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Author:   Julian Elloway
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
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9780193401198

ISBN 10:   0193401193
Pages:   72
Publication Date:   05 July 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Attwood: A Grand Dirge J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'Herr Gott, nun schleuss den Himmel auf' BWV 617 J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier' (Canon at the 5th) BWV 633 J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin' BWV 616 J.S. Bach: Chorale Prelude on 'Nun danket alle Gott' BWV 657 J.S. Bach: Sonatina from Cantata Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit ('Actus Tragicus') BWV 106 J.S. Bach: Sinfonia from Cantata Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe BWV 156 J.S. Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria Brahms: O wie selig seid ihr doch, ihr Frommen (O how blessed are you, the righteous) Op. 122 No. 6 Brahms: How lovely are thy dwellings from Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45 Elgar: Nimrod from Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma Variations'), Op. 36 Faure: Pavane, Op. 50 Gower: Desiderium (A Spiritual Quadlibet: Steal away; Deep river; Swing low, sweet chariot) Dvo%rak: Largo from Symphony No. 9 in E minor ('From the New World'), Op. 95 Handel: I know that my Redeemer liveth from Messiah, HWV 56 Handel: Ombra mai fu from Serse, HWV 40 Mendelssohn: O rest in the Lord from Elijah, Op. 70 Parry: For the Little Organ Book Parry: Chorale Prelude on 'Eventide' Ravel: Pavane pour une infante defunte Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1 Schubert: Adagio from String Quintet D956 Schubert: Andante con moto from String Quartet No. 14 in D minor ('Death and the Maiden') D. 810 Stoelzel: Bist du bei mir from Notebook for Anna Magdalena Bach (1725) te Velde: Contemplation on 'On Eagle's Wings' (Michael Joncas) te Velde: Prelude on 'Crimond' Vierne: Berceuse (sur les paroles classiques) No. 19 from 24 Pieces en style libre, Op. 31 Whitlock: Folk Tune (No. 2 from Five Short Pieces)

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Here we have 28 pieces, including Elgar's 'Nimrod' (Enigma Variations), Louis Vierne's Berceuse and Handel's 'Ombra mai fu' (the Largo from Serse) . . . Bach is well represented [with] his alternative canonic arrangement of Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier [and] his chorale prelude Nun danket alle Gott, which is perhaps the trickiest piece in the book . . . As I played through I was pleasantly surprised to find some delightful choices: among others Satie's GymnopA (c)die no 1, Brahms's 'How lovely' (the German Requiem chorus edited musically to 68 bars) and Schubert's Andante from the 'Death and the Maiden' String Quartet. The collection is said to be for players of a moderate level of competence; nearly all are scored for manuals and pedals. I suspect many organists will be glad to have a clutch of appropriate contemplative pieces in one book rather than several. * Stuart Robinson, Sunday by Sunday (RSCM), December 18 * From this litany of composers it must be clear that the range of music is wide, but has all been carefully selected for popular appeal, ease of technical demands on the player and the suitability for the occasion. In short, the combination of intelligent selection, technical adroitness and musical quality, alongside the excellence of presentation, makes this a fine volume which ought to be in the library of any organist. * Robert Matthew-Walker, The Organ, Autumn 2018 * The newly released Oxford Book of Funeral and Memorial Music for Organ contains something from every era. From eight short J. S. Bach chorale preludes, to Attwood's 'Grand Dirge' for Admiral Lord Nelson, to standard gems from the Romantic era, this volume concludes with two lovely commissions by Rebecca Groom te Velde: 'On Eagles' Wings' and 'Crimond'. If I were a new organist looking for the best collection of standard classical memorial literature, I would start with this volume. * Christopher Cook, The American Organist, October 2018 *

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Julian Elloway studied piano at the Guildhall School of Music and subsequently specialized in piano accompaniment with Paul Hamburger. After university he worked in Brighton as a choir conductor and repetiteur, especially with the University of Sussex Choir, New Sussex Opera and Brighton Festival Chorus, and as Director of Music at St Paul's, West Street, Brighton. He then became Music Editor at OUP. He now works as a freelance musician and music editor.

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