Book 1. Par SIMPER CALEB. 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 …

Virgil Fox has arranged here a stirring and powerful organ arrangement of Bach???s setting of the famous hymn as originally presented by Bach in his Cantata No. 79. This version should be within the reach of most late intermediate level organists with uncomplicated pedaling and a nice variety of registration suggestions included.

This superb collection of preludes and postludes by Brahms Parry and Stanford represents an important but often overlooked contribution to the repertory of nineteenth and early twentieth century organ music. Its contents makeideal service pieces for the parish organists and will give immense pleasure to both players and listeners.

16 seasonal pieces for organ from some of our finest composers. For use at Christmas services and concerts or simply to enjoy alone these will broadly appeal to organists and congregations alike

Triptykon / Triptych for Organ solo by Niels Rosing-Schow. Triptych is written for the celebration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 commissioned by The Danish Society of Organists and Cantors.   From the preface: The three movements of the work are musical images or situations with the middle one Toccata as its axis. The latter is intended as an image of the dispute between …

These selections are popular favorites of many organists though several are available only as separate editions. Diane Bish has edited these favorites and put them together in one fine collection with new engravings written-outtrills for easier playing and settings of medium difficulty. Having proved their endurance in using these pieces for concerts and for teaching Bish has compiled a collec…

Composer's Note: In writing these pieces I had in mind certain difficulties which worry most organists from time to time; and in order to combine as it were business with pleasure I thought it worthwhile to concentrate upon one aspect of organ technique in each piece even at the risk of making them a little more difficult than others in this series. In Procession the main difficulty lies in the…

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Enfin, une collection de Noël définitive pour les organistes ! Ce nouveau livre offre 31 pièces festives par certains des meilleurs compositeurs avec préludes, dernier verset arrangements et musique pour orgue après le dernier verset 33 des chants populaires - certains dans deux clés - faire un pare-chocs totale de 150 pièces ! Tous sont facilement sight-readable, qui en fait un incontournable pou…

In all ages organists have known how to transcribe popular pieces for their instrument from the entire spectrum of music and to play effectively to the gallery. The repertoire of concert organists was therefore far-reaching and not restricted by any connection with the church. This volume of transcriptions holds a few surprises: one encounters plush and pomp, the deeply serious and the glamor ous,…