Author: william
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Yes, Jesus Loves Me
Reflections on “Jesus Loves Me” W. Zeitler [piano] “I Want to Walk as a Child of the Light” Improvisation The verses to ‘Jesus Loves Me’ were written by Anna Bartlett Warner (1827 –1915). Anna’s father was Henry Warner, a wealthy New York City lawyer. When he lost most of his fortune in the 1837 depression,…
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Trio Sonatas
Trio Sonata in Cm, 1st movement J.S.Bach (1685-1750) [ORGAN] “Christ, Whose Glory Fills The Skies Chivalrous Virtues: Confidence & the Horse’s Saddle W. Zeitler As we have seen in previous Music Boxes, a 35-year-old Bach, away performing, came home to discover that his wife Maria Barbara (1684–1720) had died and was already buried. After this,…
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Telemann
Sonata in G: Cantabile & Allegro Telemann (1681-1767) [FLUTE & PIANO? HARPSICHORD?] Susan Addington, Flute “When In Our Music God is Glorified” The Order of Chivalry: Reason & the Horse’s Shaffron W. Zeitler [ORGAN] Georg Phillip Telemann was a German Baroque composer and multi-instrumentalist. Almost completely self-taught in music, he became a composer…
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Hymns
Variations on “My Country, Tis of Thee” L. Beethoven (1770-1827) [PIANO] “When In Our Music God is Glorified” [ORGAN — note: offertory and postlude are ALWAYS organ, due to the logistics of me running up and down the stairs.] “All Glory, Laud and Honor” arr. J.S. Bach [ORGAN] with Curtiss…
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Sources and Sinks
“The Laughing Sage” W. Zeitler [PIANO] “Oh, My Soul, Bless Your Redeemer” Improvisation [ORGAN] In electronics there is the concept of ‘sources’ and ‘sinks’. An electronics ‘source’ provides current to a circuit (for example, a battery), while a ‘sink’ consumes electricity (for example, a light bulb). I think this concept can also be…
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“Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing”
Woodland Dance W. Zeitler [PIANO] “Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing” Improvisation [ORGAN] Robert Robinson (1735-1790) had a rough beginning. His father died when he was aged five, but his maternal grandfather, Robert Wilkin, a wealthy gentleman of Mildenhall, who had never reconciled himself to his daughter’s lowly marriage, disinherited his grandson…
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Coping with happiness
A Pentecost Prelude C. Callahan [ORGAN + FLUTE] Susan Addington, Flute Meditation on “Jerusalem” [ORGAN] Improvisation [ORGAN] Who has trouble coping with happiness? The challenge is how to cope with adversity — when difficulty or calamity befalls, or we see Injustice we feel called to address. One classic approach was articulated by the…
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Isaac Watts & “Jesus Shall Reign”
Prelude in C BWV 547 J.S. Bach [ORGAN] Meditation on “Jesus Shall Reign” [ORGAN] Improvisation [ORGAN] Being Ascension Sunday, I thought a Big Bach organ piece was in order. He builds this particular piece on a slight variation of ascending scale, namely Do Re Mi | Mi Fa So | So La Ti |…
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Proofs for the Existence of God
Sanctuary of Faith W. Zeitler [PIANO] Musing on “Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise” [ORGAN] The Order of Chivalry: Justice & the Knight’s Sword [ORGAN] In a previous Music Box I mentioned that Kurt Gödel (1906-1978, whom Einstein said was the greatest logician since Aristotle) developed a proof for…
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Hildegard von Bingen
O Virtus Sapiente (“O Power of Wisdom”) Hildegard of Bingen (c.1098-1179) [PIANO] Susan Addington – Flute [THE FOLLOWING TEXT GOES WITH THE PRELUDE] O power of Wisdom who circles circling, enclosing all in one life-giving journey, you have three wings: one soars into heaven, and another draws moisture from the earth, and the third lies…