Handbook of classical-modern organ playing-Handbook of classical-modern Organ playing.Barenreiter's two-volume edition is the first to offer a reference work on Organ technique systematically subdivided into 60 exercise units. It provides an overview of all relevant topics on manual and pedal playing based on the tutors by Marcel Dupré Fernando Germani Charles-Louis Hanon and Johannes Brahms as well as on their sequels and supplements. There is also a comprehensive set of exercises to maintain the achieved performance level.This compendium is a tutor for all levels of expertise and training from ambitious semi-professional organists through to fully professional church musicians and conservatorystudents. Furthermore it is aimed at all of those who teach the Organ whether privately or at academies colleges conservatories or universities.Two-volume reference work on Organ technique (Ger/Eng)Covers all relevant areas of manual and pedal playingIncludes a comprehensive set of exercisesConcise introductory text (Ger/Eng)Index for topics and keywords on teaching and performing issuesFor every level of expertise and trainingPeter Wagner (b. Karlstadt 1967) studied Catholic church music (A-level certification) Organ improvisation concert Organ and music theory in Cologne Würzburg and Salzburg. His later career led him to a wide variety of teaching consultancy and jury activities in the areas of Organ playing music theory choral and orchestral conducting voice training and children?s choirs. He has also given concert tours in Germany and abroad. From 2001 to 2003 Wagner was an educational consultant and teacher at the Bavarian State Academy of Music in Hammelburg. Since then he has been cathedral organist and choral director in Minden as well dean church musician for the archbishopric of Paderborn.

Konzertante Orgelmusik aus vier Jahrhunderten - Concert Organ Music from four Centuries-Conceived by Martin Weyer this edition ranges in style from 17th century Portuguese Organ music to French and American works of the 19th century. It also contains a selection of German Organ music including lesser-known works by Bach and other pieces from Robert Schumann to Ernst Pepping.In addition to the original compositions Organ arrangements have also been included. A detailed Foreword offers information on the music-historical context of each work and suggestions for its performance.- Original pieces and attractive arrangements for Organ.- Easy to moderately difficult concert music for Organ.- Includes a broad rangeof styles.From the contents:Braga ?Batalha sexti toni? / Bach ?Concerto in F major after Vivaldi? (BWV 978) and six Organ chorales (transposed to keys of the Lutheran hymnal) / Hoyer ?Fughetta no. 2 in C major? from op. 62 / Arnold Mendelssohn ?Partita ?Wir Christenleut?? from op. 104 / Pepping from ?Bohemian Organ Book II: Christus der uns selig macht? / Degen two preludes from the ?Oberrheinisches Orgelbuch? / Micheelsen ?Toccata? from ?Holstein Little Organ Book? / Yon ?Humoresque? / Rogers ?Toccatina? / Parker ?Risoluto? op. 68 no. 1 / Rogers ?Carillon? (finale from ?Sonatina in D major?)

30 pieces for small Organ Op.18 No.1 and Organ Sonata Op.18 No.2. Hugo Distler studied Organ with Günther Ramin and composition with Hermann Grabner in Leipzig. He then worked as cantor and organist at St. Jacobi in Lübeck and taught composition and organ at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule from 1937 onwards. In 1940 he took up the same position at the Berlin Musikhochschule and also became director of the Berlin Cathedral Choir in 1941. Considerably influenced by the Lübeck Stellwagen Organ at St. Jacobi he championed the characteristic pre-Baroque and Baroque sound of the Organ and the forms which best suited it. His stylisticpreference was for a specifically neo-Baroque functional-objective type of sound. This 3-volume critical edition with previously unpublished works includes the forewords of the first editions facsimiles a critical commentary for each volume as well as a list of sources. - First Urtext edition of Hugo Distler’s Organ works. - Includes previously unpublished works. - Reflects the latest state of research. - Detailed foreword critical commentary (Ger/Eng) facsimiles and tips on performance practice.

