David N. Johnson

Synopsis

American composer, organist, and teacher.

• June 28, 1922 born in San Antonio, Texas
• 1950 Bachelor of Music, Trinity Univ. (San Antonio)
• Study at Curtis Institute, Philadelphia
• Organ study with Alexander McCurdy, Arthur Poister, Donald Willing
• 1951 Master of Music, Curtis
• 1956 Ph.D., Syracuse Univ., N.Y.; composition study with Ernest Bacon, Rosario Scalero
• 1956-60 Alfred Univ. Chair of Music Dept.
• 1960-65 St. Olaf Coll., Northfield, Minn., Chair of Music Dept.
• 1967-69 Syracuse Univ., professor of music
• 1969-81 Arizona State Univ., Tempe, professor of music
• 1970 Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Phoenix, Ariz., organist/choirmaster
• Aug. 2, 1987 died in Tempe

David N. Johnson composed over three hundred organ pieces, mostly for church use. All are tonal and very conservative in style. Perhaps best known by organists are his Trumpet Tunes.

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List of Organ Works

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Opus	Title	Year
Op. ??	Fugue a la Gigue	year
Op. ??	Chorale Preludes	year
Op. ??	Easy Trios	year
Op. ??	Trumpet Tunes	year
Op. ??	Title	year
Op. ??	Title	year
Op. ??	Title	year

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Registration and Organs

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Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Trumpet Tune in D Major, played by Jason Payne at Broadway Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAplq3znUJs

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Notes

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