Oxford Service Music for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 2

Description

Each book groups pieces according to service needs: Preludes, Interludes, Processionals, Postludes

Tuneful, attractive repertoire, spanning 16th-21st centuries. with some new pieces written especially for the collection

Major composers for the instrument well represented

Pieces edited afresh to present music clearly and practically for players, with registration and tempo suggestions for each piece

Strong representation in ABRSM syllabus (from 2011)

Graded collection: (approx.)

• Book 1: Grades 1-4
• Book 2: Grades 4-6
• Book 3: Grades 6-8

This is a major collection of organ music for students, players, and church musicians of all levels and abilities. Compiler and editor Anne Marsden Thomas has drawn on her long experience of teaching and playing to select the most attractive, tuneful repertoire in two sets of graded anthologies: one set for manuals only (3 volumes), the second set for manuals and pedals (3 volumes).

Within each book the pieces are grouped according to service needs into Preludes, Interludes, Processionals, and Postludes. The repertoire spans the 16th to the 21st century, with some new pieces written especially for the collection. A number of pieces throughout the collection have been selected for the ABRSM organ syllabus.

The result is a wonderful collection of repertoire for all players, containing a wealth of attractive and varied pieces that will offer much practical support for church musicians and enrich and develop their playing. Oxford Service Music for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 1 was winner of the Music Industries Association's Best Classical Publication 2011.

Contents:
• Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J. S. Bach )
• Folk-song (C. Armstrong Gibbs )
• Trio (Julius Reubke )
• Ich hab in Gottes Herz und Sinn (J. C. Oley )
• Rockingham (C. Hubert H. Parry )
• Adagio (Felix Mendelssohn )
• Tierce en Taille (Louis Marchand )
• Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist (Georg Boehm )
• Andante Tranquillo (Percy W. Whitlock )
• Andantino poco allegretto (César Franck )
• A Miniature (Gordon Phillips )
• Interlude (J. H. Knecht )
• Alla Musette (Sigfrid Karg-Elert )
• Dolcezza (Percy W. Whitlock )
• Verse (Vincenzo Petrali )
• Meine Hoffnung steht auf Gott (Carl Piutti )
• Interlude (Henry Smart )
• Processional (Vincenzo Petrali )
• Praeambulum (J. H. Scheidemann )
• Verse (Anon. Spanish )
• Processional (W. T. Best )
• Plein chant du premier Kyrie, en Taille (François Couperin )
• Processional (Edwin H. Lemare )
• Grand Choeur (César Franck )
• Erschienen ist der herrlich Tag (Sigfrid Karg-Elert )
• Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit (J. C. Kittel )
• Prelude in C (Jules Massenet )
• Fantasia (Johann Krebs )
• Toccata Giocosa (Ian Hunt )
• Marche de Procession (Alexandre Guilmant )
• Postlude on an old Irish church melody (C. V. Stanford )
• Allegro (J. G. Walther )
• Lobe den Herren, den mächtigen König der Ehren (Max Reger )