Unlike the vast majority of classical music for organ — which requires both manual and pedal dexterity — this unique collection of 33 works is devoted solely to organ music originally written on two staves and intended for manuals alone. Some was conceived for the 19th-century free-reed instrument, for the harmonium or reed organ, for performance in the home, as well as for organists of small churches who may not have had sufficient technique to perform with their feet as well as their hands. This unique volume consists almost exclusively of rare, out-of-print editions selec... Read More
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Unlike the vast majority of classical music for organ — which requires both manual and pedal dexterity — this unique collection of 33 works is devoted solely to organ music originally written on two staves and intended for manuals alone. Some was conceived for the 19th-century free-reed instrument, for the harmonium or reed organ, for performance in the home, as well as for organists of small churches who may not have had sufficient technique to perform with their feet as well as their hands. This unique volume consists almost exclusively of rare, out-of-print editions selec... Read More
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Unlike the vast majority of classical music for organ — which requires both manual and pedal dexterity — this unique collection of 33 works is devoted solely to organ music originally written on two staves and intended for manuals alone. Some was conceived for the 19th-century free-reed instrument, for the harmonium or reed organ, for performance in the home, as well as for organists of small churches who may not have had sufficient technique to perform with their feet as well as their hands. This unique volume consists almost exclusively of rare, out-of-print editions selected from the private library of author-performer Rollin Smith. Contents include Berlioz's Rustic Serenade to the Madonna, Saint-Saëns' Barcarolle and Prayer, Three Musical Sketches by Bizet, Liszt's The Shepherds at the Manger: In dulci jubilo, plus organ classics by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Franck, Reger, and other great composers, including movements from organ sonatas by Mendelssohn and Widor's Third Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, and the complete Third Sonata by Guilmant. This very special compilation is certain to delight performers at every level of ability.
Dover Original.
Details
Price: $16.95
Pages: 128
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Music for Organ
Publication Date: 15th October 2001
Trim Size: 9 x 12 in
ISBN: 9780486418872
Format: Paperback
BISACs: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano & Keyboard Repertoire MUSIC / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores
Table of Contents
"BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN" "Prelude Through All Major Keys (Op. 39, No. 2)" "BERLIOZ, HECTOR" Three Pieces Rustic Serenade to the Madonna Toccata Hymn for the Elevation "BEST, W. T. [WILLIAM THOMAS]" Fugue on a Trumpet Fanfare "BIZET, GEORGES" Three Musical Sketches Turkish Rondo Sérénade Caprice "BOULANGER, NADIA" Prélude Petit Canon Improvisation "BRAHMS, JOHANNES" "A Rose Breaks Into Bloom (Op. 122, No. 8)" "BRUCKNER, ANTON" Andante and Postlude "CHAUSSON, ERNEST" "Antiphon for the Magnificat (Op. 31, No. 6)" "CUI, CÉSAR" Prelude in A-flat "D'INDY, VINCENT" Piece in E-flat Minor (Op.66) "FRANK, CÉSAR" Quasi Marcia "GIGOUT, EUGÈNE" Grand Choeur dialogué "GLIÈRE, REINHOLD" Fugue on the Theme of a Russian Noël "GOUNOD, CHARLES" Invocation "GUILMANT, ALEXANDRE" Third Sonata in C Minor (Op. 56) "LEMMENS, JACQUES-NICOLAS" Fanfare "LISZT, FRANZ" "The Shepherds and the Manger: "In dulci jubilo" "MENDELSSOHN, FELIX" Adagio from Sonata I (Op. 65) Andante religioso from Sonata IV (Op. 65) "MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS" Andante (K. 616) "REGER, MAX" Romanze in A Minor "ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO" Prélude religieux from Petite Messe solennelle "SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE" Three Pieces (Op. 1) Méditation Barcarolle Prière "VIERNE, LOUIS" Communion (Op. 8) "WIDOR, CHARLES-MARIE" "Andante sostenuto (from the Third Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 69)"
Unlike the vast majority of classical music for organ — which requires both manual and pedal dexterity — this unique collection of 33 works is devoted solely to organ music originally written on two staves and intended for manuals alone. Some was conceived for the 19th-century free-reed instrument, for the harmonium or reed organ, for performance in the home, as well as for organists of small churches who may not have had sufficient technique to perform with their feet as well as their hands. This unique volume consists almost exclusively of rare, out-of-print editions selected from the private library of author-performer Rollin Smith. Contents include Berlioz's Rustic Serenade to the Madonna, Saint-Saëns' Barcarolle and Prayer, Three Musical Sketches by Bizet, Liszt's The Shepherds at the Manger: In dulci jubilo, plus organ classics by Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Franck, Reger, and other great composers, including movements from organ sonatas by Mendelssohn and Widor's Third Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, and the complete Third Sonata by Guilmant. This very special compilation is certain to delight performers at every level of ability.
Dover Original.
Price: $16.95
Pages: 128
Publisher: Dover Publications
Imprint: Dover Publications
Series: Dover Music for Organ
Publication Date: 15th October 2001
Trim Size: 9 x 12 in
ISBN: 9780486418872
Format: Paperback
BISACs: MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Classical MUSIC / Printed Music / Piano & Keyboard Repertoire MUSIC / Printed Music / Opera & Classical Scores
"BEETHOVEN, LUDWIG VAN" "Prelude Through All Major Keys (Op. 39, No. 2)" "BERLIOZ, HECTOR" Three Pieces Rustic Serenade to the Madonna Toccata Hymn for the Elevation "BEST, W. T. [WILLIAM THOMAS]" Fugue on a Trumpet Fanfare "BIZET, GEORGES" Three Musical Sketches Turkish Rondo Sérénade Caprice "BOULANGER, NADIA" Prélude Petit Canon Improvisation "BRAHMS, JOHANNES" "A Rose Breaks Into Bloom (Op. 122, No. 8)" "BRUCKNER, ANTON" Andante and Postlude "CHAUSSON, ERNEST" "Antiphon for the Magnificat (Op. 31, No. 6)" "CUI, CÉSAR" Prelude in A-flat "D'INDY, VINCENT" Piece in E-flat Minor (Op.66) "FRANK, CÉSAR" Quasi Marcia "GIGOUT, EUGÈNE" Grand Choeur dialogué "GLIÈRE, REINHOLD" Fugue on the Theme of a Russian Noël "GOUNOD, CHARLES" Invocation "GUILMANT, ALEXANDRE" Third Sonata in C Minor (Op. 56) "LEMMENS, JACQUES-NICOLAS" Fanfare "LISZT, FRANZ" "The Shepherds and the Manger: "In dulci jubilo" "MENDELSSOHN, FELIX" Adagio from Sonata I (Op. 65) Andante religioso from Sonata IV (Op. 65) "MOZART, WOLFGANG AMADEUS" Andante (K. 616) "REGER, MAX" Romanze in A Minor "ROSSINI, GIOACCHINO" Prélude religieux from Petite Messe solennelle "SAINT-SAËNS, CAMILLE" Three Pieces (Op. 1) Méditation Barcarolle Prière "VIERNE, LOUIS" Communion (Op. 8) "WIDOR, CHARLES-MARIE" "Andante sostenuto (from the Third Symphony for Organ and Orchestra, Op. 69)"
