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Organists' milestones

GoneBaroque

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January 17 Commemorates the anniversary of the

1712 Birth of English organist and composer John Stanley

and the

1941 Birth of New Zealand organist Dame Gillian Weir

and remembers the

1738 Death of French organist and composer Jean Francois Dandrieu in Paris
 

Krummhorn

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Indeed ... Happy Birthday, John Stanley :)

I have been playing his music all this month at church in commemoration of the January 17th date.


Oh, and I corrected the title ...
 

GoneBaroque

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Remembering the Birth of English organist and composer Herbert Whitton Sumsion in Gloucester on 19 January 1899 He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Gloucester Cathedral in 1928 and continued in that post until his retirement in 1967. He continued to be active with teaching and composition until shortly before his death in Gloucester on 11 August 1995
 

Nikam

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Remembering the Birth of English organist and composer Herbert Whitton Sumsion in Gloucester on 19 January 1899 He was appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Gloucester Cathedral in 1928 and continued in that post until his retirement in 1967. He continued to be active with teaching and composition until shortly before his death in Gloucester on 11 August 1995

Sumsion is playing in this link:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bb7VTBwLsMY
 

Nikam

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Anyone know where I should search for the (organ) sheet music for the Fiocco Andante? Have drawn a blank at B-Note & Sheet Music Plus.
 

GoneBaroque

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For January 21 we commemorate

English music rights granted for publishing by Thomas Tallis and William Byrd in 1575


The 1626 Death of Irish composer John Dowland in London he was buried on 20 FEB 1626 although some musiclogists indicate he may have died in mid-February 1626 - His son 35 year old Lutenist Robert Dowland succeeds his father as a member of the Royal Musicians in London

The 1725 First Performance of J. S. Bach's Sacred Cantata No. 111 Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit on the 3rd Sunday following Epiphany

The 1814 Birth of English organist, teacher and composer Thomas Attwood WALMISLEY in London - Died Hastings 17 JAN 1856


And the 1920 Birth of Swedish organist, choral director, teacher and composer Torsten NILSSON in Hoor
 

Nikam

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Thanks for all the info Mike, but unfortunately the Fiocco (organ) Andante doesn't seem to be available from any of these sources.

Anyone else have any suggestions?
 

GoneBaroque

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January 23

1648 (1649?) Baptismal date of English composer and organist John BLOW, in Newark, Nottinghamshire. Died - London, 1 OCT 1708.


1685 Birth of German-born British composer George Frideric HANDEL, aka as Georg Friedrich Händel, in Halle, Saxony. Ried Died - London, 14 APR 1759.


1704 Death of Austrian composer and organist Georg Muffat at age 50, in Passau, Germany. Borh - Mégève, France, 1 JUN 1653.
 

Nikam

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Some Fiocco free downloadable PDFs on these sites, not sure if the Andante is among them

http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer/Fiocco.php

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Fiocco,_Joseph-Hector


For future reference, works of many composers are available free on the WIMA and IMSLP sites,

WIMA list of compsers is here http://icking-music-archive.org/ByComposer.php

IMSLP here http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Composers

Thank you (again) for all the info Mike, but still can't trace the Fiocco (organ) Andante. :(

Can anyone else help?
 
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GoneBaroque

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January 24


1473 Death of German blind organist-composer Conrad Paumann. Born around 1410


1924 Birth of American organist and composer David CRAIGHEAD in Strasburg, PA.


1931 Birth of Danish organist and composer Ib NORHOLM in Copenhagen


1999 Death of American choral director and conductor Robert Shaw in New Haven, CT - Robert Lawson Shaw was born in Red Bluff, California, on April 30, 1916
 
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