[rodgersorganusers] Re: Tell us about your favorite Christmas Music
- From: "milton miller" <organgrinder64@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 23:18:02 -0500
i really get bored if i hear strings and such coming from an organ.with
digital sampling,we can have a bird tweeting or a locomotive roaring.but i
would use midi to get more organ stops though. milt miller
----- Original Message -----
From: "John G. Cormack" <jackjack@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <rodgersorgan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 12:20 AM
Subject: [rodgersorganusers] Re: Tell us about your favorite Christmas Music
>
> At 03:31 PM 12/12/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>
> >In a message dated 12/12/2003 12:22:25 PM Central Standard Time,
> >jkstiles@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
> >
> ><< If so, can you give me some help in
> > how to convince them that other music fits the bill of
> > music appropriate to music? Or should I just right them
> > off as ninnies and ignore them? >>
> >I believe this is called "educating the congregation". Be sure to keep
the
> >traditional Christmas carols and hymns in your church service. And then
> >introduce something "new" to their ears. I remember when MIDI was first
> >brought out
> >by Rodgers, and many, many people did not want to accept it as
"approprate
> >music". Well, times have changed, thanks to musicians who educated their
> >people, whether redneck or stiff-collar, that music comes in many
> >forms. It wasn't
> >too long ago that country-western was considered to be "hillbilly" stuff!
I
> >remind my own congregation that Christmas comes around only once a year,
> >so if
> >they hear something they don't like, rest easy folks as it will at least
a
> >year before they hear it again.....hehehhehhehe.
> =========================================================
>
> Another piece that will shake them up is Edwin H. Lemare's "Andantino" --
> written as a religious
> piece, or so says Tom Hazelton. The melody and accompaniment was a
popular
> love song "Moonlight and Roses",
> in the 1920's. I searched on Google which identifies Moonlight and Roses
> as composed by three people, Lemare being
> one of them. But I was unable to find any information about Andantino
> originally being a sacred piece that was
> converted into a popular song. Does anyone have any info on this?
>
> Jack
>
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