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The Organ Historical Society presents

A 13 MONTH CALENDAR FEATURING ORGANS FROM THE GREATER CHICAGO REGION, INCLUDING EVANSTON, OAK PARK, LA GRANGE & GARY, INDIANA

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1932 Casavant Frres, Limite

Opus 1467 ~ 3 manuals St. Catherine of Siena & St. Lucy Catholic Church Oak Park, Illinois
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January 2012
Death of composer Johann Christian Bach in 1782

January
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Death of organbuilder Rudolf von Beckerath in 1977

New Years Day

Flemish composerJaakNikolaas Lemmens born in 1823

First FM radio transmission heard in 1940

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James Thomas plays 1st recital on Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. opus 1390 in First Pres. Ch. of La Grange in 1963

Composer Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc born in 1899

Chicagos Worlds Columbian Exposition buildings destroyed by demolition fires in 1894

Eric DeLamarter dedicates Estey Organ Co. opus 2500 at Chicagos American College of Surgeons in 1927

Death of organist and composer Clarence Eddy in 1937

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Organist and composer Maurice Durufl born in 1902

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Death of composer Paul de Maleingreau in 1956

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Organbuilder Gottfried Silbermann born in 1683; OHS Founder Edgar A. Boadway born in 1936

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Organbuilder Ernest Skinner born in 1866 and Charles Kegg in 1957

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Death of composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1845

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Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Organist Dame Gillian Constance Weir born in 1941

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Organist, organbuilder & OHS founding member Barbara Owen born in 1933

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Organ pipemaker Jerome B. Meyer born in 1872

Paul Manz dedicates Schlicker organ at St. Lukes Ev. Lutheran Church Chicago in 1963

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Death of organbuilder Edwin S. Votey in 1931 and Henry Vincent Willis in 1973

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Guilmant performs in Organ & Orch. concert at Chic. Auditorium in 1898; Oomposer Petr Eben born in 1929

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Organbuilder Joseph Casavant born in 1807

Organbuilder Dom Bdos de Celles born in 1709

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in 1756; Organbuilder Henry Pilcher born in 1798

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Guilmant plays a program on the Votey organ at Steinway Hall in Chicago in 1898

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Death of organbuilder David Junchen in 1992

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1889 Hook & Hastings

Opus 1417 ~ Restored & Enlarged 2007 S.L. Huntington & Co. Saint Andrews Episcopal Church Valparaiso, Indiana
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February
February 2012
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Organist Jeanne Demessieux born in 1921

Death of composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in 1594; Organist Paul Jacobs born in 1977

Composer Felix Mendelssohn born in 1809; Death of organbuilder August Pomplitz in 1877

Organbuilder Aristide Cavaill-Coll born in 1811

Composer, author and educator Rossetter G. Cole born in 1866

Organbuilder Philipp Wirsching born in 1858 & Charles B. Fisk in 1925; Death of Richard Torrence in 2011

Death of organbuilder Herman Schlicker in 1979

Organbuilder Robert Hope-Jones born in 1859

Organbuilder Jesse Woodberry born in 1841 and Anton Gottfried in 1862

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Death of organbuilder Father Henry Willis in 1901 & Walter Holtkamp Sr. in 1962

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1924 premier of Rhapsody in Blue in NYCs Aeolian Hall; Organist Will Headlee born in 1930

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Valentines Day
Composer Charles-Marie Widor born in 1844; Organist Gerre Hancock born in 1934

Organist and composer Jean Langlais born in 1907; Death of organist Karl Richter in 1981

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William Zeuch dedicates Skinner at First Meth. Ch. of Oak Park in 1926; Death of Healey Willan in 1968

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German American organbuilder Heinrich Tellers born in 1875

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David Schrader plays first recital on Casavant opus 3765 at Chicagos Orchestra Hall in 1999

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Organbuilder Rudolf von Beckerath born in 1907

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Composer David McKinley Williams born in 1887

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Organist Olivier Latry born in 1962

