2012 Pipe Organs of Chicago IL Calendar

2012 Historic PipeOrgans of ChicagoThe Organ Historical Society presents

A 13 MONTH CALENDAR FEATURING ORGANS FROM THE GREATER CHICAGO REGION, INCLUDING EVANSTON, OAK PARK, LA GRANGE & GARY, INDIANA

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1932 Casavant Frères, LimitéeSt. Catherine of Siena & St. Lucy Catholic Church

Oak Park, Illinois

Opus 1467 ~ 3 manuals


January January 2012

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

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New Year’s Day

Death of organbuilder David Junchen in 1992

Guilmant performs in Organ & Orch. concert at Chic. Auditorium in 1898; Oomposer Petr Eben born in 1929

Organist and composer Maurice Duruflé born in 1902

First FM radio transmission heard in 1940

Death of organbuilder Rudolf von Beckerath in 1977

Death of organist and composer Clarence Eddy in 1937

Organbuilder Gottfried Silbermann born in 1683; OHS Founder Edgar A. Boadway born in 1936

Organbuilder Ernest Skinner born in 1866 and Charles Kegg in 1957

Death of organbuilder Edwin S. Votey in 1931 and Henry Vincent Willis in 1973

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in 1756; Organbuilder Henry Pilcher born in 1798

Organ pipemaker Jerome B. Meyer born in 1872

Organist, organbuilder & OHS founding member Barbara Owen born in 1933

Death of composer Johann Christian Bach in 1782

Flemish composerJaak-Nikolaas Lemmens born in 1823

Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition buildings destroyed by demolition fires in 1894

Eric DeLamarter dedicates Estey Organ Co. opus 2500 at Chicago’s American College of Surgeons in 1927

James Thomas plays 1st recital on Aeolian-Skinner Organ Co. opus 1390 in First Pres. Ch. of La Grange in 1963

Paul Manz dedicates Schlicker organ at St. Luke’s Ev. Lutheran Church Chicago in 1963

Guilmant plays a program on the Votey organ at Steinway Hall in Chicago in 1898

Organist Dame Gillian Constance Weir born in 1941

Composer Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc born in 1899

Death of composer Paul de Maleingreau in 1956

Death of composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1845

Organbuilder Joseph Casavant born in 1807

Organbuilder Dom Bédos de Celles born in 1709

Organ Supply Industries, Inc.This calendar month has been graciously sponsored with a generous gift from:

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Saint Andrew’s Episcopal ChurchValparaiso, Indiana

Opus 1417 ~ Restored & Enlarged 2007 S.L. Huntington & Co.1889 Hook & Hastings


February February 2012

Valentine’s Day

Presidents’ Day

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Organbuilder RobertHope-Jones born in 1859

Death of organbuilder “Father” Henry Willis in 1901 & Walter Holtkamp Sr. in 1962

Composer Charles-Marie Widor born in 1844; Organist Gerre Hancock born in 1934

Death of composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina in 1594; Organist Paul Jacobs born in 1977

Organist and composer Jean Langlais born in 1907; Death of organist Karl Richter in 1981

English Organist and composer Samuel Wesley born in 1766

Organist Jeanne Demessieux born in 1921

Organist Olivier Latry born in 1962

Organbuilder Rudolf von Beckerath born in 1907

Organbuilder Philipp Wirsching born in 1858 & Charles B. Fisk in 1925; Death of Richard Torrence in 2011

Composer Felix Mendelssohn born in 1809; Death of organbuilder August Pomplitz in 1877

Organbuilder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll born in 1811

William Zeuch dedicates Skinner at First Meth. Ch. of Oak Park in 1926; Death of Healey Willan in 1968

Organbuilder Jesse Woodberry born in 1841 and Anton Gottfried in 1862

Organbuilder Felix Schoenstein born in 1849; Death of organbuilder Francis Hastings in 1916

1924 premier of Rhapsody in Blue in NYC’s Aeolian Hall; Organist Will Headlee born in 1930

Composer, author and educator Rossetter G. Cole born in 1866

David Schrader plays first recital on Casavant opus 3765 at Chicago’s Orchestra Hall in 1999

