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The OHS Press is preparing to release The Great Organs of the Churches of Paris by Félix Raugel. Published in French in 1927, this book has been the classic study of the great organs of the French capital. Now, for the first time, it is available in an English translation by Rollin Smith. Fifty chapters discuss these famous organs in Paris and its environs through 600 years, from the 15th to the 20th centuries, with a history of each, one or more stoplists, and copious illustrations. Free shipping in the USA; available on or about April 1, 2025

Organ Historical Society

The Great Organs of the Churches of Paris, Félix Raugel, transl. by Dr. Rollin Smith

$44.95

OHS Press' 2009 annual calendar, featuring instruments in greater northeastern Ohio.

Organ Historical Society

2009 Historic Organs of Cleveland, OH - OHS Press Calendar

$7.50

Excellent monograph on historic pipe organs and their builders in upper New York state. 2014, OHS Press, 61 pgs, black/white with photos and excellent index.

Organ Historical Society

A History of Organbuilding in Syracuse, New York and Vicinity - Michael D. Friesen

$17.50

This 2023 publication from Oxford University Press includes 42 compositions for manuals and pedals in a variety of musical forms, suitable for use in religious worship or as recital repertoire. Movements from organ sonatas and symphonies, transcriptions of works for piano, harpsichord and flute pieces, and an overture to an opera.
Compositions/Transcriptions by Amy Beach, Clementine de Bourges, Nadia Boulanger, Jeanne Demessieux, Cecilia McDowall, Clara Schumann, Ethyl Smyth and commissions from Kristina Arakelyan, Miriam Carpinetti, Ghislaine Reece0Trapp, Isabelle Ryder, Amy Summers and Rebecca Groom te Velde. 220 pages, med-difficult.

The Oxford Book of Organ Music by Women Composers; Anne Marsden Thomas and Ghislaine Reece-Trapp

$39.99

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

Written by Longwood PS du Pont Fellow Colvin Randall and organ historian, journalist, and consultant Jonathan Ambrosino, this beautiful book traces Longwood Gardens' long history of music, dance, and theater. Explore everything from the Open Air Theatre to our 10,010-pipe Aeolian organ, 62-bell Eijsbouts carillon, historic Steinway grand piano, and so much more. 2023; 320 pgs, hard cover

Garden of Music; Musical Instruments & Performing Arts at Longwood Gardens

$38.00

Continuing with Butz's extensive material on the life, work and musical output of Dieterich Buxtehude, this small volume contains essays and studies by Michael Hundt, Michael Belotti, Jurgen Heering, Matthias Lotzmann, Magdalena Andrulewicz and Wolf Kalipp. In German; 2023, Dr. J. Butz Musikverlag, 124 pages, softcover

Buxtehude-Studien Band 5 (2023), Matthias Schneider and Jürgen Heering

$30.00

The second edition of this classic work has been completely revised and expanded with several new chapters, 11 appendixes that include 27 stoplists and a thematic catalog, and 92 illustrations, among which are all the known photographs of Saint-Saëns at the organ.
2023; OHS Press; 414 pgs.

Camille Saint-Saëns, Organist-Composer, by Rollin Smith

$49.99

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Roosevelt facsimile

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