PARTITIONS GRATUITES : ORGUE
- Ralph Vaughan Williams

Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H482).

By Ralph Vaughan Williams. For Organ Collection. Published by Oxford University Press.

Organ: 3-staff - Intermediate

SKU: LO.70-2143L

Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner. Sacred. Lorenz Publishing Company #70/2143L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.70-2143L).

ISBN 9780787763930.

As musical editor of the 1906 edition of The English Hymnal, the British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams forever changed hymnody both with his stunning original hymn tunes, which are some of the most beloved of the twentieth century and with his arrangements of folk tunes and earlier sacred melodies into hymns. This collection by Douglas E. Wagner celebrates Ralph Vaughan Williams's tremendous contribution to sacred song with a variety of pieces: some based on his original hymn tunes (like SINE NOMINE or DOWN AMPNEY) and some based on tunes that his arrangements made popular (like HYFRYDOL or BRYN CALFARIA).

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.

By Robert Lind. For Organ. Hymn. Medium. Sheet music. Published by Paraclete Press

The New Commonwealth, A Wedding Tune for Ann, Land of Our Birth. Composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958). Arranged by Jack Stamp. Music Education. Full score only. GIA Publications #10396FS. Published by GIA Publications

Organ - intermediate

SKU: ST.H449

Composed by John Norris. Arranged by John Norris. Organ music. Sixteen celebrated pieces for a perfect wedding. Selected and arranged for organ by John Norris.. Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #H449. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.H449).

ISBN 9790220221286.

A well-known teacher and compiler of Stainer & Bell's Opera Gala series, John Norris has created Wedding Gala with an ear to giving church organists a mix of favourites and exciting discoveries to brighten the routine of music for the service of holy matrimony.

No album would be complete without the traditional wedding music of Mendelssohn and Wagner, and it can be found here in this collection alongside other classics of the wedding repertoire by Jeremiah Clarke, Bach and Handel. But there's also a thoroughly contemporary leavening, with arrangements of Sydney Carter's One More Step and Lord of the Dance, both firm favourites, plus Musorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Charpentier's Prelude, adding a note of splendour.

But the real bonus is for lovers of English music, with Elgar's Chanson de Matin and 'The Call' from the Five Mystical Songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams, seldom found in comparable collections. And there's also a rare new discovery: the ravishing Chosen Tune by Herbert Howells, transcribed from his Three Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 28, and available as an organ piece for the first time.

Each piece is comprehensively registered by the arranger, and the collection as a whole will be welcomed by all organists of intermediate standard as a source of new material not only for liturgical use but also for recitals.