Expand Your Organ Library Tuesday, December 12, 2023
recommended by Christopher B., Organ Music Specialist
The Ultimate Organ Book
This collection is a comprehensive compilation of organ music including a total of 151 titles. It is perhaps the most exhaustive volume of its type to have ever been published. The compiler has given careful attention to the needs of the church organist for interesting and practical organ literature of varying levels of difficulty for weddings, funerals, ordinary times in the church year, and for special seasons and days.
400 Last Verses
This entirely revised and reset edition of Noel Rawsthorne’s famous collection of 400 last-verse harmonies matches keys found in most recent major hymn books as well as those that have been in use for many years. You will find colourful, manageable arrangements requiring only a moderate technique.
The Essential Collection for the Church Organist
Edited and compiled by Jane Holstein, this essential collection contains 55 organ settings for the entire Church Year, as well as for weddings. The list of composers represents some of Hope’s best keyboard writers, and the tune index allows for quick, easy referencing. The level of difficulty ranges from easy to moderately difficult and the title selection presents a treasury of well-known hymns. Includes settings by: John Behnke, Doug Wagner, John Ferguson, Gordon Young, Joel Raney, Kenneth Lowenberg, Eleanor Whitsett, Sue Mitchell-Wallace, Don Hustad, and others!
The Essential Organist for Manuals
The bestselling original has been revised and enlarged with 10 more popular pieces that are requested for weddings, funerals and other special occasions – offering a bumper total of 70. A fabulous resource for the parish organist.
Essential Book of Funeral Music for Organ
This generous collection includes the fifty most popular and useful pieces for funerals and memorial services. They are arranged to be easily playable, requiring the minimum of practice for a busy organist.
The Oxford Book of Wedding Music
“The Oxford Book of Wedding Music” is the definitive collection of the most frequently requested organ music for weddings. All organists have their own particular favorites, but this volume brings together the small and select group of pieces that couples choose again and again: music that has stood the test of time, in practical arrangements that are designed to last.
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About the Author:
Christopher B. grew up in eastern Kentucky in a musically diverse family, and began playing organ at the age of 12. He majored in vocal performance with minors in keyboards and conducting at Marshall University and later received a Master of Theological Studies in congregational ministry from Trinity Lutheran Seminary. Christopher has served as a church music director and organist for more than 20 years, presently serving as Director of Music and Worship Arts/Organist at Church of the Master United Methodist in Westerville, OH.