Grades 2-5-Oxford Bach Books For Organ is a 5-volume graded series of Organ music composed by J. S. Bach and arranged by Anne Marsden Thomas. This varied collection includes the essential pieces in all genres including choral preludes fugues toccatas and trio sonata movements alongside several of the composer’s lesser known works. Each volume contains a general introduction for players with advice on registration tempo ornamentation touch and articulation fingering pedalling and more. There are also concise notes on each piece by the renowned Bach scholar Professor Russell Stinson - addressing source issues structure and symbolismand for the chorale preludes information on the original hymn melody and text on which the piece based. An authoritative introduction to this cornerstone of the Organ repertoire Oxford Bach Books For Organ presents pieces in a highly practical format that is perfect for teachers and students. This first volume contains 37 pieces for the manual Organ suitable for musicians at a Grade 2-5 level.

Grades 6-7-Oxford Bach Books For Organ is a 5-volume graded series of Organ music composed by J. S. Bach and arranged by Anne Marsden Thomas. This varied collection includes the essential pieces in all genres including choral preludes fugues toccatas and trio sonata movements alongside several of the composer’s lesser known works. Each volume contains a general introduction for players with advice on registration tempo ornamentation touch and articulation fingering pedalling and more. There are also concise notes on each piece by the renowned Bach scholar Professor Russell Stinson - addressing source issues structure and symbolismand for the chorale preludes information on the original hymn melody and text on which the piece based. An authoritative introduction to this cornerstone of the Organ repertoire Oxford Bach Books For Organ presents pieces in a highly practical format that is perfect for teachers and students. This second volume contains 18 pieces for the manual Organ suitable for musicians at a Grade 6-7 level.

Louis Comfort Tiffany created ten windows for the First Presbyterian Church of Topeka Kansas and they were installed in 1911. Viewed up close the windows appear to be a kaleidoscopic array of colorful precious stones. These windows have been used as extra-musical stimuli in composing the organbooks Windows of Comfort.

The first classical Organ method for children the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki a world-renowned violinist and teacher the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school such as the Suzuki Organ School. The student listens to therecordings and work with their Suzuki Organ teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.This Suzuki Book & CD is essential for Suzuki Organ lessons. In certain pieces the authors have placed small phonetic signs above the notes to indicate differentiated non legato playing. In order to develop pedal technique pedal melodies are included between every manual piece. The included performance CD for Volume 7 is a great tool for Suzuki Organ lessons encouraging practice while featuring recordings by Lars Hagström and Jeremy Chesman.Titles: 'New and Effective Education in Music' 'Suzuki Method for Organ' 'Trumpet Voluntary' (Clarke) 'Piéce d'Orgue' (Franck) 'Praeludium' (Buxtehude) 'Sortie' (Franck) 'Prelude' (Bach) 'Trio' (Lemmens) 'Preparatory Exercise' (Walthier) 'Ouverture' (Schmügel) 'Toccata' (Rönnberg) 'Praeludium' (Walther) 'Prelude' (Bach) 'Sortie' (L. Boëllman) 'Toccata' (Rönnberg). 'Piéce d'Orgue ' 'Sortie ' and 'Toccata BuxWV 157' are Federation Festivals 2016--2020 selections.

A Practical Guide To Playing The Organ-A Graded Anthology For Organ - Book One: A Practical Guide To Playing The Organ contains detailed guidance and dissection of the organ its componenets sounds and of course technique and playing all of which supports the repertoire pieces in the later books. This first book in the series by renowned organist Anne Marsden Thomas covers the four main areas of concern to organisits of all levels: registration musical expression technique and the art of practising. Together with the graded anthologies in books 2-5 it is intended to be a complete training system for orgainsts of all standards.

