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Bärenreiter Music for Organ 2014/2015 Bärenreiter Music for Organ 2014/2015 Your Music Dealer: 1 Bärenreiter-Verlag · 34111 Kassel · Germany · www.baerenreiter.com · SPA 238 ORGAN MUSIC · CONTENTS Collections and Series ................3–11 Transcriptions for Organ ..............28 Contemporary Music Choir & Organ Series ......................12 Viola/Cello and Organ ...................29 A Selection .............................. 32-33 Composers ................................... 13-27 Solo Voice and Organ .....................30 Promotional Gifts ...........................34 Jazz .......................................................28 Books ....................................................31 Index by Composers & Collections ............ 35 Photo: Edition Paavo Blåfield ABBREVIATIONS AND KEY TO FIGURES Ed. Editor www.youtube.com/ Ger German text BaerenreiterVerlag Eng English text Bärenreiter-Verlag Fr French text www.facebook.com/ Karl Vötterle GmbH & Co. KG Lat Latin text baerenreiter BA Bärenreiter Edition International Department H Bärenreiter Praha Content valid as of May 2014. P.O. Box 10 03 29 SM Süddeutscher Musikverlag Errors excepted and delivery terms 34003 Kassel · Germany Series subject to change without notice. www.baerenreiter.com a.o. and others E-Mail: [email protected] Contents Cover design with a photograph Review by Edition Paavo Blåfield. Printed in Germany E-Mail: [email protected] 3/1406/12 · SPA 238 www.blofield.de 2 COLLECTIONS AND SERIES Collections An Easy Bach Organ Album NEW 2013 and Series Ed. D. Moult BA 11212 Ave Maria, gratia plena This Organ Album presents Ave Maria settings works by J. S. Bach of easy to for solo voice and organ (Lat) medium difficulty which can be Ed. P. Wagner played on smaller instruments BA 8250 → page 30 and are therefore suitable for non-professional church Bärenreiter Organ Albums musicians and organists. The → pages 4-5 edition divides into original works and arrangements by the editor. It contains a selection of ten chorale preludes, three preludes, various works from the Well-Tempered Clavier, pieces for manuals from the Schemelli Gesangbuch and the famous aria Jesus bleibet meine “Much careful and intelligent Freude from Cantata BWV 147, thought has gone into the arranged by Daniel Moult. planning of this anthology which This is an inspiring introduction is attractively produced and to Baroque organ playing for printed clearly. It is full of interest beginner organists. for pupil and teacher alike, not forgetting the independent l Ideal for non-professional church musicians and player looking for interest and instruction. Highly rocommended.” organists (Organist’s Review) l A collection of original works Enjoy the Organ I as well as arrangements of Ed. K. P. Chilla works by J. S. Bach BA 11207 l Suitable as teaching material With works by Cherubini, Sonata in F maj / Daquin, Le Coucou / Tag, Organ Symphony in C maj / Anonymous, Variations on La Gayta / d‘Evry, Au soir / Czerny, Praeludium in F maj op. 698,1 Enjoy the Organ II NEW 2014 Ed. K. P. Chilla BA 11208 With works by Bossec, Tambourin/ Albrechtsberger, Prelude and Fugue in C maj / Stern, Musikstück zum Ausgang / de Vilbac, Communio sur Bellini / Wackenthaler, Communion / Stanford, Prelude in F maj a.o. This series offers 18th and 19th century concert pieces suitable for performance on smaller instruments and capable of producing impressive results with a limited amount of practice time. The pieces are intended for the amateur organist but can also be used NEW 2015 by the professional as a starting An Easy Handel Organ Album, Ed. D. Moult, BA 11213 · in preparation point for improvisation. 3 The Bärenreiter Organ Albums These editions contain popular as well as lesser-known pieces. They are aimed primarily at semi- professional organists and can be played on smaller organs. The majority of pieces are of easy to medium difficulty. The Organ Wedding Album and Organ Funeral Album are for organ without pedal. Praise and Thanks for Organ Ed. A. Rockstroh BA 8496 Vol. I With works by: Succo / Rudnick / Stein / Unbehaun / Seifert / Piutti / Gulbins / von Herzogenberg / Weyhmann / Forchhammer / Zierau / Flügel / Mendelssohn / Lang a. o. Praise and Thanks for Organ BA 8497 Vol. II NEW 2013 The main focus of Praise and Thanks for Organ II lies in the 19th century repertoire. With works by: Geist / Weidenhagen / Stein / Rebling / Steinhäuser / Radecke / Forchhammer / Lang / Schneider 4 / Schröder / Herzog / Wettstein From: Organ Music for Communion · BA 9265 / Schellenberg a. o. for Festive Seasons and Special Occasions Christmas for Organ The Organ Wedding Organ Music Ed. A. Rockstroh Album for Communion Ed. M. Bartsch a. o. Ed. M. Weyer Volume 1 BA 8200 BA 9265 BA 8495 With works by: J. S. Bach / The