Organ music of the centuries Romantic era
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Alabama college Montevallo Alabama in cooperation with the National
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Association of educational broadcasters presents organ music of the
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century as an historical recital series of five organ music
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featuring platinum Porter organist. Today's tape recorded
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broadcast features music written during the romantic era of composing music
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written by SES R. Frank Joseph Young and Max
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reg.. The term pasta allows applied to
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musical compositions is a term which came into use during the baroque period of music
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history. It was a form of music popular with such composers of the Baroque
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period as possible Belle Buxton hoodie and Johann Sebastian Bach.
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All of whom wrote pasta rounds for the pipe organ.
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It has been defined as a composition which is reminiscent of Shepherd's pipes.
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Traditionally the pasta route has been written in triple meter
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SES R. Frank the founder of the modern school of French music whose
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contributions to organ literature of this period surpassed those of all his
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contemporaries. Often times used musical forms of the Baroque era in his
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composing. Corrals preludes the pasta or.
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Organ music of the centuries opens out as Putnam Porter plays a composition written by
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Cesar Franck in 1862 Frank's pasta in the Major.
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Why.
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Just heard says or Frank's past of Alden a major. Organ
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music of the sun's rays continue to contemplate a piece of music
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taken from Louis Vol. 24 pieces in free style.
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And meditation.
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Some of the music of Joseph Young then shows the influence of the
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impressionist. I tried a song and was
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not a composer of the Romantic era. But most of his music reflects the mood and
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character typical of romantic composing. Born in Belgium in
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1873 John then was trained in music of various Belgian
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conservatory is an accomplished organist and composer and then
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received many musical awards including the coveted prize of Rome awarded
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in 1897. As a result of this prize he was able to
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tour the continent giving recycles and conducting performances of his own.
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Positions. During the First World War and retreated to
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England where he gave many organ recitals and appeared with the Piano Quartet and many
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concerts. Returning to Belgium after the war was made
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Professor of Composition at the Brussels conservatory a position he held until his
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death. Organ music of the centuries continues.
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Porter plays a composition written by Zhang and in 1910 simply
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entitled prayer.
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Max regular like jewels of young men is not usually considered to be a
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true romantic composer. However much of his music shows itself to be
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strongly influenced by romanticism. Born in Bavaria
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in 1873 a rager taught music in both Munich and life
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and wrote extensively in all fields of music and untiring composer for the
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pipe organ rigger wrote several to Kata designed to display the technique of the
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performer. Such a composition is his to kata in D minor
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which is fragmentary in structure and somewhat reminiscent of the list
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compositions written in a raw style. Putnam
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concludes this program of organ music of the centuries with Max ragers
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kata in D minor.
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Man.
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Thought a POS 30 minutes Alabama called a just modified all way in cooperation with the National
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Association of educational broadcasters. President organ music.
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Organ. Today's paper called a broad featured
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musical. Music written
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right. Major
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places. Written by its
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writers to do you might. As well say are speaking and
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inviting you to join us again for all the organ music at the sanctuary.
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This is the beat.
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