Resources
The Trust offers the use of two two-manual-and-pedal pipe organs, two grand pianos, a two-manual-and –pedal clavichord, an Alexandre harmonium and other keyboard instruments.
Braille music and textbooks
The following list is a library of braille music and textbooks belonging to David Aprahamian Liddle, accessible to The Arabesque Trust, upon request. Items are for use only where they are located.
Most RNIB scores are in the older, “Bar-By-Bar” method. More recent transcriptions use the Bar-Over-Bar system. Scores from other European countries are in the Section-By-Section, Paragraph style.
Abbreviations
ED. = edited or arranged by.
HT = home transcription brailled on loose pages from dictation on a Perkins machine, written in the Bar-By-Bar system.
RB = transcribed by Ron Bayfield.
Alphabetical composer list:
A
Alain, Jehan
(Leduc) most of his pieces, including Trois Danses; Two copies of 2 Chorals.
B
Bach, J.C
51 Chorale Preludes, with 3 by Pachelbel.
Bach, J.S.
(mainly Peters Edition) Chorale Preludes; Preludes and Fugues; Fantasias; Trio Sonatas; Toccatas; Passacaglia; Pastorale; Allabreve; Labyrinth; A minor Concerto; D minor Concerto, HT; Novello Book 20 “The Chorales”.
Bate, Jennifer
Toccata on a theme of Martin Shaw.
Beethoven
Suite for Mechanical Organ.
Blow
Toccata, ED. John E. West; Selected Organ Works, ED. A. V. Butcher.
Boëllmann
Heures mystiques book 1 Op.29; book 2 Op.30; Marche religieuse Op.16; Suite Gothique, two copies.
Bossi
Studio Sinfonico, HT; Colloquio con le Rondini, HT; Scherzo, RB.
Brahms
Chorale Preludes Op.122 Nos.2, 4, 7, 8-11; Nos.1, 3, 5 and 6, RB; Prelude and Fugue in G minor, HT.
Bridge
Adagio in E; Allegretto Grazioso, Allegro Commodo, Allegro Marziale.
Buck, Percy
2 Christmas Preludes.
Buxtehude
Prelude and Fugue in E minor; Prelude and Fugue in D minor; Fugue in C.
C
Cabanilles
Tiento de Falsas, HT.
Clérambault
Premier Livre d’Orgue.
Couperin, F
Messe pour les Paroisses; Messe pour les couvents; various short pieces.
D
Daquin
Le Coucou (Rondeau), HT.
Demessieux, Jeanne
Prélude and Fugue in C, HT.
Dupré
Variations sur un Noël; 3 élévations Op.32, two copies; 3 Preludes and Fugues Op.7; Cortège et Litany, two copies; Suite Bretonne; Symphonie Passion; Placare Christe Servulis, from Le Tombeau de Titelouze; 3 Esquisses, HT.
Duruflé
all pieces; some, RB; revised ending of Toccata, HT; Two copies of Veni creator Op.4.
E
F
Franck
Fantaisies in A and C; 3 Chorales; Pièce Héroïque; Grande Pièce Symphonique; Prière; Pastorale; Final; Cantabile; Prélude Fugue et Variation; L’Organiste: 7 pieces in C major or minor; 7 in D flat major or C sharp minor; 7 in D major or minor; 7 in E flat major or minor; 7 in F major or minor; 7 in G flat major or F sharp minor; 7 in G major or minor; 7 in A flat major or G sharp minor.
Franck arranged by Vierne
5 pieces from L’Organiste, arranged by Vierne for organ with pedals.
Frescobaldi
various pieces; Toccatas per l’Elevazione, HT.
G
Gibbs, Armstrong.
“Folksong”, No.5 of 6 sketches.
Gordon Slater
An Easter Alleluya.
Grace, Harvey
Cradle song; Scherzo; Meditation; Nos.2, 5, and 7 from 10 pieces.
H
Händel
Organ Concerto in B flat, Op.4 No.2 (organ part, Bärenreiter edition); Organ Concertos Op.4 arranged for organ solo by S. de Lange: G minor; B flat; F; F; B flat; 2 Sonatas for Oboe and keyboard; Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, ED. Stainton Taylor.
Harwood
Album of eight pieces; Concerto for Organ and Orchestra organ part; 3 Short Pieces: Prelude, Larghetto and Finale, HT.
Heinermann, Otto
2 Chorale Preludes.
Howells
Psalm Prelude Op.32 No.1.
Hunt, J. Eric
Alla Minuet; Alla Marcia.
