He served from 1980 to 2012 as head organ teacher at the Brabants Conservatorium and from...
ArticlesAart van Beek & Gerrit Hoving The organ in the Grote Kerk in DalfsenHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 4, 3-11 [summary] On Thursday, 24 September, 2015, the organ in the Grote Kerk in Dalfsen was officially reïnaugurated after a restoration. The restoration by...
ArticlesVictor Timmer From Sønderborg to Midwolde; looking at simple register mechanisms of older organsHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 4, 12-23 [summary] Not only the sound of the organ has developed radically since the middle ages. The same is true for the other parts,...
ArticlesJan-Piet Knijff Adema builds an English organ in New YorkHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 4, 34-39 [summary] For the first time in the history of the oldest still operating organ building company in The Netherlands, Adema’s Kerkorgelbouw made an organ for a church in...
ArticlesPeter van Dijk The choir organ in the Grote or Barbarakerk in Culemborg. An extant work of Vitus Wiegleb after all(?)Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 3, 3-15 [summary] On 16 November, 2012, the choir organ in the Grote or Barbarakerk in Culemborg was reïnaugurated...
ArticlesPeter van Dijk The organ maker Vitus WieglebHet ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 3, 16-23 [summary] Vitus Friedrich Wiegleb, born in 1699 or 1700, was the fourth son of the organ maker Johann Hieronymus Wiegleb (1664-1723). The father came from Pferdingsleben near Gotha...
ArticlesJaap den Hertog†, Winold van der Putten and Victor Timmer Over-sliders in past and present (02)Het ORGEL 112 (2016), nr. 3, xx-xx [summary] The use of over-sliders has not been investigated very much in organ building history. Windchests with over-sliders are...