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  1. Lew Williams says:
    June 18, 2011 at 1:37 pm

    Hey Michael

    I have an old printed transcription of Drdla’s “Souvenir” by Quentin Maclean that you might want to reproduce & make available. I think it was published in Vienna in the early ’30s, but can look for it If you would be interested.

    Thanks so much for the terrific service you provide us allwith.

    Lew

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  2. Michael Johnston says:
    June 23, 2011 at 11:20 am

    Thanks for the suggestion, Lew. It was published by Bosworth but in Vienna where the good engravers were, I guess. I will keep it on the list while I search for an original for the basis of restoration. The only copy I see in a library is in the British Library.

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  3. Michael Johnston says:
    July 6, 2011 at 11:16 am

    Re: Billy Nalle’s Alles Was Du Bist: “My teacher and I were in the audience when he played it in Atlanta at the 1966 AGO convention at the Fox Theatre. I still have the program from that week of concerts! I’ve played some of the pieces, of course to happy listeners. This is the kind of music that people like to hear!”
    Maryland, USA

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  4. Michael Johnston says:
    August 10, 2011 at 10:21 am

    This order — and all of the previous orders — is actually for my son. He’s a big fan of your business and always looks to you first when he’s searching for music. He leaves for UT-Austin, where he will major in music, in two weeks. Thanks again for taking such good care of him — I really appreciate it! —Texas, USA

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  5. Michael Johnston says:
    August 10, 2011 at 10:23 am

    The parts of the Nearing ["Scenes from a Mexican Desert"] that you made available to look at looked like they leave lots of room for interesting registration. I really appreciate the opportunity to take a look at the music. —New York, USA

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  6. Bonnie Miller says:
    December 31, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    I really loved “Lotus Blossom” and your promptness was truly appreciated. I’m also looking for “Under the Christmas Mistletoe” by Dick Leibert. Thank you for your service and articles.

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  7. Michael Johnston says:
    January 3, 2012 at 12:45 pm

    Hi Michael. I just voted for the restoration of duets. My friend and I played “The Open Diapason March” duet for the Postlude last fall to a favorable response from (most) of the congregation. The organ duet repertoire is not very large so we look forward to playing some new-to-us material. Thanks. —Vermont, USA

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  8. Heidi Bender says:
    January 6, 2013 at 6:30 pm

    Hello,

    I discovered your blog today and I am enjoying it very much! I started taking organ lessons (as an adult) about 3 years ago.

    Thanks,
    Heidi

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  9. Tristan Rhodes says:
    April 18, 2013 at 3:11 pm

    You have the fastest turn around time of any music publishing company from whom I’ve purchased on line. I think I ordered the Bingham “Roulade” two days ago. You emailed to say you’d taken it to the post office that day [the day following the order]. I received the music in today’s mail – the day after you emailed. Thank you!

    Feedback on the music itself: the ink used in the photocopy of Seth Bingham’s “Roulade” is good and dark. The barrings of 16th notes and any phrasing or ties – anything that isn’t horizontal – are a tad choppy but the copy is certainly clear and easily readable. BTW, I rented a bedroom in Seth Bingham’s NY apartment on Clairmont Avenue for a few months while I was realizing figured bass for the well known French tenor and recording artist for Archiv, Yves Tinayre. Bingham and Tinayre were long-standing friends. Seth was a very kind, gentle and interesting elderly man when I knew him in the late 1960s. He told me about Fox’s interest in and the many performances he gave that included the Bingham “Roulade.” “Fox made it famous” he said and went on to say that Fox inserted a pedal glissando in the last measure. I’ll have to get a recording of Virgil playing this piece so I can hear the effect and insert it if appropriate in my own performances.

    —Tristan Rhodes

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