Description
With gentle voices – easy organ works (Ped.)
Herzog is one of the most frequently played organ composers of the 19th century. With his works, which were geared towards pedagogy and liturgical practice, he made a significant contribution to raising the standard of organ playing across the board, which even prompted Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and Josef Rheinberger to express their highest praise. “With gentle voices” – this playing instruction for quiet, meditative pieces, which was popular in the 19th century, gave the present collection of 50 compositions its name. The editor has included mainly easily playable works of this genre with up to four accidentals in this edition.
“This collection brings together quiet, meditative pieces that can be used in any type of church service. Beautiful-sounding, easy-to-play pieces that are only one or two pages long offer the opportunity to participate in liturgical occasions with quality without having to put in too much effort to practice. The foreword leaves nothing to be desired, and the volume is definitely worth a read for any part-time organist, as well as for teaching purposes. All pieces can be played on one-manual instruments without any problem.”
