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In this most welcome first biography of Pierre Cochereau, Anthony Hammond gives us just what one would hope for: a detailed account of Cochereau's life, a thorough look at the influences that shaped his work, a valuable assessment of his craft as an interpreter, and new understanding of his art as an improviser. --Lawrence Archbold, Carleton College "A model of scholarly research, Pierre Cochereau's legendary career is extensively recounted and the influence forming his mature style as an improviser and composer expertly documented. The post-1955 history of the Notre-Dame organ is by far the most accurate account in print today."--Jesse Eschbach, University of North Texas

Pierre Cochereau: Organist of Notre-Dame, by Dr. Anthony W. Hammond

$149.95

This is an extremely important study which brings together valuable musicological research and practical experimentation in a unique way -- every organist should read it! CHOIR & ORGAN, September 2004

2004; Univ of Rochester Press, 224 pgs

Bach and the Pedal Clavichord: An Organist's Guide; Joel Speerstra

$129.95

Organ-Building in Georgian and Victorian England : The Work of Gray & Davison, 1, Hardcover by Thistlethwaite, Nicholas, 552 pgs, Boydell and Brewer, 2021.
The London firm of Gray (later Gray & Davison) was one of Britain's leading organ-makers between the 1790s and the 1880s. Must-have for those interested in organ building in England during the Georgian and Victorian periods.

Organ Building in Georgian and Victorian England, Nicholas Thistlethwaite

$129.95

This impressive volume comprises a selection of eleven pieces by Gerre Hancock, who was Organist and Master of Choristers at St Thomas's, Fifth Avenue, New York for over 30 years. It includes meditative voluntaries, postludes and preludes, and flashier showpieces, suitable for either liturgical or recital use. As well as new editions of original organ repertoire, the volume contains Todd Wilson's new transcriptions of three pieces from Hancock's first LP of improvisations. The organ-writing is highly idiomatic throughout, revealing a French influence in its often beguiling harmonies, and will be attractive to performer and listener alike.

A Gerre Hancock Organ Album, Oxford University Press, 2022

$34.99

This is a new edition of Frederic Stiven’s early study, In the Organ Lofts of Paris. Frederic Stiven graduated from the Oberlin Conservatory in 1907 and subsequently served on the faculty. For two years, from 1909 to 1911, he studied with Alexandre Guilmant in Paris—indeed, Stiven was his last pupil—and each Sunday he visited important churches in the French capital. In 1923, he published In the Organ Lofts of Paris. 2024, OHS Press. 175 pgs.

In the Organ Lofts of Paris, Frederic B. Stiven; annotated and edited by Rollin Smith

$39.99

M.P. Möller was the largest organ company in the world and built more pipe organs than any other organ builder in history. Documenting such an enterprise is a formidable task that has been admirably achieved by Bynum Petty, the OHS’s former archivist. This revised and enlarged second edition of his original study of the company, An Organ a Day, traces its beginning in 1854 to its eventual sale in January,1993. A wealth of archival photographs illustrates every facet of the company, including its most important instruments. Many detailed stoplists of the largest organs, a transcript of M.P. Möller’s 1921 diary, and a complete catalogue of Möller Artiste player organ rolls are included. The last of 24 appendixes is a complete Geographical Index of the company’s 11,850 organs.

OHS Press, 2023; 402 pgs. hardcover

M.P. Möller: The Artist of Organs — The Organ of Artists, by Bynum Petty. OHS Press, 2023

$79.95