Ideal Pipe Organ
  • ServiamScores
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    Indeed, he does. There's more black on the page than white.
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  • ServiamScores
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    I think a moral is that organists and organ builders love to tinker and "improve" on what predecessors have done.
    'twould seem organ builders are modernists, by nature! lol.

    *runs and hides*
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  • Nathan_the_Organist
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    Serviam, what about Dupre B Major Prelude and Fugue? It is both a fugue and a barn burner.
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  • Schönbergian
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    A good Toccata will be so much more than a "barn burner", though several popular ones unfortunately rarely rise beyond that level.
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    Speaking of Martin Pasi: Pasi Op. 28 has just been installed in St. George's Episcopal Church, Arlington, Virginia. It's already getting high marks.
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  • francis
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    You also could say,

    Reger has too many (different) notes and Mozart has too many (same) notes.
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  • ServiamScores
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    Serviam, what about Dupre B Major Prelude and Fugue? It is both a fugue and a barn burner.
    The B major is one of my all-time favorite works (along with the G minor fugue). I played it on my senior recital and had a marvelous time doing so. I kick myself that I ever let it slip from my fingers (and feet) as it's a beast to relearn. I usually pull out the toccata for Easter.
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  • Nathan_the_Organist
    Posts: 434
    It is one of my favorites too. I'm not good enough to play it yet, though. It is my big, long-term organ goal.
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