Neuf méditations pour orgue-Written in four volumes ?La Nativit? Du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen was written in 1935 and depicts his Roman Catholic faith. Written for Organ this piece is considered “one of the great Organ works of all time” and as a real masterpiece as said by R. F. Goldman the American composer. Divided into nine movements each of which portrays a concept related to the birth of Jesus: 1. La vierge et l'enfant (The Virgin and Child) 2. Les bergers (The Shepherds) 3. Desseins ?ternels (Eternal designs) 4. Le verbe (The Word) 5. Les enfants de Dieu (The Children of God) 6.Les anges (The Angels) 7. J?sus accepte la souffrance (Jesus accepts suffering) 8. Les mages (The Magi) 9. Dieu parmi nous (God Among Us) This second volume features the meditations 4 and 5. Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) was a French organist and composer passionate about Ornithology and one of the most important composers of his century. Inspired by Japanese music he had a very special way of composing and his work can be identified by its complexity its diatonic aspect its harmony with limited transposition its colour and its additive rhythms. He composed many works related to ornithology and birdsong including the 'Bird Catalogue' in 7 volumes and the 'Treatise on rhythm colour and ornithology' in 7 volumes.

6 Sonates en Trio-Part of the Organ collection by J. S. Bach this 4th Volume Complete Organ Work - Six Sonatas in Trio form was composed in the 18th century. This volume is now translated in English and French and features the annotation of Marcel Dupré a French organist to help the performer get the most of the sheet music. This fourth book contains the six following pieces: - Sonata – E flat major - Sonata – C minor - Sonata – D minor - Sonata – E minor - Sonata – C major - Sonata – G major The preface of these Six Sonatas in Trio formis well written with explanations of the comments and descriptions of the techniques to use for a good interpretation of this work. This volume can be used by intermediate players and above.

22 Organ Pieces From The 19th And 20th Century is a treasure house with Organ pieces by Female Composers ? new edition in the series 'Frauen komponieren'. Contents include Elisabeth Stirling (1819-95) Movement - Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) Andante and Larghetto - Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Marche funèbre - Ethel Smith (1858-1944) Prelude and Fugue on 'O Traurigkeit o Herzeleid' - Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979) Prélude Petit Canon and Improvisation - Elsa Barraine (1910-1999) Prélude et Fugue - Ruth Zechlin (geb. 1926) Laudate - Emma Lou Diemer (geb. 1927) Fiesta - Sieglinde Ahrens (geb.1936) Invocation and many more.

With more enthusiasts than ever since its heyday the Harp is an instrument which has successfully demonstrated its staying power and its important role both in music and beyond! John Marson’s Book of the Harp is a uniqueand definitive work distilled from a wealth of experience: a lifetime's study and research and an outstanding professional career. He traces the development of the harp from its earliest origins thousands of years B.C. to theinvention of the pedal harp in the eighteenth century and the harps of the twenty first century. He examines the writings of many forgotten exponents of the harp including inventors players and composers and provides a fullycomprehensive view of every model make and modification to the present day!The Book of the Harp is a rich source of information entertainment and anecdote on everything from strings tuning principles offingering and tone production historical influences designs techniques and methods to the harp's literary associations and those with the theatre and cinema its Celtic and religious symbolism virtuoso players and itsappearance in the poetry of Milton and novels of Jane Austen. Both historical and practical The Book of the Harp is an authoritative source of entertainment and a fascinating study for student professionalmusician and interested reader alike. John Marson has enjoyed a glittering career during which he has been principal harpist of the London Symphony Orchestra the BBC Symphony Orchestra Professor of Harp at the Royal College ofMusic and soloist and freelance.

The Four Quiet Voluntaries include a sprightly allegretto a lyrical air a lilting pastorale and variation and a theme on an Irish air. They fall within the abilities of moderately accomplished musicians.Eric Thiman was a 20th century composer teacher and Organist who was also an advocate of amateur music-making. He was a prolific composer of church music and Piano and Organ works and his craftsmanship and gift for melody were much admired. He was director of music at the City Temple in London. As an educator he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and he wrote many books on harmony counterpoint and musical form.

