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New: Spinning Song by Mendelssohn-Gaul, Variations on Luther’s Judgment Hymn by Henry S Cutler, and Prelude in G Minor by Rachmaninoff-Federlein. Recent: Mélodie Lyrique by Chester Nordman, Humoresque “L’Organo Primitivo” by Pietro Yon, and Postlude (in D) by Henry Smart. Coming: Midsummer Caprice by Johnston, Concert Overture in C Minor by Hollins, Scherzo by Becker, Toccata by Becker, Liszt’s Les Preludes by Kraft & Grasse, Prelude to La Traviata by Biggs, Star Spangled Banner by Paine, and much more! |
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“Thanks again for everything, Michael: you feel like an old friend already! You’re doing great work for us with getting
all this fun music back into print, and elegantly at that.” —Virginia, USA
“Simply by unwrapping and holding the three titles mentioned above, I had a powerful sense of history coming alive. Michael’s Music Service deserves commendation for the quality of its scans and printing, as well as for devotion to its mission of making old music live again.” —Jonathan B Hall, The American Organist, May 2012 (read the review) “I just wanted to say ‘Thank you’ again for finding an organ arrangement for me. I have really been enjoying it. It is quite a stretch for a novice like me to play it, but I have learned a lot along the way. I had given up on finding this until I heard about your service.” —Oregon, USA “The music I ordered arrived today. It looks splendid and very smart. I’m off to play through them this afternoon. Thanks for your good service.” —Australia “I have recently purchased a copy of Rhapsody in Blue for organ from you and am very pleased at the quality of the printing. I was also pleased at how well it was wrapped for shipping.” —Ohio, USA “Thanks so much! I haven’t got anything from you yet that I haven’t liked. Most of the music is easy enough to sight read through and lots of fun for classical and theatre organ. Way too cool! Thanks again for all of your hard work.” —Missouri, USA “Thank you very, very much for your very fast and solid answer to my order. Congratulations for your very noble and fine activities for to return to life those so very beautiful old melodies and now unjustly forgotten organ works.” —Chile Warren’s transcription of the Overture to Tannhäuser “... is a superb translation of it for organ solo (made in 1877), and is a true representation of the orchestral score intended for a good organist.” —Rollin Smith, The American Organist, March 2012 (read the review) “WOW a million thank yous! I didn't even think about looking on imslp. But thanks for your service, Michael. I’m sure I’ll be sending you more requests!” —Delaware, USA “Your work and service are impeccable!” —Illinois, USA “Appreciate your efforts in providing good organ music as well as your excellent service.” —Ohio, USA Goss-Custard Album of Overtures: “None of these works is of more than average difficulty. Each fills the bill and will find a welcome place on any recital program.” —Rollin Smith, The American Organist, February 2012 (read the review) “For some of these pieces (for example, Hollins Concert Overture in C Major), I searched for a long time and no music-shop here in Germany could give me this music. All editions have an excellent quality! I am enthused about these fine editions and I will advise this music to my associates. Perhaps they will order some of this pieces from your web-site. Certainly I will order more sheet music soon.” —Germany “Are you looking for some well-crafted nineteenth-century American organ music? Consider these three Andantes...” —Brian Harlow, JAAM, January 2012 (read the review) A Festive March (Marche en Rondeau) “... might be compared to the Menuet Gothique by Boëllmann, in that it brings a historic form into its own time period.” —Brian Harlow, JAAM, January 2012 (read the review) “Happy New Year to you. I have just ordered the Clokey piece [Fireside Fancies] — been after that for years.” —United Kingdom “Hi, Michael. Well, we played The Open Diapason duet this past Sunday on a wonderful original condition 14 rank Hutchings tracker organ. The organist and I played it for the postlude and the minister liked it so well that we were asked to play it twice.” —New Hampshire, USA “Your service is unbelievable. And your perceptiveness is overwhelming!!! Yes, several of these are destined for my recital in January. Thanks again for your work in this domain. Without your publications, this series of recitals would have been much less colorful. Home, Sweet Home last year was a great hit; but the all-time favorite was The Lost Chord that I played 2 or 3 years ago. I may repeat it this year.” —North Carolina, USA “I’m working on Liebstod now. Warren’s transcription [of Tannhäuser] is awesome. I never before had to play right hand thumb on the manual below the rest of the right hand.” —West Virginia, USA “I think I now have purchased all of Rosa’s music that you have available. It was a nice surprise to find the music you sent to me to have her autograph! The books I bought earlier also had her signature. I am a Theatre guy and not very classical, so I always am looking for Theatre style music. There is not very much around. Thanks for your service.” —Missouri, USA |
