Josef Rheinberger (b. 1839 d. 1901) was a prolific composer in almost every field but he found in the Organ the medium best fitted to his genius and temperament. This seems to be proved by the fact that his reputation as an Organ composer has grown and is now firmly established whereas his position in other branches has declined. His twenty sonatas and his numerous shorter pieces (about a hundred) make up one of the most important contributions to the Organ repertory. It may indeed be claimed that in the maintenance of a high level of quality and interest throughout a long series of works of both large and small scale his position as an Organ composer issecond only to that of Bach. Sonata No. 19:The G minor Sonata is one of a small proportion of the twenty - No. 15 in D is another - concerning whose merits players are divided. It does not meet one half-way. It is the longest of the twenty: some monotony inevitably results from the use of the key of G for all its movements : its difficulties are of the ungrateful type : and the vigour of its first movement is often rough-even harsh. Yet it appears to be among the favourites of those who know it well; the late Dr. G. J. Bennett (a pupil of Rheinberger's and a devotee of the Sonatas) placed it among the best of the later numbers. Sonata No. 20:In spite of some inequalities No. 20 makes a worthy end to a fine series. Rheinberger's failing health at the time of its composition is no doubt responsible for a few moments of indecision especially in the Finale. The invention shows little if any falling off. In all the sonatas there are few better themes of the broad diatonic type than that which opens the first movement ; and the pleasant tunes of the Intermezzo and Pastoral and the swinging subject of the Finale are in the true Rheinberger vein. But the lack of a substantial fugal section is felt: it might well have come as a central portion of the Finale which

WORKS FOR ORGAN OR KEYBOARD FANTASIAS AND RICERCAR 1. Fantasia Chromatic (Dorian mode) 2. Fantasia (Dorian) 3. Fantasia (G Dorian) 4. Fantasia (G Dorian) 5. Fantasia (A Phrygian) 6. (Hexachord) Fantasia super: Ut, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La (F Ionian) 7. Fantasia (F Ionian) 8. Fantasia (Mixolydian) 9. Fantasia (Mixolydian) 10. Ricercar (Aeolian) 11. Fantasia (Aeolian) 12. Fantasia ut sol fa mi (Ionian; 1st version) 13. Fantasia (Ionian; 2nd version) ECHO FANTASIAS 14. Fantasia (Dorian) 15. Fantasia (Ionian) 16. Fantasia (Aeolian) 17. Fantasia (Ionian) 18. Fantasia (Ionian) 19. Fantasia (Ionian) TOCCATAS 20. Toccata (Dorian) 21. Toccata (Aeolian) 22. Toccata (Aeolian) 23. Toccata (Dorian) 24. Toccata (G Dorian) 25. Toccata (G Dorian) 26. Toccata (G Dorian) 27. Toccata (Mixolydian) 28. Toccata (Mixolydian) 29. Toccata (Aeolian) 30. Toccata (Ionian) 31. Toccata (Ionian) 32. Toccata (Ionian) WORKS FOR ORGAN PRELUDE AND CHORALE VARIATIONS 33. (Praeludium; F Ionian) 34. Ach Gott vom Himmel sieh darein: (3 variations) 35. Allein Gott in der Höh sei Her (4 variations by Swelinck, 5 by Andreas Düben, 2 by Petrus Hasse [I], 6 by Gottfried Scheidt) 36. Allein zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (1 variation) 37. Christe qui lux es et dies (3 variations) 38. Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris (4 variations) 39. Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot (2 variations) 40. Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt (2 variations) 41. Erbarm dich mein, o Herre Gott (6 variations) 42. Es ist das Heil ulns kommen her (2 variations) 43. Es spricht der Unweisen Mund wohl (1 variation) 44. Herr Christ der einig Gottes Sohn (2 variations) 45. Herzlich lieb hab ich dich, o Herr (4 variations) 46. Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ (4 variations) 47. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein (Was kann uns kommen an, Es ist gewisslich an der Zeit; 3 variations 48. Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gemein (original chorale melody; 3 variations) 49. Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (3 variations) 50. O lux beata trinitas (2 variations) 51. Psalm 116 (J'ayme mon Dieu, car lors que j' ay crie'; 4 variations) 52. Psalm 140 (O Dieu, donne moy delivrance; 4 variations) 53. Puer nobis nascitur (4 variati 54. Vater unser im Himmelreich (4 variations) 55. Wie nach einem Wasserquelle (Ainsi qu' on oit le cerf bruire, Freu dich sehr, o meine Seele; 1 variation) 56. Wir glauben all an einen Gott (4 variations) 57. Wo Gott der Herr nicht bei uns hält (2 variations) WORKS FOR KEYBOARD VARIATIONS ON SECULAR SONGS 58. Est-ce Mars (7 variations) 59. Ich fuhr mich vber Rheine (6 variations) 60. Mein junges Leben hat ein End (6 variations) 61. More palatino (4 variations) 62. Soll es sein (8 variations) 63. Unter der Linden grüne (4 variations) 64. Von der Fortuna werd' ich getrieben (3 variations) VARIATIONS ON DANCE TUNES 65. Balletto del granduca (5 variations) 66. Paduana Lachrimae colorirt 67. Passamezzo (6 variations) 68. Pavana Hispanica (4 variations by Sweelinck, 4 by Samuel Scheidt) 69. Pavana Philippi (2 variations) SUPPLEMENT 70. Capriccio 71. Fantazia op de Fuga van M: Jan Pieters. Fecit Dr. Bull 1621 15 Decemb. (Fantasia on a Fugue of Sweelinck, by John Bull, 1621) 72. Toccata (G Dorian; fragment) 73. Praeludium pedaliter (another version of No. 33)

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