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Preludes [Musician’s Corner]
In a recent issue of The American Organist, the monthly magazine of The American Guild of Organists, Frederick Hohman, of South Bend, Indiana, posed this question in a letter: Is the death of the Organ Prelude Upon Us? He referenced three different church experiences where the prelude served only as background music to the ever-increasing din of voices and laughter coming from the congregation as they gathered for worship. Mr. Hohman states, “The removal of the organ prelude from the…