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Press Release STEINMEYER TO LECTURE ON BACH'S INFLUENCES Brattleboro, VT, USA, Sept 15, 2003 -- The Estey Organ Museum is pleased to host a lecture on the cultural environment that influenced the work of Johann Sebastian Bach on Tuesday, September 30th at 8 pm.. The lecture will be given by Georg Steinmeyer at the Estey Organ Museum's Engine House on Birge Street in Brattleboro and is free and open to the public. The lecture is entitled "Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 - 1750" and will provide an overview of the cultural environment that influenced Bach's work, focusing on visual elements such as landscapes and the architecture of homes, churches, and castles. Steinmeyer will discuss aspects of the Reformation, the political and governmental structures, and the role of music in a diverse society. Slides and musical selections will be part of the presentation. Bach was one of the most prolific and important performers and composers of all time. His legacy includes more than 1,200 compositions for solo instruments, chamber orchestra, and choral music. Steinmeyer built pipe organs for 15 years in Germany before coming to the United States as Director of the Pipe Organ Division at the Estey Organ Company from fall 1955 to 1960 when Estey closed its doors. Steinmeyer also recorded historic instruments in Germany and Austria with E. Power Biggs, and recently participated in a symposium on "Current Perspectives on Organ Research" sponsored by the Organ Historical Society at Princeton, New Jersey. The lecture is part of the museum's commitment to humanities education in the community and was made possible with a grant from the Vermont Humanities Council as part of their Speaker's Bureau program. The Estey Organ Museum is open Saturdays and Sundays through Columbus Day from 1 to 5 pm and is located at 108 (Rear) Birge Street in Brattleboro. Admission is $2, and free for members of the museum. You can find out more about the Estey Organ Museum by visiting the website at www.esteyorganmuseum.org. -30- For further information, interviews, or photos, please contact Christopher Grotke. The Estey Organ Museum was founded in 2002 as a non-profit organization to celebrate the heritage of Estey Organ Company of Brattleboro, Vermont. The museum will collect, restore, display and feature performances of Estey and other organs. The museum is also dedicated to the preservation, research, interpretation and dissemination of historical information about the company, its products and manufacturing practices, its owners, employees, markets, customers and competitors, and its effect in the context of Brattleboro and American history over time.
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