In this booklet, which covers the entire festive period from 1 Advent to Epiphany, a wide variety of organ works are recommended for playing on both small and large organs. All of the selected works can be played in the various forms of church services as well as in concert. Content: - Chorale prelude ‘Awake, the voice calls us’ (Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750) - Choral prelude ‘Meine Seele erhebet den Herrn’ (Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1750) - Hymn ‘Creator Alme Siderum’ (Nicolas Jaques Lemmens | 1823-1881) - ‘Paraphrase sur un Cœur de Judas Macchabée de Händel’ (Félix Alexandre Guilmant | 1837-1911) The chorus on which Félix Alexandre Guilmant composed this paraphrase can be found has become widely known under the title ‘Daughter of Zion’. - ‘ Où s'en vont ces gais bergers’ (Claude Balbastre | 1727-1799) Theme and seven variations on a French Christmas carol - ‘Adestes Fideles’ (Raynor Taylor | 1747-1825) Raynor Taylor composed three virtuoso variations on this world-famous Christmas carol playable variations. - ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ (Franz Liszt | 1811-1886) Franz Liszt composed this choral fantasia for manual accompaniment. - Choral prelude ‘In Dulci Jubilo’ (Johann Sebastian Bach | 1685-1916) - Fantasy on ‘Silent Night, Holy Night’ (1902) from op.17 (Max Reger | 1873-1916) - Theme and variations on ‘O du fröhliche’ (Benjamin Carr | 1768-1831) - ‘Rhapsodie sur le Noëls’ (Eugène Gigout | 1844-1925) Eugène Gigout uses various French Christmas carols in his rhapsody, including carols, including ‘Adestes fideles’ and ‘Gloria in Excelsis Deo’ (Les anges dans nos campagnes). - ‘Drei Kön'ge wandern aus Morgenland’ (Peter Cornelius | 1824-1874) - ‘Grand Chœur’ (Théodore Salomé | 1834-1896) - Marche triomphale ‘Nun danket alle Gott’, op.65 (Sigfrid Karg-Elert | 1877-1933)

Christmas piece using the carol ‘Süsser die Glocken nie klingen’

Die Klavierschule "Das Spiel zu zweit" ist ein vollständiger, in sich geschlossener Lehrgang für das Klavierspiel. Sie kann von Inhalt und Aufbau her wie jede geläufige Klavierschule auch für den Einzelunterricht Verwendung finden. Allerdings unterscheidet sich der Inhalt von anderen Unterrichtswerken in einem wesentlichen Punkt: Alle hier enthaltenen Musiken sind für das Spiel zu zweit bestimmt und geeignet. Sei es, dass jeweils zwei Stücke als Pendants erscheinen, sei es, dass andere die Voraussetzung zum gemeinsamen Spiel in sich selbst tragen. Das Spiel zu zweit ist Grundlage dieses Lehrgangs. Bei aller Aufeinanderbezogenheit sind die einzelnen Stücke so komponiert, dass sie in sich klingen und selbstständig sind. Band 2: N 2394

Félix Alexandre Guilmant was born in Boulogne-sur-Mer in 1837. In 1871 he became organist at the church of Ste. Trinité in Paris. Together with Ch. Bordes and V. d'Indy, he founded the Schola Cantorum in 1894. In 1896, he succeeded Widor as organ teacher at the Paris Conservatoire. Guilmant died in 1911 in Mendon near Paris. The Cantilène Pastorale was published in 1864 in the ‘Pièces d'orgue dans differents styles’. This composition for solo organ served as the model for the present arrangement for saxophone and organ.

Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger (1839-1901) enjoyed a high reputation as a church musician, counterpoint teacher and organ composer. The Cantilène in F major, originally composed for organ in 1887, is presented here in an arrangement for soprano saxophone (clarinet) and organ. Also available is an arrangement of this composition for trumpet (oboe) and strings (N 3866). This edition can also be realised for soprano saxophone or clarinet and strings.

For individual and group lessons The second volume of the Piano method 2000 grows with the child's psyche. It takes up every chapter of volume 1 and adapts it to the age of the child. The range increases to one octave in each hand. Polyphonic playing is built up slowly and carefully from the bordun; in the ‘composing corner’ the player invents accompaniments using the material introduced in the practice pieces. Partner songs with an adaptable level of difficulty as well as pieces for 3 to 6 hands help to motivate the player. The inner ear is practised in the ‘finger acrobatics’, which are short, clever etudes taught aurally by the teacher, as well as mastering two-part harmony in canon playing. On the ‘workshop pages’, theory is introduced in a convincing way, from a simple definition to playing with musical parameters and sight-reading. A text attachment on the technical structure provides the teacher with important information.

For individual and group lessons The ‘Piano method 2000’ concept puts child-orientated lesson design, creativity development and flexible application options into practice. Children from the age of 4 discover the piano in an individual way. The piano method offers 4 flexible ways of individual teaching: 1. playing by ear 2. playing from sheet music 3. inventing songs and writing music 4. harmonic development of all elements ‘Partner songs’ and the “small concertos”, which are played together with the teacher, increase motivation and enable group lessons with pupils of different abilities.

For individual and group lessons The ‘Piano method 2000’ concept puts child-orientated lesson design, creativity development and flexible application options into practice. Children from the age of 4 discover the piano in an individual way. The piano method offers 4 flexible ways of individual teaching: 1. playing by ear 2. playing from sheet music 3. inventing songs and writing music 4. harmonic development of all elements ‘Partner songs’ and the “small concertos”, which are played together with the teacher, increase motivation and enable group lessons with pupils of different abilities.

2 CDs for volume 1 of the Piano method 2000 The ideal supplement to the first volume of the piano school (order number: N 2381) These CDs contain the following pieces: CD 1: The central pieces - We play by ear and take a journey through the Piano method 2000 Songs and pieces from sheet music - alone or in pairs (extension pieces, partner songs) CD 2: In the enchanted forest - A radio play for speaker and player A holiday trip on the ICE - Improvisation game 1 Concert of the harpist - Improvisation piece 2 Chinese chimes - improvisation game 3