I
Ireland
Sursum Corda; Alla Marcia.
Ives
Variations on “America”; and Adeste Fidelis.
J
Jackson, Francis
Toccata Chorale and Fugue.
Janácek
organ solo from Glagolitic Mass.
Jongen, Joseph
Prélude élégiaque and Pensée d’Automne; Improvisation-Caprice; Choral; Cantabile; Prière; Chant de Mai; Toccata RB; Symphonie Concertante, organ part.
Joulain, Jeanne
Noël Flamand, RB.
K
Karg-Elert
Op.65 Chorale Improvisations including “Ein’ feste Burg” and Nun danket”, 3 Pastels Op.92; Sarabande from Partita Op.37 No.3; Legende RB; Liebster Jesu Op.78, HT; Jerusalem du hochgebaute Stadt Op.65, HT; Mach’s mit mir Gott, ht.
Kurt Thomas
Variations on “Es ist ein Schnitter”.
L
Langlais
Te deum; Ave Maria ave maris stella; Nos.1-12 of 24 Pieces; Suite Francaise; Suite médiévale; Hommage to Frescobaldi; 3 Gregorian Paraphrases; 24 pieces for organ or harmonium.
Liddle, David Aprahamian
rough working “manuscripts’ of all pieces, HT.
Litaize
Nos.7-12 of Twelve Pieces; 12 pieces; 5 Liturgical pieces.
Lloyd Webber
6 Interludes on Christmas carols.
Lübeck
4 Preludes and Fugues: C; D minor; E; and G minor.
M
Mac-Master, Georges
Toccata in A No.2 Op.67.
Marty, Adolphe
Entrée or Marche de procession (Lauda Sion).
Mendelssohn
Sonatas 2 and 5; Wedding March, ED. W. T. Best.
Messiaen
L’Ascension; L’Apparition; some of La Nativité; Le Banquet céleste, HT.
Mozart
Fantasia in F minor K.608, ED. W. T. Best.
Mulet
Carillon-Sortie; Tu es petra, RB; Rosace, RB; Procession, RB.
N
Nielsen
Commotio Op.58.
Nowowiejski
Symfonia Op.45 No.3 in A minor (Lourdes).
P
Padovano
Ricercar del Primo Tono (Salve Regina), HT.
Palestrina
Ricercar del Primo Tuono, HT.
Parry
Tranquillo; Chorale Preludes on “Eventide”; “Melcombe”; “St Cross”; “Martyrdom”.
Pepping
Partita “Wer nur den lieben Gott”; Kleines Orgelbuch; Grosses Orgelbuch.
Phillips, Gordon
6 Carol Preludes.
Purcell
Voluntary on The Old 100th, HT; various Trumpet tunes; Trumpet voluntaries.
R
Reger
12 Pieces Op.59; Fantasia and Fugue Op.57; Phantasie on “Freu dich sehr” Op.30; Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor; Phantasie Op.40 No.1 on “Wie schön leucht’t”; Phantasie Op.40 No.2 on “Straf” mich nicht”; Phantasie and Fugue on BACH Op.46; 5 Easy Preludes and Fugues Op.56; 52 Easy Chorale Preludes Op.67 Nos.36-52 only, Reger/Straube: Schule des Triospiels.
Rheinberger
Sonata No.3; Sonata No.9 in B flat minor; Sonata No.16 in G sharp minor.
S
Saint-Saëns
Fantaisies in D flat and E flat; 3 Preludes and Fugues Op.99 in E, B and E flat; organ part of Symphony No.3.
Schumann
6 Studies in Canonic form, Peters Edition.
Soler
Concerto in C for two organs.
Stanley
10 Voluntaries (Volume 3 from 30 Voluntaries), ED. Denis Vaughan; Suite in D.
Sweelinck
Variations on “Mein junges leben”; 3 Fantasias.
T
Thalben-Ball
Variations on a Theme of Paganini, for organ (pedal solo).
Torres, Eduardo
Saeta No.3, HT.
Tournemire
Suite No.35 from L’Orgue Mystique (Assumption).
V
Vaughan Williams
3 Preludes founded on Welsh Hymn Tunes.
Vierne
Symphonies 1 (two copies); 2; 3; 6, RB; complete 4 Suites of Pièces de Fantaisie, two copies; complete Pièces en Style Libre, two copies; Tryptique Op.58, two copies; Messe basse pour les défunts Op.62; Marche épiscopale and Méditation from 3 improvisations transcribed by Duruflé, RB.
Vierne, René
a couple of small pieces, RB.
W
Walton
Crown Imperial, ED. Herbert Murrill.
