The Liturgical Organist, Volume 2: Organ Book

This collection fills a real need for organists who need reliable, stylistically diverse material ready to perform without extensive adaptation. Rossini's inclusion of Hammond registrations alongside traditional organ notation means players can take pieces directly from the page into service without hours of preparation work.

Moving through these pages, you encounter pieces that balance structural clarity with emotional depth. The mix of baroque fugal writing, classical transparency, and romantic warmth creates a collection that feels anchored in liturgical tradition while remaining musically substantial.

This collection serves church organists at intermediate level who need a curated source of preludes, interludes, and postludes for regular worship use. It works equally well for players maintaining a pipe organ, electronic instrument, or reed organ in a parish setting.

• Reference the Hammond registrations as a starting point, then adjust to match your instrument's tonal characteristics and the acoustic of your worship space.
• Since pedal notation is not separated on its own staff, mark or highlight the notes intended for feet before your first run-through to build security.
• Use the baroque, classical, and romantic groupings to program pieces that complement liturgical themes or seasons rather than pulling selections at random.

Use individual pieces as processional preludes, communion interludes, or closing postludes, selecting from the different eras depending on the liturgical season or service theme. The 128-page scope means you can build an entire year of Sunday services without repetition.

• managing registration across different organ types (pipe, electronic, reed)
• interpreting baroque ornamentation and phrasing
• coordinating hands and feet when pedal notation is embedded in the grand staff
• selecting appropriate repertoire for liturgical context and instrument capability
• sight-reading across multiple centuries of compositional style