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Frank Roosevelt Opus 497 (1891)

Emmanuel Baptist Church
279 Lafayette Avenue at St. James Place
Brooklyn
New York City, NY

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2004-10-30 - Rebuild of 1886 Hook & Hastings, Op. 1315 (1886) -Database Manager

2015-12-28 - Inaugural Recital by R. Huntington Woodman (Organist of First Presbyterian, Brooklyn) on Thursday Evening, December 10th, 1891, at Eight O'Clock. Programme:<BR> <BR>           PART I<BR>  1. Sonata No. 4 (first mvt) - Mendelssohn<BR>  2. a. Romanza - Hofmann<BR>      b. Spring Song - Mendelssohn<BR>  3. Fugue in G minor - Bach<BR>  4. a. Prayer - Lemaigre<BR>      b. Andante con Varia - Calking<BR>      c. March of the Three Kings - Dubois<BR>           (The sustatined not suggests the guiding star)<BR>  5. Toccata (from 5th Organ Symphony) - Widor<BR>           PART II<BR>  6. Overture, "Zamba" - Herold<BR>  7. Improvisations (showing some of the resources of the organ)<BR>  8. a. Funeral March of a Marionette - Gounod<BR>      b. Funeral March and Seraph Song - Guilmant<BR>  9. Dance of the Bayaderes (Feramors) - Rubinstein<BR> 10. a. Wolfram's Evening Song } "Tannhaüser" - Wagner<BR> &nbsp;    b. Pilgrims' Chorus } -Database Manager


Stoplist

Specification from Inaugural Recital Program (Dec. 10, 1891) courtesy Larry Trupiano Source: Source not recorded Date not recorded

Brooklyn (New York City), New York
Emmanuel Baptist Church

Frank Roosevelt   Opus 497   1891                     3 manuals, 35 stops, 40 ranks
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           GREAT ORGAN                                SWELL ORGAN
       16' Double Open Diapason  58               16' Bourdon (split knob)  58
        8' Open Diapason         58                8' Open Diapason         58
        8' Viola di Gamba        58 *              8' Spitz Flöte           58
        8' Doppel Flöte          58 *              8' Salicional            58
        4' Octave                58 *              8' Vox Celestis          58
        4' Hohl Flöte            58 *              8' Stopped Diapason      58
    2 2/3' Octave Quint          58 *              4' Gemshorn              58
        2' Super Octave          58 *              4' Flute Harmonique      58
           Mixture, 4 ranks     232 *              2' Flageolet             58
        8' Trumpet               58 *                 Cornet, 3 ranks      174
        *  enclosed in Choir swell-box             8' Cornopean             58
                                                   8' Oboe                  58
           CHOIR ORGAN                             8' Vox Humana            58
        8' Geigen Principal      58
        8' Dolce                 58                   PEDAL ORGAN
        8' Concert Flute         58               16' Open Diapason         30
        4' Flute d'Amour         58               16' Violone               30
        2' Piccolo Harmonique    58               16' Bourdon               30
        8' Clarinet              58           10 2/3' Quint                 30
                                                   8' Violoncello           30
           COUPLERS                               16' Trombone              30
           Swell to Great
           Choir to Great
           Great Sub Octaves on itself
           Swell to Choir                             MECHANICAL ACCESSORIES
           Swell to Great Octaves                     Swell Tremulant
           Swell to Pedal                             Choir Tremulant
           Great to Pedal                             Bellows Signal
           Choir to Pedal                             Wind Indicator

           PEDAL MOVEMENTS
           Three, affecting Great and Pedal Stops and suitable Couplers.
           Three, affecting Swell and Pedal Stops and suitable Couplers.
           Two, affecting Choir and Pedal Stops and suitable Couplers.
           Full Organ Pedal (To draw all speaking stops without throwing
              out the knobs.)
           Great to Pedal Reversing Pedal.
           Balanced Swell Pedal.
           Balanced Great and Choir Pedal.


[Received from Steven E. Lawson  2015-12-28]


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