Biggs, E. Power

Biggs, E. Power

▪ American organist
in full  Edward George Power Biggs  
born March 29, 1906, Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, Eng.
died March 10, 1977, Boston, Mass., U.S.

      English-born American organist who brought to many listeners their first acquaintance with the distinctive, incisive colours of the Baroque organ and with the monumental Baroque organ repertory.

      Biggs, after training at the Royal Academy of Music in London, settled in the United States in 1930. Through appearances with major orchestras and weekly radio broadcasts (1942–58), he established the organ as a concert instrument. Refusing to perform on electronic organs, he sought out and recorded on organs surviving from the era of Johann Sebastian Bach and George Frideric Handel. He also commissioned organ works by Walter Piston, Roy Harris, and other 20th-century composers. After arthritis forced him to retire, he published editions of early organ music. His playing was marked by a classical clarity and severity.

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