Just seen... errr ... just *missed* on TV ;-)
Hi everybody! On my few 'journeys' through the TV-channels these
days, I happened to switch into the last minutes of what seems to be
one of four parts of the program, "Howard Goodall's Organ Works", on
the Knowledge Network (http://www.knowtv.com). On their web page it
reads as follows:
"It just might be the world's most misunderstood musical wonder:
the organ. While many people consider the instrument only in
relation to church, the organ has developed in a secular context
within jazz, blues, rock and pop genres. This series delves into
the history of the traditional pipe organ, from medieval cathedrals
to a Philadelphia department store, where a former Westminster
Abbey organist performs on the world's largest organ (seven manuals,
421 stops). Informative and entertaining, this series celebrates
the instrument in all its glory, from holiness and hipness to
classical simplicity and outrageous eccentricity."
In those last couple minutes I did get to see and hear this largest
organ, which looks much like one of the theater organs (?), and in
the credits, more or less, was shown a Limonaire Fairground organ
behind a glass or Plexiglas construction next to a merry-go-round
next to the Eiffel Tower in Paris.
This at least lets me hope that thus also the mechanical musical part
of pipe organ history and future has been covered in this series.
To what extent will only a repetition of the series tell me (or has
anybody seen all four parts?).
What you miss when you don't watch TV, eh? :-)
greetings by(e) InK - Ingmar Krause
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