The Manualiter Organ Album Vol. 1 offers a versatile selection of pieces for small organs, organs without pedal or harmonium.
On 24 pages of sheet music you will find a wide range of 16 works – from early baroque to classical and romantic to modern music by Charpentier, Liszt, Mendelsohn Bartholdy, Guilmant and others, compiled and edited by Alexander Daerr. The album contains mainly manualiter arrangements of organ works that could otherwise only be played with pedal.

Ideal for concerts, church services, special occasions, organ lessons or home music. There is something for every taste!

The organ works are easy and quick to play and many contain registration suggestions. With the exception of the piece “Very slowly” by Sigfrid Karg-Elert, all the works can be played on single-manual organs.

Content:

Minuet, Composer unknown (1768)      

Prelude aus „Te Deum“, Marc Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704)

Largo and fugue, Salomo Heinrich Bodenschatz (1807-1859)

Adagio, Franz Liszt (1811-1886)

Allegretto, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809-1847)

Grave, Alexander Därr (*1976)

Rondo, Minuet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

Andante, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy

Intimate, Sigfrid Karg-Elert (1877-1933)

Prayer (Prière), Felix Alexandre Guilmant (1839-1911)

Choral, Sigfrid Karg-Elert

Gavotte, Samuel Wesley (1766-1837)

Melody, Felix Alexandre Guilmant

Ouverture miniature from the Nutcracker Suite, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

Very slowly, Sigfrid Karg-Elert

 
Review in Ars Organi 9/2025
The specialist journal Ars Organi highlights the practical arrangement of the works for manual-only performance. The collection is described as useful for teaching, home music-making, and playing on instruments without pedal. It fills a gap in the repertoire and offers a well-structured selection suitable for various performance contexts.

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