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John T. Fesperman (1925 Charlotte, NC, USA – June 2, 2001 Mitchellville, MD, USA) was an American conductor, organist and author of several books on organs. From 1965 to 1995 he worked at the Division of Musical Instruments at the National Museum of History and Technology, part of the Smithsonian Institution.〔 ==Career== Fesperman attended the University of North Carolina, cutting short his studies to serve in the U.S. Navy (1943–1946) during World War II. He earned a B.S. degree from Davidson College (1948) and a B.Mus. degree at the Yale University School of Music (1951). He also studied at the Salzburg Mozarteum in 1951. In 1955 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to continue his studies in Amsterdam, where he met the famous Dutch organ-builder Dirk Andries Flentrop.〔 Later he was to write a book on Flentrop's influence in the United States. He and Flentrop co-authored a paper on ''The Organs of Mexico City Cathedral'', published by the Smithsonian in 1986. Fesperman began teaching music at Alabama College in Montevallo, Alabama,〔 and directed the choir at Montevallo's St. Andrews Episcopal Church in 1958 as well.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=History )〕 He then moved to Boston, where he taught organ at the New England Conservatory and was active both concertizing and recording several organ and vocal works, including Masses. In 1965, he moved to the National Museum of History and Technology (Smithsonian), staying with that institution in various capacities for the next thirty years.〔 While there, he participated in organ-restoration projects and in the planning and design of new organs for various buildings. For example, he helped restore the 1855 Stevens and Jewett organ in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Protestant Chapel in Washington, DC.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Port Deposit Presbyterian Church ~ Hilbus Chapter Annual Meeting )〕 He also consulted in the building and installation of the new Pohick Episcopal Church organ in Lorton, Virginia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Pohick Organ )〕 He retired from the Smithsonian in 1995, and died at 76 on June 2, 2001.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John T. Fesperman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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