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Organ anthologies Edited by Rebecca Groom te Velde and David Bednall Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists: Holy Communion 34 original pieces on hymns for Holy Communion With a host of accessible, quality new settings, and with pieces based on all the major hymn tunes, the Oxford Hymn Settings volumes are a must for every church organist’s library. This new addition to the series includes: . • Fresh, imaginative new pieces, written by a range of experienced organ composers based in the US and the UK, and displaying a great variety of styles and approaches • Pieces suitable for busy church musicians at intermediate level working in all major denominations • Some pieces also suitable for recital use • Registration suggestions that can readily be adapted to suit most instruments with pedals • A companion website featuring a cumulative index of hymn tunes and contributor biographies 978-0-19-340066-5 | Publishing June 2020 Other volumes in the Oxford Hymn Setting series: Edited by Rebecca Groom te Velde and David Blackwell Advent and Christmas 978-0-19-339233-5 | Published 2014 Epiphany 978-0-19-339345-5 | Published 2014 Lent and Passiontide 978-0-19-339347-9 Published 2014 Easter and Ascension 978-0-19-339346-2 | Published 2015 Pentecost and Trinity 978-0-19-340069-6 | Published 2016 Charles Villiers Stanford Edited by John Scott Whiteley A Stanford Organ Album A collection of 20 varied and attractive pieces by Stanford. The pieces can be used equally as church voluntaries or recital repertoire. • Includes organ voluntaries, postludes and preludes, and shorter descriptive works • New editions of original organ repertoire plus newly commissioned arrangements of selected choral and piano works • Music that reflects Stanford’s lyricism, influences, and compositional and technical range • Features pieces from the canonical Six Short Preludes and Postludes and Six Preludes, plus notable new discoveries 978-0-19-352993-9 | Publishing September 2020 Easy–Moderately Difficult Autumn Festivals 978-0-19-340068-9 | Published 2016 OUP’s invaluable collection of seasonal music . . . sets out to provide “quality music based on well-known hymn tunes for church organists”, and in this endeavour it is singularly successful. Stephen Farr, Choir & Organ about Oxford Hymn Settings for Organists: Advent and Christmas 22 Find Oxford Choral on Facebook for inspiration, news, and resources for the choral world

Recent organ collections Compiled by Robert Gower The Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music for Organ, Book 2 A practical collection of 25 stylistically varied pieces encompassing both flamboyant extravagance and restrained solemnity. Selected with players of intermediate to advanced ability in mind. Includes music by J. S. Bach, Debussy, Elgar, Gigout, Handel, Hurford, Francis Jackson, Jongen, Kodaly, Ireland, Reger, Sousa, and Whitlock, plus commissions from Gabriel Jackson and George McPhee and first publication of York Bowen’s Wedding March. Book 2: 978-0-19-352836-9 | Published September 2019 Moderately Difficult–Difficult | 144pp Book 1: 978-0-19-375408-9 | Published 1998 Moderately Difficult–Difficult | 128pp ‘One surely cannot find a volume of comparable quality anywhere else—apart from in Book 1, that is. Most comprehensively recommended. Robert Matthew-Walker, The Organ Compiled by Julian Elloway The Oxford Book of Funeral and Memorial Music for Organ A collection of 28 mostly reflective pieces covering a broad range of music for players of intermediate ability. Includes compositions by Attwood, J. S. Bach, Brahms, Parry, Vierne, and Whitlock plus commissions from Robert Gower and Rebecca Groom te Velde; and arrangements of well-known works by J. S. Bach, Brahms, Dvořák, Elgar, Fauré, Handel, Mendelssohn, Ravel, Satie, Schubert, and Stölzel. 978-0-19-340119-8 | Published 2018 | Easy–Moderately Difficult 72pp Compiled by Robert Gower Oxford Book of Christmas Organ Music for Manuals 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 4 new pieces. This technically accessible music is perfect for less confident organists. Christmas Organ Music for Manuals: 978-0-19-351767-7 | Published September 2017 Easy–Moderately Difficult | 72pp Christmas Organ Music for Manuals and Pedals: 978-0-19-375124-8 | Published 1995 | Moderately Difficult–Difficult 144pp Compiled by Robert Gower Oxford Book of Lent and Easter Organ Music for Manuals Music for Lent, Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost A diverse collection including a mixture of established repertoire, attractive new arrangements, and two newly-commissioned pieces (by Francis Jackson and Christopher Tambling). The collection is technically accessible and provides approachable repertoire for all church musicians. For manuals: 978-0-19-351764-6 | Published 2018 Easy–Moderately Difficult | 80pp For manuals and pedals: 978-0-19-338623-5 | Published 2013 Moderately Difficult–Difficult | 128pp Giuseppe Verdi Selected and arranged by Martin Setchell A Verdi Organ Album An appealing and practical collection of 12 pieces, including well-loved favourites and lesser-known pieces, all in newly commissioned arrangements for the instrument and of intermediate level. 978-0-19-352640-2 | Published 2019 | Easy–Moderately Difficult 64pp To listen to recordings, visit www.oup.com/sheetmusic or search on Spotify 23