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Presidents Day

Organbuilder Felix Schoenstein born in 1849; Death of organbuilder Francis Hastings in 1916

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English Organist and composer Samuel Wesley born in 1766

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Daniel Roth dedicates C.B. Fisk opus 123 at Chicagos Saint Chrysostoms Church in 2005

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1926 Skinner Organ Company

Opus 528 ~ 4 manuals First United Methodist Church of Oak Park Oak Park, Illinois
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March
March 2012
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Organist and composer Arthur Foote born in 1853 Louis Vierne is soloist with the Chicago Symphony in 1927

Austin Organ Company founded in 1899; Organ builder John Brombaugh born in 1937

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Death of organ visionary Rodman Wanamaker in 1928

Death of organist and composer Johann Pachelbel in 1706

Death of organist and improviser Pierre Cochereau in 1984

Organbuilder Abraham J. Tschantz born in 1849 (later shortened to Schantz in 1873)

Composer William Horatio Clarke born in 1840; Organ architect Joseph Blanton born in 1908

Organbuilder Henry Erben born in 1800; Death of organist E. Power Biggs in 1977

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Organist and composer Norman Coke-Jephcott born in 1893; Teacher David Boe born in 1936

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John G. Marklove born in 1827 & F. Alexandre Guilmant in 1837; Death of Charles-Marie Widor in 1937

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Death of organist George Thomas Tom Hazleton in 2006

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Death of organist and composer Norman CokeJephcott in 1962

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Former OHS Executive William T. Van Pelt born in 1947

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Death of Organbuilder Andreas Silbermann in 1734 & Henry H. Holtkamp in 1931

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Joseph Rheinberger born in 1839; Organbuilder Charles McManis born in 1913

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St. Patricks Day

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Organbuilder Richard M. Ferris born 1818; Composer Max Reger born in 1873

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Organbuilder Philipp Odenbrett born in 1833

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Composer J.S. Bach born in 1685

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Organbuilder W.W. Kimball born in 1828

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Organist and composer Julius Reubke born in 1834 & Eugne Gigout in 1844

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Organist Lorenz Maycher born in 1965

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Organbuilder and 1st OHS archivist Homer D. Blanchard born in 1912

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Chicago organist and composer Peter C. Lutkin born 1858

Dedication of Casavant opus 2769 at Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana in 1965

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Organist E. Power Biggs born in 1906; Death of FelixAlexandre Guilmant in 1911

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Al Melgard plays the 6-manual Barton organ for the opening of the Chicago Stadium in 1929

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1999 Buzard Pipe Organ Builders

Opus 21 ~ 3 manuals Glenview Community Church Glenview, Illinois
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April
April 2012
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Organist Charles Courboin born in 1886

Composer Wilhelm Middelschulte Organist composer Searle Wright born in 1863; Death of composer born in 1918; Organbuilder Johannes Brahms in 1897 Samuel Casavant born in 1859

Organist Fernando Germani born in 1906; Death of organist Fenner Douglass in 2008

Louis Vierne plays a recital at Chicagos Kimball Hall in 1927

Organbuilder John-Paul Buzard born in 1955

Organ voicer Frederick Heffner born in 1945

Easter Sunday

Death of organist and composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert in 1933

Organbuilder John Wesley Steere born in 1824

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OHS founding member and organbuilder Randy Wagner born today

Organist Stephen Tharp born in 1970; Death of organist and composer Larry King in 1990

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The American Guild of Organists was organized in 1896

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Death of composer George Frideric Handel in 1759

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Death of organist and composer Roberta Bitgood in 2007

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Composer Seth Bingham born in 1882; Death of Carl Barckhoff in 1919 & George Ryder in 1922

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Organbuilder Joseph Ridges born in 1826

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Organist Harold Gleason born in 1892; Death of theatre organ builder Daniel Barton in 1974

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Organbuilder William B.D. Simmons born in 1823; Death of Olivier Messiaen in 1992

Organbuilder G. Donald Harrison born in 1889

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Organbuilder George Stevens born in 1803

