This School of Organ Playing presupposes a certain technical facility on the piano. The pedal exercises at the beginning are rudimentary and should be practiced in all keys, gradually accelerating the tempo. The studies are graded according to their polyphony, beginning with simple two part exercises, followed by those in three and more parts. This acquaintance with the strict principles of polyphonic music, and the introduction to effective part writing, with a knowledge of harmonic form and architectonic values, provide the essential background for the correct performance of polyphonic music, especialle the fugue. The most important musical forms have been used to illustrate the various possibilites of registration and its relationship to style (colourful, individualistic and smooth playing). The studies are so arranged that earlier technical points, etc. are constantly reviewed, through comparison of style and form, in order to fix, or refreshen, the ideas in the student's mind. It is very important that the evolution of organ music from vocal music should be made clear to the student the very beginning, both musically and intellectually. He will be shown the technical evolution of organ music during the centuries and thus prepared for an artistic execution and interpretation of old and new words, especially for the incomparable art of our great Johann Sebastian Bach.

The fourth in a series of works for Organ students the Fourth Easy Album for the Organ contains excerpts and movements of works arranged for the student Organist by Patrick Williams.The pieces are in the keys of G F D D minor and B flat and the composers are Adams J C Bach Battishill Croft Handel Hopkins Walther and Samuel Wesley.

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