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THE COMPLETE CHURCH ORGANIST: ORGAN ÉTUDES BOOK ONE TITLE PAGES
Title and usual English version
Techniques addressed, in the style of the named composer
Seasonal application
Creator alme siderum
Creator of the stars of night
Control of release-timing; training 4th and 5th fingers on each hand to sustain outer parts. Quick re-shaping of the hand for detached chords. Contrast of textures within one hand.
Jeanne Demessieux
Advent
Ave Maria
Hail, Mary, full of grace
Repositioning the hand by agile fingering whilst maintaining moto perpetuo. Loosening the 4th and 5th fingers and equalising touch across the whole hand. Retaining accidentals within the bar.
Jean Langlais
Advent, Annunciation, Christmas
Southwell
Lord Jesus, think on me
Legato-control within part-playing, and managing the repetition of notes at the same time. Creating the illusion of strong-weak emphases through timing of releases. Deployment of fingerings to support true part-playing.
Christopher Dearnley
Lent, times of trouble or testing
O Jesulein süss
O little one sweet, O little one mild
Full control of 4-part playing by simultaneous articulation and legato; soloing-out from one stave to two manuals. Left hand reading two clefs at once. Learning to choose own fingerings in the same vein as those given in Southwell.
Paul Hindemith
Christmas
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