We’re celebrating the USA’s birthday this month with music that was all composed by American composers.
Hosts: Mark Scholtz, Bill Stein
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Title: 5 Dances – III. Those Americans
Composer: Calvin Hampton
Organist: Cherry Rhodes
Album: Cherry Rhodes in Concert – Delos DE 3346
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Organ: 2003 IV/105 Dobson, Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels, Los Angeles, California USA
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Title: Elegy
Composer: Daniel Gawthrop
Organist: Jeremy Filsell
Album: Americana – Raven OAR-942
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Organ: 1963 IV/186 EM Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner, National Cathedral, Washington, DC USA
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Title: When Dusk Gathers Deep
Composer: Charles Albert Stebbins
Organist: Harold Stover
Album: An American Album – Albany TROY765
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Organ: 1928 III/40 EM Skinner, Cathedral of St. Luke, Portland, Maine USA
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Title: Toccata in D minor
Composer: Gordon Balch Nevin
Organist: William Picher
Album: Toccata! – Stemik CD101
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Organ: 1999 IV/10 Rodgers/Ruffatti, Cathedral of Saint Jude, St. Petersburg, Florida USA
Title: Variations on an American Air
Composer: Isaac von Vleek Flagler
Organist: Thomas Trotter
Album: Grand Organ Prom – Regent REGCD322
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Organ: 1871 IV/177 Willis/Mander, Royal Albert Hall, London, England
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Title: Fantasy for Flute Stops
Composer: Leo Sowerby
Organist: David Pickering
Album: American Impressions – Raven OAR-158`
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Organ: 2005 III/58 Quimby, Canyon Creek Presbyterian Church, Richardson, Texas USA
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Title: Scherzoso
Composer: James Hotchkiss Rogers
Organist: Charles Echols
Album: Organ Music by James H Rogers – Raven OAR-978
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Organ: 2001 IV/118 Casavant/Schantz, St. Andrew Lutheran Church, Mahtomedi, Minnesota USA
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Title: Variations on an Old American Tune
Composer: Zachary Wadsworth
Organist: David Sinden
Album: Longing For Home – The American Hymn Tradition – Regent REGCD509
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Organ: 2001 III/53 Mander, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, St. Louis, Missouri USA