The Aeolian organ in Duke Chapel has 112 ranks of pipes and 115 speaking stops, controlled by a four-manual console, with most of its 6,631 pipes hidden in deep chambers.
Recording & Production
This album features music from around 1900 to the present day, beginning with late German Romantic works and continuing with American compositions.
Performer Biography
Robert Parkins, the performer on this album, is the University Organist and a Professor of the Practice of Music at Duke University, where he has been on faculty since 1975.
Interpretation
Robert Parkins has specialized in early Iberian keyboard music and more recently focused on the German Romantic organ and its literature.
Historical Context
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, German immigrant musicians profoundly influenced the United States, with many American composition students traveling to Europe to study with German teachers.
Instruments
The Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon Organ, built in 1932 by the Aeolian Organ Company, was the company's last major organ before a merger and its only one of this size for a church.
Performer Biography
Robert Parkins, the organist, received a Fulbright fellowship in 1973 to study with Anton Heiller at the Hochschule für Musik in Vienna.
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