The Village Organist

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"The Village Organist: a series of pieces for church and general use" was a sequence of books of organ music published by Novello and Co between 1870 and 1907.

Contents

First series

The first series comprised two books. The first was published by Novello in 1870, described as:

[...] short easy voluntaries by eminent composers [...] edited by T. Richard Matthews B.A. Rector of St Nicholas church, North Coates, Great Grimsby [1826–1910 [1] ] [...] Here are voluntaries by Professors Bennett and Ousley, Drs. Dykes, Stainer, Elvey, Chipp and Monk and Messrs Henry Smart, G. A. Macfarren, J. Barnby, E. H. Thorne and J. B. Calkin". [2]

Apart from its thirty-nine voluntaries the first edition of the book also contained psalm chants and hymn tunes. (Later editions did not contain the psalm chants, which had been separately published by Novello as The Village Chant Book.)

A second "and concluding volume", [3] also edited by T. R. Matthews, was published by Novello in 1872, issued in aid of the St Nicholas North Coates church organ fund. It claimed to contain works that were "all expressly composed for it and not published in any other work". [3] It was favourably reviewed in The Musical Times of 1 August 1872 as a collection that "pleasantly exemplifies the present state of musicianship in England, and will be found valuable for practical use where short voluntaries are needed, in towns as much as in villages". [4]

As recorded by a reviewer in The Musical Times of 1 August 1872, this volume contains works by: [4]

From 1877 both books were available combined into a "New edition, complete in One Volume, 142 pages". [6]

Second series

A 'highlights' contents list for 'The Village Organist' Volumes 1-16 'The Village Organist' Volumes 1-16 index.jpg
A 'highlights' contents list for 'The Village Organist' Volumes 1-16

The Musical Times of 1 March 1897 advertised the first six volumes of a new series of organ music, also called The Village Organist and also published by Novello. The editors were John Stainer and F. Cunnigham Woods, who noted that they "have eneavoured to bring together a collection of pieces ... simple, without being uninteresting and effective where the instrumental resources are limited". [7] Each volume was priced at one shilling.

Following Stainer's death in 1901 the series was edited by Cunningham Woods alone, starting with the March 1903 publication and covering books 32–43. Editorship was then taken up by John E. West starting with the February 1907 publication and covering books 44–48.

The separate books were subsequently collected into a series of volumes:

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References

  1. ↑ 'Timothy Richard Matthews1820–1910'. HymnTune.com, online resource, accessed 26 July 2021
  2. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 14, No. 329 (Jul. 1, 1870), 534–35
  3. 1 2 The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular, Vol. 15, No. 353 (Jul. 1, 1872), 546
  4. 1 2 The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 15, No. 354 (Aug. 1, 1872), 573
  5. ↑ R. H. Legge, revised by Richard Turbet (2005) 'Rimbault, Edward Francis [pseud. Franz Nava (1816–1876)'. 'Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'. Online resource from University of London Library, accessed 26 July 2021
  6. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 18, No. 413 (Jul. 1, 1877) 355
  7. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 38, No. 650 (Mar. 1, 1897) 216
  8. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 38, No. 649 (Mar. 1, 1897) 216
  9. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 38, No. 655 (Sep. 1, 1897) 648
  10. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 39, No. 660 (Feb. 1, 1898) 138
  11. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 39, No. 667 (Sep. 1, 1898) 636
  12. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 40, No. 674 (Apr. 1, 1899) 272, 286
  13. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 41, No. 683 (Jan. 1, 1900) 7
  14. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 41, No. 689 (Jul. 1, 1900) 503
  15. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 43, No. 709 (Mar. 1, 1902) 151
  16. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 43, No. 710 (Apr. 1, 1902) 284
  17. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 44, No. 721 (Mar. 1, 1903) 213
  18. ↑ The Musical Times and Singing Class Circular Vol. 44, No. 729 (Nov. 1, 1903) 767
  19. ↑ The Musical Times Vol. 46, No. 751 (Sep. 1, 1905) 624
  20. ↑ The Musical Times Vol. 47, No. 755 (Jan. 1, 1906) 73
  21. ↑ The Musical TimesVol. 47, No. 757 (Mar. 1, 1906) 204
  22. ↑ The Musical Times Vol. 47, No. 763 (Sep. 1, 1906) 636
  23. ↑ The Musical Times Vol. 48, No. 768 (Feb. 1, 1907) 124
  24. ↑ No announcement found of this work's publication
  25. ↑ The Musical Times Vol. 48, No. 776 (Oct. 1, 1907) 682
  26. 1 2 The Musical Times Vol. 48, No. 778 (Dec. 1, 1907) 831
  27. 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Musical TimesVol. 46, No. 754 (Dec. 1, 1905) 839
  28. ↑ The Musical Times Vol. 49, No. 790 (Dec. 1, 1908) 823
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