A collection of manuals-only organ music covering the church's year from Advent to Epiphany, containing arrangements of core repertoire from the 18th- to 20th-century plus new pieces. This technically accessible music (approx. grades 4-5) is perfect for less confident organists.

Features works for organists who prefer to play without pedals, including J. S. Bach's Partite diverse sopra, O Gott, du frommer Gott!; Pachelbel's Canon in D; plus works by Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Handel, Liszt, and others.

Specially arranged for organ but playable on any keyboard instrument, this collection features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Amazing Grace, and more. Features lay-flat sewn binding.

This revised collection includes both original works and familiar hymn arrangements by noted composer and organist Robert Hebble. The pieces range from grandiose to reflective, and are useful in worship settings or concerts. A history of the actual Crystal Cathedral organ is also included along with an update on additions by Fred Swann. Titles: * Celebration * Diptych (Orientis Partibus) * Heraldings * Meditation on My Shepherd Will Supply My Need * Nave (Divinum Mysterium) * Toccata on Old Hundredth * Pastel * Prelude on I Wonder As I Wander * Psalm Prelude * Schematics (Ton y Botel and Ebenezer) * Seven Palette Sketches of Utrillo * Soft Stillness and the Night

Edited by early music experts Hugh Keyte and Andrew Parrott, this anthology of Christmas carols is the most comprehensive collection ever made, spanning seven centuries of caroling in Britain, continental Europe, and North America. Containing music and text of 201 carols, many in more than one setting, the book is organized in two sections: composed carols, ranging from medieval Gregorian chants to modern compositions, and folk carols, including not only traditional Anglo-American songs but Irish, Welsh, German, Czech, Polish, French, Basque, Catalan, Sicilian, and West Indian songs as well. Each carol is set in four-part harmony, with lyrics in both the original language and English. Accompanying each song are detailed scholarly notes on the history of the carol and on performance of the setting presented. The introduction to the volume offers a general history of carols and caroling, and appendices provide scholarly essays on such topics as fifteenth-century pronunciation, English country and United States primitive traditions, and the revival of the English folk carol. The Oxford Book of Carols, published in 1928, is still one of Oxford's best-loved books among scholars, church choristers, and the vast number of people who enjoy singing carols. This volume is not intended to replace this classic but to supplement it. Reflecting significant developments in musicology over the past sixty years, it embodies a radical reappraisal of the repertory and a fresh approach to it. The wealth of information it contains will make it essential for musicologists and other scholars, while the beauty of the carols themselves will enchant general readers and amateur songsters alike.

Newlyweds George and Alice live an idyllic life. George is an archaeologist - Alice, the pretty daughter of a Hertfordshire baker. But trouble is brewing for them, threatening not only their marriage but their very lives.Rose - quiet, middle-aged and keenly missing her recently dead mother - lives alone in a remote clifftop cottage on the North Yorkshire coast. She's the very last of her family. A few of her ancestors were blessed (or cursed) with special gifts. Some called them "wise women", others called them "witches", but those powers faded out of the family decades ago - or did they?Binding George, Alice and Rose together is the Boulby Cliff House garden. There are secrets in the soil - and the potting shed seems oddly inviting...

(H.T. Fitzsimons Co). Five works as written by the renowned Richard Purvis from the Grace Cathedral. Includes background information on Purvis as well as detailed musical notes and photos. Pieces include: Carol Rhapsody * Greensleeves * Gwalshmai * Lilliburlero * O Sacred Head, Now Wounded.

Designed to complement The Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems, this collection enables church choirs of all types and sizes to have at their fingertips easy music for every occasion. Flexibility of scoring is presented in a constructive and realistic way, with particular provision for unison or two-part singing and a focus on ease of learning.