Anthology of 18th-century English Organ Music, Volume 4

A graded anthology-This four-volume anthology contains a sparkling selection of pieces and represents all the major composers of the period. It includes pieces in all the main genres with Cornet and Trumpet Voluntaries Echo Voluntaries fugal works with slow introductions and Full Voluntaries; as such the collection offers a wide range of attractive music suitable for both church and recital use.Each volume contains an extended Introduction with information on instruments of the period registration ornamentation and notes on the composers. An important feature of the collection is an editorial realization of the cadenzas which occur at key points in some of the pieces; thesecomplete the works and demonstrate how they would have been performed at the time.With extended historical information and a wonderful array of pieces carefully edited from original sources this is a major collection that will be of interest to organists of all abilities.

A graded anthology-This four-volume anthology contains a sparkling selection of pieces and represents all the major composers of the period. It includes pieces in all the main genres with Cornet and Trumpet Voluntaries Echo Voluntaries fugal works with slow introductions and Full Voluntaries; as such the collection offers a wide range of attractive music suitable for both church and recital use.Each volume contains an extended Introduction with information on instruments of the period registration ornamentation and notes on the composers. An important feature of the collection is an editorial realization of the cadenzas which occur at key points in some of the pieces; thesecomplete the works and demonstrate how they would have been performed at the time.With extended historical information and a wonderful array of pieces carefully edited from original sources this is a major collection that will be of interest to organists of all abilities.