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Trivia question

Dorsetmike

Member
What musical link is there between J S Bach and William Croft?

(apart from them being near contemporaries and both being organists and composers)

No prizes!
 

John Watt

Member
I'm glad there's no prizes or I'd be real frustrated.
Normally, I don't look around the pipe organ forums,
respecting those who perform on these historic instruments,
and afraid of the awefull puns I'd be capable of committting,
not that you haven't done them before.
But I saw "Trivia question" and thought, okay, I can be real trivial.
But asking about a musical link between J S Bach and William Croft?
Maybe the real trivia question is, who is William Croft?
Right now, I'm the musical link. Thanks for the clues, cluing me out.
 

dll927

New member
Mr. Bill -- If that is your first exposure to the St. Bavo organ, be it known that it is is a justly famous one, and the case is considered one of the finest ever put together. The organ dates from around the 1730's, and Mozart supposedly left his inscription on the music rack. (I haven't been there to verify that!!) It is known as the Muller organ (umlaut over the 'u'), he having been the builder.

Oddly enough, as I understand it, the organ belongs to the city of Haarlem, which seems a rather odd arrangement.
 
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wljmrbill

Member
Thanks Dill927..the Muller organ rings more bells..odd fact that the city and not the church owns the organ ..very interesting fact.."no separation of church and state there"..LOL
 

dll927

New member
Surely most users of this forum are aware that one can "Google" an unending number of famous organs and see pictures of them. St. Bavo is very much in that category.

For nearly 39 years I lived in Los Angeles County. I wasn't raised there and don't live there any more. I have been to the Crystal Cathedral (of now rather unhappy fame) once, and to First Congregational of Los Angeles many times. Right after the Schlicker organ was installed in FCCLA I had season tickets to their organ concert series. And they have added even more since back in those days (early 1970's). The church itself is an architectural monument, and the organ is a sight to behold. It is supposedly the largest church organ in existence. Of course, as Albert Schweitzer once said, there are about 100 organs that are the largest, and nobody knows how many are the best!!
 

dll927

New member
None intended, not even by the chief assistant to the chief assistant of the assistant chief. Then again, beauracracy is another subject.
 
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