Leo Sowerby: The Organ Music of Leo Sowerby - Volume 3: Organ: Instrumental

Celebrating the 100th birthday of one of America's greatest church musicians Fred Bock Music Company is privileged to release this second volume of works from Leo Sowerby. The excellence of this revered composer's music has long been recognized as a treasure for lovers of good sacred literature. Titles include: A Joyous March · Comes Autumn Time · Prelude on 'The King's Majesty' · Sonatina.

Description 27 scintillating works for Church or Concert performance. Songlist Capriccio, 'La Caccia' (Polibio Fumagalli) Carillon (Leo Sowerby) Carillon From 'Douze Pieces', Op.16 (Leon Boellmann) Carillons From 'Dix Pieces', Op.7 (Emile Bourdon) Carillon-sortie (Mulet) Fanfare D'orgue (Harry Rowe Shelley) Festival Toccata [Fletcher, Percy E.] Humoresque, 'L'organo Primitivo' (Pietro Yon) Les Carillons De Saint-paul D'orleans (Adolphe Marty) Rondo Con Imitatizione De' Campanelli (Giovanni Morandi) Roulade From 'Six Pieces', Op.9 (Seth Bingham) Scherzo (Gaston Dethier) Scherzo In E Major From 'Dix Pieces' (Eugene Gigout) Scherzo In G Minor Op.49 No.2 Toccata (Symphony No.5) [Widor, Charles-Marie] Toccata And Fugue In D Minor- Bwv565 (J.S Bach Ed. Lemare) Toccata From 'Suite Gothique (Leon Boellmann) Toccata In A Major Op.67, No.2 (Georges Macmaster) Toccata In B Minor From 'Dix Pieces' (Eugene Gigout) Toccata In B Minor From 'Suite De Morceaux' (Charles Tournemire) Toccata In D Minor From 'Trois Pieces' (Alphonse Mailly) Toccata In D Minor Op.108, No.1 (Albert Renaud) Toccata In E Major (Remigio Renzi) Toccata In E Minor (Joseph Callaerts) Toccata In G Major From 'Douze Pieces' (Theodore Dubois) Tu Es Petra From 'Equisses Byzantines' (Henri Mulet) Veritables Preludes Flasques

In this collection the composers have attempted to provide pieces that display the individual tone-colours of the modern organ. Works of this nature are scarce but their value particularly for the recital is considerable. This contrasted set could well be played as a group in one programme.

Leo Sowerby. The final book in the series includes 'Festival ' featured at the opening concert of the AGO convention in New York City by Todd Wilson at St. Patrick's Cathedral which has never before been published. 'Magnificat' is also published here for the first time. Medium advanced difficulty.