Oxford Service Music for Organ: Manuals only, Book 3

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:
• llein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr (J. S. Bach )
• Clarifica me Pater (William Byrd )
• Andante con moto (Léon Boëllmann )
• Von Gott will ich nicht lassen (Johann Krebs )
• Pastorella (J. S. Bach )
• Récit de Nazard (L.-N. Clérambault )
• Andantino (Joseph Harris )
• Arioso (C. P. E. Bach )
• Gott des Himmels und der Erden (Sigfrid Karg-Elert )
• Chromatic Toccata for the Elevation (Girolamo Frescobaldi )
• Interlude (Thomas Adams )
• Petite fugue sur le Chromhorne (François Couperin )
• Interlude (Sigfrid Karg-Elert )
• Interlude (Léon Boëllmann )
• Andante (César Franck )
• Fantasia (Orlando Gibbons )
• Interlude (B. Mettenleiter )
• Lamentations (Brian Solomons )
• Grand Jeu (Pierre Du Mage )
• Fantasia (attr. Orlando Gibbons )
• Prelude (F. W. Zachow )
• Dialogo per Organo (Adriano Banchieri )
• Festival fanfare (David Blackwell )
• Verse (Juan Cabanilles )
• Praeambulum (Johann Kindermann )
• Plein Jeu (François Couperin )
• Allegro di molto (C. P. E. Bach )
• Presto (G. F. Handel )
• Allegro Moderato (Samuel Wesley )
• Giga (J. S. Bach )
• Aria detto Balletto (Girolamo Frescobaldi )
• Processional (William Mathias )
• Prelude (J. S. Bach )
• Voluntary (Thomas Tomkins )
• Fuga (Dietrich Buxtehude )
• Choral Song (S. S. Wesley )