Johann Sebastian Bach (edited by Anne Marsden Thomas), Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 1
This five-volume graded series of organ music by J.S. Bach provides a wonderful selection of pieces for players of all levels and abilities. It includes the essential pieces from all genres, including chorale preludes, preludes and fugues, toccatas, and trio sonata movements, as well as a variety of lesser known works. Each volume contains a general introduction drawn from Marsden Thomas’s long experience as a teacher, with advice on registration, fingering and footing, touch and articulation, and ornamentation. There are informative Notes on the Pieces by renowned Bach scholar Professor Russell Stinson, addressing source issues, structure and symbolism, and, for the chorale preludes, information on the original hymn melody and text on which it is based. Contents: Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten, from Cantata 166 Jesu, meine Freude, from Cantata 64 Wach auf, mein Herze, und singe, from Cantata 194 O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden, from St Matthew Passion Erhault uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort, from Cantata 6 Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern, from Cantata 36 Prelude in F major, BWV 556 Prelude in C major, BWV 567 Fantasia in G minor, BWV 917 Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 553 Christe, du Lamm Gottes, BWV 619 Lobt Gott, ihr Christen, allzugleich, BWV 732 Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 558 Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 694 Erschienen ist der herrliche Tag, BWV 629 Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 626 Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 Komm, Gott Schöpfer, Heiliger Geist, BWV 631 Alle Menschen müssen sterben, BWV 643 Es ist das Heil uns kommen her, BWV 638 Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 555 Wir Christenleut habn jetzund Freud, BWV 710 Fugue in C minor, BWV 575 Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 646 Pedal Exercise, BWV 598 Canzona in D minor, BWV 588 Difficulty: Moderately Difficult 63 pages, softbound 2014 Oxford University Press