Fantasy in D minor (No. 1) was written in 1957 by one of the most effectual composers of the twentieth century Miloslav Kabelá (1908–1979) on the initiative of the prominent Czech organist Ji í Reinberger (1914–1977). It was the composer’s first work for solo organ and he later confessed that “… my love of the organ began with this Fantasy and did not end.”He composed Fantasy in D minor in the same year that he completed his cult classics Mysterium asu (Mystery of Time) and Symphony No. 3 (with organ) and the piece soon became a staple of organ repertoire at home andabroad. The following year he composed Fantasy in G minor (No. 2) by commission for the 1st International Organ Competition of Prague Spring 1958.Although Kabelá joined both fantasies into one opus 32 they had as yet been published separately. The present edition is the first to include the whole of Op. 32 in one volume. It is part of the Complete Critical Edition of the Works of Miloslav Kabelá and edited by Jan Hora (1936) a leading Czech organist and expert on Kabelá ’s organ works which he recorded in their entirety.- Permanent repertoire piece for organists all over the world- First edition to include both fantasies of Op.32 in one volume- Part of the Complete Critical Edition V/12 edited by eminent Czech organist Jan Hora

Jazz swing samba rhumba and more all found their way to the organ long ago. Not only do the melodies harmonies and rhythms of these styles enrich the organ’s concert literature they can also be meaningfully incorporated in the liturgy. The series “Jazz Inspirations” for Organ offers a delightful and personal combination of many forms and highly contrasting styles at a moderate level of difficulty. Volume 4 presents a new array of stylistic and thematic focuses: “Funky Praise” and ”Ich lobe dich von ganzer Seelen” (“I praise thee with all my soul”) can be found alongside a “Little Shepherd’sChachacha” and the familiar carol “Kommet ihr Hirten”. It even contains two compositions from the American organ scene. Jazz swing and much more for the organ Authoritative editors and composers Pieces of a moderate level of difficulty Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng)

This volume devised by Martin Weyer contains organ music of easy to medium technical difficulty for use at communion. The broad range of styles encompasses Johann Sebastian Bach and early Classical works through to the late Romantic period.

The album contains original compositions and first publications as well as arrangements for organ and twelve pieces for communion in settings by Johann Sebastian Bach with melodies and texts appropriate to communion. Some of the pieces can also be performed with solo instruments (in C, Bb or F). Corresponding instrumental parts are included with the score.

- Organ music of easy to medium technical difficulty for use at communion
- Broad range of styles
- Includes first publications
- Original compositions and arrangements for organ, some which can be performed with solo instruments. / [Musique pour Communion] / Célébrations / Partition /

Louis Vierne (1870-1937) studied privately with Cesar Franck and was appointed titulaire organist at Notre-Dame (Paris) in 1900. Numerous concert tours throughout Europe and the USA made him well-known outside France.Vierne?s Organ works are masterpieces of Organ music and are firm favourites in the virtuoso Organ repertoire. In particular Vierne raised the form of the Organ symphony to a stylistic peak.The famous collection of ?Pieces de Fantaisie? comprising 24 fantasy pieces in four volumes (Livres I-IV) has become internationally known. With their varying degrees of difficulty the pieces are suitable for bothprofessional organists as well as advanced pupils and students.The collection comprises mainly individual movements which are suitable for use on many different types of occasion.The ?Pieces en style libre pour orgue ou harmonium? comprising 24 pieces in two volumes are shorter and technically easier. These are ?miniatures? of a rather meditative character equally suitable for Organ teaching or concert use.- Evaluation of all available autograph manuscripts first printed editions and previously unpublished letters.- Editorial clarification superseding the long-standing international correction lists.- Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) and foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) with detailed performance practice tips.- Numerous illustrations and facsimile pages.

The large-scale partitas Op.8 Nos.1 and 2. Hugo Distler studied Organ with Günther Ramin and composition with Hermann Grabner in Leipzig. He then worked as cantor and organist at St. Jacobi in Lübeck and taught composition and Organ at the Stuttgart Musikhochschule from 1937 onwards. In 1940 he took up the same position at the Berlin Musikhochschule and also became director of the Berlin Cathedral Choir in 1941. Considerably influenced by the Lübeck Stellwagen organ at St. Jacobi he championed the characteristic pre-Baroque and Baroque sound of the organ and the forms which best suited it. His stylistic preference was for aspecifically neo-Baroque functional-objective type of sound. This 3-volume critical edition with previously unpublished works includes the forewords of the first editions facsimiles a critical commentary for each volume as well as a list of sources. - First Urtext edition of Hugo Distler’s Organ works. - Includes previously unpublished works. - Reflects the latest state of research. - Detailed foreword critical commentary (Ger/Eng) facsimiles and tips on performance practice.

