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A pupil of Clara Schumann, Leonard Borwich (1868-1925) published this simple and effective transcription of 'Jesu, joy of man's desiring' from Cantata No. 147 in the year of his death. Offprinted from...

The pianist Myra Hess (1890-1965) became indelibly associated with Bach after she began playing 'Jesu, joy' by ear in 1920. Her arrangement of the Adagio (offprinted here from OUP's Bach Transcription...

This is a beautiful arrangment for piano of Bach's Fugue in G minor (BWV 578), originally for organ, by Norah Drewett de Kresz (1882-1960). Offprinted from OUP's collection Bach Transcriptions for Pia...

From the collection The Oxford Book of Ceremonial Music for Organ, Book 2, this rousing piece is arranged by Robert Gower from Whitlock's orchestral Wesssex Suite, which evokes aspects of summer by th...

Originally written for solo piano, Amy Beach's folk-influenced piece is here arranged for organ by Robert Gower. Featuring a lilting melody and serene atmosphere, it is suitable for players of interme...

French's quasi-lullaby setting of Thomas Hardy's The Oxen opens by alternating between a tutti refrain and solo verses, with an atmospheric syllabic accompaniment, before building to a tutti final ver...

This gentle carol sets the text of Isaac Watts' popular 'Cradle Song' to the music of Charles Villiers Stanford's lullaby, 'Golden slumbers, kiss your eyes', from his Six Songs (op. 19), written in 18...

Kay's setting of this well-known text demonstrates many hallmarks of his style, including modal harmonies, imitation, and the occasional use of word painting. Offprinted from The Oxford Book of Choral...

A transcription, made by the composer himself, of the much-loved Candlelight Carol, inspired by Geertgen's painting Nativity at Night. Suitable for pianists at early intermediate level, and clearly pr...

This innovative and moving setting of Robert Herrick's popular Christmas text opens with an uplifting unison melody, and each verse introduces new vocal textures and increasingly expressive harmonies....

Written whilst the composer was living in Comeragh Road, the litanies of the title are sixteen discrete sections of music, varying in length from two seconds to a minute. Each of these blocks has a di...

This lyrical setting of a text by Colin Coppen has an elegant melody and flowing piano accompaniment. It would make a charming addition to any concert or service, and is also available in a version fo...

The compositional style of this motet demonstrates word-painting and madrigal-like features. It opens with a duet that may reflect the word 'Duo' in the title, and the use of three voices at the start...

The Shipping Forecast is in 3 movements: 'Donegal', 'They that go down to the sea in ships', and 'Naming'. The first and last movement are settings of poems by the poet, broadcaster, and academic, Seá...

This atmospheric piece sets a text by Christina Rossetti. The first stanza is for sopranos only, with expressive chromatic lines evoking the 'darkness' and 'chillness' of the text. The music flowers i...

Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo tells the extraordinary story of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy forced by war to flee her home and embark on an arduous journey to Europe...

Mit „Alma Redemptoris Mater“ schuf Mack Wilberg ein ergreifendes und tief berührendes Werk, das durch seine dramatische Ausdruckskraft und meisterhafte Klangfülle fasziniert. Geschrieben für sechsstim...

Erleben Sie ein monumentales Meisterwerk der britischen Musik in neuem Glanz: Das mitreißende „Spitfire Prelude and Fugue“ von Oxford University Press präsentiert sich hier in einer klanggewaltigen Be...

This is the first of two books of preludes and fugues for solo organ by Howard Skempton. Each book comprises 25 pairs of preludes and fugues based around the 24 major and minor keys with an additional...

This is the second of two books of preludes and fugues for solo organ by Howard Skempton. Each book comprises 25 pairs of preludes and fugues based around the 24 major and minor keys with an additiona...

Suitable for remembrance services, Ramsey's six-voiced setting of 'How are the mighty fall'n' is one of the finest sacred madrigals of the early 17th century, alongside works such as settings of 'When...

Bereichern Sie Ihre Chormusik und Gottesdienste mit den stimmungsvollen „Preces and Responses“ für gemischten Chor (SATB a cappella) aus dem renommierten Verlag Oxford University Press. Dieses ausdruc...

The text is that of a standard Latin Missa brevis, to which several relevant English poetic texts have been added. The first and last of these are taken from Bishop Thomas Ken's renowned morning and e...

Tauchen Sie ein in eines der beliebtesten und erhebendsten Chorwerke von John Rutter: „For the beauty of the earth“. Diese zeitlose Hymne feiert die Wunder der Schöpfung, zwischenmenschliche Verbunden...

Mit seiner unverwechselbaren Handschrift verwandelt John Rutter die traditionsreiche irische Hymne „Be thou my vision“ in ein ergreifendes Chorwerk von bestechender Schlichtheit und klanglicher Tiefe....