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The chapel contains the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Memorial Carillon and tower, a separate gift from John D. Rockefeller Jr. in 1932 in honor of his mother. This 72-bell carillon is the second-largest carillon in the world by mass, after the carillon at Riverside Church on the Upper West Side of New York City, which Rockefeller Jr. also donated in honor of his mother.
Wolfgang Rübsam, organ. Recorded at Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, University of Chicago. Naxos 8.572908. 1 CD. Josef Rheinberger: Organ Works Vol. 1. Sonata I in c minor op. 28; Sonata II in A-Flat major op. 65; Sonata III in G major op. 88; Sonata IV in a minor op. 98. Wolfgang Rübsam, organ.
Subsequently, he was university organist at the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Memorial Chapel until at least 1955, [7] and then at the University of Minnesota. While still a professor at the University of Minnesota, Fleischer took on the role of organist at The First Unitarian Society in Minneapolis.
Schantz's best-known rebuilding and restoration projects include the Grand Organ of the Melbourne Town Hall (Australia), [2] the Cleveland Orchestra's instrument in Severance Hall, the organ of Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago, and the two organs of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. [3]
The Hammond organ is an ... tests that pitted a Hammond costing about $2600 against a $75,000 Skinner pipe organ in the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel. ...
When John D. Rockefeller Jr. died in 1960, his children commissioned artist Marc Chagall to design a Good Samaritan window in his honor. [2] It is a one-story neo-Gothic style building with fieldstone foundation and walls and a slate covered, highly pitched gable roof. In 1930–1931, a parish hall was added to the east end of the church. [3]
Now, we all know the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree took a little beating on the road to its final destination on the plaza (while also transporting a stowaway), and then took a little further ...
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger (17 March 1839 – 25 November 1901) was an organist and composer from Liechtenstein, residing in Bavaria for most of his life. As court conductor in Munich, he was responsible for the music in the royal chapel.