Composer David McKinley Williams born in 1887

Daniel Roth dedicates C.B. Fisk opus 123 at Chicago’s Saint Chrysostom’s Church in 2005

Death of organbuilder Herman Schlicker in 1979

German American organbuilder Heinrich Tellers born in 1875

This calendar month has been graciously sponsored with a generous gift from:

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First United Methodist Church of Oak ParkOak Park, Illinois

Opus 528 ~ 4 manuals 1926 Skinner Organ Company


March March 2012

St. Patrick’s Day

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Organbuilder W.W. Kimball born in 1828

Composer J.S. Bach born in 1685

Death of Organbuilder Andreas Silbermann in 1734 & Henry H. Holtkamp in 1931

John G. Marklove born in 1827 & F. Alexandre Guilmant in 1837; Death of Charles-Marie Widor in 1937

Organist E. Power Biggs born in 1906; Death of Felix-Alexandre Guilmant in 1911

Organist and composer Norman Coke-Jephcott born in 1893; Teacher David Boe born in 1936

Organbuilder Henry Erben born in 1800; Death of organist E. Power Biggs in 1977

Organist and composer Arthur Foote born in 1853

Austin Organ Company founded in 1899; Organ builder John Brombaugh born in 1937

Organbuilder Philipp Odenbrett born in 1833

Organbuilder Abraham J. Tschantz born in 1849 (later shortened to “Schantz” in 1873)

Composer William Horatio Clarke born in 1840; Organ architect Joseph Blanton born in 1908

Death of organist and composer Norman Coke-Jephcott in 1962

Joseph Rheinberger born in 1839; Organbuilder Charles McManis born in 1913

Organbuilder Richard M. Ferris born 1818; Composer Max Reger born in 1873

Organist and composer Julius Reubke born in 1834 & Eugène Gigout in 1844

Death of organist George Thomas “Tom” Hazleton in 2006

Organbuilder and 1st OHS archivist Homer D. Blanchard born in 1912

Death of organ visionary Rodman Wanamaker in 1928

Former OHS Executive William T. Van Pelt born in 1947

Organist Lorenz Maycher born in 1965

Death of organist and composer Johann Pachelbel in 1706

Dedication of Casavant opus 2769 at Cathedral of the Holy Angels, Gary, Indiana in 1965

Al Melgard plays the 6-manual Barton organ for the opening of the Chicago Stadium in 1929

Louis Vierne is soloist with the Chicago Symphony in 1927

Death of organist and improviser Pierre Cochereau in 1984

Chicago organist and composer Peter C. Lutkin born 1858

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Glenview Community ChurchGlenview, Illinois

Opus 21 ~ 3 manuals 1999 Buzard Pipe Organ Builders


April April 2012

Easter Sunday

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Organbuilder G. Donald Harrison born in 1889

Organbuilder William B.D. Simmons born in 1823; Death of Olivier Messiaen in 1992

Organist Fernando Germani born in 1906; Death of organist Fenner Douglass in 2008

Organist Charles Courboin born in 1886

Composer Wilhelm Middelschulte born in 1863; Death of composer Johannes Brahms in 1897

Organist composer Searle Wright born in 1918; Organbuilder Samuel Casavant born in 1859

Death of organist and composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert in 1933

Organist Stephen Tharp born in 1970; Death of organist and composer Larry King in 1990

The American Guild of Organists was organized in 1896

Death of composer George Frideric Handel in 1759

Composer Seth Bingham born in 1882; Death of Carl Barckhoff in 1919 & George Ryder in 1922

Organist Harold Gleason born in 1892; Death of theatre organ builder Daniel Barton in 1974

Organbuilder Johann Georg Pfeffer born in 1823

Organbuilder Joseph Ridges born in 1826

Organbuilder George Stevens born in 1803

OHS founding member and organbuilder Randy Wagner born today

Organist Marco Enrico Bossi born in 1861; Death of composer John Knowles Paine in 1906

Louis Vierne plays a recital at Chicago’s Kimball Hall in 1927

Organ voicer Frederick Heffner born in 1945

Death of organist and composer Roberta Bitgood in 2007

Organbuilder John-Paul Buzard born in 1955

Organbuilder John Wesley Steere born in 1824

Philadelphia organbuilder Henry J. Corrie born in 1786

Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, Llc.www.buzardorgans.com • 112 West Hill Street, Champaign, Illinois 61820 • 800.397.3103



