The Marcussen Organ originated in Denmark and eventually reached Wichita. Many Danes came from Denmark to tune and construct this amazing organ. Gladys Wiedemann bought Marcussen. She gave the instrument away to a number of colleges and universities to be used by students past and present.

The Marcussen organ is the largest of all. The knobs on the side allow the Marcussen to play many unusual pitches. The Marcussen Organ can be played with four different instruments and two different pipes. Strings families, principals, flutes, and reeds. Flue Pipes will be used, as well as Reed Pipes.

Louis MARCHAND starts his song with loud, repetitive rythms. They sound like a king’s trumpet. Then it suddenly stops and switches to smooth rythms and notes, making it sound as if someone died. It then picks up into happy and joyous sounding notes and rhythms, as if they had mourned someone’s death but have now moved on while still having the fond memories. The trumpets and short note lengths in this movement made me think of a noble person or king.

I was really taken by the first movement of Antonio VIVALDI’s Concerto In A Minor. It sounded like a Halloween song. The first few notes and rhythms are repeated, but in different pitches and octaves. There are also different arppegios. This song really caught my attention because of the rhythms that were upbeat and the different arpegios. The song starts out by playing slower and focusing on the notes to create a dramatic ending.