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Feb24
Video of the Week #356: The Allegro from the Bach Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 Transcribed for Organ
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Tag Archives: Pipe organ
Sep3
Creative Juice #258
All sorts of info to inspire your artistic brain.
- I know the common green mantises; I didn’t know they have diverse cousins.
- Flip through Nathalie’s art journal.
- How things get done in Mozambique.
- Lovely photographs of ordinary objects.
- Funny and amazing animal videos.
- Natural poses to suggest when you’re taking photographs of groups of people.
- Teeny tiny paintings.
- This artist’s quilted portraits celebrate Black life. Be sure to click on the link at the end of the article to see more. (Actually, you have to click on the little box that appears when you click the link.)
- For the writers: mining memories for your memoir.
- Incredible photographs of endangered species.
- For the artists: open calls, grants, residencies, and fellowships.
- The Presto from the Summer concerto from Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons played on a big honkin’ organ.
Apr17
O is for Organ
The earliest pipe organ originated in Greece in the third century BC. Called a hydraulis, it was powered by air compressed by water pressure.
This photo of the Zliten mosaic is attributed to Nacéra Benseddik and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 1.0 Generic license.
Bellows were added to organ design by the sixth or seventh century AD.
St. Cecilia playing a portable organ; her left hand operates the bellows. By “The Master of the St. Bartholomew altarpiece.”
Charlemagne was the first to request a pipe organ in his chapel in Aachen in 812, which established the organ as the premier instrument in Western European church music for many centuries.
In the 12th century, the organ began to evolve into a complex instrument capable of producing different timbres.
Typical modern pipe organ console; located in St. Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin.
My favorite organ piece is the Toccata and Fugue by J.S. Bach:
And my second favorite has got to be this one:
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Feb15
Creative Juice #128
May you be full of wonder this weekend.
- Talk about a man cave . . .
- How to set up a painting studio.
- “Even the places you visit thousands of times become new to you the moment you have a camera in your hand.”
- Ideas for personalizing your Bible.
- It’s hard to dislike graffiti as beautiful as this.
- Beautiful photographs of Frida Kahlo.
- Help save this magnificent church organ.
- Some red-and-white quilts, not just for Valentine’s Day.
- Expressive sculptured faces.
- A designer of bridal veils.
- Old abandoned palaces.
- What happens if you don’t wash your car.
Jan26
Creative Juice #78
Twelve articles for your artistic pleasure.
- The quintessential pointillist.
- Incredible guitarist.
- 50 free Valentine quilt patterns.
- The Scots take unicorns very seriously.
- Did you ever wonder what’s inside a big pipe organ?
- I’ve never had to use stitch markers while knitting (I’m not very advanced). These DIY ones are cute!
- A technician’s devotion to miniatures.
- The story behind Toy Story.
- Walking as creative fuel. I like to take a camera or a notebook on my walks.
- Have you been meaning to read more books in 2018? Join a challenge!
- Wouldn’t it be fun to go on an art retreat?
- What happened to the heads of the kings of Judah?
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