Oct 27 2008

Piano Solo Repertoire for the Church Posted 3 years 203 days ago ago by Creator Staff     0 Comments

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Solo Piano Repertoire for the Church

Here are several lists, all from 1996---Creator's Year of Repertoire--of solo piano repertoire for the church compiled by the Creator Editorial Board.

Selected Favorite Solo Piano Literature from Creator's Editorial Board in 1996

Piano Literature: Traditional

God Leads Us Along (Coll.) (Benjamin Harlan) Genevox #4571-60
Two Part Inventions (Bach) G. Schirmer
Portraits of Christmas (Penny Rodriguez) Beckenhorst #PC1

Piano Literature: Contemporary

Dino Collection (Dino Kartsonakis) Benson #25986-0563-7
Lord Be Glorified (Vol 3) (Mark Hayes) Word #301-0084-315
Timeless Tribute (Marilynn Ham) Lillenas #MB568
Echoes of Mercy (Bruce Greer) Word #300-0078-315
The Best of Carol Tornquist (Carol Tornquist) Benson #25986-0775-7

Wedding Music for Organ and/or Piano

Classical Organ Favorites (Diane Bish) Gentry #JG 0697
The Diane Bish Wedding Book (Diane Bish) Gentry #JG-555
Easy Wedding Duets for Organ and Piano (Smith) Lorenz #KK92
Four Wedding Marches (Ernest Bloch) G. Schirmer HL #50328710
Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring (arr. E. Power Biggs) H.W. Gray #GSTC-00700
Oxford Book of Wedding Music • Oxford #0193751194
Sacred Keyboard Duets (Vol I, II) (Nielson/Young) Paragon #L0401,2
Service Preludes for Piano/Organ (Hustad/Smith) Hope #206
Wedding Music for Manuals Only (Vol 5) (David N. Johnson) Augsburg #11-9527

The lists above reflect the "state of the church" in 1996. What good is this list? How do you figure out what might serve your ministry when you don't recognize a title? Here are two sure ways to answer those questions: First, if you recognize a composer's name, and don't know the tune, you can expect that Creator's Editorial Board found this to be one of that composer's "lasting" works--something worthwhile to purchase. Second (and this may be hard for music/worship ministry newbies to accept/relate to), a printed copy of this list shown (or faxed, or emailed) to a knowledgable person at your your full service music supplier (two of our favorites are Pine Lake Music and Music Mart) will elicit, at the very least, an informed current opinion, if not the ability to track down the current publisher of these pieces when the publisher has been acquired by another company. Try these pieces...we think you'll be glad you did.

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