Description: Funeral Music for Manuals

Funeral Music for Manuals offers a solemn and respectful selection of music for use during funeral services. Featuring 25 well-known and beloved classical pieces, this book is the perfect accompaniment for any organist looking to provide a meaningful and comforting atmosphere for mourners.

Each piece has been carefully selected for manuals and evoke a sense of reflection, reverence, and tranquillity. From Schubert's 'Ave Maria' to Mozart's 'Ave Verum Corpus',  the pieces range in style and complexity to provide a varied and moving musical experience.

This book is an essential resource for any organist who wants to provide a fitting tribute to the life of a loved one. Whether used during the service or as part of a prelude or postlude,  Funeral Music for Manuals is a valuable addition to any organist's library.

Contents

Ave Maria
Nimrod from ‘Enigma’ Variations
Pie Jesu from ‘Requiem’
Sheep May Safely Graze
Prière à Notre Dame from ‘Suite Gothique’
Laudate Dominum from ‘Solemn Vespers’
Panis Angelicus
How lovely are thy dwellings from ‘Requiem’
Prelude in C
The Swan from ‘Carnival of the Animals’
Largo from Symphony no. 9 ‘From the New World’
Cantique de Jean Racine
Ave Verum Corpus
Gymnopédie No. 1
Rêverie
Adagio from ‘Pathétique’ Sonata
Pavane
Largo from ‘Serse’
Träumerei
Air from Suite no. 3
Rêverie
Miserere
To a Wild Rose
Meditation from ‘Thaïs’
Solemn Melody