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Organbuilder Johann Georg Pfeffer born in 1823

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Philadelphia organbuilder Henry J. Corrie born in 1786

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Organist Marco Enrico Bossi born in 1861; Death of composer John Knowles Paine in 1906

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1914 Ernest M. Skinner Company

Opus 208 ~ 3 manuals Music Institute of Chicago Evanston, Illinois
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May
May 2012
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Death of organist Carl Weinrich in 1991 and Rosa Rio in 2010 Johannes Brahms born in 1833 and Clarence Dickinson in 1873; Death of Henry Erben in 1884

Organbuilder Dirk Flentrop born in 1910; Death of Edward Bairstow & Percy Whitlock in 1946

Paderewski plays the Festival Hall inaugural concert of the Columbian Exposition in 1893

Organist and composer Marcel Dupr born in 1886; Organist Virgil Fox born in 1912

Death of organist and composer T. Tertius Noble in 1953

Death of composer Johann Jacob Froberger in 1667

Death of organbuilder William Haskell in 1927 and organist composer Jean Langlais in 1991

Death of composer Dietrich Buxtehude in 1707 and organist Walter Kraft in 1977

Organbuilder Lawrence Phelps born in 1923; Death of organist George Wright in 1998

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Death of organist and composer Max Reger in 1916

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Composer Gabriel-Urbain Faur born in 1845; Organbuilder John F. Wick born in 1881

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Organist Quentin Maclean is born 1896

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Organist Guy Bovet born in 1942; Organbuilder Halbert Gober born in 1950

Mothers Day

Organbuilder John T. Austin born in 1869; Death of composer William Ferris in 2000

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Death of organist Alfred Hollins in 1942 and Chicago organist and composer Eric DeLamarter in 1953

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Reginald Martin (Age 12) plays 1st recital on Kimball organ at Chicagos St. Chrysostoms Church in 1898

Death of organbuilder David Tannenberg in 1804

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Death of composer Clara Schumann in 1896

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Organist Walter Blodgett born in 1908

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Death of organbuilder Thomas Hall in 1874; Organist & composer Gerald Near born in 1942

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Organ reed voicer Adolph Zajic born in 1909; Organist Diane Bish born in 1941

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Death of theater organist Jesse Crawford in 1962

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Organbuilder Giles Beach born in 1826

Memorial Day

Organist Gustav Leonhardt born in 1928 ; Death of organist and composer Marcel Dupr in 1971

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1963 Casavant Frres, Limite

Opus 2768 ~ 3 manuals North Shore Congregation Israel Glencoe, Illinois
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June 2012
Death of composer Julius Reubke in 1858

June
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Composer Antonio Vivaldi born in 1669 & Richard Strauss in 1864; Death of Theodore Dubois in 1924

Death of Viennese organist William C.E. Seeboeck in 1907 and organbuilder George S. Hutchings in 1913

Sir Edward Elgar born in 1857; Death of Louis Vierne in 1937; Organbuilder Ken List born in 1939

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Death of organbuilder Philipp Odenbrett in 1916

Death of organ composer John Stainer in 1840; Organbuilder Alfred Hillgreen born in 1859

Death of organist and composer Lily Wadhams Moline in 1966

Birth of composer Robert Schumann in 1810 and Harry Rowe Shelley in 1858

Pietro Yon plays a recital in 1920 at Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago in honor of Cardinal Mundelein

Organbuilder Curt Mangel born in 1950

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Consultant Ernest White born in 1901; Death of organist and composer Jehan Alain in 1940

Organbuilder William Mohr born in 1814; Death of organbuilder G. Donald Harrison in 1956

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Death of organbuilder Elias Hook in 1881; The iTunes Store launched in 2004

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Death of organist and composer Maurice Durufl in 1986

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Julius Reubke premiered his Organist George Thalben-Ball born Sonata on the 94th Psalm in 1857 in 1896; Columbia Records unveils the 33 phonograph record in 1948 Fathers Day

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Death of organ architect George Ashdown Audsley in 1925

