Used by permission of The American Organist magazine
Copyright 1986 by the American Guild of Organists
Barden, Nelson. “Edwin H. Lemare Part 1 Becoming the Best” The American Organist, Jan 1986 Vol 20, No. 1
Barden, Nelson. “Edwin H. Lemare Part 2 Pittsburgh and Australia” The American Organist, March 1986 Vol 20, No. 3
Barden, Nelson. “Edwin H. Lemare Part 3 The Midlands, Liverpool, Freiburg” The American Organist, June 1986 Vol 20, No. 6
Barden, Nelson. “Edwin H. Lemare Part 4 San Francisco, Portland, Chattanooga, Hollywood” The American Organist, August 1986, Vol 20, No. 8
Lemare, Edwin, H. Organs I Have Met. Schoolcraft, 1956.
Over the course of Lemare’s career, he held organ posts in England and the United States and played many historic instruments. These experiences are described in Lemare’s autobiography, Organs I Have Met, written in his later years.
In Lemare’s words: “Organs are like human beings. Some are good, some are bad, and many are quite temperamental. I have played on some that are like friends when I first meet them, and others seem to fight me the minute I touch the keys. I don’t think I have ever found two organs which are exactly alike. They have individuality, and even when I get used to them they have fits of obstinacy and temper.” (OIHM p. 3)
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