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Jan Sweelinck (1562-1621) was among the most famous organists of seventeenth century Europe and an influential composer in the Dutch and North German tradition. Bridging both Renaissance and Baroque styles the Dutch composer is best remembered for the inventive sparkling music he wrote for organ and other keyboard instruments. This remarkable treasury includes nearly all of Sweelinck's brilliant keyboard works most of which have survived only in widely scattered seventeenth century manuscripts. In Sweelinck's day these were some of Europe's most popular pieces for organ and keyboard. Nowadays they retain every bit of their original intensity and vigour. Reproduced inthis authoritative complete-resource edition they will be welcomed by serious keyboard artists who will find them as praiseworthy today as they were when first known and played in Europe over three hundred years ago.

This unique anthology features twenty anthems and canticles from this particularly fruitful era of the British choral heritage. Barry Rose has selected and edited a set of pieces by composers including Goss Mendelssohn Stanford and Sullivan as well as several lesser-known composers of the period.This book is a rich resource suitable for services or concerts of all kinds. The huge variety of music on offer includes easily accessible anthems with simple four-part harmonies and organ or more complex and sonorous music for eight-part choirs.

Volume 2: Repertoire-Here is a method that will train organists properly for the traditional role of accompanying hymns and providing suitable service music. It is a comprehensive approach that introduces the techniques of organ playingstep-by-step. Aimed at pianists of grade 5 standard plus The Church Organist begins by introducing the organ - its console manuals and stops - before exploring the pedals good manuals andpedals technique coordinating hands with feet proper use of stops the basics of improvisation and many other skills important to today’s church organist. Christopher Tambling is Organist andMaster of the Schola Cantorum of Downside Abbey. He was an organ scholar at Canterbury Cathedral and St Peter’s College Oxford and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists.Includes many musicalexamples to illustrate:Using 1 manual and 2 pedal notesUsing 2 manuals and 2 pedal notesInvolving easy manual and coupler changesInvolving slightly more manual and coupler dexterityRequiring easy volume changesUsing the 2 hands on different manualsUsing the swell pedalPieces introducing 3 and 4 pedal notesTwo manuals and three pedalsi) Solo and accompanimentii) ChangingmanualsFour pedalsi) Solo and accompanimentii) Manual and registration changesFour pedals – more advancedFive pedals in two groupsSix pedals in two groupsHymn tunes using two to fourpedals

3 Chorals Transcription 3 partitas Variation-As one of the most famous contributors to classical music ever to have lived Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) catalogue is extensive. Moreover being an organist himself his Organ works are significant and remain ever-popular to this day. When French organist Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) compiled the series of Bach's Complete Organ Works it was well-received and to this day remains popular with all organists. The tenth volume includes a favoured selection of Bach's works including Three Chorales and Three Partitas and Canonic Variations. In addition Dupré's annotations in Complete OrganWorks comprise fingerings rules on technique and instructions on ornamentation amongst other aspects. This compilation of J. S. Bach's most loved compositions for the Organ cannot be missed by aspiring performers of the instrument.

pour Grande Orgue-As one of the most prolific composers ever to have lived G.F. Handel's (1683-1759) catalogue is extensive. Moreover being an organist himself his Organ works are significant and remain ever-popular to this day. Handel's Organ Concertos remain some of his most popular and best loved works and so when French organist Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) compiled the series of Handel's Organ Concertos it was well-received and to this day remains popular with all organists. The second volume includes the seventh-twelfth concertos. In addition Dupré's annotations in theOrgan Concertos comprise fingerings and a detailed preface in French English and German. This compilation of Handel's most loved compositions for the Organ cannot be missed by aspiring performers of the instrument.

Written as a nocturne Evening Rest is a single-movement work for Organ in lyric style with a charming melody. Because of the range of the instrument for which it was composed Hollins includes alternate voicing for Organs without carillon parts for which are included throughout the work.English Organist and composer Alfred Hollins was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Blind from birth Hollins was fortunate enough to attend the innovative Royal Normal College for the Blind outside London whose music-intensive curriculum suited his musical gifts. For more than forty years he was the Organist at the Free St George’s Church in Edinburgh and he travelledthe English-speaking world repeatedly on concert tours.

8 petits préludes and fugues 3 préludes 9 fugues 5 fantaisies-As one of the most famous contributors to classical music ever to have lived Johann Sebastian Bach's (1685-1750) catalogue is extensive. Moreover being an organist himself his Organ works are significant and remain ever-popular to this day. When French organist Marcel Dupr? (1886-1971) compiled the series of Bach's Complete Organ Works it was well-received and to this day remains popular with all organists. The fifth volume includes a selection of Bach's favoured Preludes and Fugues and Fantasies. In addition Dupr?'s annotations in Complete Organ Works comprisefingerings rules on technique and instructions on ornamentation among other aspects. This compilation of J. S. Bach's most loved compositions for the Organ cannot be missed by aspiring performers of the instrument.

Jehan Alain (1911-1940) was a French organist and composer. The third volume of Alain's Organ Works comprise Prélude Profane and Lamento as well as other favourites from the composer. Alain studied with Organ virtuosos Guilmant and Vierne and was primarily an organist and composer of religious music. Whilst at the Paris Conservatoire Alain won many prizes and his composition catalogue comprises some 140 works. The compositions in the third volume of Organ Works by Jehan Alain are full of life mirroring his personality. From lively andcomical pieces to sensitive and unexpected works Alain's pieces are diverse in musicality. Moreover the composer exploits Organ techniques making for an exciting and varied collection for intermediate to advanced level organists.