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Peragallo Organ Company has built its Opus 772 for St. Malachy Catholic Church, Brownsburg, Indiana

Bynum Petty chronicles the history of organs for St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Chester, Pennsylvania, and the restoration of Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1273

www.stephenstreet.com   In addition to his extraordinary accomplishments as a double bass virtuoso and conductor, Giovanni Bottesini is also credited with nearly 300 compositions, encompassing opera, oratorio, chamber music and instrumental music, much of it for the double bass. That there has never been any meaningful attempt to catalogue or publish Bottesini’s output is surprising, but the double bassist Stephen Street, perturbed by evident discrepancies in many current editions, notably i...