Organ
SKU:
HL.48024623
Organ
Arrangement by Greg
Morris. Composed by
Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Edited by Greg Morris. BH
Piano. Classical,
English, Folk. Softcover.
20 pages. Boosey & Hawkes
#M060134494. Published by
Boosey & Hawkes
(HL.48024623).
ISBN
9781784543907. UPC:
888680940775.
9.0x12.0x0.096
inches.
A major
addition to the
repertoire of
transcriptions for organ,
the whole suite or any
one of the movements will
delight performers and
audiences alike. Vaughan
Williams's original score
for military band of 1923
(orchestrated by Gordon
Jacob the following year)
was a milestone in the
introduction of English
folk song to the
classical repertory which
both he and his friend
Holst championed. Over
its three contrasting
movements (two marches
separated by an
intermezzo) no fewer than
nine folk songs are
presented, in both lively
and emotive style. Greg
Morris, organist at
London's Temple Church,
has deftly arranged the
suite, providing generic
registration suggestions
for a romantic
instrument, but in the
hands of imaginative
players the score will
readily transfer to
organs of most styles and
eras.