Music Institute of ChicagoEvanston, Illinois

1914 Ernest M. Skinner CompanyOpus 208 ~ 3 manuals


May May 2012

Mother’s Day

Memorial Day

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Organ reed voicer Adolph Zajic born in 1909; Organist Diane Bish born in 1941

Organbuilder Dirk Flentrop born in 1910; Death of Edward Bairstow & Percy Whitlock in 1946

Organist and composer Marcel Dupré born in 1886; Organist Virgil Fox born in 1912

Death of organist and composer T. Tertius Noble in 1953

Organist Gustav Leonhardt born in 1928 ; Death of organist and composer Marcel Dupré in 1971

Death of organbuilder William Haskell in 1927 and organist composer Jean Langlais in 1991

Organist Walter Blodgett born in 1908

Johannes Brahms born in 1833 and Clarence Dickinson in 1873; Death of Henry Erben in 1884

Death of composer Dietrich Buxtehude in 1707 and organist Walter Kraft in 1977

Death of organist and composer Max Reger in 1916

Death of organist Carl Weinrich in 1991 and Rosa Rio in 2010

Organist Quentin Maclean is born 1896

Organbuilder John T. Austin born in 1869; Death of composer William Ferris in 2000

Death of organbuilder ThomasHall in 1874; Organist & composerGerald Near born in 1942

Organbuilder Giles Beach born in 1826

Organbuilder Lawrence Phelps born in 1923; Death of organist George Wright in 1998

Death of organbuilder David Tannenberg in 1804

Composer Gabriel-Urbain Fauré born in 1845; Organ-builder John F. Wick born in 1881

Organist Guy Bovet born in 1942; Organbuilder Halbert Gober born in 1950

Death of composer Johann Jacob Froberger in 1667

Death of organist Alfred Hollins in 1942 and Chicago organist and composer Eric DeLamarter in 1953

Death of composer Clara Schumann in 1896

Reginald Martin (Age 12) plays 1st recital on Kimball organ at Chicago’s St. Chrysostom’s Church in 1898

Paderewski plays the Festival Hall inaugural concert of the Columbian Exposition in 1893

Death of theater organist Jesse Crawford in 1962


www.jlweilerpipeorgans.com • 1845 South Michigan Avenue, #1905, Chicago, Illinois 60616 • 312.842.7475


North Shore Congregation IsraelGlencoe, Illinois

Opus 2768 ~ 3 manuals 1963 Casavant Frères, Limitée


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Organist George Thalben-Ball born in 1896; Columbia Records unveils the 33⅓ phonograph record in 1948

Death of organbuilder Elias Hook in 1881; The iTunes Store launched in 2004

Death of organist and composer Maurice Duruflé in 1986

Death of Viennese organist William C.E. Seeboeck in 1907 and organ-builder George S. Hutchings in 1913

Death of organbuilder Philipp Odenbrett in 1916

Composer Antonio Vivaldi bornin 1669 & Richard Strauss in 1864;Death of Theodore Dubois in 1924

Consultant Ernest White born in 1901; Death of organist and composer Jehan Alain in 1940

Organist Clarence Eddy born in 1851

Organist Marilyn Mason born in 1925; Pipedreams radio host Michael Barone born in 1946

Death of organ composer John Stainer in 1840; Organbuilder Alfred Hillgreen born in 1859

First meeting conducted of the Organ Historical Society in 1956

Sir Edward Elgar born in 1857; Death of Louis Vierne in 1937; Organbuilder Ken List born in 1939

Death of composer Julius Reubke in 1858

Birth of composer Robert Schumann in 1810 and Harry Rowe Shelley in 1858

Pietro Yon plays a recital in 1920 at Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago in honor of Cardinal Mundelein

Organist and composer Hugo Distler born in 1908

OHS National Convention opens in Chicago in 2002

M. Dupré starts playing the complete works of Bach at Rockefeller Chapel in 1946; over 3,000 attend

Death of organ architect George Ashdown Audsley in 1925

Organbuilder Curt Mangel born in 1950

Death of organist and composer Lily Wadhams Moline in 1966

Organbuilder William Mohr born in 1814; Death of organbuilder G. Donald Harrison in 1956