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First recital played on Philadelphia Wanamaker Organ in 1911

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Organist Clarence Eddy born in 1851

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Organist and composer Hugo Distler born in 1908

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OHS National Convention opens in Chicago in 2002

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M. Dupr starts playing the complete First meeting conducted of works of Bach at Rockefeller Chapel the Organ Historical Society in 1956 in 1946; over 3,000 attend

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Organist Marilyn Mason born in 1925; Pipedreams radio host Michael Barone born in 1946

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1927 Wiener Bros. Pipe Organs

4 manuals Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Society of the Divine Word Techny, Illinois
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July 2012
Organbuilder Walter Holtkamp Organbuilder Arp Schnitger Sr. born in 1894 born in 1648; Organist Carl Weinrich born in 1904

July
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Organist Pierre Eugne Charles Cochereau born in 1924

Organbuilder Eberhard Friedrich Walcker born in 1794

Birth/1903 and death/1986 of organist and composer Flor Peeters

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Death of composer Charles Wood in 1926

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Organbuilders Frank Hastings (1836), Paul Fritts and Scot Huntington born today

Independence Day

Death of organist and Pulitzer Prize winner Leo Sowerby in 1968

Organist James David Christie born today; Organist Nathan Laube born in 1988

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American organist and educator (Univ. of Illinois) Frederic B. Stiven born in1882

Death of organbuilder Thomas Appleton in 1872

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Death of organist Archer Gibson in 1952

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Death of organist and arranger Edwin Arthur Kraft in 1962

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Organbuilder A.B. Felgemaker born in 1836 & Leonard G. Berghaus in 1938

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Death of organist and composer Johann Altnikol in 1759

Flentrop organ at Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago blessed in 1989

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Organist Andr Isoir born in 1935

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Organbuilder William Goodrich born in 1777; Death of Gerrit Smith (AGO founder) in 1912

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Death of composer Domenico Scarlatti in 1757

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Composer Benedetto Marcello born in 1686

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Death of composer Wilhelm Middelschulte in 1943; Death of organist Clarence Watters in 1986

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Burial of organbuilder Arp Schnitger in 1719; Death of J.S. Bach in 1750

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Death of composer Franz Liszt in 1886; Arthur Hudson Marks born in 1874

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1963 Schlicker Organ Company, Inc.

3 manuals Saint Luke Lutheran Church Chicago, Illinois
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August
August 2012
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Organist and composer William T. Best born in 1826 Felix Schoenstein began building organs in San Francisco in 1877

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Death of organist and composer Joseph Bonnet in 1944; Death of organist Clarence Dickinson in 1969

Organist and composer Alec Wyton born in 1921

Birth 1855 & death/1937 of Joseph J. Carruthers; Death of organist Robert Noehren in 2002

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William H. Barnes plays first recital on W.W. Kimball at First Church of Christ Winnetka, IL in 1938

Organist and composer Pietro Yon born in 1886

Organbuilder Garret House born in 1810; Death of organbuilder Heinrich Tellers in 1920

Organist Marie-Claire Alain born in 1926

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Organbuilder John Hinners born in 1846; Death of organ benefactor Andrew Carnegie in 1919

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Organbuilder Reuben Midmer born in 1824; City of Chicago founded in 1833

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Organbuilder Hans Steinmeyer born in 1889

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American organist and composer George William Warren born in 1828

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Organist Alexander McCurdy born in 1905

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Death of organist and composer Hugh McAmis in 1942

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OHS National Convention opens in Chicago in 1984

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Organbuilder William F. Czelusniak born in 1952

Organbuilder Richard Whitelegg born in 1890; Organist Carlo Curley born in 1952

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Organist Richard Purvis born in 1913; Organist and teacher William Porter born in 1946

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Death of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1958

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Death of organist Andr Marchal in 1980

Composer Joseph Clokey born in 1890; Organ building partner Francis E. Dugal born in 1930

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Organist Piet Kee born in 1927

