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The John Wanamaker Christmas Tradition Complete with Organ

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John Wanamaker

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wanamaker

Wanamaker's

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker's

John Wanamaker Department Store

PBS

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/wanamaker_hi.html

John Wanamaker Store Museum

http://tinyurl.com/nsno7q2

Department Stores

By David Sullivan

Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia

http://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/archive/department-stores/

Wanamaker, John (11 July 1838-12 Dec. 1922)

American National Biography Online

http://www.anb.org/articles/10/10-01706.html

Tis The Season—For Wanamaker’s

December 20, 2013 | by Shadowbat | Vantage |

Center City, retail, John Wanamaker, Wanamaker's, shopping,

Wanamaker Building, Daniel Burnham

Hidden City : Philadelphia

http://hiddencityphila.org/2013/12/tis-the-season-for-wanamakers/

John Wanamaker - Friends of the Wanamaker Organ

http://www.wanamakerorgan.com/john.php

Facts and Figures About the Wanamaker Organ

http://www.wanamakerorgan.com/about.php

Wanamaker, John

Born: July 11, 1838, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Died: December 12, 1922, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Vocations: Merchant, Religious Leader, Postmaster General

Geographic Connection to Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Philadelphia County

Abstract: John Wanamaker was born on July 11, 1838,

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the age of 23, he

opened his first clothing store, and he went on to start

his own line of retail shops, known as Wanamaker’s.

He is considered the father of modern advertising and

was also a United States Postmaster General from

1889 to 1893. He was also the first full time paid secretary

for the YMCA from 1858 to 1861. In 1859, he founded

the Bethany Sunday School in Philadelphia, which became

the largest Sunday School in the country at the time.

Wanamaker is well known for his famous words on

advertising: "Half the money I spend on advertising is

wasted; the trouble is I don't know which half."

Wanamaker died on December 12, 1922,

in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

FROM Pennsyvania Center for the Book

http://pabook2.libraries.psu.edu/palitmap/bios/Wanamaker__John.html

Grand Court Organ, Wanamaker Dept. Store Philadelphia, PA

http://theatreorgans.com/pa/philly/wann/index.htm

34-year-old statement from John Wanamaker shows $34.54 due

Philly.com

http://tinyurl.com/hkf5xeu

Wanamaker Christmas Light Show

A Philadelphia tradition since 1956

A source of awe and wonder for children of all ages.

Friends of the Wanamaker Organ

http://www.wanamakerorgan.com/xmas.php

The Sound and Fury of Philadelphia's Wanamaker Organ

Get blown away listening to the largest operating pipe organ in the world

By Matt Blitz

Smithsonian.com

August 3, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/q5qk5s3

[Retro Roadmap]

The Wanamaker Organ and Light Show:

A Philadelphia Holiday Tradition

The National Trust for Historic Preservation

http://tinyurl.com/q3jdzyl

Amid the Shirts and Socks, a Concert Can Break Out

By Craig R. Whitney

June 9, 2007

New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/09/arts/music/09orga.html

The Wanamaker Organ –

Inside the world's largest operating musical instrument

Daily News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98KYMpBx9og

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Philagraphics_Wanamaker.html

2014 Wanamaker Organ –

Christmas in the Grand Tradition Concert –

12/12/2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2heQdcEMwtM

In The Grand Tradition: The Wanamaker Organ At Christmas

December 20, 2013

by Bradley Maule

Last Light

Philadelphia music, John Wanamaker,

Wanamaker's, Wanamaker Building

Hidden City : Philadelphia

http://tinyurl.com/qgmx4na

The Wanamaker Store

Wanamaker's - A Pipe Organ Tradition

American Theatre Organ Society

https://www.atos.org/node/250

THE WANAMAKER ORGAN

Stories of London

http://stories-of-london.org/the-wanamaker-organ/

Philadelphia's Legendary Pipe Organ Is Restored

Updated December 12, 2012 11:53 AM ET

Published September 25, 2008 4:00 PM ET

NPR Music

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95054394

Wanamaker Organ Hour

The first Sunday of each month, 5 to 6 pm

Hosted by Peter Richard Conte

WRTI Temple University

http://wrti.org/programs/wanamaker-organ-hour#stream/0

Man behind 'world's largest instrument'

Marketplace

http://tinyurl.com/od6mtta

The John Wanamaker Grand Court Organ at Macy's (Philadelphia)

13th and Market Streets

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia Chapter

American Guild of Organists

http://www.agophila.org/pages/instruments/AGOwanamaker.html

The Wanamaker Organ at 100

Pipe Dreams

American Public Media

http://pipedreams.publicradio.org/listings/2011/1137/

John Wanamaker Store

http://www.nycago.org/Organs/NYC/html/WanamakerStore.html

15 December | Arts, Culture, Philadelphia | Jim Cheney

Visiting Philly's Wanamaker Organ:

The Largest, Functional Pipe Organ in the World

Uncovering Pa

http://uncoveringpa.com/visiting-the-wanamaker-organ

Wanamaker Dreams Come True

Peter Richard Conte celebrates 25 years as Grand Court Organist

Wall Street Journal

http://www.wsj.com/articles/wanamaker-dreams-come-true-1403733772

The Wanamaker Building Timeline

http://wanamakerbuilding.com/historytimeline/

The Wanamaker Organ

The American Organ Institute

http://www.ou.edu/aoi/5819history.html

Behind the Macy's Light Show: The Wanamaker Organ

Wednesday, December 24, 2014,

by Sally Kuchar

Philly Curbed

http://tinyurl.com/nvwohzk

Wondrous Wanamaker's: Magical Moments and Milestones

by jan whitaker

December 1, 2011

Lifestyle

Philadelphia Style

http://tinyurl.com/oxdcmff

The Wanamaker organ

Bibliolore: The RILM Blog

http://bibliolore.org/2011/03/29/the-wanamaker-organ/

Glittering lights and the Wanamaker organ preserve

Yuletide traditions in Philadelphia: Not far by car

Penn Live

http://tinyurl.com/zbhdzh7

The Culture

World’s largest working pipe organ is in ... Macy’s

Before there was Muzak, there was the Wanamaker.

