Louisville KY Majestic Sounds Of Worship Whitworth Organ Vinyl LP Record VG+

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1975 Majestic Sounds Of Worship Vol. 1 Albin C. Whitworth At The 59 Rank Austin Pipe Organ Of The Walnut St. Baptist Church, Louisville, Kentucky Vinyl LP Record VG+
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Side 1 0 For a Thousand Tongues To Sing Tune — Azmon, Carl G. Glaser; arr. Lowell Mason, 1839 Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee Tune — Hymn To Joy, Beethoven, 1824 Fairest Lord Jesus Tune — Crusaders’ Hymn, Schlesische Volkslieder, 1842; arr. Richard S. Willis, 1850 Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken Tune — Austrian Hymn, Franz Joseph Haydn, 1797 All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name Tune — Coronation, Oliver Holden, 1793 Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah Tune — CWM Rhondda, John Hughes, 1907 It Is Well with My Soul Tune — Ville Du Havre, Philip P. Bliss, 1876 I Love to Tell the Story Tune — Hankey, William G. Fischer, 1869 Side 2 Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow Tune — Old 100th, Genevan Psalter, 1551 Jesus Shall Reign Where’er the Sun Tune—Duke Street, John Hatton, 1793 How Great Thou Art Tune — O Store Gud, Swedish Folk Melody; arr. Stuart K. Hine, 1949 The Love of God F.M. Lehman, 1945 My Savior First of All Tune — I Shall Know Him, John R. Sweney The Old Rugged Cross George Bennard, 1913 How Firm a Foundation Tune — Foundation, William Caldwell’s Union Harmony, 1837 ...all arrangements by Mr. Whitworth--- BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Albin C. Whitworth is a native of Louisville, Kentucky, and in June of 1975 begins his fifteenth year as organist and pianist at the Walnut St. Baptist Church. He holds the B.A. degree in Church Music and Organ from Asbury College, and the M.Ed. and Ed.S degrees from the University of Louisville in Music Education, and Administration and Supervision. Mr. Whitworth joined the staff of the Walnut St. Baptist Church in 1960. He is also chairman of the music department and choral director at Butler High School in Louisville. He is married to the Former Kathryn Jane Rieke of Minneapolis. Al- bin and Katy have twin sons, Mark and Kent. In addition to Mr. Whitworth’s duties at Walnut St. and Butler High School, he is also in constant demand as both soloist and accompanist at revivals, conventions, and state assemblys. introduction.....Of all the church musicians whom I have heard per- form, I would have to say the one that has had the most profound impression on my musical life would be Albin Whitworth. My exposure to Mr. Whitworth's playing dates back to late 1963 when a member of Walnut St Baptist Church as a lo^al student. Even on an instrument far less than the Austin organ exhibited in this recording, his play- ing added strength to choir specials and congregational singing alike. Very few church musicians have the ability or imagination, as does this artist, to improvise on a given theme and give new life to some of the older themes often taken for granted Albin's talent, in his own words, is a gift, and very few of his arrangements are on the printed page. When asked how these arrangements are developed, he states, "I listen to the words, in essence, to the message the writer has attempted to convey, and from those impressions comes the development of the main theme worked into a musical message". I believe that after listening to this recording of great inspirational themes, we would all agree that Al- bin has accomplished his purpose in the highest degree of keyboard mu- sicianship dedicated to God's message in music. ----J. Copeland The Instrument — The magnificent Austin Pipe Organ heard in this re- cording was installed in the sanctuary of the Walnut St. Baptist Church in the spring of 1968. The dedicatory recital on the organ was performed by renowned organist, E. Power Biggs. The instrument boasts 59 ranks of pipes, weighs 23,000 lbs,, and was completed by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut at a cost of $86,490. The physical layout of the organ was designed by Mr. Percival Stark of the Austin Organ Company. Voicing of the pipes was under the direc- tion of Austin’s Tonal Director, Mr. Richard J. Piper The instrument consists of 3,272 pipes in the 59 rank delegation. The longest pipe in the organ is mounted in the facade and measures over 18’ in length and 914 inches in diameter. Its 16 foot speaking length produces a fundamental pitch equal to bottom CCC of the piano. The pipe is a member of the 16’ Pedal Principal. While its resonator, or “bell”, is only half its speaking length, bottom CCCC of the 32’ Pedal Posuane speaks an octave below the Principal 16, and its fundamental frequency of approximately 16Hz is more easily felt than heard. The shortest pipe in the instrument, of which there are several copies, mea- sures about 3/16” in diameter and in speaking length. Its funda- mental frequency lies in the neighborhood of 8373Hz with harmonics well beyond audibility. The large metal pipes are made of polished brushed zinc. The smaller metal pipes are individually made by hand with a process and tools which have changed little since the Middle Ages. The pipes were originally voiced at the factory, with final voicing and regulating of the pipe work done in the sanctuary chamber to match the acoustics of the building. RECORDING INFORMATION About the recording......This re- cording was made in several ses- sions held in late February and early March, 1975, in the sanctuary of the Walnut St. Bap- tist Church, Louisville, Kentucky. Neumann Model U-87 Micro- phones, manufactured in Germany, were used for the recording due to their definition and ability to handle the extreme sound pressure levels associated with pipe organ recording. The microphones were utilized in the omni-directional pat- tern to pick up as much “room sound” as possible. The master tape was recorded on an Ampex AG-500 Tape Machine at 15 inches per second for maximum fidelity and dynamic range headroom. All mastering and editing was per- formed by the recording engineer, James R. Copeland. The edited master tapes were proofed for per- formance by Thomas F. Morris of Century Recording, Paducah, Ken- tucky. Tape-to-disc transfer was performed on a special Neumann Computerized Lathe under the supervision of James Auchterlonie of United Sound, Inc., Burbank, California. All pressings, production work, and album copy were also handled by United Sound. ■MAJESTIC SOUNDS OF WORSHIP. VOL. I." PRODUCED BY THE WALNUT ST. BAPTIST CHURCH TELEVISION MINISTRIES. 220 W. ST. CATHERINE ST.. LOUISVILLE. KENTUCKY 40203
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