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Item 102269

Summer organ concerts, Portland, 1962

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: 1962 Location: Portland Media: Ink on paper

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Item 7268

David Wallace, organ removal crew, Portland, 1995

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: 1995 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

Item 6188

Kotzschmar Memorial Organ, Portland, 2000

Contributed by: Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ Date: 2000 Location: Portland Media: Photographic print

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The Kotzschmar Memorial Organ

A fire and two men whose lives were entwined for more than 50 years resulted in what is now considered to be "the Jewel of Portland" -- the Austin organ that was given to the city of Portland in 1912.

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Hermann Kotzschmar: Portland's Musical Genius

During the second half of the 19th century, "Hermann Kotzschmar" was a familiar household name in Portland. He spent 59 years in his adopted city as a teacher, choral conductor, concert artist, and church organist.

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Students on porch, Farmington State Normal School, ca. 1928

We Used to be "Normal": A History of F.S.N.S.

Farmington's Normal School -- a teacher-training facility -- opened in 1863 and, over the decades, offered academic programs that included such unique features as domestic and child-care training, and extra-curricular activities from athletics to music and theater.

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Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ

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Dave Glovsky and Louis Armstrong, Old Orchard Beach, ca. 1955

Music in Maine - Rock and Roll, Punk, and Elvis

"… it coincided with other big changes in the rock concert world: national concert promoters, electronic ticket sales, and even the music was changing."

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Music in Maine - Music Education

"They held annual concerts, drawing crowds of campers’ families and the public. Nina and Paul Wiggin took over the camp in 1937, renaming it the New…"