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In addition to his performing career, Sanger was a teacher of the organ. He was professor of organ at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and chairman of the organ department there from 1987 to 1989. Between 1989 and 1997 he was a Consultant Professor at the RAM. He was guest professor for two years at the Royal Danish Academy of Music ...
Sea organ. Coordinates: 44°07′02″N 15°13′12″E. Sea organ in scaled form—the sound emerges from the holes along the top step. A sound recording of the sea organ. The Sea organ ( Croatian: Morske orgulje) is an architectural sound art object located in Zadar, Croatia and an experimental musical instrument, which plays music by way of ...
The two lower manuals are each five octaves in range, while the uppermost manual spans two octaves. A manual is a musical keyboard designed to be played with the hands, on an instrument such as a pipe organ, harpsichord, clavichord, electronic organ, melodica, or synthesizer. The term "manual" is used with regard to any hand keyboard on these ...
The Walker Organ, built in 1980, is a continuo instrument of one manual (no pedals) containing six stops and an integral blower. It is usually housed in the Lady chapel, and accompanies services held in that part of the cathedral. It is, however, readily moveable and is frequently used for concerts of baroque music in the nave.
Peter Fredric Williams was born in Wolverhampton, England on 14 May 1937 to a Methodist family. He received a Bachelor of Arts (1958), Bachelor of Music (1959), Master of Arts (1962), and a PhD (1963) at St. John's College in Cambridge. Williams became a lecturer at the University of Edinburgh in 1962, eventually becoming a reader in 1972, then ...
Combo organs (1950s–) A combo organ ( Vox Continental) using transistors. It's light, compact and portable. By the 1960s, electronic organs were ubiquitous in all genres of popular music, from Lawrence Welk to acid rock (e.g. the Doors, Iron Butterfly) to the Bob Dylan album Blonde on Blonde.
Nimrod Borenstein. Monologue opus 50 for solo organ (2008) Kol Nidreï opus 10 for solo organ (1996) Brahms, Johannes. Fugue in ab minor WoO 8. Prelude and Fugue in a minor WoO 9. Prelude and Fugue in g minor WoO 10. Chorale Prelude and Fugue on „O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid“ WoO 7.