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I thought it was here; certainly it was when I joined. Paul

This, I presume (subscription only, so can't see more). Paul

NBA 11 omits that one, listing it under the heading: "Works whose composer is unknown or uncertain". Paul

It's in NBA Volume 11 (published 2003). It reminds me of the big harpsichord gigues by Handel, as well. Paul

Indeed, yes! To the best of my knowledge, they are the first full set of 24 Preludes and Fugues since Bach's. Paul

The New Oxford Book of Carols has it that the version for voice and piano was Warlock's last composition - so, the other way round. The original was published in the Telegraph as a facsimile of Warlock's hand-written score, with diamond noteheads; also reproduced in Music and Letters Vol 45 No 4 (Oct 1964), p334. Paul

The Australian Hymnbook (With One Voice) has no upbeat for Be Thou my Vision, while including it for Lord of all Hopefulness. Paul

I am a little puzzled. It may simply be wrong, but the companion to With One Voice (aka The Australian Hymnbook) seems to tell me that the version of Slane with upbeats is the original tune, and the version they use for Be Thou my Vision is adapted to the words by omitting them.

No! I didn't include the purple passage that follows on old Methodist tunes; nor his remarks on sober, steady movement. He feels tainted by having included any triple-measure tunes. The musical editor was John Goss. Paul

I am reminded of the preface to Mercer's Church Psalter and Hymn Book (1854):

The recording is so bad that I do not venture to judge the balance between the the noise from the organ and the congregation's singing. But the rest of your comments are spot on. Paul

Full details. There is a graph showing the effects due to the speed of sound in air at different temperatures, for different humidities. Also a note that the effect of physical changes to the pipe is about one sixtieth of that due to the air. Paul

Certainly they did. But of course, even "surround" is still very incomplete; there are three dimensions - and those who have experienced it generally feel that reproducing sound in three dimensions is a bigger step in realism than going to mere surround in two. All my recordings these days are made in three dimensions, from which I extract stereo and surround signals for use in the meagre setups that I and most people have available. I could say a lot more, but it's getting off-topic. Paul

Of course, and the starting point is pretty low - for starters, just look at the size of the plastic speakers on their beanstalks! Paul

Shocked? By no means - but you said "every email". That is so blatantly beyond the capability of the infrastructure that exists (as opposed to what is technically possible) as to be absurd. There is also a huge difference between seeing the logs showing what emails went where (through ISP servers - but many emails never go near those), and looking at the contents, even automatically, and ignoring encrypted mail. Now selectively, that could be another matter. Paul

And you believe this? Pah! Paranoia can be a problem in its own right. I know bad things happen on the Internet; but bad things happen all over the place, and misquotations and mis-attributions can take place in printed media as well - and have. I have been continuously active on the Internet since 1991, always under my own name, and have never had any problem. But maybe that's because I'm not important or interesting enough for anyone to care about. Spam email has been a problem, as my email address is not hidden everywhere, but even that's not too bad - in any case I run an extremely effective (and free) spam filter on my email server*, so it never troubles me. Paul * OK, I'm a geek who runs his own server - but that's because it's also my profession, so I can do it and get it right, unlike the muppets at some ISPs.

And indeed I'm sure I'm not the only one here with no connection to the organ world; in my case it's a hobby that has recently come to the fore again after lying dormant for most of my life since I was unable to be offered a job at an organ builder when I left university (the owner of the firm wanted to make the offer, but his hands were tied). But at least no-one could use anything I say against me. Paul

Thanks. I've realised that the first Psalm is Ps 42-43, from the pattern of the the interpolated verses using a different chant. I guess I should work out which Sunday 27 Apr 1986 was, and see if they were using our lectionary as well. Paul

Of course! I knew I should know... Thanks, Paul

I am sorting out and identifying some old tapes. I have just got to one of an Anglican Evensong recorded in Oslo Cathedral in 1986 (with the permission of the DOM at the time, Terje Kvam). At that time, they did a quarterly Anglican service as a feature; in this one they sang Byrd Haec dies, Howells Coll reg, and Hadley My Beloved Spake. However, I simply can't remember the composer of these Preces and Responses (they sound odd because they are in Norwegian). Icing on the cake would be to identify these Psalms and Hymn - but you'll need to speak Norwegian for that, I guess! Paul

I like how at York Minster after a while they removed the only 8 foot stop on the pedal - I suppose they thought it a bit frivolous. Paul

Nimbus do a make-to-order service using CD-Rs, originally for themselves, but now available to other companies. As one of the first companies to manufacture CDs at all, they do know a bit about it. Paul

And I've just been reading about this: http://www.binns-schulte-orgel.de Paul

Hans Fagius (whom I like in general) is faster still at 3'06"; but I prefer something nearer to Vox's speed, I think. Martin Souter at 5'14" feels about right to me. Paul

I'm under the impression that the Sheldonian still has its pipes in case someone should think of using them again. Paul