Organ - Advanced

SKU: MN.12-128

Composed by Harold Stover. Non Hymn-Based, Recital Music. General. Instrumental part. MorningStar Music Publishers #12-128. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.12-128).

UPC: 688670121289.

The three movements that make up Nocturnes, Book I are programmatic pieces that take as their points of departure a painting, the rhythms of a great city, and a poem. 1. The Starry Night is a written down improvisation based on Vincent van Goghs famous picture of the same name. The tonal material is a quite literal transformation of the visual elements of the painting: the melismatic cadenzas mirror van Goghs swirling starlight, and the powerful chords were suggested by the sinister trees that shoot upward to puncture the skys patterns. 2. Stovers Rag is a product of the ragtime revival of the early 1970s, when many composers tried their hand at writing concert rags. The New York night, which was not without its sinister element in those days, is expressed in an updating of the classic ragtime format. The piece looks backward as well, with the old French Baroque basse de trompette making an appearance in the trio section. 3. The Song of Shadows taps the nostalgic mood typical of the poetry of Walter de la Mare. The poem of the same name pictures a lone musician on a winter night, an dog sleeping before a sinking fire, and, at the end, the spirits that are summoned by music. The opening melody, played on an 8 flute with tremulant, suggests the blues-tinged sound of an alto saxophone, and throughout the movement the organs capacity for sustained tone is used to suggest and atmosphere of dreamy timelessness. The pieces were written in 1971 and first performed on July 2, 1972 at the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC, with the composer at the console.

Organ

SKU: ST.H469

Composed by Haydn Wood. Arranged by J.A. Meale. Organ music. Arranged for Organ by J A Meale. Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #H469. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H469).

ISBN 9790220222528.

The celebrated composer of light music Haydn Wood died in 1959, and organists with a penchant for his smooth and distinctive melodies will delight in marking the occasion with Slumber Song. Arranged for the instrument by J. A Meale, it is also available for violin or cello and piano. With its polish and charm, this dreamy lullaby has a timeless appeal. Reissued in the prestigious Stainer & Bell Light Organ Music series, Slumber Song is suitable for a variety of instruments with pedals, and should present no difficulty to players of only modest technical ability.