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Business cards and informational pamphlets about organ building companies collected by Douglas Bush when he attended a conference of the International Society of Organ Builders in China in 2006. Also contains detailed notes he took on the various events and speeches given at the conference. Also contains conference materials and notes from the Westfield Center in 1986 and an organ conference in Tempe, Arizona in 1991.

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Included is some of Douglas Bush's research on the history of music and theater in the Elsass region, and articles on organ specifications and sound technology. The date range is 1911 to 1970.

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Contained are informational materials and pamphlets about various organ building companies and persons, as well as Douglas Bush's correspondence with some of them regarding price estimates for new organs to be potentially built at Brigham Young University. The dates of the materials and correspondences span from 1980 to 2004.

Scope and Contents Contains Douglas Bush's collection of photocopies of articles and other research documents, with some handwritten notes and annotations on composers Max Reger, Johann Sebastian Bach, organ scholar Herman Fischer, and organ makers such as Arp Schnitger, the Silbermann Family, and Arnolt Schlick. There is also general research about music in the European region and general research about the technical aspects of the organ by Dr. Lottermoser and Jenkner. Dr. Bush also attended programs and...

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Contained are various articles and notes on the organ-maker Arnolt Schlick. The date range is approximately 1980 to 2000.

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Contains academic theses and publications regarding Arp Schnitger, a famous German organ builder. The range of dates for these materials is 1973 February to 1989 May.

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Contains a number of indexes of Douglas Bush's research on the organ scholar Hermann Fischer, including work provided by various libraries and databases, some in Germany and some from BYU. There is also an article by Hermann Fischer on what was previously known as the Barfusser Kirche. There are some email correspondences between Douglas Bush and various people, mostly in German, about the acquisition of Fischer's research. The date range of materials is 1963 to 2006.

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Douglas Bush wrote some articles on the chorale partita, a style of music that Bach was quite influential in, and other articles on Bach. Contained are two or Dr. Bush articles, as well as articles from the Early Keyboard Studies newsletter and the American Organist. The date range of the articles is 1972 October to 1993 January.

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Contains notes on the composer Max Reger, who composed a number of pieces for organ. The date of the material is sometime after 1997 May.

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Contained are research and articles about the Silbermann family, which includes Johann Andreas Silbermann, Gottfried Silbermann, and Andreas Silbermann. Included are notes on the various organs they have built and their specifications. The date range of the materials is 1926 to 1990.