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Music for Organ
341 works
chronologically by date
Fugue in C - (2024)
Suite for Organ in F - (2024)
Fantasia
Fauxbourdon
Fugato
Fandango
Fil di voce
Finale
Fugue in G major - (2024)
Fantasia on "Old Hundredth" - (2024)
Essay on the Hymn Tune, "Hallelujah" - (2024)
Essay on the Hymn Tune, "I'm Going Home" - (2024)
Rondo giocoso and Fugue in G major - (2024)
Contemplation - (2024)
Andante lirico and Fugue - (2024)
Essay on the Hymn Tune, "Africa" - (2024)
Allegro in G major - (2024)
Chaconne in E flat - (2024)
Meditation on "Oh, taste and see" - (2024)
Pastorale in F - (2024)
Scherzo in D minor - (2024)
Carson's Pavane and Galliard - (2024)
Make a joyful noise - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in F sharp - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in B flat - (2024)
Allegretto imitato in B flat - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in B - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in A - (2024)
Summerall March - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in A flat - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in G - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in D flat - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in D - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in F - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in E - (2024)
Reflections on "Victimae paschali laudes" - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in E flat - (2024)
Adagio leggiero in C - (2024)
On a Theme of Charles Theodore Pachelbel - (2024)
Arabesque and Fugue in A flat - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in F sharp - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in B - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in B flat - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in A - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in G - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in F - (2023)
Toccata in D-flat major - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue iu E flat - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in C sharp - (2023)
Voluntary and Fugue in C - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in C - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in E - (2023)
Arabesque and Fugue in D - (2023)
...a time to keep silence - (2023)
Zweite Sinfonie für Orgel - (2023)
i. Thema und Permutationen
ii. Fantasie
iii. Rondo und Contrapunctus
Introduction and Ricercare - (2023)
...and be at ease - (2023)
Nigunim and Other Melodies for Organ - (2022)
i. On "Darkecho Elokeinu"
ii. On "Nigun Simchoh"
iii. Dveikut I
v. On "Nigun LeShabbos Veyom Tov"
v. On "Nigun Hakafos"
vi. Dveikut II
vii. On "Yism'chu"
viii. On "Nigun Rostov"
ix. On "V'shamru"
x. Dveikut III
xi. On "Shabat shalom"
Fantasia and Fugue on H-C-A-B - (2022)
Nine Interludes - (2022)
i. Allegretto
ii. Adagietto
iii. Andante
iv. Lento
v. Allegro
vi. Allegretto
vii. Adagio
viii. Presto
ix. Allegro (fugue)
Tune in D octatonic - (2022)
Tune in B minor - (2022)
Tune in B flat major - (2022)
Tune in A - (2022)
Tune in A flat major - (2022)
Tune in G - (2022)
Tune in F major - (2022)
Tune in E - (2022)
Tune in D flat major - (2022)
Tune in C major - (2022)
Tune in F sharp major - (2022)
Tune in E flat minor - (2022)
Tune in D major - (2022)
Ten Musings on Eclogues and Bucolic Texts - (2022)
i. I shall weep though I be stone
ii. There with the reed thou mayst express
iii. The night nigheth fast, yts time to be gone
iv. The day that centers in eternal spring
v. See lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise
vi. Let in thy voice a whisper often come
vii. Love a good glass, a merry song, or story
viii. There dye with me to live: to live in thee I dyed
ix. Since mortal Beautyes drop so soon