Organ Chorales from the Neumeister Collection-Organ Chorales from the Neumeister CollectionYale University Manuscript 'LM 4708'In 1985 Christoph Wolff working at Yale University discovered a collection of 82 chorales compiled by Johann Gottfried Neumeister (1756-1840) which contained 38 compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach. They reveal great stylistic variety whose forebears stem from the Northern German organ tradition. Already these early works comprising fantasias fugues fughettas and imitative techniques employing motifs from chorale melodies bear witness to Bach?s broad compositional spectrum.This newly published volume is an updated edition of Series IV/9 of the ?New Bach Edition? (NBA) edited by Christoph Wolff and based on this source.In addition to a newly added concordance and corrections to the musical text it also contains a detailed Foreword by Christoph Wolff with further information on the Neumeister Collection and hymnological details. The source of the complete Neumeister Collection has recently been made available on ?Bach digital? shedding light on the manuscript for the very first time.Links to major sources have been provided in collaboration with the Bach Leipzig Archive and its database ?Bach digital?. The desired page of the source can be accessed quickly and conveniently via URLs at http://links.baerenreiter.com. The links stored there are examined for their validity on a regular basis.Any complete scholarly critical edition of the works of Johann Sebastian Bach must incorporate new research findings in the interest of scholars and performers alike. Now all of Bärenreiter?s new performing editions of Bach?s organ works are being revised to reflect the current state of scholarship and to convey maximum fidelity to the sources by being linked to ?Bach digital?.- Links to relevant sources in ?Bach digital?- Detailed new Foreword about the Neumeister Collection by Christoph Wolff (Ger/Eng)- Complete new engraving

Complete Organ Works Volume 4 (Urtext edition)-Louis Vierne (1870 1937) raised the Organ symphony to its stylistic zenith. One of his pupils Marcel Dupré was the teacher of Thierry Escaich the co-editor of this complete edition.Vierne?s Symphony No.4 is one of the most important works in the Organ repertoire. Until now it was thought to have originated during the three months of summer 1914. However the editor has discovered a letter from Vierne dated 23 June 1914 that disproves any connection with events of war. As a result the work has been chronologically reclassified leading to its fresh assessment and interpretation see the detailed Foreword inthis new edition for further information.The registration of this seminal work in the Organ literature is in parts reminiscent of César Franck?s Chorale in B minor. In general terms Franck?s influence was already singled out by reviewers of the first performance.Detailed trilingual preface (Fr/Eng/Ger) with a full account of the work?s genesis and notes on performance practice.Comprehensive Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger)New source materialMany illustrations and facsimile pages

Louis Vierne (1870 1937) was a private student of César Franck and was appointed Titular Organist of Notre Dame de Paris in the year 1900. Numerous concert tours throughout Europe and the USA helped him achieve world renown. His circle of students included Marcel Dupré whose own pupil Thierry Escaich has assisted with this edition.Vierne?s compositions are masterpieces of organ music and form a central part of the instrument?s more demanding repertoire. Vierne brought the organ symphony as a genre to its peak and significantly influenced the development of organ-playing worldwide.Based on the work?s first publication Volume II presents the second of a totalof six organ symphonies. Includes a comprehensive critical commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger)Foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) with details on performance practiceNumerous illustrations and facsimile pages

Pieces for Organ without pedal-At the cutting edge of scholarship.Music in every key for church worship and concert performance.Detailed Foreword Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) and facsimiles.Volume VI presents 42 easy to moderately difficult pieces without pedal for Organ or Harmonium in every key and brings the complete edition of Theodore Dubois Organ works to a close. With their contrasting length and character the pieces offer a wide range of performance possibilities both inside and outside the liturgy.Since Dubois was a master of melody several of the pieces can also be rendered on the Piano further enhancing the collection's practicalvalue.Already published:Volume I: Early Works and Works with Minimal or Optional Use of the Pedals BA 8468Volume II: Organist an La Madeleine Douze Pi?cesBA 8469Volume III: Trois Pi?ces pour Grand Orgue (1890) Messe de Mariage Cinq Pi?cesBA 8470Volume IV: Organist an La Madeleine Douze Pi?ces Nouvelles Offertoire pour la f?te de l???AscensionBA 8471Volume V: Dix Pieces pour Grand Orgue; Fantasietta avec Variations BA 9208