12 best organ musics

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ORGAN MUSIC COLLECTIONS

From music for the Church and other religious pieces to wonderful transcriptions of Classical masterpieces originally written for other instruments, Dover Publications offers a variety of Organ Music Collections for organists of all levels and abilities.

Easy Organ Classics

Ranging from Palestrina's 16th-century Ricercare to latter-day works such as Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Improvisation on "Nearer, My God, to Thee," this compilation spans more than four centuries of music. Features such famous works as J. S. Bach's Pastorale, BWV 590; Couperin's Chaconne in F; and Handel's Concerto No. 13, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale." Other well-known selections include compositions by Brahms, Gounod, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Vierne, and Widor. (0486449572)

Adagios For Organ

Forty-three adagios range from the Baroque era to modern times. Highlights include works by such celebrated composers for organ as Johann Sebastian Bach ("Hark! A Voice Saith, All Are Mortal," BWV 643), Alexandre Guilmant (Meditation and Adagio, from Sonata No. 6, Op. 86), Louis Vierne (Prelude Funèbre, Op. 4), and Charles-Marie Widor (Adagio from Symphonie No. 5, Op. 42-1). Other pieces include the popular Largo from Handel's 1738 opera, Xerxes; Liszt's tribute to his friend, "At the Grave of Richard Wagner"; and pieces by Brahms, Couperin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and others. (0486457346)

Great Organ Transcriptions

26 arrangements from the scores of the great composers encompasses true masterpieces of the transcriber’s art. Highlights include the Chaconne from J. S. Bach’s second Partita in D Minor for solo violin; Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5; Handel’s The Harmonious Blacksmith and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah; Rossini's William Tell Overture; "The Swan" from Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals; three "Danses caracteristiques" from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (featuring the ever-popular "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy"); and Wagner’s "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin. Plus Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Vivaldi, and many others. (0486441636)

Toccatas, Carillions & Scherzos

Includes French, Italian, English, Belgian, German, and American music spanning more than 250 years of organ composition and featuring the most universally popular works: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Toccata from Charles-Marie Widor's Fifth Organ Symphony. (0486424316)

The Complete Traditional Wedding Album

Preludes, processionals, songs, and hymns — this compilation features all of the traditional and best-loved wedding music. 53 often-played wedding melodies, including the Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches, the Schubert and Gounod Ave Marias, Pachelbel's "Canon," Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," and Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," along with other favorites such as "O Promise Me" and "I Love You Truly." (0486439631)

100 All-Time Favorite Hymns

This collection of 100 melodies features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Amazing Grace, Faith of Our Fathers, We Gather Together, and Onward, Christian Soldiers. (0486472302)

The Practical Organist: 50 Short Works For Church Services

This collection of 50 brief liturgical works by a brilliant French composer offers organists a practical resource of selections ideally suited to church services and recitals. A tremendous variety of music for sacred occasions appears here, including offertories, preludes, postludes, marches, meditations, and music for communion services. In addition, it features music for special events such as Christmas melodies, joyful airs for weddings, and solemn prayers and funerary pieces. (0486416860)

A Treasury Of Organ Music For Manuals Only

For organists who prefer to play manuals without pedals, this extensive collection provides a wealth of works. Highlights include J. S. Bach's Partite Diverse, "O Gott, du frommer Gott!"; Best's Prelude on a Chorale by Thomas Tallis; Buxtehude's Fugue in C; the charming Four Pieces for Flute Clocks, written by Haydn for his era's popular musical clocks; Mozart's "Fantasie de Salon," based on four themes from The Magic Flute; and Pachelbel's beloved Canon in D. Other featured composers include Elgar, Dupre, Beethoven, Frescobaldi, Handel, Liszt, Couperin, and Franck. (0486435822)

Organ Music For Manuals Only

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. 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. (0486418871)

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Glorious Pipes: Organ Music Through the Ages

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ORGAN MUSIC COLLECTIONS

From music for the Church and other religious pieces to wonderful transcriptions of Classical masterpieces originally written for other instruments, Dover Publications offers a variety of Organ Music Collections for organists of all levels and abilities.

