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Virgil Fox
12+ albums
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Virgil Keel Fox (May 3, 1912–October 25, 1980) was a renowned organist, known especially for his flamboyant "Heavy Organ" concerts of the music of Johann Sebastian Bach appealing to audiences in the 1970's more familiar with rock 'n' roll music, staged complete with light shows. His many recordings made on the RCA Victor and Capitol labels in the 1950's and 1960's have been re-mastered and re-released on CD's in recent years and continue to be widely available in mainstream music stores. Fox was born in Princeton, Illinois to Miles and Birdie Fox, and it was soon clear that he was a prodigy. Fox began playing the organ for church services at the age of ten, and made a concert debut in 1926 before 2500 at Withrow High School, Cincinnati. From 1926 to 1930 he studied in Chicago under the German organist-composer Wilhelm Middelschulte. Fox's other principal teachers were Hugh Price, Louis Robert, and Marcel Dupré. He was an alumnus of the Peabody Institute of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, where he became the first student to complete the course for the coveted Artist's Diploma within a year. During August and September 1938 he played in Great Britain and Germany; Fox was the first non-German organist to perform publicly in the Thomaskirche in Leipzig — a special occasion, since J.S. Bach served as cantor of the Thomaskirche until his death, in 1750, and is buried within the church. During the Second World War Fox enlisted in the Army Air Force and took a leave of absence fro
top songs
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"Little" Fugue In G Minor (Featured in "The Paper Chase")
1,7472Toccata and Fugue In D Minor, BWV 565
1,4983O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
6164Carillon de Westminster
5175Air On a G String, BWV 1068
3146Come, Sweet Death, BWV 478 (Arr. V. Fox)
2987O Come O Come Emmanuel
2708Fugue in E Minor, BWV 548 ''Wedge'' (Remastered 1997)
2499Air on the G String
22710Fugue in G Minor "Little"
204albums
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Virgil Fox Plays the John Wanamaker Organ - Philadelphia
Heavy Organ At Carnegie Hall
The Girard College Recordings
The Art Of Virgil Fox
Encores
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The Bach Gamut--Virgil Fox Live in San Francisco 1976
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Homework Hits Vol. 2: Power Study Classics
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Bach: Great Organ Works
The Art Of Virgil Fox - Volume II
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Favorite's from the Classics, Vol. 2: Bach's Greatest Hits
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Reader's Digest Music: Homework Hits Vol. 2: Power Study Classics
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The Bach Gamut - Virgil Fox Live in San Francisco 1976