Whitlock
Plymouth Suite; 5 Short Pieces; 7 Sketches on the Psalms; Carol; Fidelis; Pazienza, HT.
Widor
Symphonies 5-10; Serenade.
Wolstenholme
Rondino in D flat; Allegretto in E flat; Air and Prelude; The question and the answer.
Y
Yon, Pietro
Humoresque “L’Organo Primitivo” (Toccatina for Flute).
Anthologies:
- 32 Preludes, Praeambels, Toccatas etc. by Bach, Handel, Fischer, Frescobaldi, Raison, Dandrieu, Boyvin, Titelouze, Mozart, Walther, Schildt, Krebs.
- Alte Meister des Orgelspiels Book 1: pieces by Böhm, Bruhns, Buxtehude, Cabezon, Frescobaldi, Froberger, Kerll, Muffat.
- Alte Meister des Orgelspiels Book 2: pieces by Pachelbel, Praetorius, Scheidt, Schlick, Sweelinck, Titelouze, Tunder.
- Archives des Maîtres de l’Orgue: Du Mage, Le Bègue, Clérambault, D’Aquin.
- Archives des Maîtres de l’Orgue: Clérambault, Daquin, De Grigny, F. Couperin, Marchand.
- Deo Gloria: manuals only pieces (mostly 16th-18th-Century) chosen by Langlais as short liturgical voluntaries.
- Liber Organi Book 4: (Schott) pieces by Fasolo, Banchieri, Zipoli.
- Liber Organi Book 4: (Schott) Frescobaldi: Toccata, Capriccio Pastorale, Ricercar, Canzona.
- Meisterwerke Deutscher Tonkunst: pieces by Froberger.
- Music by old Dutch composers: Ockeghem, Obrecht, Isaac, Des Prés, Willaert, De Monte, Sweelinck.
- Organum Book 7: pieces by Brunckhorst, Kneller, Leyding.
- Organum Book 12: Pachelbel: Preludes, Fantasias, Toccatas.
- Organum Book 13: Pachelbel: Chaconnes, Fugues, Ricercars.
- “The colours of the organ”: pieces by Lloyd Webber, Heathcote Statham, Francis Jackson, Arthur Wills, Desmond Ratcliffe, Leo Sowerby.
- “Unbeaten tracks”: pieces by Huw Watkins, Diana Burrell, Roxanna Panufnik, David Matthews, Errollyn Wallen, Graham Fitkin, Judith Bingham, David Bedford.
Piano music
This includes nearly all of Chopin’s compositions in the Klindworth-Scharwenka edition published by Augener; assorted pieces by Beethoven, Debussy, Mozart, Ravel, Satie, Schubert, and keyboard works of J. S. Bach published by Augener and Schott.
Music Literature:
- Bush: Strict Counterpoint in Palestrina Style.
- Edmund H. Fellowes: “William Byrd”.
- Edmund H. Fellowes: English Cathedral Music.
- Gordon Jacob: Orchestral Technique.
- George Oldroyd: The Technique and Spirit of Fugue.
- Jonathan Rennert: “George Thalben-Ball”.
Church Music:
Miscellaneous single anthems and carols.
- Edwards: Small wonder, organ part, HT.
- Carols for Choirs 1 and 2.
- 100 Carols for Choirs, Nos.1-29 (Words, voices and accompaniment).
- The Oxford Carol Book.
- Britten: A Ceremony of Carols.
- J. S. Bach: Cantata “Sleepers, wake”.
- Dunhill: The Christmas Rose.
- Duruflé: motet “Ubi caritas”; Requiem (Words, voices and accompaniment).
- The Church Anthem Book: 100 Anthems ED. Walford Davies and Henry G. Ley.
- Fauré: Pie Jesu from Requiem, RB.
- Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Alleluia from Exultate Jubilate, HT.
- Merbecke: Holy Communion, ED. Martin Shaw.
- Dom Gregory Murray: A new people’s Mass.
- Ireland: Communion Service in C, organ part, HT.
- Walton: Gloria, organ part, HT.
- Gelineau: Selection from 24 Psalms.
- English Hymnal (1906): tunes and words.
- Ancient and Modern: tunes, 1913.
- Ancient and Modern Revised: tunes, 1950.
- Anglican Hymn Book Vol.1. [Tunes or words]
- 100 Hymns for Today: tunes.
- 30 20th-Century Hymn Tunes.
- New English Hymnal: some tunes, all the Responsorial Psalms RB.
- New English Praise: most of the Responsorial Psalms RB.