Beginning and intermediate organists can sample a wide variety of composers and styles with this excellent collection. Ranging from Palestrina's 16th-century Ricercare to latter-day works such as Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Improvisation on 'Nearer My God to Thee ' it spans more than four centuries of music.Selected from authoritative sources by musicologist and organist Rollin Smith this compilation features such famous works as J. S. Bach's Pastorale BWV 590; Couperin's Chaconne in F; and Handel's Concerto No. 13 'The Cuckoo and the Nightingale.' Other well-known selections include compositions by Brahms Gounod Haydn Liszt Mendelssohn Vierne andWidor.Dover Original.

Organ Works Volume 1: Chorale PreludesTelemann?s organs works pay tribute to the contrapuntal art of the High Baroque while pointing to the age of Gluck Haydn and Mozart in their emphasis on melody.Easy to play Telemann?s organ music strikes a masterly balance between traditional stylistic elements and those of the burgeoning ?style galant?.