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Johann Pachelbel, Marilyn Mason (2), Robert Breault - Organ Works Volume II (Chorale Preludes) (Cass). Musical Heritage Society. Johann Pachelbel, Marilyn Mason (2), Robert Breault.
Marilyn May Mason (June 29, 1925 – April 4, 2019) was an American concert organist, recording artist, and professor. In 1988, she was described as "among the important influences on the American organ scene in the second half of the 20th century" by the American Guild of Organists New York Chapter when she was named International Performer of the Year. Over her career, she has also commissioned over 75 original works for the organ. In 1985, a C. B. Fisk organ modeled on the eighteenth-century organs of Gottfried Silbermann was commissioned by the University of Michigan School of Music and named the Marilyn Mason Organ in her honor
Mason's 2003 arrest and prosecution for the 1957 murders of two El Segundo, California police officers made national headlines. Born in Columbia, South Carolina, he was arrested and did time for burglary in that state in 1956. After his release in 1957, then aged 23, he hitchhiked his way to California, stopping in Shreveport, Louisiana where he purchased a revolver using an alias.
Marilyn Mason (born June 29, 1925) is an American concert organist, recording artist, and teacher. Mason is Professor Emerita at the University of Michigan Her career as performer, lecturer, adjudicator, and teacher has taken her throughout the western world, at one point performing more than thirty recitals per year. In 1988, she was described as "among the important influences on the American organ scene in the second half of the.
Sir William Neil McKie MVO (22 May 1901 – 1 December 1984) was an Australian organist, conductor, and composer. He was Organist and Master of the Choristers at Westminster Abbey 1941-1963 and noted for his direction of the music for the marriage of Princess Elizabeth in 1947, and later her Coronation in 1953. In 1926 McKie took up his first professional appointment as Director of Music of Clifton College, Bristol, and is now perhaps the most famous of all Cliftonian organists. He gave regular and popular lunch-time recitals at Melbourne Town Hall for seven years in this capacity, commencing 8 April 1931.
This is a list of Westminster Abbey organists. The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as "Westminster Abbey", is a large, mainly Gothic abbey church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional site for the Coronation of the British monarch and many former kings and queens are buried there. 1918 Sir Sydney Nicholson, MVO. 1928 Sir Ernest Bullock, CVO. 1941-1945 Osborne Harold Peasgood CVO (Acting). 1941 Sir William Neil McKie, MVO. 1963 Douglas Guest, CVO. 1981 Simon Preston, CBE.
Created October 29, 2008. 3 England and the Coronation of Elizabeth II.
Out of the International Congress of Women, another organization developed, namely Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) which still operates to this day. Jane Addams served as its first president. This year, on April 28th, WILPF will celebrate its centenary in the city of The Hague. Special lectures and seminars are planned to take place in the Peace Palace to celebrate this occasion