Julius Reubke premiered his Sonata on the 94th Psalm in 1857

First recital played on Philadelphia Wanamaker Organ in 1911


Glück Orgelbau, Inc.www.glucknewyork.com • 170 Park Row, Suite 20A, New York, NY 10038 • 212.608.5651


Chapel of the Holy Spirit, Society of the Divine WordTechny, Illinois

4 manuals 1927 Wiener Bros. Pipe Organs


July July 2012

Independence Day

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Burial of organbuilder Arp Schnitger in 1719; Death of J.S. Bach in 1750

Death of composer Franz Liszt in 1886; Arthur Hudson Marks born in 1874

Organbuilder Walter Holtkamp Sr. born in 1894

Death of organist and arranger Edwin Arthur Kraft in 1962

Organbuilder Arp Schnitger born in 1648; Organist Carl Weinrich born in 1904

Birth/1903 and death/1986 of organist and composer Flor Peeters

Death of organist Archer Gibson in 1952

Organbuilder A.B. Felgemaker born in 1836 & Leonard G. Berghaus in 1938

Death of composer Wilhelm Middelschulte in 1943; Death of organist Clarence Watters in 1986

Death of organbuilder Thomas Appleton in 1872

Organbuilders Frank Hastings (1836), Paul Fritts and Scot Huntington born today

Organist James David Christie born today; Organist Nathan Laube born in 1988

Death of organist and Pulitzer Prize winner Leo Sowerby in 1968

Death of composer Charles Wood in 1926

Flentrop organ at Cathedral of the Holy Name, Chicago blessed in 1989

Death of composer Domenico Scarlatti in 1757

Composer Benedetto Marcello born in 1686

Death of organist and composer Johann Altnikol in 1759

Organist Pierre Eugène Charles Cochereau born in 1924

Organist André Isoir born in 1935

Organbuilder Eberhard Friedrich Walcker born in 1794

American organist and educator (Univ. of Illinois) Frederic B. Stiven born in1882

Organbuilder William Goodrich born in 1777; Death of Gerrit Smith (AGO founder) in 1912


Kegg Pipe Organ Builderswww.keggorgan.com • 1184 Woodland St. SW, Hartville, Ohio 44632 • 330.877.8800


Saint Luke Lutheran ChurchChicago, Illinois

3 manuals 1963 Schlicker Organ Company, Inc.


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Organbuilder Richard Whitelegg born in 1890; Organist Carlo Curley born in 1952

Organbuilder John Hinners bornin 1846; Death of organ benefactor Andrew Carnegie in 1919

Organist Richard Purvis born in 1913; Organist and teacher William Porter born in 1946

Organist Marie-Claire Alain born in 1926

Organist Piet Kee born in 1927

Birth 1855 & death/1937 of Joseph J. Carruthers; Death of organist Robert Noehren in 2002

Death of organist and composer Joseph Bonnet in 1944; Death of organist Clarence Dickinson in 1969

Organist and composer Alec Wyton born in 1921

Organist and composer Pietro Yon born in 1886

Organbuilder Garret House born in 1810; Death of organ-builder Heinrich Tellers in 1920

Organbuilder Reuben Midmer born in 1824; City of Chicago founded in 1833

Organist and composer William T. Best born in 1826

Organist Alexander McCurdy born in 1905

Death of organist and composer Hugh McAmis in 1942

Death of organist André Marchal in 1980

Composer Joseph Clokey born in 1890; Organ building partner Francis E. Dugal born in 1930

Organbuilder William F. Czelusniak born in 1952

OHS National Convention opens in Chicago in 1984

William H. Barnes plays first recital on W.W. Kimball at First Church of Christ Winnetka, IL in 1938

Felix-Alexandre Guilmant makes his American debut at the 1893 Columbian Exposition

Felix Schoenstein began building organs in San Francisco in 1877

Organbuilder Hans Steinmeyer born in 1889

American organist and composer George William Warren born in 1828

Death of composer Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1958


Messrs. Czelusniak et Dugal, Inc.www.czelusniakdugal.com • 29 Walnut Street, Northampton, Massachusetts 01060 • 413.586.7600


