Aristide Cavaillé-Coll's (ah-ree-STEED KAH-vah-yay-CULL's) innovative versions of these instruments inspired composers like Louis Vierne (vee-AIRN), who suddenly died while playing one.
In 1973, a woman banged her shoe on the stage to stop the Boston Symphony Orchestra from playing a Steve Reich piece for four of these instruments. Aristide Cavaillé-Coll's (ah-ree-STEED KAH-vah-yay-CULL's) innovative versions of these instruments inspired composers like Louis Vierne (vee-AIRN), who suddenly died while playing one. Many of these instruments include a "vox humana," so named because it supposedly resembles the human voice. As a young man, J. S. Bach walked on foot to Lübeck to hear Dietrich Buxtehude (BOOKS-tuh-HOO-duh) play this instrument. It plays the maestoso theme of Camille Saint-Saëns's (kuh-MEE san-SAWNS's) final symphony. They include a pedalboard played with the musician's feet. For 10 points, name this keyboard instrument whose players pull stops to admit air to a set of pipes.
In 1973, a woman banged her shoe on the stage to stop the Boston Symphony Orchestra from playing a Steve Reich piece for four of these instruments.
pipe organs [accept Four Organs] &lt;Magin&gt;