Felix-Alexandre Guilmant makes his American debut at the 1893 Columbian Exposition

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1927 Estey Organ Company

Opus 2500 ~ 3 manuals Murphy Auditorium, American College of Surgeons Chicago, Illinois
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September
September 2012
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Labor Day
Organist and composer Georg Bhm born in 1661

Composer Johann Pachelbel born in 1653; A. Guilmant plays Columbian Exposition in 1893

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Death of organist Albert Schweitzer in 1965

Composer John Cage born in 1912

Organ architect George Ashdown Audsley born in 1838

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Organbuilder Gottlieb F. Votteler born in 1817; Death of organ inventor Robert Hope-Jones in 1914

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Death of organbuilder George Hook in 1880; Death of organist Alexander Schreiner in 1987

Organbuilder William Farrand born in 1853; Organist and composer Edwin H. Lemare born in 1865

Death of organist and organ consultant Edward Gammons in 1981

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Laurence Libin, editor-in-chief of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, born in 1944

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Death of organist and composer Henri Mulet in 1967

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Organbuilder Joseph Casavant born in 1855; Composer Nadia Boulanger born in 1887

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Organist Hugh Porter born in 1897

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Composer Gustav Holst born in 1874; Death of organbuilder Joseph S. Whiteford in 1978

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Death of organist and composer Robert Elmore in 1985

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Reed organ firm founder Jacob Death of organist Edwin H. Estey Lemare in 1934; organbuilder born in 1814 Joseph Dzeda born in 1943

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Organbuilder Fritz Noack born in 1935

Organbuilder Sebastian Glck born in 1960; Death of 1st OHS archivist Homer Blanchard in 1988

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Chicago composer Vivian Fine born in 1903

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Organbuilder Mathias P. Mller born in 1854

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1907 M.P. Mller

Opus 758 ~ 2 manuals Wicker Park Evangelical Lutheran Church Chicago, Illinois
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October
October 2012
Organbuilder Emmons Howard born in 1845

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Marcel Dupr dedicates the 6-manual Barton organ at Chicago Stadium in 1929

Death of organbuilder Robert Pier Elliot in 1941 and Herman Schlicker in 1964

Cornerstone for Chicagos Auditorium Theater laid in 1887

Death of organist and composer Dudley Buck in 1909; Organist Thomas Murray born in 1943

George Clark dedicates Casavant opus 1467 at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Oak Park in 1932

Composer Louis Vierne born 1870; Great Chicago fire erupts in 1871

Columbus Day

Organist and composer Camille Saint-Saens born in 1835

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Death of organbuilder Zacharias Hildebrandt in 1757; Organist Peter Stoltzfus Berton born in 1968

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Organist and composer Healey Willan born in 1880; Death of organ builder Aristide Cavaill-Coll in 1899

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Organist and composer William Albright born in 1944

Organbuilder Gottlieb F. Votteler born in 1817

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Organist and conductor Karl Richter born in 1926; Death of organist Frank Taft in 1947

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First concert of the Chicago Orchestra in 1891; Organist Wolfgang Rubsam born in 1946

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Organist and composer Herbert Howells born in 1892

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Ken Sotak dedicates Berghaus Organ Co. opus 217 at Queen of All Saints Basilica, Chicago in 2005

New York City organbuilder George F. Stuart born in 1839

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Death of organ architect Senator Emerson Richards in 1963

Death of composer Nadia Boulanger in 1979

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Composer Ned Rorem born in 1923

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Death of composer Petr Eben in 2007

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Jesse Crawford opens Chicago Theater in 1921; Organ consultant Jonathan Ambrosino born in 1965

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Organbuilder William A. Johnson born in 1816; Organist Helmut Walcha born in 1907

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Death of organist and composer Paul Manz in 2009

Clarence Eddy dedicates Roosevelt opus 400 at the Chicago Auditorium in 1890

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Clarence Eddy dedicates Hinners organ at Bethany Reformed Church, Roseland, Chicago in 1926

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Organist Daniel Roth born in 1942 & Naji Hakim in 1955