Murphy Auditorium, American College of Surgeons Chicago, Illinois

Opus 2500 ~ 3 manuals 1927 Estey Organ Company


September September 2012

Labor Day

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Death of organbuilder George Hook in 1880; Death of organist Alexander Schreiner in 1987

Organbuilder Gottlieb F. Votteler born in 1817; Death of organ inventor Robert Hope-Jones in 1914

Death of organist Albert Schweitzer in 1965

Organbuilder William Farrand born in 1853; Organist and composer Edwin H. Lemare born in 1865

Organbuilder Joseph Casavant born in 1855; Composer Nadia Boulanger born in 1887

Organist Hugh Porter born in 1897

Death of organist and composer Henri Mulet in 1967

Death of organist and composer Robert Elmore in 1985

Death of organist Edwin H. Lemare in 1934; organbuilder Joseph Dzeda born in 1943

Organbuilder Mathias P. Möller born in 1854

Reedorgan firm

founder JacobEstey

born in 1814

Organbuilder Sebastian Glück born in 1960; Death of 1st OHS archivist Homer Blanchard in 1988

Death of organist and organ consultant Edward Gammons in 1981

Composer Gustav Holst born in 1874; Death of organbuilder Joseph S. Whiteford in 1978

Laurence Libin, editor-in-chief of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, born in 1944

Organbuilder Fritz Noackborn in 1935

Composer Johann Pachelbel born in 1653; A. Guilmant plays Columbian Exposition in 1893

Organist and composer Georg Böhm born in 1661

Composer John Cage born in 1912

Chicago composer Vivian Fine born in 1903

Organ architect George Ashdown Audsley born in 1838


A. Thompson-Allen Company, Llc.www.thompson-allen.com • 11 Court Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511 • 203.776.1616


Opus 758 ~ 2 manuals1907 M.P. Möller

Wicker Park Evangelical Lutheran ChurchChicago, Illinois


October October 2012

Columbus Day

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Death of organist and composer Dudley Buck in 1909; Organist Thomas Murray born in 1943

First concert of the Chicago Orchestra in 1891; Organist Wolfgang Rubsam born in 1946

Organbuilder William A. Johnson born in 1816; Organist Helmut Walcha born in 1907

Death of composer Petr Eben in 2007

Organist and conductor Karl Richter born in 1926; Death of organist Frank Taft in 1947

Composer Ned Rorem born in 1923

Organist Daniel Roth born in 1942 & Naji Hakim in 1955

Organist and composer Healey Willan born in 1880; Death of organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1899

Organist and composer Camille Saint-Saens born in 1835

Composer Louis Vierne born 1870;Great Chicago fire erupts in 1871

George Clark dedicates Casavant opus 1467 at St. Catherine of Siena Church, Oak Park in 1932

Organbuilder Emmons Howard born in 1845

Death of organbuilder Robert Pier Elliot in 1941 and Herman Schlicker in 1964

Organist and composer William Albright born in 1944

Death of organ architect Senator Emerson Richards in 1963

Jesse Crawford opens Chicago Theater in 1921; Organ consultant Jonathan Ambrosino born in 1965

Death of organbuilder Zacharias Hildebrandt in 1757; Organist Peter Stoltzfus Berton born in 1968

Cornerstone for Chicago’s Auditorium Theater laid in 1887

Organist and composer Herbert Howells born in 1892

Ken Sotak dedicates Berghaus Organ Co. opus 217 at Queen of All Saints Basilica, Chicago in 2005

Clarence Eddy dedicates Hinners organ at Bethany Reformed Church, Roseland, Chicago in 1926

Marcel Dupré dedicates the 6-manual Barton organ at Chicago Stadium in 1929

Clarence Eddy dedicates Roosevelt opus 400 at the Chicago Auditorium in 1890

Death of composer Nadia Boulanger in 1979

Death of organist and composer Paul Manz in 2009

Organbuilder Gottlieb F. Votteler born in 1817

New York City organbuilder George F. Stuart born in 1839


Organ/Choral CDs & DVDs • Raven • Historic Organ Study Tourswww.RavenCD.com • Box 25111, Richmond, Virginia 23261 • William T. Van Pelt, President


