SKU: ST.H464

ISBN 9790220222139.

Well-chosen music is an essential adjunct to the dignity and reverence of funerals and acts of remembrance, comforting those who mourn, and shining light upon the personality of the departed person.

Among these fifteen new arrangements, organists will find a wealth of material from which to select the right piece appropriate to the occasion. There are classics such as Mendelssohn's O rest in the Lord and Handel's Dead March from Saul, romantic masterpieces like Elgar's Nimrod and Mahler's Adagietto, as well as a contemporary favourite, Candle in the Wind, which featured so memorably at the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales.

A leading arranger and teacher for the organ, John Norris has also included his own Improvisation on Brother James' Air, an arrangement of Sibelius's Finlandia ('Be still, my soul'), and a novelty item The Broken Melody by Auguste van Biene. The collection concludes, appropriately, with Stanford's uplifting Nunc Dimittis from the Evening Service in C.

SKU: FZ.5641

ISBN 9790230656412. 24.00 x 33.00 cm inches.

This facsimile of an original by Jean-Francois and Pierre Dandrieu is part of our French classical music collection. Editions : P. Dandrieu - Paris 1729. J. F. Dandrieu - Paris 1759. This score also includes Noels de Pierre Dandrieu. The Noels of Pierre and those of his nephew Jean-Francois are very different. Joint publication of both works is therefore quite justified. Preface by: Philippe Lescat: biography of Pierre Dandrieu - the editions of Pierre Dandrieu's Livre de Noels. Jean Saint-Arroman: comparison between the books of Pierre and Jean-Francois Dandrieu.
Collection supervised by the musicologist Jean Saint-Arroman, professor at the Conservatoire National Superieur de Musique et de Danse of Paris and at the CEFEDEM Ile de France (Training Centre for Music Teachers). He is the author of the majority of our prefaces and has also been involved in library searches.
Facsimile of a copy in the National Library of Paris (France). Anne Fuzeau Classique propose period copies of classical music scores.

SKU: SU.80101207

This extensive and incredibly useful collection contains twenty short, original organ pieces that require only manuals to perform. These highly melodic and energetic compositions are well suited for service playing or teaching. Pieces of varying characters -- preludes, offertories, and postludes -- have been included. Published by: Zimbel Press.

SKU: HL.48180238

UPC: 888680794699. 9x12 inches.

This version of Cortege and Litanie by Marcel Dupré was written for organ. For upper intermediate players, this 8 page composition is written with 4 sharps and includes the use of the pedals. The piece, initially written for a small orchestra in 1922, was created for a play. Dupré integrated it into one of his piano recitals and was later asked to arrange it for other instruments. These scores therefore exist also arranged for piano, orchestra (in 4 and 16) and for the conductor. In terms of composition, the piece is divided into two: “Cortege,” which title describes a solemn procession, begins in E major and lasts twice as long as the introductory theme; and “Litanie,” which is describing the prayer sung during a procession and which follows the “Cortege” part to then be joined by it. Marcel Dupré is a French composer and virtuoso organist who won the Prix de Rome in 1914. He became famous when he played the work of Bach in its totality from memory in 1920. He later became the professor of many renowned students at the Paris Conservatoire such as Messiaen, Langlais and Cochereau among others.