Twentieth century American composer Gordon Young was a prolific creator of Choral works and pieces for Organ some of which have entered the repertoire.

A collection of unusual and unfamiliar European Organ music from the 17th Century compiled and edited by James Dalton. This volume features works from Spain and Portugal including works by Correa De Arauxo and Gaspar Dos Reis complete with notes concerning authentic ornamentation and interpretation.

The Fantasia for Organ has been described as both ‘fleshy in its Romanticism’ and also by the composer as ‘quite severe in parts’ an apt combination for the vast changes of the beginning of the post-War era.York Bowne was a British composer whose fifty-year career musical career spanned much of the 20th century. Bowen was not only a prolific composer he was also a pianist conductor Organist Violinist and Horn player. He premiered many important works and his own music was featured many times at the Proms among other concert series. Sir Henry J Wood believed Bowen had never received proper recognition and Camille Saint-Saens regarded him as the ‘finest of Englishcomposers’ early in his career. His compositional style changed little throughout his life so that his later oeuvre was less celebrated than his earlier works as music fashion had moved on.

Edited by Barry CooperThe organ voluntaries double or cornet voluntaries and psalm-tune settings by John Blow form a substantial corpus of material - 48 pieces in all - that sheds much light on the developing keyboard style of the late 17th century. Predominantly serious and contrapuntal they bear witness to the technical mastery of their composer and to his role as an important influence in Restoration musical life.First published in 1996.

Welsh-born William Mathias was an optimistic composer whose music is infused with charisma energy and a distinctive Welsh flavour. He was exceptionally versatile and made a significant contribution to twentieth-century organ music. This collection presents seven of his most popular works.

Intrata No 2 was found in a small manuscript book in the library of the Royal College of Music with a dedicated to Sir Walter Adcock on his 80th birthday 29 December 1941. It is a piece that deserves to be included in Howells’s oeuvre.Dated 1969 Flourish for a Bidding was written for the Royal College of Music Centenary Fund was auctioned and bought by Novello & Company. Flourish has a stylistic characteristics in common with Rhapsody No 4 and the Epilogue 1974. St Louis Comes to Clifton was a private publication entitled ‘A Garland for DGAF’ and given to the late Douglas Fox a distinguished one-armed Organist who was Director of Music at Clifton.Herbert Howells is a giantof 20th century Anglican church music the remainder of whose oeuvre is in the process of gaining new appreciation. He left a body of distinguished Organ music of which these three works are interesting examples.

?Mors et vita? death and life. This antithesis opens a stanza of the ancient 11th-century Easter sequence Victimae paschali laudes where life and death are locked in mutual struggle. Zsigmond Szathmáry?s 12-minute composition of 2015 commissioned for the Freiburg Minster interprets this primal human experience with mighty explosions of sound. Here the organ can show what it?s capable of: its grandeur and strength are fully exploited but not at the expense of soft and gentle contrasts. Typical of Szathmáry?s compositional style is the alternation of seemingly improvised recitative-like writing and passages in strict rhythm. Time and again the composer takes upelements from the church hymn Christ ist erstanden von der Marter alle (Christ the Lord is risen again).

The Four Quiet Voluntaries include an aubade in waltz time a ¾ Chorale a cavatina and a piece on a poem by Thomas Campion ‘Never weather-beaten sail’. They fall within the abilities of moderately accomplished musicians.Eric Thiman was a 20th century composer teacher and Organist who was also an advocate of amateur music-making. He was a prolific composer of church music and Piano and Organ works and his craftsmanship and gift for melody were much admired. He was director of music at the City Temple in London. As an educator he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and he wrote many books on harmony counterpoint and musical form.

Eric Thiman was a 20th century composer teacher and Organist who was also an advocate of amateur music-making. He was a prolific composer of church music and Piano and Organ works and his craftsmanship and gift for melody were much admired. He was director of music at the City Temple in London. As an educator he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and he wrote many books on harmony counterpoint and musical form.

Johan Pachelbel’s famous Canon with Gigue for Organ pedals and manuals. Suitable for grade 5 and 6 musicians this graceful and subtle piece has become revered over the course of history and it’s familiar repeated melody is as delightful today as in the 17th century during Pachelbel’s lifetime.