1990 Visser-Rowland organ at the Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN

1970 Aeolian-Skinner organ at National Presbyterian, Washington, DC

1964 Möller; 2001 Goulding & Wood organ at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC

1956 Aeolian-Skinner+ organ at Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY

1982 Oberlinger at the Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany

Spiritual Values

Embellished by the pipe organ’s many colors, these compositions were inspired by African and Afro-American themes.

Listen to the program

Program Broadcast dates:

• Week of February 20, 2006

Related Broadcasts

• In Black and White #0428
• Blending Black and White #0305
• In Black and White #0234
• In Black and White #0206
• In Black and White #0106
• En Blanc et Noir #2007

Links and Resources:

• Horace Alden Miller & Cornell’s Conservatory of Music
• Article on African-American Composers
• Article on Mickey Thomas Terry
• Printable program listings

Music played in the program

THOMAS KERR: Anguished American Easter, 1968 –Herndon Spillman (1990 Visser-Rowland/Wooddale Church, Eden Prairie, MN) Titanic CD-205

SETH BINGHAM: Sailing over Jordan –James Welch (1986 Schoenstein/St. Elizabeth RCC, San Francisco, CA) Arkay AR6169

WILLIAM B. COOPER: Dies irae –Mickey Thomas Terry (1985 Schantz/Lumen Christi Catholic Community [St. Leo the Great], Saint Paul, MN) Pipedreams Archive recorded January 20, 2003

WILLIAM GRANT STILL: Memphis Man –James Hicks (1960; 1996 Austin/The Presbyterian Church, Morristown, NJ) Pro Organo CD 7187

SCOTT JOPLIN: Maple Leaf Rag –Keith Thompson (1970 Aeolian-Skinner/National Presbyterian, Washington, DC) Echoes of Heaven 4721

HORACE ALDEN MILLER: Steal away –Samuel John Swartz (1928 Skinner/Immanuel Presbyterian, Los Angeles, CA) Motette CD MOT 10901

RUTH NORMAN: Reflections –Mickey Thomas Terry (1964 Möller; 2001 Goulding & Wood/National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC) Pipedreams Archive recorded July 8, 2001

WILLIAM BOLCOM: Gospel Prelude, Book 4, number 1 Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. DEREK BERMEL: 2 Songs from Nandom –Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra (1995 Schantz/Westwood UMC, Los Angeles, CA) Pipedreams Archive recorded March 8, 1997

CALVIN TAYLOR: Spirituals: Number 2, This little light of mine; Number 5, Soon I will be done. FELA SOWANDE: Prayer, Oba a ba ke –Edward M. Maki-Schramm (1956 Aeolian-Skinner/St. Thomas Episcopal, New York, NY) Pipedreams Archive recorded March 9, 2003

LAWRENCE SCHREIBER: Fantasy on African-American Themes –Hans Uwe Hielscher (1982 Oberlinger/Market Church, Wiesbaden, Germany) Edition Lade CD-016