Scherzo For Organ was first published in 1917. It is dedicated to John Connell, a South African organist and Organ builder, with whom the composer became great friends when he travelled to Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Alfred Hollins (1865-1942) was an inspirational British organist, composer and teacher. Blind from birth, he travelled all over the UK and the British Empire, giving concerts and designing Organs. He eventually settled in Scotland, where he was an organist in Edinburgh for over forty years
SKU: HL.14009590
Lemare's compositions are uneven in quality, but the best are still active in the repertoire. The Toccata di Concerto is certainly full of fireworks and has the capacity to show the abilities of a great Organ. The upper parts have plenty of French toccata style, but the theme in the pedals gives the piece substance, as does the romantic, chromatic interlude in the middle of the work.Organ virtuoso and composer Edwin Lemare was the world's highest-paid Organist at the height of his career in the early 1900's, drawing bravos from ctritics and the crowds who queued around the block to hear this most famous of Organists. After having served as a church Organist for a relativelyshort period, he began the life of a travelling recitalist, beginning with a hundred-recital tour of the USA and Canada in 1900, a career that continued until the stock market crash of 1929. Lemare was also virtuosic in his ability to transcribe great Orchestral works for the Organ, allowing audiences in those less urban times to hear works played live that they might have heard no other way.
SKU: CA.1801000
ISBN 9790007186548. Language: all languages.
Debussy's Danse (Tarantelle styrienne), originally for piano and orchestrated by Ravel, is also extremely well suited to performance on the organ. This is shown in this arrangement which has been successfully performed in concerts in several countries by renowned organists. It is now being published in time for the Debussy anniversary year in 2018. The arrangement shows this powerful and spirited Danse, with its typical syncopated rhythms, to its best advantage. The great range of colors offers performers plenty of opportunity for artistic display. The registration markings are intended as suggestions and can easily be adapted to suit different instruments.
SKU: CA.1808600
ISBN 9790007166656. Language: all languages.
The Great Wall developed out of an improvisation, a homage to the Great Wall of China. Two motifs dominate in the work, which requires a three-manual organ: a two-measure ostinato in the pedal, and an oriental-sounding melody found on the manuals, in the basic shape and in the variations. The music leads seamlessly from an atmospheric picture into a rhythmically-driven crescendo, is interrupted by a storm fantasy before ending, after a second upsurge, in a radiant fortissimo. The dynamics and articulation are given very precisely in the score. The registration markings relate to the four-manual Muhleisen organ in the Stiftskirche Stuttgart, and are intended as a guide for performance. This thrilling work, which recalls Ravel's Bolero at certain moments, communicates directly with a wide range of audiences.
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Transcriptions of works by: Canteloube, Faure, Gaubert, Gnecchi, Harsanyi, Hue, Jongen, Laparra, Mangagialli, Nin, Ravel and Vittadini.
SKU: HL.49019304
ISBN 9790001187374. UPC: 884088924256. 9.0x12.0x0.089 inches.
Schon bei Ravel, Gershwin oder Strawinsky findet man die Verbindung des schwermutigen Blues-Charakter mit dem melodischen und klanglichen Duktus der Kunstmusik. Auf der Basis der bildhaften Formulierung 'I feel blue' (Ich fuhle mich traurig), die der weltlich-vokalen Ausdrucksform der Farbigen ihren Namen gibt, lasst sich eine direkte Brucke zum popularen Passionslied 'O Traurigkeit, o Herzeleid' schlagen. Wittrichs 'Choral-Blues' spielt mit jazz-typischen Harmoniefolgen (changes), triolisch gepragtem Groove mit charakteristischen Bordun-Stutzen und einer 'Lamento'-Grundstimmung, die sich melodisch in chromatisch fallenden Linien aussert. Das stereotype 12-taktige Blues-Schema bleibt dabei ausgeklammert. Ein wertvoller Beitrag zur Erweiterung des Orgelrepertoires, das sich seit einigen Jahrzehnten auch fur populare Musikformen aus Rock, Pop und Jazz in den Kirchenraumen geoffnet hat.
SKU: VD.ED20409
ISBN 9790202044094. 12 x 9 inches.
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SKU: HL.14076470
SKU: GI.G-9823
UPC: 785147982364.
From prelude to interlude to moments of quiet meditation, these ten arrangements of classic and modern hymn tunes emulate the style of many master composers. They are great for use during the liturgical year, during worship services, or as concert repertoire. Contents: BLEST ARE THEY � CASTLEWOOD Choral Variations on Come to Us, Creative Spirit � COENA DOMINI Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord � DUNDEE � DUNEDIN The Church of Christ, in Every Age � DUNSTAN Come to Me, O Weary Traveler � ROMANS 8 Shall Tribulation or Distress � SHARPTHORNE What Does the Lord Require � SOJOURNER I Want Jesus to Walk with Me � YADKINVILLE Air and Variations on Be Thou My Vision.