broad range of styles With works by: Gounod / Boëllmann / encompasses works from the Forchhammer / Führer / Gulbins / Charpentier / Clarke / Courtonne / Baroque, Classical and Romantic Herzog / Mendelssohn / Elgar / Franck / Göttsche / periods. The album contains Weidenhagen / Birn / Guilmant / Handel / Hensel- original compositions, first Blumenthal / Bossi / Monar / Mendelssohn / Kellner / Kittel / publications and arrangements Müller / Piutti / Rudnick / Lemmens / Mendelssohn for organ, as well as twelve Stehle / Todt Bartholdy / von Paradis / Purcell / settings by J. S. Bach of pieces Rheinberger / Rinck / Schubert / suitable for communion. Some Christmas for Organ Stanley / Wagner / Walther of the pieces can be performed with solo instruments (in C, Bb Ed. A. Rockstroh or F). Corresponding The Organ Funeral instrumental parts are included Volume 2 with the score. BA 9258 Album Ed. A. Rockstroh With works by: J. S. Bach / With works by: Wolfrum / BA 9207 Hasse / Marpurg / Telemann / Grundmann / Forchhammer / Rinck / Merkel / Rheinberger / Monar / Piutti / Überlée / With works by: Anonymous / von Herzogenberg / Rudnick / Blumenthal / J. S. Bach / J. C. Bach / Böhm / Mendelssohn / Besch / Riemenschneider / Buxtehude / Davin / Fauré / Wapenhensch a. o. von Herzogenberg / Merk / Göttsche / Gounod / Gothe / Volckmar / Therig / Diebold / Handel / Herzog / Kauffmann / Herrmann / Hänlein / Kittel / Kunkel / Mendelssohn Faißt / Plag / Herzog a. o. Bartholdy / Mozart / Pachelbel / Passiontide and Easter Pepping / Reger / Rinck / for Organ “This volume would be a Schubert / Wagner / Walther / Ed. A. Rockstroh good choice if you are looking Zachow a. o. BA 9210 for some new Christmas voluntaries of no more than Organ Music for the With works by: J. S. Bach / moderate difficulty.” (Organists) Gulbins / Herzog / Heuß / End of Church Year Köhler / Piutti / Reinecke / Ed. A. Rockstroh Stiller / Claußnitzer / Dercks / BA 9266 Jung / Karow / Schaab / Wiedemann With works by: Forchhammer / Claußnitzer Weyhmann / Teschner / Nagler / Schumann / Gulbins / Blumenthal / Schnorr von Carolsfeld / Wolfrum a. o. 5 COLLECTIONS AND SERIES German Organ and Keyboard Marian Hymns from the Music of the 17th Century 18th to the 20th Century Collection of First Editions Settings for Solo Voice and Urtext / Ed. S. Rampe Organ (Lat) Ed. and arranged by P. Wagner This two-volume edition is a Volume I: BA 9257 journey to the early 17th century Volume II: BA 9268 with a wealth of valuable pieces → page 30 for keyboard instrument. Many of the works appear for the first time in print. Especially Easy Organ Pieces noteworthy are a newly from the 19th Century discovered prelude presumably Ed. M. Weyer by J. Pachelbel and the sole surviving keyboard work This series offers a selection of by Biber. short non chorale based pieces for one and two manual Volume I instruments, grouped into Works by Biber, Bödecker, standard keys and primarily Eckelt, Erlebach, Ferdinand III, intended for part-time organists. Karges, Pachelbel, Radeck, Saxer, Drawing on the vast 19th century Scheidt, Scheidemann, Theile, literature, the editor has chosen Wecker pieces that combine solid BA 8426 workmanship with easy playability. Their short duration Volume II makes them ideal for use in Works by Brehme, Buttstaedt, Organ and Keyboard Music church services as introits and Cornet, Erbach, Haßler, Herbig, of the Imperial Court Chapel postludes. The volumes also Kindermann, Kinigl, Kuhnau, Vienna 1500 – 1700 include a detailed discussion of Michaelis, Olter, Philips, Strunck, Ed. S. Rampe performance practice and a list Walter, Weisthoma, Woltmann BA 9214 of sources (Ger/Eng). BA 8427 This edition consists entirely of “The edition is excellent ...” first publications from the array (Music Teacher) German Organ and Keyboard of composers working at the Music from Bach‘s Period Volume I: With works by Rinck, imperial court during the 16th Collection of First Editions Fischer, Forchhammer, Höpner, and 17th centuries. It includes Urtext / Ed. S. Rampe Rheinberger, Schütze, Merkel, the complete keyboard output BA 9255 Kittel, Herzog, Töpfer, Hesse, of Giovanni Valentini and Vierling, Körner Johann Heinrich Schmelzer Presented in this edition are BA 8416 and a Toccata 2 di toni in G min organ and keyboard works by (FbWV 130) by Johann Jacob Volume II: With works by Brosig, composers from Bach’s era. Froberger. Altogether there Lindeman, Rogers, Guilmant, For the first time, the original are twenty-two compositions Dvořák, Fischer, Sjögren, Vanhal, version of Bach’s famous Toccata presented with a detailed Vierling, Kuchar, Forchhammer, in F major is published in an foreword, many facsimile pages Lubrich junior edition based on the sole source, and a critical commentary BA 8417 the manuscript Bach
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