x. To sing of Truths unknown, unheard before
Cantabile in B flat - (2022)
Cantabile in A - (2022)
Jig Fugue in A flat - (2022)
Cantabile in A flat - (2022)
Cantabile in G - (2022)
Jig Fugue in C - (2022)
Cantabile in B - (2022)
Cantabile in F sharp - (2022)
Cantabile in F - (2022)
Cantabile in E - (2022)
Jig Fugue in F - (2022)
Cantabile in E flat - (2022)
Cantabile in D flat - (2022)
Cantabile in C - (2022)
Cantabile in D - (2022)
Jig Fugue in E - (2020)
Jig Fugue in E flat - (2022)
Jig Fugue in G - (2022)
Ricercare and Fugue in G minor - (2022)
Jig Fugue in D - (2021)
Æfensang - (2021)
Paean - (2021)
Andante lirico No 14 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 13 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 12 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 11 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 10 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 9 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 8 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 7 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 6 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 5 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 4 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 3 - (2021)
Andante lirico No 2 - (2021)
Entrata - (2021)
Andante lirico - (2021)
Little Variations in G major - (2021)
Orison on "Ubi caritas" - (2021)
Moderato and Fugue in G major - (2021)
Processional and Fugue in D - (2021)
Diatonic Fantasia and Fugue in G major - (2021)
Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor - (2020)
Passacaglia and Fugue on a Theme of Walker - (2020)
Ballade and Fugue in D - (2020)
You will not fear - (2020)
Fantasia in F sharp - (2020)
Fantasia in B - (2020)
Fantasia in E flat - (2020)
Fantasia in G flat - (2020)
Fantasia in B flat - (2020)
Fantasia in A - (2020)
Fantasia in F - (2020)
Fantasia in E - (2020)
Fantasia in C - (2020)
Fantasia in A flat - (2020)
Fantasia in D - (2020)
Fantasia in C sharp - (2020)
Fantasia in G - (2020)
Fantasia in D flat - (2020)
Along the right paths - (2020)
...de los angeles - (2020)
Canzone - (2019)
Fantasia and Fugue in C minor - (2019)
Fantasia and Fugue in D major - (2019)
In a quiet moment - (2019)
Because I wait for thee - (2019)
Make Me Hear of Joy and Gladness - (2019)
Miktam - (2019)
A Meditation of the Heart - (2019)
Chromatic Rondo and Fugue in C minor - (2019)
Prelude and Fugue in C major - (2018)
A looming loveliness - (2018)
The air is fair and kind today - (2018)
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Twenty-Four Little Fugues for Organ - (2017)
The score in A4 format is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer.
Click on the graphic below for this organ anthology. Individual editions in US letter format are also available through the links below with graphic and short comments on each work.
Twenty-Four Little Fugues for Organ
Little Fugue in C major - (2017)
Little Fugue in C sharp minor - (2017)
Little Fugue in D major - (2017)
Little Fugue in E flat major - (2017)
Little Fugue in E major - (2017)
Little Fugue in F major - (2017)
Little Fugue in F sharp major - (2017)
Little Fugue in G major - (2017)
Little Fugue in A flat major - (2017)
Little Fugue in A major - (2017)
Little Fugue in B flat major - (2017)
Little Fugue in B major - (2017)
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Twenty-Four Cantilenas for Organ - (2017)
The score in A4 format is available as a free PDF download, though any major commercial performance or recording of the work is prohibited without prior arrangement with the composer.
Click on the graphic below for this organ anthology. Individual editions in US letter format are also available through the links below with graphic and short comments on each work.
