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- Lee Erwin, widely known as an organist and composer of more than 70 silent films.
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Many of the innovations which led to the perfection of the theatre organ were the work of one man, a brilliant English inventor named Robert Hope-Jones (right).
- Early Organists
Lee Erwin, widely known as an organist and composer of more...
- Preservation
Theatre organ organizations are also active both in Britain...
- Renaissance
Fast-forward twenty years. While many theatres still housed...
- Innovations
The theatre organ tremulants -- smoother and broader than...
- End of an Era
In 1927, an amazing event occurred, which would forever...
- How They Work
The organ console is the large keydesk at which the organist...
- The Instruments
The American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS) was founded in...
- Early Organists
Oliver Wallace, arguably America's first theatre organist, was employed by Walt Disney, and composed, among other things, the score to Dumbo. Jesse Crawford, the first organist ever to sell over a million recordings, was known in households across America as the "Poet of the Organ".
As well as citing the most regarded composers of music for the pipe organ, this list includes important anonymous and early music sources, as well as composers from under-researched regions and countries. Eras of composition are roughly categorized as follows: Medieval: before 1440. Renaissance: 1440–1600. Baroque: 1600–1750. Classical ...
George Wright. The history of the theatre pipe organ has its roots in the industrial revolution, and the use of electricity to control mechanical valves, combined with talented organ builders capable of making pipes take on the sound of windblown musical instruments.
unassuming chap whose organ ema nations have the same appeal when delivered in person as they have had on discs." Douglas C. Fisk Executive Director of ATOS P.O. Box 420490 Sacramento, California 95842 THEATRE ORGAN Within a year, Ken made two ap pearances at the Oriental Theatre in Chicago, and made many radio and
Between 1911 and 1943, the Rudolph Wurlitzer Company built more than 2,000 theater organs, most of them about the size of the Ayars, for smaller, neighborhood theaters.