Newly restored, it restores the shopper’s mood.

By By Mary Beth McCauley, Correspondent

October 15, 2008

Christian Science Monitor

http://tinyurl.com/ozcbkvh

“When you see the Wanamaker organ soar

heavenward, you want to look around for

the rest of the cathedral. When its sound

makes pillars tremble, you know it speaks

for the powers above. But where stained

glass windows should be – there is ladies

apparel. In the would-be pews, people are

trying on boots. And that scent wafting

through the air is not votive candles,

it’s Chanel No. 5.

Wait. This is no church. This is ... Macy’s?”

Here, occupying prime retail space, there

are nearly 30,000 organ pipes in chambers

towering up through seven floors, making

the Wanamaker the largest operating pipe

organ in the world. For precious square

footage to be given over thus is rare.

Even modest organs tend to be located not

in stores but in churches, private homes,

or municipal buildings; built by the

Los Angeles Art Organ Company,

the Wanamaker is one of only two known

department-store organs in the world.”

snip

“Last month when the Philadelphia Orchestra

visited for a joint Saturday evening benefit

concert, part of a Macy’s 150-year anniversary

program, the pristine organ showed her stuff.

Together, the organ and orchestra, with

Grand Court organist Peter Richard Conte at

the console, performed Joseph Jongen’s

“Symphonie Concertante,” an organ-orchestra

piece written for the Wanamaker organ back in

1926 but never played on the instrument for

which it was commissioned. The orchestra’s

Rossen Milanov, who conducted, saw the concert

as “a once-in-a-lifetime chance,” the first time the

orchestra and organ played together since the days

when the great conductor Leopold Stokowski would

bring his orchestra to Wanamaker’s in the 1920s.”

The complete article may be read at the URL above.

Celebrating 100 years of the Wanamaker Organ - and taking a peek inside

PlanPhilly.com

WHYY

http://tinyurl.com/o969qut

Valley View man performs in Philly on Wanamaker Grand Court Organ

By Vicki Terwilliger (staff writer [log in to unmask])

Published: January 11, 2015

http://tinyurl.com/onjnzag

John Wanamaker Christmas Show

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3Nc3_K_JA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gV6qoln1ZRA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLhSq1IT7u8

With the Wanamaker Organ:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zzHtKKK9-0M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGmFryHOkmQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_HJB_BM8K0

Wanamaker Organ Flash Opera at Macy's - Hallelujah Chorus.mov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5S0dn7tqkBg

Wanamaker Organ Day 2013 - Variations de concert

Organist Ray Cornils performs

Joseph Bonnet's "Variations de concert"

on the Wanamaker Organ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNrlxP7eEwA

Inside the Wanamaker Organ

Bill Theobald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZfM6wKvwK8

Also

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmmnKQF12Z8

World's Largest Organ - Wanamaker Organ (Philadelphia, PA)

LeGrande

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LpkS3sx158

Opera Company of Philadelphia "Hallelujah!" Random Act of Culture

Opera Philadelphia

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp_RHnQ-jgU

From the Mother Country

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2GMP08Ulqk

One Good Digression Deserves Another! Joy Joy!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87qT5BOl2XU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nc5UK80KTEs

A Trifecta Perhaps, If William Does Not Tell I Will Not Either

The World’s First Trifecta Quartet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AZmYQ8iVZ0

Toccata and Fugue in D on the Wanamaker organ

Dylan David Shaw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OaT_n-yG3o

Peter Conte and Michael Barone

at the Wanamaker Pipe Organ Console

from Joe Vitacco Plus 2 years ago / via Final Cut Pro

https://vimeo.com/67999249

Wanamaker Organ Day 2012 –

Intrada, God Save the Queen, Zadok the Priest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csom5-W9MW0

Wanamaker Organ Day 2013 - Festive Trumpet Tune

docbower

Ray Cornils plays "Festive Trumpet Tune" (David German)

on the Wanamaker Organ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7Bc_tVnTHA

Wanamaker Organ Day 2012 –

Overture, The Rejoicing from Music for the Royal Fireworks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zedCTJga304

Virgil Fox plays The John Wanamaker Organ (Full Album)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bybbWv6POmg

Wanamaker Organ Day 2007 (Excerpt) - Peter Conte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Xqk_sYUC0s

Wanamaker's Macy's Department Store Organ February 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQfXeQTas_4

Virgil Fox playing the Wanamaker Organ.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnO1F_WDhgI

Keith Chapman playing Widor on Wanamaker's Grand Court Organ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mshxF68hMV4

Wanamaker Organ Day 2012 - Wagner Funeral March from the Ring Cycle

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GpGrY_bSLUw

Wanamaker Organ Day 2013 - Triumphal March from Aida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPmJ3HvhAnA

Wanamaker Organ Day 2010 –

Widor - Allegro, Symphony VI

Bill Theobald

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZvdTgDmq1o

Wanamaker Organ Concert July 2012

http://tinyurl.com/oxnjxu5

Organ Loft - Wanamaker Organ and the Philadelphia Orchestra (1/10/10)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZh2zin4gEs

Wanamaker Organ Day 2013 - Chorus of Hebrew Slaves

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GsGGxvE5Ag