Easy Organ Classics

Ranging from Palestrina's 16th-century Ricercare to latter-day works such as Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Improvisation on "Nearer, My God, to Thee," this compilation spans more than four centuries of music. Features such famous works as J. S. Bach's Pastorale, BWV 590; Couperin's Chaconne in F; and Handel's Concerto No. 13, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale." Other well-known selections include compositions by Brahms, Gounod, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Vierne, and Widor. (0486449572)

Adagios For Organ

Forty-three adagios range from the Baroque era to modern times. Highlights include works by such celebrated composers for organ as Johann Sebastian Bach ("Hark! A Voice Saith, All Are Mortal," BWV 643), Alexandre Guilmant (Meditation and Adagio, from Sonata No. 6, Op. 86), Louis Vierne (Prelude Funèbre, Op. 4), and Charles-Marie Widor (Adagio from Symphonie No. 5, Op. 42-1). Other pieces include the popular Largo from Handel's 1738 opera, Xerxes; Liszt's tribute to his friend, "At the Grave of Richard Wagner"; and pieces by Brahms, Couperin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and others. (0486457346)

Great Organ Transcriptions

26 arrangements from the scores of the great composers encompasses true masterpieces of the transcriber’s art. Highlights include the Chaconne from J. S. Bach’s second Partita in D Minor for solo violin; Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5; Handel’s The Harmonious Blacksmith and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah; Rossini's William Tell Overture; "The Swan" from Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals; three "Danses caracteristiques" from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (featuring the ever-popular "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy"); and Wagner’s "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin. Plus Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Vivaldi, and many others. (0486441636)

Toccatas, Carillions & Scherzos

Includes French, Italian, English, Belgian, German, and American music spanning more than 250 years of organ composition and featuring the most universally popular works: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Toccata from Charles-Marie Widor's Fifth Organ Symphony. (0486424316)

The Complete Traditional Wedding Album

Preludes, processionals, songs, and hymns — this compilation features all of the traditional and best-loved wedding music. 53 often-played wedding melodies, including the Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches, the Schubert and Gounod Ave Marias, Pachelbel's "Canon," Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," and Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," along with other favorites such as "O Promise Me" and "I Love You Truly." (0486439631)

100 All-Time Favorite Hymns

This collection of 100 melodies features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Amazing Grace, Faith of Our Fathers, We Gather Together, and Onward, Christian Soldiers. (0486472302)

The Practical Organist: 50 Short Works For Church Services

This collection of 50 brief liturgical works by a brilliant French composer offers organists a practical resource of selections ideally suited to church services and recitals. A tremendous variety of music for sacred occasions appears here, including offertories, preludes, postludes, marches, meditations, and music for communion services. In addition, it features music for special events such as Christmas melodies, joyful airs for weddings, and solemn prayers and funerary pieces. (0486416860)

A Treasury Of Organ Music For Manuals Only

For organists who prefer to play manuals without pedals, this extensive collection provides a wealth of works. Highlights include J. S. Bach's Partite Diverse, "O Gott, du frommer Gott!"; Best's Prelude on a Chorale by Thomas Tallis; Buxtehude's Fugue in C; the charming Four Pieces for Flute Clocks, written by Haydn for his era's popular musical clocks; Mozart's "Fantasie de Salon," based on four themes from The Magic Flute; and Pachelbel's beloved Canon in D. Other featured composers include Elgar, Dupre, Beethoven, Frescobaldi, Handel, Liszt, Couperin, and Franck. (0486435822)

Organ Music For Manuals Only

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. 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. (0486418871)

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August Gottfried Ritter (18111885) is no household name, but to organists he one of the most significant figures in the history of their instrument; while his three-volume method of playing Kunst des Orgelspiels becoming a source of reference in Germany and elsewhere, his Geschichte des Orgelspiels compendium established his renown through bringing to light composers from the Renaissance and the Baroque periods, some of whom had already been forgotten by the time it was published in 1884. Today he is regarded as the founder of the modern German organ school. Placing a selection of rare works alongside his more famous organ music, this collection forms a unique tribute to the German composers genius. The four Organ Sonatas are first to be presented, pieces which are all cyclical in nature, with Op.23 forming his largest composition for organ, a work of vast proportions that was dedicated to Liszt and which includes Ritters debut use of organ toccata form. The second theme of Op.11 recalls the Adagio from the Toccata BWV564, a possible tribute to Bach whose music Ritter studied from an early age, and this baroque influence is expanded on in the second disc, in which the Toccata in D minors use of the stylus phantasticus, the Fugue in C minors treatment of J.S. Bachs Fugue BWV546 and the Fugue in B after Handel are just a few examples of the predilection for all things past that penetrated the Romantic period. The Sandri organ of the Santuario Maria Ausiliatrice in Aprica, Italy, was the instrument of choice for this recording, played with poise and authority by the Italian organist Massimo Gabba, a specialist of the Romantic repertoire. Having recorded several CDs for leading labels such as Tactus, Elegia and Brilliant Classics, Gabbas performances have been widely acclaimed in the Italian and international press (Diapason, Organ Yearbook, Ars Organi etc.). He is currently Professor of Organ and Composition at the G. Tartini Conservatory in Trieste. Other information: Rarely recorded repertoire. Booklet includes liner notes and artist biographies.

