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Samuel Renn was born in [[Kedleston]], [[Derbyshire]] and in 1799 was apprenticed to his uncle, James Davis, an organ builder in London. Renn became his foreman and supervised organ installations and maintenance in London and in [[Lancashire]]. When Davis retired Renn went into partnership with John Boston and traded as Renn & Boston in Stockport from 1822 to 1825 and then in Manchester. He died in Manchester in 1845.<ref name=grove>{{GroveOnline|Renn, Samuel|Michael Sayer|1 October|2008}}</ref>

Renn developed a [[factory system]] for building organs, using standardised dimensions, thereby reducing the costs, while continuing to produce artistic designs. Between 1822 and 1845 over 100 organs were produced by Renn. Their musical properties have been praised by critics and material from the organs has frequently been re-used in their restorations. Many of the organs have been lost due to closure of churches. The best surviving Renn organ is in St Philip’s Church, Salford.<ref name=grove/>

==Surviving Renn organs and cases==
*St John the Baptist’s Church, Bollington (some stops)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N02114 |title= Cheshire, Bollington, St. John the Baptist |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= [[British Institute of Organ Studies]] }}</ref>
*[[St Mary’s Church, Disley]] (organ case and some stops)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.disley-parish.org.uk/AboutUs/History/tabid/606/Default.aspx|title= History |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= St Mary’s Church, Disley}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://npor.emma.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=H00012 |title= Disley, St. Mary the Virgin |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= [[British Institute of Organ Studies]] }}</ref>
*[[St Mary and All Saints Church, Great Budworth]]<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.goetzegwynn.co.uk/restored/budworth.shtml |title= Restoration of the 1839 Samuel Renn organ at St Mary And All Saints, Great Budworth, Cheshire |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= Martin Goetze and Dominic Gwynne}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.greatbudworthchurch.org/renn%20organ.htm|title= The Renn Organ |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= St Mary and All Saints Church, Great Budworth}}</ref>
*Macclesfield Heritage Centre (formerly a Sunday School)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.macclesfield.gov.uk/standardpage.asp?pageid=182 |title= Conference Facilities |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= Macclesfield Borough Council}}</ref>
*St George’s Church, New Mills (case)<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.derbyshirechurches.org.uk/GLOSSOP.HTM |title= Derbyshire Churches and Chapels |accessdate=2008-10-01 |publisher= Rev. Clive Thrower}}</ref>
*St Philip’s Church, Salford<ref name=grove/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
*{{cite book | last =Sayer | first = Michael | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = Samuel Renn: English Organ Builder |edition= | publisher = Phillimore & Co | year = 1974 | location = Chichester | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 978-0850330786 }}
*{{cite book | last =Thistlethwaite | first = Nicholas | authorlink = | coauthors = | title = The Making of the Victorian Organ |edition= | publisher = [[Cambridge University Press]] | year = 1990 | location = Cambridge | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 9780521343459}}
*{{cite book | last = Boeringer| first = James | authorlink = | coauthors = Freeman, Andrew | title = Organa Britannica: Organs in Great Britain 1660-1860 |edition= | publisher = Bucknell University Press | year = 1983 | location = | pages = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 9780838718940}}

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”’Armin Schibler”’ ([[Kreuzlingen am Bodensee]], [[20 February]] [[1920]] – [[Zurich]], [[7 September]] [[1986]]) is a [[Swiss]] composer.

== Biography ==
A high school student in the town of Aarau, he studied music under Walter Frey and Paul Müller in Zurich. From 1942 to 1945, he was the pupil of Willy Burkhard. He later went to England to perfect his training where he would meet notable contempories Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett. Other peers included Wolfgang Fortner, Ernst Křenek, Rene Leibowitz and Theodor W. Adorno. From 1944, he was the professor of music at the Zurich Literary School.

== Works ==
As a composer of operas, orchestral choirs, Lieder songs and chamber music, his works are characterized by harmonious pacing and a preference for the counterpoint. He also used serial composition.

* ”’Le rosier espagnol”’, an opera based on [[Werner Bergengruen]]’s Concerto pour piano.

== External Links ==
* {{German}} [http://www.arminschibler.ch/ Site dedicated to the composer]

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””’The Fire that Consumes””’ is an English translation of the 1955 play by French [[dramatist]] [[Henry de Montherlant]], ””’La Ville dont le Prince est un enfant””’. The play was translated by [[Vivian Cox]] with [[Bernard Miles]], and staged at the [[London]] [[West End Theatre|West End]] [[Mermaid Theatre]] in 1977. The title, literally translated, ”The City Where the Prince is a Child”, is taken from [[Ecclesiastes]] 10:16: ”’Woe to thee, O land, when thy king is a child, and thy princes eat in the morning!”’

==Awards and nominations== <!– Non-performance awards only –>
;Awards
* 1977 Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

==References==
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* {{cite web | author= | title=Reviews: The Fire that Consumes | url=http://www.yessirnigel.com/fire1.html | work=Yes Sir Nigel | date=24 May 2000 | accessdate=2008-10-01}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book | last=Montherlant | first=Henry de | title=The Fire That Consumes | edition=First edition | location=San Francisco | publisher=G.F. Ritchie | year=1980 | isbn=0960439218 }}

==External links==
* {{imdb title|120453|La Ville dont le Prince est un enfant}}

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