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Halloween

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Opus 217 ~ 3 manuals Queen of All Saints Basilica Chicago, Illinois
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November 2012
Death of composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1847 and Charles Tournemire in 1939

November
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Organist Ted Alan Worth born in 1935; Death of organist Edwin LeMar Buddy Cole in 1964

Organbuilder George Jardine born in 1800; Death of composer Hugo Distler in 1942

Boston organbuilder Ebenezer Goodrich born in 1782

Death of organist Claire Coci in 1978

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Organist and composer Louis J.A. Lefbure-Wly born in 1817

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Death of organist Arthur Quimby in 1987

Death of composer Csar Franck in 1890 and organbuilder Jesse Woodberry in 1922

Benn Gibson dedicates Noack organ at Convent Chapel of Sisters of St. Joseph, LaGrange Park in 1969

Organbuilder Robert Pier Elliot born in 1871; Organ architect William H. Barnes born in 1892

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Death of organist & composer Jeanne Demessieux in 1968

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Veterans Day

Organist and composer Gustav Merkel born in 1827 & Firmin Swinnen in 1885

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Catholic feast of St. Cecilia!

Composer Paul Hindemith born in 1895; Death of composer Albert Hay Malotte in 1964

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Organbuilder Josef von GlatterGtz born in 1880

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Margaret L. Budd dedicates M.P. Moller opus 8960 at Glenview Community Church in 1956

Organist John Walker is born in 1941

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George H. Clark dedicates Casavant opus 940 at Grace Episc. Church of Oak Park in 1922

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Chicagos Cathedral of the Holy Name dedicated in 1875; Composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert born in 1879

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Thanksgiving Day

Death of organist Lynnwood Farnam in 1930; Death of organ builder Samuel Casavant in 1929

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Organist Donald Ingram born in 1932; Organbuilder Manuel Rosales born in 1947

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Death of Lake Forest organist and composer James R. Gillette in 1963

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Organbuilder William Haskell born in 1865; Death of organbuilder Ernest M. Skinner in 1960

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Death of organist and composer James H. Rogers in 1940

Death of composer Claudio Monteverdi in 1643; Organbuilder Jack Bethards born in 1940

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1989 Flentrop Orgelbouw

4 manuals Cathedral of the Holy Name Chicago, Illinois
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December
December 2012
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Organbuilder Adolph Reuter born in 1880 Theater organist Jesse Crawford born in 1895

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Frederick Swann dedicates Moller opus 11427 with Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall in 1981

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Organist and composer Eugene Thayer born in 1832

Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791

Death of Siegfried E. Gruenstein, founder and editor of The Diapason, in 1957

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Dedication of the Chicago Auditorium in 1889; President Benjamin Harrison in attendance

Organist & composer Csar Franck born in 1822; Organist & composer Olivier Messiaen born in 1908

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Death of organbuilder Otto Rieger in 1903

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Organbuilder Franz Rieger born in 1812

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Composer Joseph Jongen born in 1873; M. Dupr plays at Rockefeller Chapel in 1939

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Composer Ludwig van Beethoven born in 1770

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Christmas Eve New Years Eve

Death of composer Horatio Parker in 1919

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Organbuilder Joseph S. Whiteford born in 1921

M.P. Moller opus 891 dedicated at Emmanuel Episc. Church of LaGrange in 1908

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Organbuilder Hilborne L. Roosevelt born in 1849

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Organ company founder Rudolph Wurlitzer born in 1873

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Death of organist and composer Organbuilder Thomas Richard Purvis in 1994 Appleton born in 1785

Christmas Day

Death of Chicago composer and organist Peter C. Lutkin in 1931 and Ted Alan Worth in 1998

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1927 Skinner Organ Company

Opus 634 ~ 4 manuals Rebuilt 2008 Schantz Organ Co. Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, The University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois
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January 2013
New Years Day

