This is a major collection of organ music for students, players, and church musicians of all levels and abilities. Compiler and editor Anne Marsden Thomas has drawn on her long experience of teaching and playing to select the most attractive, tuneful repertoire in two sets of graded anthologies, one set (3 volumes) for manuals only, the second set (3 volumes) for manuals and pedals.
Within each book the pieces are grouped according to service needs into Preludes, Interludes, Processionals, and Postludes. The repertoire spans the 16th to the 21st century, with some new pieces written especially for the collection. A number of pieces throughout the collection have been selected for the ABRSM organ syllabus.
The result is a wonderful collection of repertoire for all players, containing a wealth of attractive and varied pieces that will offer much practical support for church musicians and enrich and develop their playing. Oxford Service Music for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 1 was winner of the Music Industries Association’s Best Classical Publication 2011.
Trio (7e couplet du Gloria), François Couperin
Jesu Leiden, Pein und Tod, J. G. Walther
Elegy, William Walton
Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele, Johannes Brahms
Andante, John Stanley
Largo, G. F. Handel
Nun danket alle Gott, H. W. Tauscher
Offertoire, César Franck
Diapason Movement, John Keeble
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, der den Tod überwand, Dietrich Buxtehude
Erbarm dich mein, O Herre Gott, Johann Krebs
Christe qui lu, William Blitheman
Christus, der ist mein Leben, J. G. Walther
Peaceful Prelude, Alan Bullard
Verse for the (Double) Organ, Christopher Gibbons
Andante, Thomas Adams
Christus, der ist mein Leben, Johann Pachelbel
Pavane, Tylman Susato
Grazioso, J. H. Knecht
Lento, Léon Boëllmann
Interlude, M. G. Fischer
A Point, Thomas Tallis
Slow, William Croft
Andantino, César Franck
Magnificat Verse, Johann Speth
Verse, Anon. Spanish
Processional, G. A. Merkel
Largo, William Goodwin
Largamente, Léon Boëllmann
Ricercare, J. J. Froberger
Verse, Anon. Spanish
Galliard, William Byrd
Prelude, J. S. Bach
Largo, Starling Goodwin
Fugue, Gottlieb Muffat
Allemande ‘The Prince’, Anon.
Prelude, F. W. Zachow
O Lamm Gottes unschuldig, J. S. Bach
Dialogue, J.-F. Dandrieu
Valet will ich dir geben, G. F. Kauffmann
Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, Johann Krebs
Fantasia, G. P. Telemann
Postludium, Flor Peeters
Capriccio, W. A. Mozart
St Fulbert, C. S. Lang
Canzona, Domenico Zipoli
Echo Fantasie, Gerhardus Scronx
Gavotte, Samuel Wesley
Herr Christ, der einig Gottes Sohn, J. G. Walther
Sei Lob und Ehr dem höchsten Gut, Johann Krebs
Basse de Trompette, Louis Marchand
Voluntary, John James
A Fancy, Peter Hurford
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