Nine Easy Hymn Preludes and Hymn Settings for Organ, Book 1

Each hymn tune in this collection has an easy organ prelude and a three-voice setting for manuals only. The preludes may be used as preservice music, voluntaries, or postludes. The hymns settings may be used to introduce hymn singing or as alternates to the full four-voice textures found in most hymnals. Each hymn setting and prelude may be used to create a single composition in ABA form (hymn setting, prelude, and hymn setting repeated). Many of the titles in the collection are intended to be used as instructional pieces for beginning organ students. Most preludes are written for two manuals, include easy pedal parts, utilize fingering patterns found in organ instruction books, and apply basic organ registrations. The preludes are in order of difficulty. Tunes include:

GIFT OF LOVE
IRBY
LOBT GOTT, IHR CHRISTEN
O GOTT, DU FROMMER GOTT (II)
OLD 120TH
OLIVET
RINGE RECHT
VIENNA
WONDROUS LOVE

Titles include:

Come, My Soul, with Every Care
How Can I Thank You, Lord
I Gave My Life for Thee
Lamb of God, We Fall before You
Let All Together Praise Our God
Lord Jesus, You Have Come
My Faith Looks Up to Thee
The People that in Darkness Sat
O God, My Faithful God
Once in Royal David’s City
Shepherd of Tender Youth
Sweet the Moments, Rich in Blessing
Though I May Speak with Bravest Fire
What Wondrous Love Is This
Yours Forever, God of Love