Mit dem Beginn der Editionsreihe Meister der Norddeutschen Orgelschule wurde das Ziel gesetzt, den kompositorischen Ertrag einer rund anderthalb Jahrhunderte währenden Entwicklung der norddeutschen Orgelmusik (1600-1750) in ihren wesentlichen Erscheinungsformen möglichst vollständig editorisch aufzubereiten und der Öffentlichkeit zugänglich zu machen. Die Ausgabe der Görlitzer Tabulatur von Samuel Scheidt bildet nun als 36. Band den Abschluss dieser Bemühungen. Das Tabulatur-Buch, das 1650 erstmals im Druck erschien, sollte Organisten ein Repertoire an vierstimmigen Begleitsätzen zu über 100 Titeln an die Hand geben, die sie bei Gottesdiensten oder zu Hause, auf der Orgel oder anderen, häuslichen Tasteninstrumenten spielen und singen konnten. / Orgue

Austria ?s imperial court chapel was active far beyond the confines of Vienna . It developed a rich musical tradition of its own, with composers of the stature of Heinrich Isaac , Jacob Hassler , Johann Jacob Froberger , and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer .

This volume consists entirely of première publications from the ?uvre of composers working at the imperial court during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, including the complete keyboard output of Giovanni Valentini and Johann Heinrich Schmelzer and a Toccata 2 di toni in g ( FbWV 130) by Johann Jacob Froberger.

Altogether it contains twenty-two compositions with a detailed preface, many facsimiles, and a critical commentary. The pieces range from easy to moderately difficult and are equally suitable for use in church services or concert performance.

- Easy to moderately difficult organ music for church or concert use
- Previously unpublished music from the heyday of Austria ?s imperial court chapel
- Contains the première publication of a piece by Froberger / Classique / Partition /

The Prelude and Fugue In G Minor (Op. 84) was first published in 1960. It is scored for solo Organ.Craig Seller Lang (1891-1971) was a British composer organist and musical pedagogue who was born in New Zealand. He studied at the Royal College of Music before becoming a teacher at Christ’s Hospital School. His compositions were mostly written with a student performer in mind. He is best remembered for his seminal educational Organ books but he also created prolific volumes of material in both sacred and secular choral genres.

J. S. Bach (1685-1750) was a German Baroque composer who is revered for the originality and skill of his contrapuntal and harmonic techniques. He spent most of his life working as an organist and choirmaster but was also employed as a composer a many different Royal Courts. However his skill as an organist and composer for Organ is what gained him the reputation he enjoyed during his lifetime.This is perhaps epitomised by his Fantasia and Fugue in G Minor (BWV 542) often referred to as the Great Fantasia and Fugue. It has been edited by Sir Frederick Bridge and James Higgs.

Voluntary In A / Voluntary In G Minor for Organ. Anonymous edited by Walter Emery.

J.S. Bach's Air On The G String has been arranged here for Organ by Bryan Hesford.

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki's career spans more than 40 years dating from the post-Stalinist era of the mid 1950s and embracing a catalogue of more than 70 acknowledged works. It was not however until the phenomenal success of histhird symphony Symphony of Sorrowful Songs Op 36 which brought the composer world-wide renown through its numerous performances and recordings that his music reached an extended audience outside his native Poland. Since thenthe directness and emotional impact of his music have established him as one of the major figures of contemporary music.