Karl Hoyer (1891-1936) was a highly regarded pupil of Max Reger and Karl Straube the Kantor of St. Thomas’s Church Leipzig. He held several positions including that of professor at the famous Institute for Church Music in Leipzig. For a long time his Chorale Preludes Op.57 were only available in libraries or second hand bookshops but the publication of the third of a four-volume edition makes another part of this important collection available once more. These pieces are characterised by formal variety brevity and are mostly modest in their technical demands. They were extremely well-known amongst organists duringHoyer’s lifetime a period which marked the transition from late Romanticism to that of the German Organ Movement of the 1920s. In comparison with the first edition the keys correspond with those in the “Evangelisches Gesangbuch” and “Gotteslob (Protestant and Catholic hymnbooks)”. Each volume includes appropriate indices for practical use in “Protestant or Catholic” churches. - Chorale preludes from the period between late Romanticism and the beginnings of the German Organ Movement- Appropriate keys for the “Evangelisches Gesangbuch” and “Gotteslob (Protestant and Catholic hymnbooks)”

The Four Quiet Voluntaries include a sprightly allegretto a lyrical air a lilting pastorale and variation and a theme on an Irish air. They fall within the abilities of moderately accomplished musicians.Eric Thiman was a 20th century composer teacher and Organist who was also an advocate of amateur music-making. He was a prolific composer of church music and Piano and Organ works and his craftsmanship and gift for melody were much admired. He was director of music at the City Temple in London. As an educator he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and he wrote many books on harmony counterpoint and musical form.

The Harmonium School (Op. 5) was written by Ernst Stapf and first published in German as Praktische Anleitung zum Harmonium-Spiel. It is a practical guide to playing the Harmonium (or American Reed Organ) and a rare example of the wide range of method books that were published during the heyday of the instrument in the latter part of the 1800s and the early 1900s.Stapf wrote few works that have survived to this day but is perhaps best known as the arranger and editor of a popular series entitled the Harmonium Album in which he gave simple one- and two-manual arrangements of classic works by the greatcomposers including Beethoven Bach and Handel.

Prelude Pastorale and Fugue 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.

Introduction and Passacaglia In A Minor is written for solo Organ. It  is dedicated to David Willcocks who at the time of composition was organist at Worcester Cathedral. 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.

The Three Sets of Eight Interludes were published between 1946 and 1952 and display Thiman’s early 20th century tunefulness and grace. Eric Thiman was a 20th century composer teacher and Organist who was also an advocate of amateur music-making. He was a prolific composer of church music and Piano and Organ works and his craftsmanship and gift for melody were much admired. He was director of music at the City Temple in London. As an educator he was a professor at the Royal Academy of Music and he wrote many books on harmony counterpoint and musical form.

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.

A further 200 last verses following on from the success of the first collection. As before this revised edition matches the keys found in the most recent major hymn books as well as those that have been in use for many years and now includes even lower settings.

The first classical Organ method for children the Suzuki Organ School is based on Dr. Shinichi Suzuki's Mother Tongue Method. The Suzuki Method® of Talent Education is based on Suzuki's view that every child is born with ability and that people are the product of their environment. According to Suzuki a world-renowned violinist and teacher the greatest joy an adult can know comes from developing a child's potential so he/she can express all that is harmonious and best in human beings. Each series of books for a particular instrument in the Suzuki Method is considered a Suzuki music school such as the Suzuki Organ School. The student listens to therecordings and work with their Suzuki Organ teacher to develop their potential as a musician and as a person.This Suzuki Book & CD is essential for Suzuki Organ lessons. In certain pieces the authors have placed small phonetic signs above the notes to indicate differentiated non legato playing. In order to develop pedal technique pedal melodies are included between every manual piece. The included performance CD for Volume 2 is a great tool for Suzuki Organ lessons encouraging practice while featuring recordings by Lars Hagström.Titles: 'Allegro' (Suzuki) 'Amaryllis' (Ghys) 'Anthem' (Traditional) 'Bells' (French Folk Song) 'Cinderella' (French Folk Song) 'Claire de Lune' (Lully) 'Folk Song' (Icelandic Folk Song) 'French Folk Song' (Traditional) 'Goodbye to Winter' (Folk Song) 'London Bridge' (Folk Song) 'Long Long Ago' (Bayly) 'Lullaby' (Schubert) ' Musette' (Anonymous) 'O Come Little Children' (Traditional) 'Prelude' (Charpentier). 'French Folk Song ' 'O Come Little Children ' and 'Prelude (from 'Te Deum')' are Federation Festivals 2016--2020 selections.