The Oxford Book of Christmas Organ Music
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- Composers: Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933), George Frideric Handel (1685-1759), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), Andrew Carter (1939-), Johann Michael Bach, Howard Blake, Mark Blatchly, Henry Ley, Philip Marshall, Louis-Claude Daquin (1694-1772), Harrison Oxley, Richard Purvis, Helmut Walcha, Gordon Phillips, Russell Schulz-Widmar, David Willcocks (1919-2015), Pietro Yon (1886-1943), Gerre Hancock, Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713), Herbert Sumison, William Lloyd Webber (1914-1982), Healey Willan (1880-1968), Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), John Ireland (1879-1962), Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911), John Rutter (1945-), Dieterich Buxtehude (1637-1707)
- Editor: Robert Gower
- Instrumentation: Organ
- ISBN:
- Size: 9.1 x 11.9 inches
- Pages: 144
Description
This volume is a collection of 37 of the best pieces for use at carol services, Christmas services, and Christmas concerts. It includes a number of exciting new pieces on established tunes (from Andrew Carter, Gerre Hancock, and David Willcocks, among others), as well as excellent new arrangements of popular Christmas pieces.
- Johann Michael Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'In dulci jubilo'
- J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'In dulci jubilo'
- J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from the Christmas Oratorio
- J.S. Bach: Aria 'Schlafe, mein Liebster'
- J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland'
- J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
- Buxtehude: Chorale Fantasia on 'Wie sch"on leuchtet der Morgenstern'
- Buxtehude: Chorale Prelude on 'In dulci jubilo'
- Howard Blake: 'Walking in the air'
- Mark Blatchly: Three Versets on 'Away in a manger'
- Brahms: Chorale Prelude on 'Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen'
- Carter: Toccata (on 'Veni Emmanuel')
- Corelli: Pastorale from the Christmas Concerto
- Daquin: No"el
- Guilmant: Offertoire sur Deux No"els
- Handel: Hallelujah Chorus
- Handel: Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
- Gerre Hancock: Fanfare on 'Antioch'
- Ireland: The Holy Boy
- Karg-Elert: Chorale Prelude on 'Resonet in laudibus' Carol
- Ley: Cradle Song
- W. S. Lloyd-Webber: Interlude on the Coventry Caro l
- Philip Marshall: Prelude on 'Forest Green'
- Liszt: Die hirten an der Krippe
- Oxley: Prelude on 'Whence is that goodly fragrance?'
- Pachelbel: Chorale Prelude on 'Vom Himmel hoch, da komm' ich her'
- Gordon Phillips: Prelude on 'O little town of Bethlehem'
- Richard Purvis: Prelude on 'Greensleeves'
- Rutter: Prelude on 'God rest you merry, gentlemen'
- Sumsion: Prelude on 'The holly and the ivy'
- Willan: Prelude on 'This endris nyght'
- D. Willcocks: Finale on 'Hark, the herald angels sing'
- D. Willcocks: Prelude on 'Irby'
- Walcha: Chorale Prelude on 'Den die Hirten lobten sehre'
- Schulz-Widmar: Prelude on the Sussex Carol
- Pietro Yon: Pastorale 'Ges`u Bambino'