Complete Organ Method (John Stainer)

Sir John Stainer is remembered today as a pioneer of English musicology. Beyond his duties as organist of London’s St. Paul’s Cathedral, he was a founder and president of the Musical Association, professor of music at Oxford, vice president of the Royal College of Organists, and later president of both the Plainsong and Medieval Music Society and the London Gregorian Association.
In this highly readable volume, Stainer’s objective was “to place the true principles of organ playing before the beginner,” so that the student would “face at once the special difficulties of the instrument and persevere until they are surmounted.” He begins with a brief history of the instrument followed by an explanation of organ construction, a thorough discussion of the various stops and their management, and a major section devoted to practical study — including detailed pedal technique, precision in manual touch, hand-foot independence, pedal scales, trios, and finger substitution to achieve a perfect legato. With the author’s meticulous explanations and accompanying illustrations, students can actually teach themselves to play.
Sir John’s book, first published in 1877, quickly became the classic for beginners — so popular that publishers Schirmer, Ditson, and Presser each issued its own “Americanized” edition in the early twentieth century. In addition to the seven organ pieces of the original edition, including five of Stainer’s own works and two pieces by Guilmant, three additional works round out this Dover edition.

131 pages
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Works for Organ and Keyboard: Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck

Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562–1621) was among the most famous organists of seventeenth-century Europe and an influential composer in the Dutch and North German tradition. He composed over 300 choral and instrumental pieces that bridged Renaissance and Baroque styles and helped prepare the way for the music of Buxtehude, Scheidt, and J. S. Bach. Today, the Dutch composer is best remembered for the inventive, sparkling music he wrote for organ and other keyboard instruments.
This remarkable treasury includes nearly all of Sweelinck’s brilliant keyboard works, most of which have survived only in widely scattered seventeenth-century manuscripts. Reproduced from a clearly printed, thoroughly edited, and reliable 1943 critical edition, this volume contains important and innovative compositions heretofore difficult to find in a reasonably priced edition. The selections are divided into four principal sections (pieces playable on either organ or other keyboard; pieces for organ; pieces for keyboard; supplementary section) and include chorale variations notable for their double and triple counterpoint; toccatas and fantasias showing the influence of the Venetian organ school; and sets of variations on secular and dance tunes. Moreover, the supplement contains three incomplete and/or modified works and a fascinating, authentic fantasia by the great English composer John Bull. The fantasia was written in memoriam shortly after Sweelinck’s death and was based on a now-lost fugue by the Netherlandish master. It remains the only testament to one of Sweelinck’s finest works.

In Sweelinck’s day, the 73 classic compositions presented here were among Europe’s most popular pieces for organ and keyboard. In our own time, these lovely instrumental works retain every bit of their original intensity and vigor. Reproduced in this authoritative complete-resource edition, they will be welcomed by serious keyboard artists, who will find them as praiseworthy today as they were when first known and played in Europe over 300 years ago.

Format: 2 staves (manuals only)

Dover Edition
260 pages
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Flute Stylings II (Joel Raney)

Includes a pull-out section for the flautist.

Available as a book or as a book & CD, which includes the piano accompaniment tracks for each title.

Contents:
As The Deer
Seek Ye First
Lamb Of God
On Eagle’s Wings
You Are My All In All
Mary, Did You Know?
How Majestic Is Your Name
He Is Exalted/Great Is The Lord

Hope Publishing Co.
40 pages
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Songs of Christmas Joy Guitar (Steve Turley)

SONGS OF CHRISTMAS JOY – Twenty of the most beloved Christmas songs, organized in a “Lessons and Carols” format. Songs are arranged in guitar-friendly keys and include suggested strum patterns and intros, as well as lyrics. The book includes a practice CD featuring complete guitar performances.

Contents:
Fairest Lord Jesus
Sing We Now of Christmas
Mary, Did You Know?
Emmanuel
Go Tell It on the Mountain
We Three Kings
Silent Night
O Holy Night
…and many more.

Hope Publishing Co. (Fretboard Fellowship)
52 pages
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A Triptych for Christmas (Joel Raney)

The first movement, Hope, is for Advent and captures a mood of hopeful anticipation of Christ’s birth. This is followed by Peace which continues the journey through quiet reverence at the manger. The final selection, Joy, abounds in energy and playful carols all celebrating the good news, Christ has come. Each section can stand on its own separately or the entire work can be performed from beginning to end.

Contents:
I. Hope: O Come, O Come, Emmanuel|O Promised One of Israel|& Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming
II. Peace: Still, Still, Still| Away in a Manger (Cradle Song)|& Silent Night
III. Joy: Good Christian Friends, Rejoice| O Come, All Ye Faithful|& Go, Tell It on the Mountain
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Everything for the Wedding Organist (Jack Schrader, editor)

Included are fresh settings of the most requested wedding literature from historic to contemporary periods.  Format: 3 staves (manuals & pedal)

Contents:
Air (Water Music)
Allegro Maestoso (Water Music)
Austrian Hymn
Bridal Chorus (Richard Wagner)
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Great is Thy Faithfulness
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring
Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee
The Lord’s My Shepherd (Crimond)
The Lord’s Prayer (Malotte)
May the Mind of Christ
Meditation on “Perfect Love”
O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go
Priere a Notre Dame (Suite Gothique)
Psalm 19
Wedding March (Mendelssohn)
To God Be the Glory
Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke)
Trumpet Tune (Purcell)
Wedding Processional (from “The Sound of Music)
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