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During this time, transcriptions of other music (usually orchestral music or piano solos) for organ became popular. Often the transcriptions would utilize only an excerpt of the original piece. The most famous transcriber for the organ is Edwin Lemare. He transcribed hundreds of works for the organ, the most memorable being his transcriptions ...
XVIII:6 in F major for violin and organ (or harpsichord) with string orchestra (1766) Haynes, Battison. Organ Sonata in D minor, op. 11 (1883) Hindemith, Paul. Kammermusik No. 7 for organ and chamber orchestra, Op. 46, No. 2 (1927) Organ Sonata No. 1 (1937) Organ Sonata No. 2 (1937) Organ Sonata No. 3 (on ancient folk songs)(1940) Organ ...
What remains is "the most famous organ work in existence", [37] that in its rise to fame was helped by various arrangements, including bombastic piano settings, [38] versions for full symphonic orchestra, [39] and alternative settings for more modest solo instruments. [2]
In the 1960s and 1970s, a type of simple, portable electronic organ called the combo organ was popular, especially with pop, Ska (in the late 1970s and early 1980s) and rock bands, and was a signature sound in the rock music of the period, such as The Doors and Iron Butterfly. The most popular combo organs were manufactured by Farfisa and Vox.
A Directory of Composers for Organ by Dr. John Henderson, Hon. Librarian to the Royal School of Church Music, 2005, 3rd edition. ISBN 0-9528050-2-2; Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Venetian Instrumental Music, from Gabrieli to Vivaldi. New York, Dover Publications, 1994. ISBN 0-486-28151-5; Christopher S. Anderson (Ed.), Twentieth-Century Organ Music.
The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ literature This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
On April 26, 1941 Ray Nelson entertained fans that showed up early with a pipe organ behind the ballpark's grandstands. The Chicago Tribune notes that Nelson had to cut the music before the first ...
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