Writing for curious people who might become interested in the organ as well as for those who already are interested, organ enthusiast (and organist) Craig Whitney tells us why he loves the organ and, in so doing, relates wonderful anecdotes about many of the greats including Virgil Fox, E. Power Biggs, Leopold Stokowski as an organist, E. M. Skinner, G. Donald Harrison, Rodman Wanamaker and the organ in his Philadelphia department store, and more. His research included the papers of Virgil Fox�s long-time manager, Roberta Bailey, and he relates her key role in the development of Fox�s career. The author has worked as a reporter for the New York Times in New York, Saigon, Bonn, Moscow, Paris, and London, and as diplomatic correspondent, foreign editor, Washington editor, and is currently assistant managing editor. |