Oxford Service Music for Organ: Manuals only, Book 1

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:
• Andante (Maurice Greene )
• Meditation (Alan Bullard )
• Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (J. G. Walther )
• Ach, was soll ich Sünder machen? (J. S. Bach )
• Air (Henry Purcell )
• Musette (Léon Boëllmann )
• Prelude (Samuel Wesley )
• Récit de Nazard (J.-J. Beauvarlet-Charpentier )
• The Word of God (Henry Coleman )
• Warum sollt ich mich denn grämen (J. G. Walther )
• Veni, veni, Emmanuel (Rebecca Groom te Velde )
• Slow (John Stanley )
• Siciliana (William Walond )
• Da Jesus an dem Kreuze stund (Samuel Scheidt )
• Andantino (Samuel Wesley )
• Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein (J. S. Bach )
• Horsley (C. S. Lang )
• Herzlich thut mich verlangen (J. G. Walther )
• Adagio (G. F. Handel )
• Contrapunct (J. H. Knecht )
• Andante (W. T. Best )
• Adagio (John Stanley )
• Meditation (David Blackwell )
• Interlude (William Hine )
• Fughetta (Gottlieb Muffat )
• Prelude (J. C. Rinck )
• Cantabile (J. H. Knecht )
• Allegro (Girolamo Frescobaldi )
• Andante (J. B. Litzau )
• Andantino (James Hook )
• Fanfare (Thomas Adams )
• Duo en Canon (J.-F. Dandrieu )
• Ach wie nichtig, ach wie flüchtig (Georg Boehm )
• Processional (Henry Heron )
• Prelude (Anon. )
• Air (John Blow )
• Larghetto (Charles Wesley )
• Adagio (John James )
• Wer das Töchterlein haben wil (E. N. Ammerbach )
• Fughetta (J. C. Kittel )
• Diapason Movement (John Alcock )
• Fughetta (J. H. Knecht )
• Offertoire (J.-F. Dandrieu )
• Verso (Domenico Zipoli )
• Trumpet Piece (John Alcock )
• Canzonetta (Dietrich Buxtehude )
• Regent Square (C. S. Lang )
• Nöel en Duo (M.-A. Charpentier )
• Ist mir ein fein braun Meg (Jakob Paix )
• Dance (Thomas Thorley )
• Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (J. G. Walther )
• Joyful March (Alan Bullard )
• Toccata (J. A. C. de Seixas )
• Trumpet Piece (William Boyce )
• Hornpipe (Henry Purcell )
• Presto (G. B. Pescetti )
• Treuer Gott, ich muss dir klagen (Johann Pachelbel )
• St Anne (C. S. Lang )
• Pentagram I (David Blackwell )
• Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (Vincent Lübeck )
• Gavotte with Variations (Thomas Dupuis )
• Animated (Samuel Wesley )
• Gottes Sohn ist kommen (J. S. Bach )
• Grand Jeu (J.-F. Dandrieu )
• Vom Himmel hoch, da komm ich hier (F. W. Zachow )