The Liturgical Organist, Vol 1: Easy Compositions -- Preludes/Interludes/Postludes for Pipe or Reed Organ with Hammond Registrations

If you can play hymns fairly easily, you can probably sight-read much of what is in this book. I am new at playing for services and don't have time to prepare preludes, postludes, etc. I take a look in this book and come up with something I can easily play an hour later. One service has few attending so collections/communion are short; the other service is the opposite. I can also run-on from one piece to the next if I need more time since they are arranged by key. There are a lot of accidentals that give the music a particular feel - very different from music originally written for piano. The congregation loves the music.

I am a part time organist at a church which means months may pass between the times I am called on to play. This book is a God send (smile) for me. Also, the church I play for is very small with Sunday attendance averaging 20-25. I don't need long preludes, offertories or postludes. The ones in this collection are beautiful and short! Also, the collection includes modulations and cadences for every key. A great addition!

We had this book for 30 years and lost it. This order was for replacing our lost book. As you might expect, two days after we received our new book we found the old one. Now we have two. But they new one is in much better condition, so it was not all for nothing.

I love it. It's an old book and it has nice little markings from the previous organist, checks that let me know that those were favorites and playable, perhaps. It's a treasure, and I'm grateful it was available. Thank you!

Easy to sight-read. Organized by key. Useful for quick pre-, inter-, or postlude.

The book is divided into sections that focus on a specific key (major, then relative minor). Each section starts with a couple small 4-5 measure pieces (really just segments of a piece), then they get longer as one works through the section. A great format for those who want to sharpen their organ skills.It's a great book for the occasional piece during a service, a resource for some improvisational work, or just to work on during practice sessions. However, it should be noted that there is an inordinate amount of chromaticism involved with these pieces. No, really – a LOT. I think it's just a practice attribute for the organist to step outside the comfort of the diatonic scale, but it seems unnecessary to have so much of it. Other than that, it's a great addition to the organist's library.

Arrived on time and as expected. Excellent resource with easy melodies to play. This volume works well for beginning to intermediate organ players.

Boring, but somewhat useful, music.

どの曲も程よい長さで（長くても３分以内ぐらい）、伝統的なプロテスタントの礼拝の前奏、後奏、献金などで使えます。ハ長調、イ短調、ト長調、ホ短調、、、とシャープやフラットの数で分けて記載されています。手鍵盤だけで演奏できます。足鍵盤まで使いたい人には向いていないかもしれません。表記は英語（フランス語、ドイツ語もあるかも）で日本語は一切ありませんが、問題ありません。難をいえば、ヘロヘロのペーパーバックなので、ちょっとしたはずみで譜面台から滑り落ちて本が破損しやすいです。

Great

Well-thumbed, go-to book for this moonlighter organist. Contains not just pieces arranged by length and key, but a bunch of goodies at the back including modulations and such.My only complaint (and my congregants probably agree) is that the pieces are somewhat homogenous, lots of chromatics and dramatics. Right leg gets tired on and off the expression pedal so often. Otherwise, a great tool for the workaday player.

小さな教会で、時々オルガンを弾いています。下手な演奏者にとって、この曲集は、礼拝の時の奏楽に無くてはならないものです。前奏や陪餐の時に弾く長めの曲も、礼拝の最後に弾く4〜8小節程度の短い曲も、全ての長調・短調で用意されています。もちろん、難易度は低めなので、本当に助かります。20年以上前、先輩に勧められ、銀座のヤマハで買って使っていましたが、ボロボロになり後半部分を紛失した為、大変困っていました。こちらで見つけることができ、とても嬉しいです。