Organ Literature: A Comprehensive Survey by Corliss Arnold

Back in print. This two-volume work interests organists. The first volume traces the development of organ literature and its various geographical schools, places the composers in a historical background of contemporary events and lists Bach organ compositions and compares their editions. The second volume contains a biographical catalog of organ composers, including biographical sketches; alphabetical listings of each composer’s works; the publisher, catalog number, and copyright date of the works and a publisher’s directory. There is also a list of German chorale translations and a new list of corollary readings. Two volumes, 1,304 pages total, third edition (1995). The publisher has made Volume 1 available only in paperback, and volume 2 only in the hardbound edition.