Organ Music Thaxted

These eight new preludes by Matthew Machemer feature hymn tunes that span the entire Church Year. Ranging from delicate and introspective to energetic and grand, these preludes include a wide array of styles that are both creative and accessible.

John A. Behnke provides a variety of styles in this eighth volume of his organ series, acclaimed for its practicality and accessibility.

Extensive, rich, and creative preludes on well-known hymn tunes beautifully crafted for organ using a variety of colorful registration.

This arrangement of the hymnic Te Deum, THAXTED, is a partita in five movements: a majestic entrada, a setting of the hymn that may be used to accompany congregational singing, a trumpet tune, a slow movement featuring the strings of the organ, and a dance-like finale. Organists are sure to find it…

A regal confessional hymn based on the Te Deum, drawn from Lutheran Service Book. Each stanza is artfully designed to accompany the text. Optional single brass instruments provide melodic reinforcement or descant. An intriguing introduction and coda provide a sense of mystery and anticipation.

A reproducible collection of festive descants by Patricia D. Backhaus. Each descant is provided over the melody in both C and B-flat. While the descants were written to be idiomatic for trumpet, they may be played by other instruments. The descants and melodies correspond to the keys and…

…to Gustav Holst’s tune THAXTED, Mark Bender has prepared a setting of this liturgical text that may be used for festive occasions such as church anniversaries, Reformation or All Saints’ Day services, or the Feast of the Holy Trinity. This setting may be performed with organ only or with the support…

Eight accessible hymn preludes useful throughout the Church Year. The Hymn Tune Innovations series features the inventive and thoughtful organ compositions of Benjamin M. Culli. The tunes in this collection are particularly useful in Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter, Pentecost, Communion, and the end…

Stephen Starke’s well crafted paraphrase of the Te Deum is set to the stirring THAXTED tune in a new arrangement for choir, brass, timpani, and congregation. The choir sings a two-part mixed setting in stanza two and an easy four-part setting with brass fanfares in stanza three. The…

Stephen Starke’s well crafted paraphrase of the Te Deum is set to the stirring THAXTED tune in a new arrangement for choir, brass, timpani, and congregation. The choir sings a two-part mixed setting in stanza two and an easy four-part setting with brass fanfares in stanza three. The…

…Holst’s tune THAXTED, Mark Bender has prepared a setting of this liturgical text that may be used for festive occasions such as church anniversaries, Reformation or All Saints’ Day services, or the Feast of the Holy Trinity. This setting may be performed with organ only or with the…

…Meditation* III. Alla marcia* IV. Scherzo* V. Toccata We Praise You and Acknowledge You, O God: Partita on "Thaxted" (Reformation Partitas No. 6) This arrangement of the hymnic Te Deum, THAXTED, is a partita by Jeffrey Blersch in five movements: a majestic entrada, a setting of the hymn that may be…

This collection for piano by Sandra Eithun features eight favorite wedding tunes; also appropriate on numerous other occasions.

…long-lasting and lies flat on the music stand Series editor Kevin Hildebrand, M.Mus., M.A., is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. Composer, educator, and recitalist, he is a frequent organ workshop leader. He has more than 40 music publications with Concordia Publishing…

…use by a parish or school handbell ensemble, meaning most of them are simple, straightforward, and easy to learn. Most arrangements are based on harmonizations in Lutheran Service Book, which allows them to be used alongside the organ. Volume 2 is scored for 4 octave handbells. Level II–II+.