Seven Majestic Hymn Introductions, Volume 2


Book Description

You asked for more, so here's another collection of Seven Majestic Hymn Introductions. Exciting and powerful, the pieces are simpler to play than they actually sound. The selections will be effective on most any size instrument and useful in any denomination. Hymn tunes include: Cwm Rhondda, Diademata, Lancashire, Lyons, Marion, Nicaea, and St. Theodulph.




The Organist's Anthology, Volume 2 - Preludes, Postludes, & Special Music


Book Description

This essential collection of service music gives organists a wide variety of musical styles featuring pieces for Easter, Christmas, weddings, and general use. Titles: * Prelude on "I Love Thy Kingdom, Lord" * Partita on an Early American Folk Hymn (Foundation) * Wedding March (Mendelssohn) * Bridal Chorus (Wagner) * Easter Morn * Bach Sinfonia, Chorale, and Variation * Simple Gifts * Bach's Sinfonia from "Wir Danken Dir, Gott" * Fanfare on "America the Beautiful" * Prelude on "Amazing Grace" * Rachmaninoff's Eighteenth Variation from Rapsodie on a Theme of Paganini and many more.




Twenty-Five Hymn Reharmonizations


Book Description

This most useful collection is appropriate for frequent use throughout the church year. Each setting begins with an interlude/modulation from the hymnal into a free improvisation. None are difficult but all will enhance congregational singing. All of these hymn tunes are found in hymnals from many different denominations and include both processional melodies as well as more meditative selections such as: America * Azmon * Crimond * Crusader's Hymn * Cwm Rhonda * Irby * Lasst uns erfreuen * Lyons * Nun Danket * Slane * St. Theodulph * Truro and many others.




Free Organ Accompaniments to 50 Hymns


Book Description

T. Tertius Noble presents here a collection of free organ accompaniments similar to "Free Organ Accompaniments to One Hundred Well-Known Hymn Tunes." These two books taken together cover the hymn repertoire common to all types of American churches. Each hymn tune is arranged with the hymn melody on a separate staff above Noble's original accompaniment arrangement notated on the grand staff (without a separate pedal staff). These are perfect for accompanying choirs, soloists, or in congregational settings.




He Is Born


Book Description

Mark Thewes is known for his wonderful arrangements of hymn tunes, and organists will enjoy this collection of intermediate-level carol arrangements. All of these carols are familiar and will make very nice additions to holiday services or recitals. These pieces will also sound nice on most any size instrument. Titles are: * He Is Born * Infant Holy, Infant Lowly * What Child Is This * Silent Night * Hark! The Herald Angels Sing * O Come, All Ye Faithful.




Sing Praise! 2


Book Description

Following the success of his first volume of hymn accompaniments, Matthew Corl has provided organists with 15 more. As with his first volume, most include an introduction, standard first verse, modulation/interlude, and final verse. Contains these favorites: Antioch * Aurelia * Crucifer * Cwm Rhondda * Ellacombe * Engelberg * Hymn to Joy * Llanfair * Lobe den Herren * Mendelssohn * Messiah * National Hymn * Slane * Spanish Hymn * Veni Emmanuel.




For All the Saints


Book Description

Here's a truly spectacular, one-of-a-kind collection. Childs has written beautiful arrangements of eight familiar hymns, each based on names of the saints, thus the book title. Included are upper-intermediate level solos. Titles: * St. Anne * St. Denio * St. George's Windsor * St. Kevin * St. Magnus * St. Michael * St. Theodulph * St. Thomas This collection will be useful throughout the church year.




Praise and Thanksgiving


Book Description

Mr. Thewes has earned a reputation as a fine composer, as well as an arranger of hymns. This collection includes seven of the most popular and powerful hymns for the Thanksgiving season, or general use. These are designed for use with congregational singing, and each includes an introduction, standard verse, and interlude/modulation to a final verse accompaniment. A sure winner for every organist! Titles: * Now Thank We All Our God (Nun Danket) * We Gather Together (Kremser) * Come, Ye Thankful People, Come (St. George's Windsor) * For the Beauty of the Earth (Dix) * All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name (Coronation) * Onward Christian Soldiers (St. Gertrude) * Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven (Lauda Anima).




Hymn Introductions on Twelve Familiar Hymn Tunes


Book Description

Mark Thewes' wonderful hymn arrangements are well-known and loved. These introductions to hymns will provide a fresh sound to familiar tunes and enhance the worship experience. Introductions are included for: All Creatures of Our God and King * My Country 'Tis of Thee * Christ the Lord Is Risen Today * Crown Him with Many Crowns and other familiar hymns. This collection will become an essential part of the church organist's library.




Introduction to Psalms


Book Description

Hermann Gunkel's commentary on Psalms (Die Psalmen, HKAT)—considered by many to be his magnum opus—was published in 1926. But he was unable to complete his final work on the Psalms. The severe suffering of the final months of his life forced him to hand over his incomplete manuscript, at Christmastime 1931, to his pupil Joachim Begrich. Gunkel died on 11 March 1932. Begrich put the final touches on the organization of Gunkel's last work on Psalms, and it was published in 1933 as Einleitung in die Psalmen: die Gattungen der religiosen Lyrik Israels. As with much of Gunkel's other work, the influence of Einleitung in die Psalmen on the study of the Pslams, Hebrew poetry, and, indeed, the whole realm of Old Testament literature, lyric, and cult, as already noted, "can scarcely be overestimated.”