Beginning and intermediate organists can sample a wide variety of composers and styles with this excellent collection. Ranging from Palestrina's 16th-century Ricercare to latter-day works such as Sigfrid Karg-Elert's Improvisation on "Nearer, My God, to Thee," it spans more than four centuries of music.
Selected from authoritative sources by musicologist and organist Rollin Smith, this compilation features such famous works as J. S. Bach's Pastorale, BWV 590; Couperin's Chaconne in F; and Handel's Concerto No. 13, "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale." Other well-known selections include...

This collection of 100 melodies features such beloved hymns as A Mighty Fortress Is Our God, Amazing Grace, Faith of Our Fathers, We Gather Together, and Onward, Christian Soldiers. Although specially arranged for organ, the hymns can be played on any keyboard instrument.
Editor Rollin Smith, a well-known performer as well as an internationally renowned scholar, is a specialist in the organ repertoire. He presents a brief introduction to the compilation as well as helpful indexes of titles and composers. This modestly priced volume features a lay-flat...