Duke University Musical Instrument Collections
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Eddy Collection of Musical Instruments, which arrived here in Durham in 2000. The Eddy Collection has inspired further generous gifts and the acquisition of the Frans and Willemina de Hen-Bijl Collection of Musical Instruments, which arrived at Duke in 2003. While the Eddy Collection consists primarily of instruments and paintings of instruments from America and Europe, Duke’s de Hen Collection in
02/26/2021
Duke Flags Lowered: Sam Hammond, Beloved University Carillonneur for 53 Years, Dies J. Samuel Hammond, who for more than five decades ended the academic day filling West Campus with music from the Duke Chapel carillon, died Thursday. To honor Hammond, the carillon recital Thursday was dedicated to him and will feature selections of some of his favorite pieces. (You can watch the li...
07/23/2020
An Original Organ Transcription Features Theme of 'Twilight' | Duke University Chapel Published in 1950 after his death, the German composer Richard Strauss's composition Vier letzte Lieder (Four Last Songs) is scored for soprano and orchestra. By 2017, University Organist Dr. Robert Parkins had transcribed for organ the fourth of the four pieces—"Im Abendrot" ("In the Twilight"). ...
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105 Mary Duke Biddle Music Building , Box 90665
Durham, NC
27708
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