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The organ in America : Being a surey of the organ-builder's art as practised in these United States from the revolution unitl the war between the states
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- Creator
- collected & performed by E. Power Biggs
- Included Titles
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- Captain Sargent's quick march. 1960
- London march. 1960
- Unknown. 1960
- Capt. Sargent's quickmarch
- Format
- Sound Recordings
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Contributors
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- Billings, William, 1746-1800. New-England psalm-singer
- Phile, Philip, -1793. President's march
- Selby, William, 1738-1798. Fugue or voluntary
- Moller, J. C. (John Christopher), 1755-1803. Sonatas
- Hewitt, James, 1770-1827. Battle of Trenton
- Michael, David Moritz, 1751-1827. Suites, Selections
- Brown, William, active 1783-1788. Rondos
- Yarnold, Benjamin, -1787. Overtures
- Shaw, Oliver, 1779-1848. Trip to Pawtucket
- Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Variations on America
- Publication
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- [New York] : Columbia, [1960]
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, stereophonic ; 12 in
- OCLC
- ocm83716515
- Credits
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- E. Power Biggs, organist
- Principally organ arrangements of harpsichord works performed on historic American organs. The Michael suites principally for 2 clarinets, 2 horns, and 2 bassoons in the orig. instrumentation.
- Title from container.
- Also issued in mono. (ML 5496).
- Program notes by Biggs on container.
- Recorded summer of 1959.
- Tunes from colonial America. Captain Sargent's quick march ; The London march ; The unknown ; [and] The president's march / P. Phile (3:40) -- Hymn tune : Chester / W. Billings (:26) -- Fugue or voluntary in D major / W. Selby (2:06) -- Sonata in D major / J.C. Moller (2:51) -- The battle of Trenton / J. Hewitt (10:20) -- Six movements from the instrumental suites / D.M. Michael (8:08) -- Rondo in G major / W. Brown (2:33) -- March in D major / B. Yarnold (1:10) -- Trip to Pawtucket / O. Shaw (:49) -- Variations on "America" / C. Ives (7:43)