Adagios for Organ

Suitable for intermediate and experienced organists, this appealing collection features 43 organ works in slow tempo. Its tremendous variety includes pieces by such celebrated composers for organ as J. S. Bach, Guilmant, Vierne, and Widor, as well as works by Brahms, Couperin, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schumann, Saint-Saeuml;ns, and others.

A well-known performer as well as an internationally renowned scholar, Rollin Smith has compiled and edited 14 other popular Dover organ books.

Albinoni, Tomaso Giovanni, Adagio
Alkan, Charles-Valentin, Prière, Op. 64, No. 5
Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, Adagio
Bach, Johann Sebastian, Hark! A Voice Saith, All Are Mortal, BWV 643
Batiste, Édouard, Three Versets, Op. 34: Récit de Fléte harmonique de 4; Verset pour tous les fonds et un Nazard; Chœur de Voix humaine
Bird, Arthur, Oriental Sketch No. 2 in F Minor
Boëllmann, Léon, Adagietto, Op. 16, No. 11
Boëly, Alexandre-P.-F., Adagio non troppo, Op. 14, No. 8
Bolzoni, Giovanni, Preludio
Brahms, Johannes, "Ah, Holy Jesus," Op. 122, No. 2
Chadwick, George Whitefield, Elegy
Couperin, Louis, Sarabande
Davies, H. Walford, Solemn Melody
Dupont, Gabriel, Méditation
Dupré, Marcel, Antiphon III, "I am black, but comely," Op. 18, No. 3
Franck, César, Adagio from Fantaisie in C Major, Op. 16
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Aria from Orfeo ed Euridice
Guilmant, Alexandre, Méditation from Sonata No. 6, Op. 86; Adagio from Sonata No. 6, Op. 86
Handel, George Frideric, Largo from Xerxes
Herbert, Victor, Largo from Symphonic Fantasy for the Aeolian Organ
Karg-Elert, Sigfrid, "Do With Me, God, According To Your Goodness," Op. 78, No. 13
Liszt, Franz, At the Grave of Richard Wagner
Marcello, Allesandro, Adagio from Concerto for Oboe in D Minor
Mendelssohn, Felix, Adagio from Sonata in F Minor, Op. 65, No. 1
Merkel, Gustav, Trio in Canon from Orgelschule, Op. 177
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, Adagio, K. 356
Poniridy, Georges, Offertoire
Reger, Max, Melodia, Op. 50, No. 11
Saint-Saëns, Camille, Adagio from Symphony No. 3 in C Minor, Op. 78
Samazeuilh, Gustave, Prélude
Schumann, Robert, Canon in B Major, Op. 56, No. 6
Stebbins, Charles Albert, In Summer
Thomas, Gustav Adolph, Trio on "O Sacred Head Surrounded," from Six Chorale Trios, Op. 7, No. 1
Tournemire, Charles, Larghetto from Dix Pièces en style libre, Op. 21
Vierne, Louis, Prélude Funèbre, Op. 4
Vivaldi, Antonio, Largo from Concerto in Bb Major, "La Stravaganza," Op. 4, No. 1
Wesley, Samuel, Larghetto from Voluntary in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 9
Wesley, Samuel Sebastian, Larghetto in F# Minor
Widor, Charles-Marie, Adagio from Symphonie No. 5, Op. 42-1