Twenty-Four Cantilenas for Organ
Cantilena in C major - (2017)
Cantilena in C sharp minor - (2017)
Cantilena in D major - (2017)
Cantilena in E flat major - (2017)
Cantilena in E major - (2017)
Cantilena in F major - (2017)
Cantilena in F sharp major - (2017)
Cantilena in G major - (2017)
Cantilena in A flat major - (2017)
Cantilena in A major - (2017)
Cantilena in B flat major - (2017)
Cantilena in B major - (2017)
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Essay on a Succession, a Progression and Fugue - (2017)
Grâce et simplicité - (2017)
Toccata and Fugue in A minor - (2016)
Singers and Dancers Alike - (2016)
Toccata and Fugue for Major Triads - (2016)
Toccata and Fugue iu E flat Dorian - (2016)
Toccata and Fugue in D Dorian - (2016)
Toccata and Fugue in C Lydian - (2016)
Fugue in F Locrian - (2015)
Little Fugue in B Locrian - (2015)
Little Fugue in Whole Tones - (2015)
Little Fugue on the Scala enigmatica - (2015)
Beside the still waters - (2015)
Little Fugue in D flat Pentatonic - (2015)
Little Fugue in C sharp Locrian - (2015)
Little Fugue in D Ukrainian Dorian - (2015)
Fugue in C Hungarian Minor - (2015)
Little Fugue in C Octatonic - (2015)
Little Fugue in E flat Lydian - (2015)
Little Fugue in D Phrygian - (2015)
Little Fugue in C Phrygian - (2015)
Little Fugue in A Mixolydian - (2015)
Little Fugue in C Dorian - (2015)
Little Fugue in E Phrygian - (2015)
Little Fugue in F Lydian (2015)
Fugue in D major - (2015)
At the Close of Day - (2015)
Contrapunctus on a Theme of Wagner - (2015)
Trumpet Tune in D - (2015)
Trumpet Tune in C - (2015)
Elegy and Fugue in B flat minor - (2015)
Elegy and Fugue in A minor - (2015)
Little Prelude and Fugue on E - (2013)
Little Prelude and Fugue on D - (2013)
Little Prelude and Fugue on G - (2013)
Little Prelude and Fugue on E flat - (2013)
Scherzo and Fugue in C minor - (2013)
Sinfonie für Orgel - (2013)
i. Thema und Variationen
ii. Elegie
iii. Scherzo
iv. Meditation
v. Erinnerung und Fuge
Meditation - (2013)
Little Fugue in F major - (2013)
Little Fugue in D major - (2013)
Little Fugue in C minor - (2013)
Exordium - (2013)
Contemplations - (2013)
Prelude and Fugue on A - (2012)
Prelude and Fugue on G - (2012)
Prelude and Fugue on F - (2012)
Prelude and Fugue on E - (2012)
Prelude and Fugue on C - (2012)
Prelude and Fugue on D - (2012)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Webern - (2012)
Burdens and Fugues in D major - (2012)
Fantasia, Adagio and Fugue in C major - (2011)
Cortège nuptial - (2011)
Fantasia on "Lauda anima" - (2011)
Cortège funebre - (2011)
Cortège de conscience - (2011)
Cortège de misères - (2011)
Cortège en prière - (2011)
Cortège de l'âme - (2011)
Contrappunto and Fugue in B flat major - (2011)
Cortège du cœur - (2011)
Prelude and Fugue in E major - (2011)
On a Theme of William Hayes - (2011)
Fancies and Fugues on a Jig of Purcell - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of John Eccles - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of John Lenton - (2011)
Fancy on Purcell's Five Reasons - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of Richard Brown - (2011)
Fancy on "Adam Catched Eve" - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of Henry Aldrich - (2011)
Fancy on Love - (2011)
Fancy on an Anonymous Catch - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of Michael Wise - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of John Blow - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of Henry Purcell - (2011)
Fancy on a Catch of Jeremy Clarke - (2011)
Prelude and Fugue in D minor - (2011)
Prelude and Fugue in F minor - (2011)
Prelude and Fugue in C minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in E minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in A major - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in G major - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in A flat minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in D major - (2010)
Toccata and Fugue in F minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in C major - (2010)
Fantasia and Fugue on a Theme of Stravinsky - (2010)
Reverie chromatique - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in D flat major - (2010)
Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major - (2010)
Cantabile semplice - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in B flat major - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in A flat major - (2010)
Variations on Saint Michael's and Saint Michael's Chimes - (2010)
Prelude, Air and Fugue in C sharp minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in B minor - (2010)
Cantilena and Fugue in F minor - (2010)
Entrata, Elevation and Fugue in F major - (2010)
Cantabile in D major - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in B major - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in E flat major - (2010)
