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The 1750 Joseph Gabler Organ at Weingarten


The 1750 Joseph Gabler Organ at Weingarten
December 23, 2020
Michael McNeil
Michael McNeil has designed, constructed, and researched pipe organs since 1973. He was also a research engineer in the disk drive industry with twenty-seven patents. He has authored four hardbound books, among them
The Sound of Pipe Organs, several e-publications, and many journal articles.
Very few organs survive the depredations of time. Some are the victims of wars and fires, but most are the victims of the good intentions and interventions driven by changing tastes in sound. Those few that have survived such calamities usually have something special about them in their sound or their visual impact. The 1750 Joseph Gabler organ at Weingarten, Germany, is special on both counts its dramatic chorus makes music come alive, and the architecture of its casework and façade is a stunning tour de force. ....

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Dame Fanny Waterman obituary


Dame Fanny Waterman obituary
Barry Millington
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Photograph: Simon Wilkinson/Rex/Shutterstock
Virtually synonymous with the Leeds International Piano Competition, which she co-founded in 1961, Dame Fanny Waterman, who has died aged 100, was a music teacher who became one of the most prominent personalities in the musical world.
“I dreamed it up one night,” she said of “the Leeds”, as it became known universally, “and I was so excited that I woke up my husband.” Unlike Waterman, who was born in Leeds, her husband, Geoffrey de Keyser, a doctor, was a Londoner and his reaction was: “It won’t work in Leeds, it has to be in a capital city.” She stuck to her guns, however, and launched the triennial competition in her own city, raising funds from individuals, banks, local businesses and the Leeds Corporation. Her husband provided support, both moral and practical, as did her friend and fellow co-founder, t ....

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