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on historic organs associated with those composers. Thereafter, he believed that such music should ideally be performed on instruments representative of that period and that organ music of that epoch should be played by using (as closely as possible) the styles and registrations of that era. Thus, he
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tracker organ subsequently installed there in 1958. Many of his CBS radio broadcasts and
Columbia recordings were made in the museum. Another remarkable instrument used by Biggs was a
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labels for more than three decades. Between 1942 and 1958, he also hosted a weekly radio program of organ music (carried throughout the United States on the
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You may hear E. Power Biggs on the album "Mozart: The Music for Solo Organ-Played on the Mozart Organ at
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Music for Organ, Brass and
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back to prominence, and was in the forefront of the mid-20th-century resurgence of interest in the organ music of pre-
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Radio
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in 1950. For his contribution to the recording industry, Biggs has a star on
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You may listen to E. Power Biggs performing on "Bach Organ
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Stars and Stripes Forever: Two Centuries of Heroic Music in America
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in 1930. In 1932, he was appointed to a post at Christ Church in
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Music for Organ and Brass: Canzonas of Gabrieli and Frescobaldi
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Bach Eight Little Preludes and Concerto in D after Vivaldi
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British-born American concert organist and recording artist
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Traditional Christmas Music, Columbia Masterworks MS 7164
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Colette Josephine Lionne, pianist (1933–1944) (divorced)
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The Four Antiphonal Organs of the Cathedral of Freiburg
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Vol. II: Canzonas for Brass, Winds, Strings and Organ
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Vittorio Negri (conductor), E. Power Biggs & the
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652:The Organ in Sight and Sound
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394:Bach: Organ Favorites
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