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ORGAN MUSIC COLLECTIONS

From music for the Church and other religious pieces to wonderful transcriptions of Classical masterpieces originally written for other instruments, Dover Publications offers a variety of Organ Music Collections for organists of all levels and abilities.

Easy Organ Classics

Ranging from Palestrina's 16th-century Ricercare to latter-day works such as Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Improvisation on "Nearer, My God, to Thee," this compilation spans more than four centuries of music. Features such famous works as J. S. Bach's Pastorale, BWV 590; Couperin's Chaconne in F; and Handel's Concerto No. 13, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale." Other well-known selections include compositions by Brahms, Gounod, Haydn, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Vierne, and Widor. (0486449572)

Adagios For Organ

Forty-three adagios range from the Baroque era to modern times. Highlights include works by such celebrated composers for organ as Johann Sebastian Bach ("Hark! A Voice Saith, All Are Mortal," BWV 643), Alexandre Guilmant (Meditation and Adagio, from Sonata No. 6, Op. 86), Louis Vierne (Prelude Funèbre, Op. 4), and Charles-Marie Widor (Adagio from Symphonie No. 5, Op. 42-1). Other pieces include the popular Largo from Handel's 1738 opera, Xerxes; Liszt's tribute to his friend, "At the Grave of Richard Wagner"; and pieces by Brahms, Couperin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann, Saint-Saëns, and others. (0486457346)

Great Organ Transcriptions

26 arrangements from the scores of the great composers encompasses true masterpieces of the transcriber’s art. Highlights include the Chaconne from J. S. Bach’s second Partita in D Minor for solo violin; Brahms' Hungarian Dance No. 5; Handel’s The Harmonious Blacksmith and the "Hallelujah Chorus" from Messiah; Rossini's William Tell Overture; "The Swan" from Saint-Saëns' The Carnival of the Animals; three "Danses caracteristiques" from Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker (featuring the ever-popular "Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy"); and Wagner’s "Bridal Chorus" from Lohengrin. Plus Chopin, Schumann, Debussy, Vivaldi, and many others. (0486441636)

Toccatas, Carillions & Scherzos

Includes French, Italian, English, Belgian, German, and American music spanning more than 250 years of organ composition and featuring the most universally popular works: Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor and the Toccata from Charles-Marie Widor's Fifth Organ Symphony. (0486424316)

The Complete Traditional Wedding Album

Preludes, processionals, songs, and hymns — this compilation features all of the traditional and best-loved wedding music. 53 often-played wedding melodies, including the Wagner and Mendelssohn wedding marches, the Schubert and Gounod Ave Marias, Pachelbel's "Canon," Beethoven's "Ode to Joy," and Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring," along with other favorites such as "O Promise Me" and "I Love You Truly." (0486439631)

100 All-Time Favorite Hymns

This collection of 100 melodies features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Amazing Grace, Faith of Our Fathers, We Gather Together, and Onward, Christian Soldiers. (0486472302)

The Practical Organist: 50 Short Works For Church Services

This collection of 50 brief liturgical works by a brilliant French composer offers organists a practical resource of selections ideally suited to church services and recitals. A tremendous variety of music for sacred occasions appears here, including offertories, preludes, postludes, marches, meditations, and music for communion services. In addition, it features music for special events such as Christmas melodies, joyful airs for weddings, and solemn prayers and funerary pieces. (0486416860)

A Treasury Of Organ Music For Manuals Only

For organists who prefer to play manuals without pedals, this extensive collection provides a wealth of works. Highlights include J. S. Bach's Partite Diverse, "O Gott, du frommer Gott!"; Best's Prelude on a Chorale by Thomas Tallis; Buxtehude's Fugue in C; the charming Four Pieces for Flute Clocks, written by Haydn for his era's popular musical clocks; Mozart's "Fantasie de Salon," based on four themes from The Magic Flute; and Pachelbel's beloved Canon in D. Other featured composers include Elgar, Dupre, Beethoven, Frescobaldi, Handel, Liszt, Couperin, and Franck. (0486435822)

Organ Music For Manuals Only

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. 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. (0486418871)