Six Voluntaries for Organ, Set 3

Book 1-A prolific composer of Victorian church music Caleb Simper was a humble musician whose choral works sold in vast quantities rightly deserving their publisher's accolade as being 'sung throughout the civilised world'. Born in Wiltshire in 1857 Simper was largely self-taught. He attempted a number of professions including piano tuning before finding his vocation as an organist. As with his choral music of which he wrote 162 anthems under his own name and many others under the pseudonym of Edwyn A Clare his organ voluntaries offer playable and practical music for organists of limited technical ability on two staves.

Louis Lefebure-Wely's music - his Sortie in B Flat in particular - is luminous and fun and beloved by generations of Organists. In Sorties and Other Voluntaries our composers have set out to honour hismemory by contributing pieces whose style and intention the master himself would recognise.

Nine Hymn-Tune Voluntaries For Organ includes arrangements of favourite hymns including Nun Danket Old Hundredth St Albinus Quam Dilecta Saffron Waldron St Fulbert Winchester Old and Melcombe. The volume is equally divided into opening and concluding voluntaries.Twentieth century British composer Alec Rowley was also an Organist pianist and dedicated teacher. Many of his compositions are miniatures and works appropriate for amateur musicians though he also gained renown through his large-scale works performed at the Promenade Concerts and elsewhere.

The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers presents a comprehensive survey of historical organ pieces by women composers alongside six newly commissioned works. The music is stylistically varied and encompasses secular and sacred repertoire from a range of periods. In addition to original organ repertoire, the collection also contains several organ transcriptions in new arrangements for the instrument. ? 42 pieces for manuals and pedals, in a variety of musical forms, suitable for use at church services or as recital repertoire ? Original music for the instrument, spanning the sixteenth century to the present day, including compositions by Amy Beach, Clementine de Bourges, Nadia Boulanger, Jeanne Demessieux, Cecilia McDowall, Clara Schumann, and Ethyl Smyth, plus commissions from Kristina Arakelyan, Miriam Carpinetti, Ghislaine Reece-Trapp, Isabelle Ryder, Amy Summers, and Rebecca Groom te Velde ? Standalone miniatures, movements from organ sonatas and symphonies, transcriptions of piano, harpsichord, and flute pieces, and an orchestral opera overture ? A variety of difficulty levels, from ABRSM Grades 2-3 through to Diploma standard, with a graded index provided

Book 8-Seventeen Voluntaries Book 8 is a wonderful collection of pieces for the Organ American Organ or Harmonium composed by Caleb Simper.

Book 12-Seventeen Voluntaries Book 12 is a delightful collection of pieces for Organ composed by Caleb Simper.

Book 7-Seventeen Voluntaries Book 7 is a delightful collection of pieces for Organ composed by Caleb Simper.

There exists already and abundant supply of original compositions and arrangements suitable for performance on large and comprehensive organs but many organists who have only a small instrument at their disposal in country churches often have some difficulty in finding short and easy voluntaries suitable for their own use and the instruction of their pupils. It is hoped that The Village Organist may supply this want so much felt by that valuable and zealous class of church-workers to whom the work is inscribed. The editors have endeavoured to bring together a collection of pieces which they trust will prove to be at once simple without being uninteresting and effective where the instrumental resources are limited.

There exists already and abundant supply of original compositions and arrangements suitable for performance on large and comprehensive organs but many organists who have only a small instrument at their disposal in country churches often have some difficulty in finding short and easy voluntaries suitable for their own use and the instruction of their pupils. It is hoped that The Village Organist may supply this want so much felt by that valuable and zealous class of church-workers to whom the work is inscribed. The editors have endeavoured to bring together a collection of pieces which they trust will prove to be at once simple without being uninteresting and effective where the instrumental resources are limited.

There exists already and abundant supply of original compositions and arrangements suitable for performance on large and comprehensive organs but many organists who have only a small instrument at their disposal in country churches often have some difficulty in finding short and easy voluntaries suitable for their own use and the instruction of their pupils. It is hoped that The Village Organist may supply this want so much felt by that valuable and zealous class of church-workers to whom the work is inscribed. The editors have endeavoured to bring together a collection of pieces which they trust will prove to be at once simple without being uninteresting and effective where the instrumental resources are limited.

There exists already and abundant supply of original compositions and arrangements suitable for performance on large and comprehensive organs but many organists who have only a small instrument at their disposal in country churches often have some difficulty in finding short and easy voluntaries suitable for their own use and the instruction of their pupils. It is hoped that The Village Organist may supply this want so much felt by that valuable and zealous class of church-workers to whom the work is inscribed. The editors have endeavoured to bring together a collection of pieces which they trust will prove to be at once simple without being uninteresting and effective where the instrumental resources are limited.