ArticlesKees Doornhein The effects of organ sound on the organistHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 3, 22-31 [summary] There is growing interest in specific organ-related sound research in the professional organ world. This research has already been used in organ restorations,...
ArticlesAuke H. Vlagsma The Niehoff organ from Sint-Jan’s church in Gouda. From renaissance organ to the empty cases in AbcoudeHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 3, 32-41 [summary] Hendrik Niehoff and his son Nicolaes are among the most important Dutch organ builders of the...
ArticlesPeter Ouwerkerk Organ culture in ChinaHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 3, 42-47 [summary] You meet a lot of surprises if you study China’s organ culture. One example: on the island of Gulangyu, on China’s south-eastern coast, part of the city of Xiamen, across from...
ArticlesLourens Stuifbergen Fête-Dieu per organo by Hendrik AndriessenHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 2, 12-19 [summary] This year is the 125th birthday of Hendrik Andriessen and the 100th of Albert de Klerk. The Andriessen/De Klerk-Stichting (foundation) will present a...
ArticlesSietze de Vries From warehouse to museumHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 2, 20-25 [summary] The Nationaal Orgelmuseum in Elburg celebrates its 40th birthday this year. Maarten Seijbel founded the organ museum in 1977 and kept on collecting energetically through the...
ArticlesAart van Beek The organ from Gapinge in the Nationaal Orgelmuseum in ElburgHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 2, 26-32 [summary] The Nationaal Orgelmuseum in Elburg has a number of lovely cabinet organs. One of these, placed in the so-called Balkonzaal, is known as the...
ArticlesMartin Moree Piet Post – master in partitasHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 2, 33-40 [summary] In recent years there has been more interest in organ music from 1940-1970, which can be called the last renewal period in chorale-based music. Several studies have...
ArticlesIbo Ortgies A portrait of Arp Schnitger?Het ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 2, 41-47 [summary] In early 2017 the organ world was startled by the report that in Golzwarden, where Arp Schnitger was baptized, a portrait of this famous organ builder had been identified on a...
ArticlesRené Verwer The organ in the concert hall (1). Emergence and use of the organ as an orchestral instrumentHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 2, 3-11 [summary] Who knows the ‘Festliches Praeludium für grosses Orchester und Orgel’ by Richard Strauss, the ‘Concerto Romano...
ArticlesHanna Rijken “Loud Organs, His Glory, Forth Tell in Deep Tone” – Anglican Choral Evensong in the Dutch contextHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 1, 4-9 [summary] Choral evensong services are held in more and more places in the Netherlands. Dutch boys’ choirs or...
ArticlesLeonard Sanderman English organ building from now to thenHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 1, 12-21 [summary] In the Netherlands the English organ now appears to be highly respected. One after the other, city churches acquire a larger or smaller English choir- or...
ArticlesTjeerd van der Ploeg English organ culture in the 19th centuryHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 1, 24-35 [summary] The English organs that have been placed in The Netherlands are almost all instruments from the 19th century, the period in which the English organ in a...
ArticlesJan Smelik An English organ island in Groningen. Interview with Fokke-Rinke Feenstra & Luuk SikkemaHet ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 1, 38-43 [summary] Most of the English instruments that have come to The Netherlands since 1985 have been placed by the firm of...
ArticlesHarald Vogel In memoriam Klaas Veltman (1953-2016)Het ORGEL 113 (2017), nr. 1, 44-45 [summary] The organ builder Klaas Veltman died on Saturday, 15 October, 2016, at the age of 63. He was interested in the organs built in the classical manner from the period...