Post tenebras lux - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in F major - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in G minor - (2010)
Prelude and Fugue in A minor - (2010)
Soli Deo gloria - (2010)
Reflection on "Christ lag in Todesbanden" - (2008)
Meditation on "Motherless Child" - (2008)
Variations on a Theme of Hurd - (2008)
Prelude and Fugue in C octatonic - (2008)
for single manual
Prelude and Fugue in B major - (2008)
for single manual
Prelude and Fugue in G flat major - (2008)
Chorale Variations on "Cloisters" - (2008)
Prelude and Fugue in E modal - (2008)
for single manual
Prelude and Fugue in E major - (2008)
for single manual
Prelude and Fugue in G major - (2008)
for single manual
Prelude and Fugue in D major - (2008)
for single manual
Meditation über "Komm, du Heiland aller Welt" - (2007)
Chorale Variations and Fugue on "Men varföre gråta" - (2007)
Contrappunto and Fugue in A flat major - (2004)
Contrappunto and Fugue in G major - (2003)
Fantasia on "Splendor paternae gloriae" - (2002)
Chorale Variation on "Salzburg" - (2002)Contrappunto and Fugue in D major - (2002)
Chorale Variations on "Agincourt" - (2002)
Five Chorale Variations (on Hymn Tunes of Johannes Crüger) - (2002)i. Schmücke dich, O liebe Seele
ii. Gräfenberg
iii. Luise
iv. Herzliebster Jesu, was hast du verbrochen
v. Lobet den HerrenCherubim and Seraphim Do Cry - (2002)
Christ Church Meditation - (2001)
Caccia and Fugue in A major - (2001)
Contrappunto in A minor - (1999)Chromatic Passacaglia and Fugue on a Theme of Cox - (1996)
...and long gone by - (1996)
Prelude and Fugue in E major - (1995)
Fantasia, Adagio and Fugue in F major - (1995)
Eternity Regained - (1995)
Jacob's Ladder - (1994)
for harp and organThe Jerusalem Windows - (1993)
i. Color, Form and Light
ii. Among the ladders of light
iii. Modest Gifts
iv. Glass
v. Transformations and Convergences
vi. Eternity Regained
vii. Hallel - Jewels for a Crown
Since a very young age, I have appreciated the art of the organ, especially from the perspective of the repertoire written for this wonderful instrument.
As a child, I often sat beside my mother as she accompanied the many choirs my father conducted. My most significant voice teacher, Dorothy Fries, was also skilled at piano and organ, and after my voice lessons over many years she would invite me sit at her Blüthner to play together through the Marcel Dupré editions of Bach's organ music. I learned more of counterpoint from those scores most certainly than from textbooks.
I had many chances to play the extraordinary instrument at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral (now sadly demolished), and Timothy Manning, who later became Archbishop of Los Angeles so many decades ago, allowed me to practice whenever I wished after school at Saint Gregory's Church on Norton Avenue in Los Angeles. Among other fine organists of my long acquaintance was Bob Mitchell, known for his Mitchell Singing Boys in films from the 40s like Going My Way and The Jolson Story; Bob was a fine theater organist, and also played for me for many, many years at Ahavat Shalom in Northridge. In 2005, when Bob was in his early 90s, I heard him play again as he improvised a fine accompaniment to a screening of the 1927 silent film, Wings.
Those who design, build and maintain such instruments, those who compose for the instrument, and those who play so brilliantly are a community unto themselves, in some ways, and not always well known to the larger musical community. Dubbed "the king of instruments," entire symphonies have been composed for organ, notably through the French tradition, and the enormous oeuvre of Bach and others is testament to this instrument's power and authority.
[Photo] At the console of organ at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles.
Its builder and curator, Manuel J. Rosales [ 1 ] (who worked with architect Frank Geary to create this instrument tailored to the concert hall), had been a school chum during our days together at Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles and allowed me time to audition the instrument. Now he creates these wonderful instruments, while at best I may occasionally write a work for them. The art and craft of the organ builder is a treasure for our Western culture, and Manuel is among the treasures of coming out of my circle of musical friends from southern California.
NOTES
[ 1 ] Manuel's company, Rosales Organ Builders, maintains its offices and studio in Los Angeles. His website is www.Rosales.com His autobiography is available on line, as well as details about his extraordinary work. The Disney Hall organ, his Opus 24, was a joint effort between Rosales Organ Builders and Glatter-Götz Orgelbau in Owingen, Germany.
