Word: organization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Reviving the old Germanic custom of Abendmusiken, Memorial Church has instituted a March series of free Sunday evening concerts. Inaugurating the series last Sunday was a recital of music for organ and strings, ranging from Purcell to Piston...
...featured artist was Lois Pardue, Assistant University Organist. Mrs. Pardue proved to be technically expert and polished--a supple and tasteful performer who knows how to use the Church's splendid Aeolian-Skinner organ to fine advantage. There was occasional insecurity in the string ensemble, but the over-all result was above par. The finest works on the program were the corner ones: Bach's Prelude and Fugue in B-minor, BWV 544, and Piston's Prelude and Allegro for Organ and Strings. The Bach was especially welcome, for it is not often heard these days; it is a lofty...
...series, and last Sunday's audience unfortunately numbered only about 125. Next Sunday will offer contemporary works by Stravinsky, Krenek, Ives and others, performed by organist Herbert Burtis and a chorus conducted by John Ferris, the newly appointed University Choirmaster and Organist. The following week will provide music for organ and brasses; and the series will conclude with works for chorus and orchestra by Bach, Schutz, and Farrant...
...exist solely for these few or the many groups of these few which accumulate over the years. Scholars come to Houghton from all over the world to study the manuscripts and rare editions. Houghton represents a major center for rare books and ranks with the British Museum and similar organizations in the eyes of international book dealers. Though Houghton is perhaps the organ of the university most entirely devoted to the intellectual aristocracy, its function is essential, and its contents will continue to grow at the present swift rate throughout the coming years.INCUNABULA in the first floor display room...
With whole organs like the heart, however, it is impossible to use this method, since the organ cannot remain alive outside the body long enough to be treated completely with glycerol. Furthermore, though other methods have actually been able to freeze the heart, no heart chilled in these ways has ever beaten again...