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==Synopsis== | ==Synopsis== | ||
American composer | |||
* | * 12 Apr 1918, born in Salt Lake City | ||
* | * Salt Lake City, studied with Frank Asper, Alexander Schreiner, B. Cecil Gates, and J. Spencer Cornwall | ||
* | * 1937-39, served LDS mission in the German Austria (East German) Mission | ||
* | * 1955, Provo, UT, received BA from Brigham Young University | ||
* 1959, Champaign-Urbana, IL, received MM from University of Illinois | |||
* 1965, Salt Lake City, received PhD from University of Utah | |||
* -80, Provo, professor of music composition and theory at Brigham Young University | |||
* Salt Lake City, serverd as member of General Church Music Committee for LDS church | |||
* 12 Nov 1997, died in Orem, UT | |||
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | Manookin's ten volumes of Hymn Preludes for Organ are excellent choices for beginning organists to use as prelude music. His pieces are diatonic and feature hymn melodies interspersed with short introductions, interludes, and codas. They are designed to work well on small 2-manual organs. | ||
For details, see the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Manookin Wikipedia article] on Robert Manookin, or his [http://www.deseretnews.com/article/595456/Death--Robert-Park-Manookin.html?pg=all obituary] as published by the ''Deseret News''. | |||
==List of Organ Works== | ==List of Organ Works== | ||
Latest revision as of 15:32, 10 December 2014
Synopsis
American composer
- 12 Apr 1918, born in Salt Lake City
- Salt Lake City, studied with Frank Asper, Alexander Schreiner, B. Cecil Gates, and J. Spencer Cornwall
- 1937-39, served LDS mission in the German Austria (East German) Mission
- 1955, Provo, UT, received BA from Brigham Young University
- 1959, Champaign-Urbana, IL, received MM from University of Illinois
- 1965, Salt Lake City, received PhD from University of Utah
- -80, Provo, professor of music composition and theory at Brigham Young University
- Salt Lake City, serverd as member of General Church Music Committee for LDS church
- 12 Nov 1997, died in Orem, UT
Manookin's ten volumes of Hymn Preludes for Organ are excellent choices for beginning organists to use as prelude music. His pieces are diatonic and feature hymn melodies interspersed with short introductions, interludes, and codas. They are designed to work well on small 2-manual organs.
For details, see the Wikipedia article on Robert Manookin, or his obituary as published by the Deseret News.
List of Organ Works
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Registration and Organs
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