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Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912 in Princeton, Illinois – October 25, 1980 in Palm Beach, Florida) was an American organist, known especially for his years as organist at Riverside Church in New York City, from 1946 to 1965, and his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Bach in the 1970s, staged complete with light shows. [1]
Virgil Fox, 68, an internationally known organist who gained fame not only as a master of organ techniques but also as a flamboyant showman, died of cancer Saturday in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Virgil Fox, an organ virtuoso who died on Oct. 25, 1980, at 68, left memories that still reverberate today, as was shown by the presence of 1,500 people, many of them organists, at a...
Learn about the life and achievements of Virgil Fox, the first one-year student to graduate from Peabody Conservatory and the first non-German artist to perform Bach at the Thomaskirche in Leipzig. He was a child prodigy, a war hero, a recording artist, a Kennedy Center Founding Artist, and a innovator of organ technique and presentation.
Virgil Fox was born in Princeton, Illinois, on May 3, 1912. He was a child prodigy. At the age of ten, he was playing the organ for church services. At fourteen, he played his first organ recital before a cheering crowd of 2,500 people in Cincinnati.
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Oct 29, 2001 · Virgil Fox was a renowned American organist who studied with Marcel Dupré and played in many prestigious venues and events. Learn about his life, achievements, and legacy from this web page that lists his major milestones from 1912 to 1980.
