Ysenda Maxtone Graham

A hymn to the organist

Ten reasons why I love them

issue 07 April 2012

Some people swoon over film stars. I swoon over organists. Good organists, that is, not bad organists. Bad organists I refer to as ‘dominant males’, because the only two chords they play are the tonic and the dominant. Good organists are upholders of some of the highest musical expertise in the land.

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