January
Death of composer Johann Christian Bach in 1782

Death of organbuilder Rudolf von Beckerath in 1977

Flemish composerJaakNikolaas Lemmens born in 1823

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Organist composer Maurice Durufl born in 1902

First FM radio transmission in 1940

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Paul Manz dedicates Schlicker organ at St. Lukes Ev. Lutheran Church Chicago in 1963

Composer Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc born in 1899

Chicagos Worlds Columbian Exposition buildings destroyed by demolition fires in 1894

Eric DeLamarter dedicates Estey Organ Co. opus 2500 at Chicagos American College of Surgeons in 1927

Death of organist composer Clarence Eddy in 1937

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Death of composer Paul de Maleingreau in 1956

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Organbuilder Gottfried Silbermann born in 1683

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Organbuilder Ernest Skinner born in 1866 and Charles Kegg in 1957

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Death of composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1845

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Organbuilder Dom Bdos de Celles born in1709

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Organist, organbuilder & OHS founding member Barbara Owen born in 1933

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Organ pipe maker Jerome B. Meyer born in 1872

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Death of organbuilder Henry Vincent Willis in 1973

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Guilmant performs in Organ & Orch. Organbuilder Joseph concert at Chic. Auditorium in 1898; Casavant born in 1807 Oomposer Petr Eben born in 1929

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in 1756; Organ builder Henry Pilcher born in 1798

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Guilmant plays program on the Votey organ at Steinway Hall in Chicago in 1898

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Death of organ builder David Junchen in 1992

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Join wunderkind Nathan Laube as he demonstrates the awe-inspiring instrument in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel! Savor the sounds of two superbly restored E. M. 2012 Skinner Organs; the incomparable Ken Cowan will play one at First Methodist Church in Oak Park. Hear recording legend and local favorite Wolfgang Rbsam play the 117-rank Flentrop organ at the Cathedral of the Holy Name. Be impressed by Metropolitan Chicago resident John Sherer performing on a fourmanual, unaltered, 1935 Richard O. Whitlegg Mller at Carl Schurz Public High School; and grab the chance to sample other area virtuosos David Schrader, Stephen Schnurr, and Thomas Wikman as they ply their art. In addition, look forward to a bevy of young and talented players performing!

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Join us this coming summer in the Windy City of Chicago from July 8th - 13th to sample a vast array of historically interesting and significant instruments built in all styles and of all action types.

Look for additional information regarding lodging, registration, venues and performers in forthcoming issues of The Tracker or visit our website at www.organsociety.org/2012 Contact convention chair, Dennis Northway at denden1958@runbox.com with questions. See you in Chicago!

The Organ Historical Society was founded in 1956 and has grown in membership to include music lovers, musicians, organ builders, preservationists, historians, scholars and enthusiasts from around the globe. The Society promotes a widespread musical and historical interest in American organ building through collection, preservation, and publication of historical information. Join us! Visit www.organsociety.org or call 1-804-353-9226 today. 2012 Historic Organs of Chicago Calendar Organ Historical Society. The author wishes to express thanks to each of our sponsors, without whose financial support this project would not be possible. The OHS endorses only the art of the pipe organ - not any specific vendor within this publication. This calendar is dedicated to the memory of organbuilders Donald Bohall and Wilfred Tiny Miller, both of the defunct Schlicker Pipe Organ Company. Donald and Tiny introduced the author to the art of organbuilding at a very young and influential age. The author encourages you, the reader, to continue the tradition of the pipe organ by introducing a member of your local youth community to this magnificent instrument today!

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2012 Calendar Credits:

Author, Layout & Graphics: Historical Data & Editing Assistance:

Joseph M. McCabe
Additional Graphic Assistance:

Len Levasseur
Photo Credits:

William T. Van Pelt Stephen Schnurr (Amer. College of Surgeons, First Meth. & Flentrop Nameplates)

Scot L. Huntington Joseph M. McCabe Joyce Robinson Stephen Schnurr Rollin Smith

1935 M.P. Mller

Opus 6373 ~ 4 manuals Carl Schurz Public High School Chicago, Illinois
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