Hector Berlioz once remarked that the orchestra may be the king of music, but that the organ is the pope. In the past 200 years, since the death of Bach (1685-1750), the king has reigned supreme.

Greatest composer of organ music who ever lived was portly, quick-fingered 18th-Century Johann Sebastian Bach. His 30-odd organ fugues and numerous choral preludes and sonatas are still regarded as ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Michael Barone, host of Pipedreams, a public radio program dedicated to the pipe organ and celebrating 40 years on the air. The pipe organ. No harmonica, now is it? It can ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Listen to the biggest, loudest, most extravagant (yet incredibly subtle) instrument of them all. In the past we’ve chosen the five minutes or so we ...

When you drive past Methuen Memorial Music Hall in Methuen, Massachusetts, you might think it's an old city building. But it was built by a very wealthy local man just to house one spectacular ...

Charlie Chaplin is precariously perched atop a ladder. His character, an assistant at a pawnshop, attempts to polish the storefront. As the ladder rocks back and forth in increasingly wider swings, an ...

Aug. 5—In 1923 the Skinner Organ Company from Boston installed the pipe organ at Hinton First Presbyterian Church. At its point in history, the Skinner Organ Company was the top organ builder in ...

The world's largest theater pipe organ can be found in a Franklin warehouse. The massive instrument is the brainchild of Paul Woelbing. When Woelbing is asked why he put the theater organ together, he ...

Salisbury Cathedral is joining Britain’s vaccination drive, and its organists are providing a musical accompaniment. They’re even taking requests. By Alex Marshall SALISBURY, England — On a recent ...