Queen of All Saints BasilicaChicago, Illinois

Opus 217 ~ 3 manuals 2005 Berghaus PipeOrgan Builders


November November 2012

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

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Death of organist & composer Jeanne Demessieux in 1968

Death of composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1847 and Charles Tournemire in 1939

Death of organist and composer James H. Rogers in 1940

Death of organist Arthur Quimby in 1987

Organbuilder George Jardine born in 1800; Death of composer Hugo Distler in 1942

Organist and composer Gustav Merkel born in 1827 & Firmin Swinnen in 1885

Organist and composer Louis J.A. Lefébure-Wély born in 1817

Composer Paul Hindemith born in 1895; Death of composer Albert Hay Malotte in 1964

Chicago’s Cathedral of the Holy Name dedicated in 1875; Composer Sigfrid Karg-Elert born in 1879

Death of organist Lynnwood Farnam in 1930; Death of organ builder Samuel Casavant in 1929

Organbuilder William Haskell born in 1865; Death of organ-builder Ernest M. Skinner in 1960

Organbuilder Robert Pier Elliot born in 1871; Organ architect William H. Barnes born in 1892

Death of composer Claudio Monteverdi in 1643; Organbuilder Jack Bethards born in 1940

Organist Donald Ingram born in 1932; Organbuilder Manuel Rosales born in 1947

Benn Gibson dedicates Noack organ at Convent Chapel of Sisters of St. Joseph, LaGrange Park in 1969

George H. Clark dedicates Casavant opus 940 at Grace Episc. Church of Oak Park in 1922

Margaret L. Budd dedicates M.P. Moller opus 8960 at Glenview Community Church in 1956

Organist John Walker is born in 1941

Organist Ted Alan Worth born in 1935; Death of organist Edwin LeMar “Buddy” Cole in 1964

Organbuilder Josef von Glatter-Götz born in 1880

Boston organbuilder Ebenezer Goodrich born in 1782

Death of organist Claire Coci in 1978

Death of composer César Franck in 1890 and organbuilder Jesse Woodberry in 1922

Catholic feast of St. Cecilia!

Death of Lake Forest organist and composer James R. Gillette in 1963


Berghaus Pipe Organ Builders, Inc.www.berghausorgan.com • 2151 Madison Street, Bellwood, Illinois 60104 • 708-544-4052


Cathedral of the Holy NameChicago, Illinois

4 manuals 1989 Flentrop Orgelbouw


December December 2012

Christmas Eve

New Year’s Eve Christmas Day

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Theater organist Jesse Crawford born in 1895

Organbuilder Adolph Reuter born in 1880

Death of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in 1791

Organist & composer César Franck born in 1822; Organist & composer Olivier Messiaen born in 1908

Organist and composer Eugene Thayer born in 1832

Composer Joseph Jongen bornin 1873; M. Dupré plays at Rockefeller Chapel in 1939

Death of composer Horatio Parker in 1919

Organbuilder Hilborne L. Roosevelt born in 1849

Organbuilder Thomas Appleton born in 1785

Organ company founder Rudolph Wurlitzerborn in 1873

Organbuilder Joseph S. Whiteford born in 1921

Frederick Swann dedicates Moller opus 11427 with Chicago Symphony at Orchestra Hall in 1981

Composer Ludwig van Beethoven born in 1770

M.P. Moller opus 891 dedicated at Emmanuel Episc. Church of LaGrange in 1908

Death of Chicago composer and organist Peter C. Lutkin in 1931 and Ted Alan Worth in 1998

Dedication of the Chicago Auditorium in 1889; President Benjamin Harrison in attendance

Death of organist and composer Richard Purvis in 1994

Organbuilder Franz Rieger born in 1812

Death of organbuilder Otto Rieger in 1903

Death of Siegfried E. Gruenstein, founder and editor of The Diapason, in 1957


Dennis E. NorthwayThanks to the faithful committee of the 2012 OHS National Convention for their excellent work!


