Ted Alan Worth
Ted Alan Worth(November 5, 1935 – December 27, 1998) was an American church and concertorganist,recording artist, and entrepreneur of the pipe organ.
Biography
[edit]An associate ofVirgil Fox,[1]he performed during his career on some of the largestpipe organsin the United States and made numerouscompact discrecordings.[2][3]
Between 1966 and 1978 he toured throughout the U.S. and Canada with organist Andy Crow[4]as the Worth/Crow Duo; the duo were managed on the tour byColumbia Artists Management.[5]
In November 1983 he played the inaugural concert on the Ruffatti organ at the Ruth Barrus Concert Hall of Ricks College (now Brigham Young University-Idaho).[6]
As the American representative forFratelli Ruffatti,he oversaw the design of major installations such as the organ inCathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumptionin San Francisco, CA,[7]Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall,[8]San Francisco, CA and theCrystal Cathedral organin Garden Grove, CA.
He is buried in the cemetery of Washington Memorial Chapel at Valley Forge National Historical Park.
Selected discography
[edit]- Ted Alan Worth - Legacy V(1965) Aeolian-Skinner Organ of 113-ranks at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. [OA5001CD]
- TributeRe-release of a 1969 recording made on the two-manual, 23-rank Ruffatti organ at Our Lady of Grace Church in Johnston, Rhode Island. [Organs Arts]
- Ted Alan Worth in Concert on the Rodgers Touring Organ(1978) Rogers "Black Beauty" Touring Organ,[9][Organarts MG-7-202,815]
- Praise to the Lord(1978) with the San Francisco Civic Corale Chamber Chorus. Rodgers Classic Series 250 with Pipes [Organarts WSA-770515]
- Ted Alan Worth performs on the Largest American Organ in Europe(1982) Rogers Organ, Auditorium of San Francisco in the Cáceres Arts Complex, Cáceres, Spain [Centerline CPI 8004/5; 2-LP set]
- Music From The Curtis Organ,Ted Alan Worth (1988) Curtis Sesquicentennial Organ Austin, Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [CORS CD-141601]
- Pipes Alive!Ted Alan Worth - Great Skinner Organ at Girard College Chapel, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [DTR9301CD]
References
[edit]- ^Hughes, Allen (12 August 1982)."ORGANIST: TED WORTH".New York Times.Retrieved15 September2012.
- ^"Phascinating Philadelphia".Pipedreams.June 17, 1996. American Public Media.
- ^"A Tale of Two Cities".Pipedreams.November 3, 1997. American Public Media.
- ^"Northwest Organist Andy Crow".Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society.Retrieved15 September2012.
- ^"ANDY CROW, Guest Organist"(PDF).Musically Speaking, The Newsletter of the Bellingham Music Club.September 5, 2007.Retrieved15 September2012.
- ^"BYU-Idaho History: The Spirit of Hicks".Hafen Refines the Mission of Ricks Chapter 18.Public Relations Office, BYU-Idaho.Retrieved15 September2012.
- ^"Organ St. Mary's Cathedral San Francisco 1971 by Fratelli Ruffatti".Retrieved18 November2012.
- ^Martinfield, Seán (June 6, 2010)."The Ruffatti Organ & Cameron Carpenter at Davies Hall".San Francisco Sentinel.Retrieved15 September2012.
- ^"A Brief History of Rodgers Organs".Rodgers Organ Studio of Minneapolis.Retrieved15 September2012.
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