Manuel Rosales (organ builder)

Manuel Rosales
Born
Manuel J. Rosales, Jr.

1947 (age 76–77)
New York City, New York, U.S.
OccupationOrgan builder

Manuel J. Rosales, Jr., (born 1947 in New York City)[1] is an American organ builder whose instruments display a strong synthesis of romantic and contemporary styles.[2] His workshop has built over 30 pipe organs with his notable output including collaborations on the instruments at Walt Disney Concert Hall and Rice University.[3][4]

  1. ^ Rosales, Manuel; Rosales Pipe Organ Services, Inc. "Biography of Manuel J. Rosales". Archived from the original on 2009-11-07. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  2. ^ Bicknell, Stephen (1999-03-04). "Organ building today". In Thistlethwaite, Nicholas; Webber, Geoffrey (eds.). The Cambridge Companion to the Organ. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-521-57584-3. Retrieved 2012-10-17. ...Rosales...confidently celebrates aspects of the romantic tradition....the appearance of strong romantic and contemporary influence in the work of Rosales or van den Heuvel is notable, as is the relaxation of the neo-classical rule that only mechanical action is acceptable.
  3. ^ "Instruments". Rosales Pipe Organ Services, Inc. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2012-10-18.
  4. ^ Whitney, Craig (2004-09-15). "Back to the Future". All The Stops: The Glorious Pipe Organ And Its American Masters. New York City: PublicAffairs. p. 238. ISBN 978-0-7867-4025-3. Retrieved 2012-10-17. ...a seventy-five-stop organ combining French classical and romantic sounds, much as Caville-Coll had done at St. Sulpice, ...Rosales remained involved as collaborator and co-voicer...the sound of full organ was designed to be equally fiery and powerful in tone.