LEADER 02743oam 22004694a 450 001 9910524683903321 005 20230621141111.0 010 $a0-253-05558-X 035 $a(CKB)5600000000001727 035 $a(OCoLC)1259587524 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse92539 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/88375 035 $a(oapen)doab88375 035 $a(EXLCZ)995600000000001727 100 $a20100429d1987 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aE. Power Biggs, Concert Organist$fBarbara Owen 210 $cIndiana University Press$d1987 210 1$aBloomington :$cIndiana University Press,$d1987. 210 4$dİ1987. 215 $a1 online resource (1 online resource x, 241 pages) : $c34 portraits 330 $aE. Power Biggs was one of the most influential figures in the American musical world during the middle decades of the twentieth century. As a popular radio performer in the 1940s and 1950s, a renowned recitalist, and a prolific recording artist, he stood for the best in organ music and the best in instruments. Biggs played everything from Buxtehude, Bach, and Handel to Hindemith, Scott Joplin, and Ives; and he experimented with such diverse media as the pedal harpsichord and the latest in quadraphonic sound recording. He encouraged American composers to write new works for the organ, which he performed regularly on the radio and at his recitals in the United States as well as abroad. Biggs eschewed electronic instruments and did everything he could to encourage churches and concert halls to acquire instruments by the best builders. He was one of the pioneers in the return to smaller, tracker-action organs for the performance of the Baroque and Classical literature. In his search for authenticity, he recorded the music of Frescobaldi, Soler, Sweelinck, and Bach, among others, on the instruments they had actually played. Although E. Power Biggs was born in England, he dedicated himself to his adopted country. He attracted a devoted following, achieved great fame, and revolutionized the organ world. 606 $aOrganists$2fast$3(OCoLC)fst01047772 606 $aOrganistes$zE?tats-Unis$vBiographies 606 $aOrganists$zUnited States$vBiography 607 $aUnited States$2fast 608 $aBiographies. 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOrganists. 615 0$aOrganistes 615 0$aOrganists 700 $aOwen$b Barbara$0938135 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910524683903321 996 $aE. Power Biggs, Concert Organist$92772182 997 $aUNINA