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Virgil Fox (May 3, 1912–October 25, 1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach for audiences more familiar with Rock and Roll music, staged complete with light shows. Born in Princeton, Illinois, the son of Miles and Birdie Fox, it was soon clear that he was a child prodigy. Fox began playing the organ for church services at the age of ten, and made a concert debut in 1926 ...

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1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. It is equivalent to 2733 a.U.c., and to 1359 AH. 1980 - Events. January 1–April 1 - National steel strike in the United Kingdom. January 1 - Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother. January 4 - American president Jimmy Carter proclaims a grain embargo against the USSR with the support of the European Commission. January 5 - Hewlett-Packard ...

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Carlo Curley (b. 1952, North Carolina, USA) is a flamboyant and popular concert organist, sometimes characterised as the "Pavarotti of the organ". Curley was born into a musical family and attended the North Carolina School of the Arts. He studied organ with Virgil Fox and Sir George Thalben-Ball. Curley was famously the first classical organist to give a solo organ recital at the White House, and he has also played for several European heads of state. He has toured extensively through ...

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An organist is a musician who plays the organ, whether pipe or electronic. In the United States there is a national organisation called the American Guild of Organists (AGO). Comparable bodies in other countries include the Royal College of Organists (RCO) in the United Kingdom and the Royal Canadian College of Organists (RCCO). All these institutions are oriented toward the organist involved in classical music rather than popular music. Organist - Classical and church organists. Worldwide, the great ...

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This popular work has been transcribed many times. There are two types of transcriptions: these searching the original form of the work, and those primarily aiming at expanding the use of the work to new audiences: the violin transcriptions described below fall in the former category, all others mentioned here (which only are a few of the most notable examples) in the latter. Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 - Violin. In the same article mentioned above, Peter Williams theorized that the Toccata ...

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Worldwide, the greatest number of organists are principally involved in church music, due to the vital role that the organ plays in traditional Christian worship. The role of the organ varies from denomination to denomination; for example, Lutheran churches in the U.S. have greater emphasis on use of the organ in worship than some others. Since there were few organs installed in locations other than churches until the late 19th century, classical organ li ...

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In an influential paper ("BWV 565: a toccata in D minor for organ by J. S. Bach?", Early Music, vol. 10, July, 1981, pp. 330-337), Peter Williams argued that the work is not by Bach. In support of this view, he cites the following: There is no autograph score. The copyist who created the oldest known manuscript (Johann Ringk, 1717-1778) was a student-of-a-student of Bach, who had access to some of the Bach manuscripts and whose reputation is dubious: he is believed to have passed off inauthentic (as well as authe ...

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The work is unquestionably a favorite of the listening public. This includes not just classical music enthusiasts, but also the many people who know the work only through its numerous appearances (see below) in popular culture. Musical critics have also admired the work. For instance, it is described by (Uwe Kraemer) as having "ecstatic technical virtuosity and [also] mastery of form" and by (Hans-Joachim Schulze) as having "elemental and unbounded power ... that only with difficulty abates ...

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There are many organists employed in the production of popular and jazz music. In the United States most of them play the Hammond organ, and many are classically trained, often in piano rather than organ. In England and Japan, one of the most popular series of instruments is the Yamaha Electone; while Electones of recent decades are more properly characterized as digital synthesizers rather than as organs, the player interface, and the skills and coordination required to play, mean that it i ...

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The opening of the work is probably familiar to most people. In the musical score it looks like this: Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV 565 - Influence of other composers. The source of that rhapsodic treatment that is apparent in Bach's earlier organ works is not so hard to find: Bach was a great admirer of Dieterich Buxtehude in his early years. In 1706 he even absented ...

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Notable classical organists of today include: Marie-Claire Alain, Jennifer Bate, Diane Meredith Belcher, Kevin Bowyer, Carlo Curley, Ken Cowan, Eberhard Fölster, Rosalinde Haas, Felix Hell, David Higgs, Frederick Hohman, Peter Hurford, Paul Jacobs, Olivier Latry, Evgenija Lisitsina, Susan Jane Matthews, Alan Morrison, Thomas Murray, Kåre Nordstoga, Simon Preston, Cherry Rhodes, Lionel Rogg, Daniel Roth, Thomas Trotter, Wayne Marshall, ...

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Notable classical organists of today include: Marie-Claire Alain, Diane Meredith Belcher, Kevin Bowyer, Carlo Curley, Ken Cowan, Eberhard Fölster, Rosalinde Haas, Felix Hell, Frederick Hohman, Peter Hurford, Paul Jacobs, Olivier Latry, Evgenija Lisitsina, Alan Morrison, Thomas Murray, Simon Preston, Cherry Rhodes, Lionel Rogg, Daniel Roth, Thomas Trotter, Wayne Marshall, John Weaver, Gillian Weir and Everhard Zwart. The post of organist at most of the great cathedrals includes recital work and choral training. Musicians such as Malcolm Archer, Stephen Darlington and Barry Rose are accomp ...

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