On Tue, 22 Jun 2004 20:49:42 -0400, Roger Evans wrote:

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Rodney Myrvaagnes wrote:
I remember a tocatta by Nancy Plummer Faxon being popular at recitals
around Boston in the late 1950s. I have no idea who published it. I
assume she was married to George Faxon, then organist at Trinity,
Copley Square.

Wasn't she organist of the Old South Church in her own right?

As for the Toccata, Jonathan Ambrosino has written:

The Toccata for solo organ is Mrs. Faxon at her best, a dramatic,
tightly organized and entirely American piece of music borne of a
simple theme and a complicated accompanimental motif. It outranks
Sowerby and Farnam both, and deserves a wider exposure outside of
Boston music circles.

R.E.

From my distant memory I wouldn't disagree with that assessment. I
certainly liked hearing it whenever it was played.



Rodney Myrvaagnes              NYC                                          J36 Gjo/a

"Hawg Polo?"    . . .  "Hawg Polo"

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