Bach, ed. Thomas - Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals Only, Bk. 2 - Organ

This five-volume graded series of organ music by J. S. Bach (2 volumes for manuals only; 3 volumes for manuals and pedals) provides a wonderful selection of pieces for all players. The whole is an authoritative and fully practical introduction to this cornerstone of the organ repertoire, with pieces presented in highly practical form for teachers and students. 

• Five-volume graded series for players of all levels and abilities
• Includes the essential pieces in all genres - chorale preludes, preludes and fugues, toccatas, trio sonata movements - as well as a variety of lesser known works.
• Contains a general introduction with advice on registration, fingering and footing, touch and articulartion, and ornamentation
• Informative Notes on the Pieces by renowned Bach scholar Professor Russell Stinson
• Practical and portable collection of this cornerstone of the organ repertoire

Contents: 

Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 695 
Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 895 
O Lamm Gottes, unschuldig, BWV 1085 
Fugue in E flat major, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 2, BWV 876 
Allegro (1st movement from Concerto in D major, after Vivaldi), BWV 972 
Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 713 
Fantasia in C major, BWV 570 
Concerto in C major, 1st movement (after Johann Ernst, Prince of Sachsen-Weimar), BWV 984 
Kyrie, Gott Vater in Ewigkeit, BWV 672 
Christe, aller Welt Trost, BWV 673 
Kyrie, Gott heiliger Geist, BWV 674 
Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr, BWV 675 
Dies sind die heilgen zehn Gebot, BWV 679 
Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BWV 689 
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir, BWV 687 
Fugue in G minor, from The Well-Tempered Clavier, book 1, BWV 861 
O Gott, du frommer Gott, BWV 767 
In dich hab ich gehoffet, Herr, BWV 712

Publication Date: May 1 2014

Level of Difficulty: C-D

Binding: Paperback

Trim Size: 311x232

Number of pages: 64

Other titles in this series

• Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 1
• Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 2
• Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals and Pedals, Book 3
• Oxford Bach Books for Organ: Manuals Only, Book 1