Word: menials
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hymns, a very short prelude and a totally useless postlude? I think not. Of course the organist is still a necessary evil in most churches where this new type of choirmaster is in control. ... At best the position of the organist in these churches is a most menial one. He is suffered to use the instrument only as indicated. What can be said of the shortcomings of the new disciples of choral perfection? My many informants in the profession reveal that a general lack of musicianship prevails in nearly every case. Technical details that any trained organist understands are conspicuously...