Der vorliegende Band enthält Neuausgaben von Book 1-6 der Reihe "The Vesper Voluntaries" (London: Orsborn & Tuckwood o.J.) "for the Organ, Harmonium or American Organ".
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Neben der traditionellen (Pfeifen-)Orgel (manualiter, mit Verwendung des Pedals ad libitum) erwähnt der Verleger das "Harmonium" (das ist im englischen Sprachgebrauch das "klassische" Druckwind-Harmonium mitteleuropäischer Provenienz) und die "American Organ", genauer die "American Reed Organ", womit in Europa das in den U.S.A. erfundene Saugwind-Harmonium, das ab Ende der 1860er-Jahre seinen weltweiten Siegeszug antrat.
Book 1: Sixteen Voluntaries by Nicholas Heins
Interlude
Andante
Offertory
Melody in F
Melody in A Flat
Interlude
Short Voluntary
Short Voluntary
Religioso
Moderato
Interlude
Aria
Moderato
Andante (D. Stratforde)
Offertory (D. Stratforde)
March (A. Charlesworth)
Book 2: Fifteen Voluntaries by Joseph Edward Newell
Allegretto pomposo
Communion
Elevation
Andante Cantabile
Meditation
Evensong
Postlude
March
Offertoire
Church Melody
Prelude
Benediction
Pastorale
Diapason Movement
Full Voluntary
Book 3: Eleven Voluntaries by Walter Battison Haynes
Interlude
Andante
Prelude
Allegretto
Andante Grazioso
Melody in E
Interlude
Aria in F
Adagio & Canon
Minuet
Processional March
Book 4: Thirteen Voluntaries by James Charles Beazley
Prelude
Slow Movement
Bagatelle
Petite Romance
Preludio
Reverie
Prelude
Pastorale
Moderato
Idyll
Aria
Alla Marcia
Impromptu
Book 5: Thirteen Voluntaries by Arthur J. Greenish
Interlude
Moderato
Pastorale
Allegretto
Postlude
Andante
Minuet
March
Diapason Movement
Evening Hymn
Communion
Melody
Concluding Voluntary
Book 6: Twelve Voluntaries by Arthur Carnall
Siciliano
Pastorale
Prelude
Trio
Andante
Minuet
Trio
Adagio
Choral Song
Interlude
Minuet
March
Larghetto
Prelude
Melody
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 40 - 126 Seiten