PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- Paean for Solo Organ

Solo organ - Easy to Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193531055

Composed by David Bednall. Organ (Solo). The Oxford Organ Library. 8 pages. Duration 3.5'. Oxford University Press #9780193531055. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193531055).

ISBN 9780193531055. 12 x 9 inches.

Commissione d for the 40th birthday of the organist Paul Walton, Walton's Paean is a work of great verve, with compelling rhythms, exciting harmonies, and catchy melodies propelling the celebratory music forward. Through the boisterous excitement, legato passages emerge as the piece hurtles towards the resounding finale.

(11 Pieces for Solo Organ from the 19th to the 21 century Organists' Charitable Trust). By Various. Edited by Martin Neary. Music Sales America. Book only. 46 pages. Novello and Co Ltd. #NOV016346. Published by Novello and Co Ltd.

Solo organ - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193371460

Composed by Kenneth Leighton. Organ (Solo). The Oxford Organ Library. 8 pages. Duration 5'. Oxford University Press #9780193371460. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193371460).

ISBN 9780193371460. 12 x 9 inches.

The tragically early death of Kenneth Leighton robbed cathedral music of one of its most individual voices. This piece is a compositional showcase: textural inventiveness, motivic cunning, and bristling Lydian-inflected harmonies combine to create a highly effective work, suitable for recital use or as a voluntary.

Solo organ - Easy to Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193532410

Composed by Whitbourn. Organ (Solo). The Oxford Organ Library. 16 pages. Duration 7'. Oxford University Press #9780193532410. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193532410).

ISBN 9780193532410. 12 x 9 inches.

James Whitbourn's Apollo tells the story of the first manned flight to the Moon (the year before the first lunar landing). A wealth of imaginative textures depicts such dramatic events as countdown, ignition, and the first sight of earthrise, leading to a fantasia on an ancient Greek melody, and a final triumphant Paean.

By Barrie Cabena (1933-). For organ solo. Classical and 20th Century. Performance part. Standard notation. Composed 1968. Op. 36. 22 pages. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

Eleven Short Solos for Church or Recital. By Gordon Young. For Organ. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

Organ (Soli SAATBB, Coro SATB (auch SSAATB), 2 Bfl, 2 Ob, 2 Tr, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Bc) - Grade 3

SKU: CA.1025049

Composed by Henry Purcell. Edited by Julia Rosemeyer. Composed 1692. Z 328. Duration 55 minutes. Carus Verlag #1025049. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.1025049).

ISBN 9790007329808. Key: D major. English.

“Hail ! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!” – this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcell’s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of music, the work is one of the undoubted masterpieces of English choral odes of that time.

A resolution of the Musical Society of London in 1683 launched the great tradition of annual celebrations for St. Cecilia’s Day (November 22), featuring a church service followed by performances of specially composed music. Over the years, Purcell wrote several odes for the occasion, of which this example from 1692 is one of the most popular. Four decades later, Handel would also contribute to the celebrations with his Alexander’s Feast, HWV 75 (Carus 55.075), and his Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day, HWV 76 (Carus 55.076).

Purcell⠀™s magnificent music, which features a huge range of tonal color and form, offers delightful parts for a variety of solo, ensemble, and choral settings. With its richly expressive palette, the Ode to St. Cecilia is an extremely rewarding work by the “Orpheus Britannicus”, as Purcell was admiringly called by contemporaries.

- Festive, rousing ode to music
- Highlight of the choral ode genre in the 17th century
. Score and part available separately - see item CA.1025000.