The pipe organ is typically associated with formal concert halls, church music and traditional works by Baroque composers ...

It is the most modern of early instruments. Mastering it requires effort and a great deal of passion. Five organists —ranging ...

The first mechanical pipe organ, a water-driven monster called a hydraulus, so awed the ancients that they enshrined it in a temple of Venus. A 5th century organ at Jerusalem thundered forth such a ...

We associate the pipe organ with Johann Sebastian Bach and other Baroque masters. But, since the mid-14th century, there has been an unbroken stream of notated organ music, making it the most enduring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Cage's composition requires a specially designed organ to continuously play the song. John Cage died in 1992 at the age of 79 ...

Embed <iframe src="https://www.npr.org/player/embed/5448985/5449017" width="100%" height="290" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" title="NPR embedded audio player"> The ...

Opera Philadelphia is adding some extra chills to Halloween week with a series of classic silent horror movies, each paired with live organ music inside the historic Wanamaker Building. Audiences can ...

JERUSALEM — 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 Jerusalem's ...

Whether you enjoy organ music, choral masterpieces, or lunchtime recitals, there are plenty of opportunities to experience ...

Pity the poor pipe organ. The behemoth instruments are often thought of as fusty relics of classical music — heard only in churches, vintage horror movies and increasingly fewer baseball stadiums. But ...

Even as church attendance declines nationwide and pipe organs fall silent in many sanctuaries, Spokane has managed to keep the music alive. The city’s community of organists – supported by groups like ...