John Cage died in 1992 at the age of 79, but both fans and detractors have continued discussing and performing his work.
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A 639-year organ performance is underway in Germany
In a crumbling 11th-century church in Halberstadt, Germany, an organ has been playing the same piece of music since 2001. It will finish in 2640. The composition is John Cage's ORGAN²/ASLSP - "As Slow ...
The organ was smuggled from Paris to London in 1904 to save it from government seizure.
The son of a minister and a pipe organ builder, Art majored in music at Augustana. In 1971, Art and his wife, Ellen, started ...
The appeal of rattling church rafters turned John Ahern toward the pipe organ. Granted, Ahern, 17, doesn’t want church walls to collapse when he plays chords during a hymn, but he likes the power. “I ...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ — just “Hazel,” to her admirers — was removed ...
After 110 years, the Wanamaker organ has developed its own fan base. The largest fully operational pipe organ in the world was performed for its own birthday on Tuesday, inside the 5-story Grand Court ...
JERUSALEM (AP) — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in ...
GARDEN GROVE, Calif. – There are few pipe organs in the world that have a nickname, a feminine pronoun and a Facebook fan page. The Hazel Wright organ – just “Hazel,” to her admirers – was removed ...
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