Rockefeller Memorial Chapel, The University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois

Opus 634 ~ 4 manuals Rebuilt 2008 Schantz Organ Co. 1927 Skinner Organ Company


January January 2013

New Year’s Day

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Death of organ builder David Junchen in 1992

Organist composer Maurice Duruflé born in 1902

Death of organbuilder Rudolf von Beckerath in 1977

Death of organist composer Clarence Eddy in 1937

Organbuilder Gottfried Silbermann born in 1683

Organbuilder Ernest Skinner born in 1866 and Charles Kegg in 1957

Death of organbuilder Henry Vincent Willis in 1973

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born in 1756; Organ builder Henry Pilcher born in 1798

Organ pipe maker Jerome B. Meyer born in 1872

Organist, organbuilder & OHS founding member Barbara Owen born in 1933

Death of composer Johann Christian Bach in 1782

First FM radio transmission in 1940

Flemish composerJaak-Nikolaas Lemmens born in 1823

Chicago’s World’s Columbian Exposition buildings destroyed by demolition fires in 1894

Eric DeLamarter dedicates Estey Organ Co. opus 2500 at Chicago’s American College of Surgeons in 1927

Guilmant performs in Organ & Orch. concert at Chic. Auditorium in 1898; Oomposer Petr Eben born in 1929

Paul Manz dedicates Schlicker organ at St. Luke’s Ev. Lutheran Church Chicago in 1963

Guilmant plays program on the Votey organ at Steinway Hall in Chicago in 1898

Composer Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc born in 1899

Death of composer Paul de Maleingreau in 1956

Death of composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1845

Organbuilder Joseph Casavant born in 1807

Organbuilder Dom Bédos de Celles born in1709


Robert I. Coulter - Organbuilders, llc.www.coulterorgans.com • 2233 Faulkner Road, Atlanta, Georgia 30324 • 404.931.3103


Join us this coming summer in the “Windy City” of Chicago from July 8th - 13th to sample a vast array of historically interesting and significant instruments built in all styles and of all action types.

Join wunderkind Nathan Laube as he demonstrates the awe-inspiring instrument in Rockefeller Memorial Chapel! Savor the sounds of two superbly restored E. M. Skinner Organs; the incomparable Ken Cowan will play one at First Methodist Church in Oak Park. Hear recording legend and local favorite Wolfgang Rübsam play the 117-rank Flentrop organ at the Cathedral of the Holy Name. Be impressed by Metropolitan Chicago resident John Sherer performing on a four-

manual, unaltered, 1935 Richard O. Whitlegg Möller at Carl Schurz Public High School; and grab the chance to sample other area virtuosos David Schrader, Stephen Schnurr, and Thomas Wikman as they ply their art. In addition, look forward to a bevy of young and talented players performing!

Look for additional information regarding lodging, registration, venues and performers in forthcoming issues of The Tracker or visit our website at www.organsociety.org/2012 Contact convention chair, Dennis Northway at [email protected] with questions. See you in Chicago!

2012 Calendar Credits:Author, Layout & Graphics:

Joseph M. McCabeAdditional Graphic Assistance:

Len LevasseurPhoto Credits:

William T. Van Pelt Stephen Schnurr (Amer. College of Surgeons, First Meth. & Flentrop Nameplates)

The Organ Historical Society was founded in 1956 and has grown in membership to include music lovers, musicians, organ builders, preservationists, historians, scholars and enthusiasts from around the globe. The Society promotes a widespread musical and historical interest in American organ building through collection, preservation, and publication of historical information. Join us! Visit www.organsociety.org or call 1-804-353-9226 today.

2012 Historic Organs of Chicago Calendar © Organ Historical Society. The author wishes to express thanks to each of our sponsors, without whose financial support this project would not be possible. The OHS endorses only the art of the pipe organ - not any specific vendor within this publication.

This calendar is dedicated to the memory of organbuilders Donald Bohall and Wilfred “Tiny” Miller, both of the defunct Schlicker Pipe Organ Company. Donald and Tiny introduced the author to the art of organbuilding at a very young and influential age. The author encourages you, the reader, to continue the tradition of the pipe organ by introducing a member of your local youth community to this magnificent instrument today!

1935 M.P. MöllerCarl Schurz Public High SchoolChicago, Illinois

Opus 6373 ~ 4 manuals

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Historical Data & Editing Assistance:

Scot L. HuntingtonJoseph M. McCabeJoyce RobinsonStephen SchnurrRollin Smith


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