My music “arrived safely this morning. Extremely fine print, if I may say so, I reckon probably better than the original — and printed on decent paper!! Yippee!!! Again many thanks for the prompt delivery, a satisfied customer.” —United Kingdom “The arrangements that you find and reproduce are certainly some of the best that can be found. I did not know that the Rachmaninoff Prelude in G had been transcribed by Federlein and played by Professor Murray with such good results. Keep up the good work!” —Ohio, USA “I would be interested in other works by René Becker. It turns out René Becker spent about 20 years in the Detroit-Dearborn area of Michigan. His son lives about 10 minutes away from the church where I play. So maybe I could feature him in a recital.” —Michigan, USA “I am particularly interested in the Becker work, Consolation. He is a composer whose works I have come across in very recent times. A friend of a colleague who knows I play Becker sent me a link to your site. I am interested in unjustly neglected composers, and I like to include them in my recital programmes. I would like to be included in your emails for new works.” —Australia “Thank you kindly for sending this email announcement along to me. I have sent it out to about 20 other organists in my address book. Please keep the updates comin'!” —New York, USA “I played the C. H. Lloyd Eton Memorial March yesterday at both services, and several people went out of their way to thank me. So, again, I thank you for making it available.” —Illinois, USA “Just wanted to touch base with you to let you know that I appreciate all the work you do to ‘gather’ all of the interesting music from times past.” —Alabama, USA Lemare’s Blue Danube is “geared for the average organist” and is “a fine arrangement of one of the world’s most beloved waltzes.” —Rollin Smith, The American Organist, March 2012 (read the review) “Thank you for sending the music all the way to Belgium.:) It’s very hard to find professional sheet music on internet or in stores. So I’m happy to find them on your site. Keep up the good work, and it would be great to be on the email list.” —Belgium “Really interested in Theatre style organ music — any info on this and updates would be great.” —United Kingdom “I include this piece [Ford’s Impromptu] in our Christmas selections because of its distinctly pastoral quality. In 6/8 time, the piece is a large arch, building gradually from piano to fortissimo and then diminishing to close pianissimo. ... This is an attractive work in the nineteenth-century American style.” —Brian Harlow, JAAM, December 2011 (read the review) “Thanks for the quick processing. I’ve known Lotus for a while; it was very popular at the university where I got my Masters. I look forward to learning it. I stopped by your booth at an AGO convention a few years back and was very glad to see your large selection of early American music.” —New York, USA “I have surely enjoyed the music that I have bought from you in 2011, and I hope that 2012 will be a wonderful year for you. All best wishes.” —Georgia, USA “As always, the package arrived fast and was full of meticulously cared for printings. A real joy to see your pride of work. Thanks!” —Nevada, USA “Thanks so much for The Lost Chord music and the speed of it! I appreciate it.” —Massachusetts, USA “I can hardly wait to get my box of goodies! It started as such a simple thing — I saw your classified ad in the September Diapason and, since I hadn’t visited your website for awhile, I thought “What the heck....” So it’s $210 later and it will be worth every penny. Your shop is a treasure, and so are you.” —California, USA “The new Scherzo Pastorale is wonderful ... going to use it soon. Federlein is a revelation ... don’t know why I never ran into this stuff before. Now I’m on a hunt. Are any more of his pieces available?” [Yes, later this year!] —Rhode Island, USA |
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