Format : Sheet music
on the Chorale-These “critico-practical” editions by Charles-Marie Widor and Dr. Albert Schweitzer have been a mainstay of organ literature since their publication in 1912. The eight volumes are indexed by the type of composition andoffer extensive observations based on historical evidence and traditional performance on topics such as registration ornamentation and phrasing. A fundamental component of the organist's library. Volume 6: 77harmonizations and miscellaneous compositions on 50 well-known chorales. Also table of Bach's most important ornaments and specifications of the organs at his disposal.
SKU: HL.14003070
JS Bach's Choral prelude for Organ, Wachet Auf, has become a favourite of wedding couples for processional or recessional music because of its joyous liveliness and beauty. The cantata Wachet Auf BWV 140 contains a Biblical warning to be alert for the arrival of salvation, but Bach seems to have chosen to wake his sleepers with delightful sounds.The arranger, Charles Macpherson, was an Organist at St Paul's Cathedral in London and a professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He has made his interpolations clear by the use of brackets.
SKU: HL.14016491
O Teach Us So To Count Our Days, a figured Chorale from Cantata 186 by J.S. Bach. Words by J. Montgomery and B. Hall Kennedy. Organ arrangement by Walter Emery.
SKU: HL.14016490