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    • A 157-stop organ in the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń 

      Szostak, Michał (Scranton Gillette Communications Inc., Arlington Heights, Illinois, USA, 2019-08)
      At the beginning of the 21st century, in the years 2002-2007, in the small village of Lichen Stary, located in the geographical center of Poland (Europe), in the largest Catholic temple of the country, Polish company ...
    • Aristide Cavaillé-Coll: a biographical sketch 

      Szostak, Michał (Royal Canadian College of Organists, 2020-01)
      2019 was the 120th anniversary of the death of the father of symphonic organs, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. It is worth recalling this prominent figure who in the nineteenth century changed the sound of French instruments and ...
    • The Art of Stylish Organ Improvisation 

      Szostak, Michał (Musical Opinion Ltd, London, 2019-11)
      The spontaneous musical activity of a man was the main source from which the entire musical culture of humanity was born. Before the musicians started composing their repetitive works, improvised music was used both for ...
    • Creativity and artistry in organ music 

      Szostak, Michał (Musical Opinion Ltd, London, 2020-02)
      Each musician likes to call himself an artist. But whether each person who performs music is an artist indeed? What it means to be an artist? Where to look for creativity in artistic performance? All these questions are ...
    • Emanuel Štěpán Petr, a Czech Cavaillé-Coll 

      Szostak, Michał (Musical Opinion Ltd, London, 2020-11)
      Sometimes, life is unpredictable. Restrictions, which reduce our big plans, can open new perspectives and allow us to focus on the areas which could be hidden for us in regular circumstances. This happens to me this year. ...
    • Implementation of the Aristide Cavaillé-Coll’s Vatican project in Poland 

      Szostak, Michał (Musical Opinion Ltd, London, 2018-02)
      Particular attention should be pay on the project from 1875 of monumental organ for the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome made by the great French visionary of the symphonic organ, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811-1899). This ...
    • Instrument as a source of inspiration for the performer 

      Szostak, Michał (Musical Opinion Ltd, London, 2018-11)
      From the point of view of aesthetics, as a science dealing with the so-called aesthetic situation, inspiration is an inseparable element of the initial phase of the aesthetic situation, which includes the artist (creator), ...