Intermediate Sheet Music for Organ

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is one of the most important organists and organ composers of today. He studied with Jean Langlais as well as at the Paris Conservatoire and was organist at Sacré-C...

Naji Hakim, born in Beirut in 1955, is one of the most important organists and organ composers of today. He studied with Jean Langlais at the Paris Conservatoire, was organist at Sacré-Coeur in Paris...

Naji Hakim wrote this virtuoso piece for the Breda International Organ Competition which takes place in the Netherlands in 2012. In the first bars, the piece already captivates the audience with brill...

In this suite which contains 12 short movements and a concluding 'Final en Rondeau', the composer shows deference to France, the country which he has loved for its music and its culture since his chil...

The dance is introduced in 6/8 against 2/4 time, before the exposition of a festive theme that alternates bouncing light passages with percussive chords. A more lyrical central episode precedes the re...

This variation on Noël Nouvelet develops, in an ornamental texture, a popular French Renaissance carol inspired by the incipit of the Marian gregorian hymn, Ave maris stella.

The Rottenburg Toccata develops the choral melody of 'Sankt Martin, dir ist anvertraut' in the virtuosic style of french romantic toccatas. The work is articulated in three sections with contrasted te...

The present triptych follows the structure of the Italian overture - fast, slow, fast. Its style is mostly ornamental, with two lively movements framing a rather contemplative central chorale.

In this work, Naji Hakim presents the chorale theme O Königin voll Herrlichkeit in four brilliant variations.

Cosmogonie was written after an improvisation of the composer at the Haarlem International Organ Improvisation Competition, Rotterdam 1981. The given theme was an abstract graphic by Enrique Raxach. T...

This Cantilena is based on a a stage music by Francisco A. Barbieri (1823-1894), from Don Quijote de la Mancha, Drama in three acts by Ventura de la Vega (1807-1865), inspired by the work of Miguel de...

Bogurodzica (Mother of God/Theotokos), Carmen patrium, (Hymn of motherland) is a solemn ornamented setting of the oldest Polish hymn attributed to Saint Adalbert of Prague (955-997) and notated at the...

Tanets is inspired by the rhythm of the Basque fandango, with abundant hemiolas alternating 2 and 3 in the accompaniment. The piece, in ternary form, develops a joyful diatonic theme in a very modulat...

Sweelinck's '6 Fantasien op de manier van een echo' probably represent the first collection of organ pieces in which the echo is used as a structural component. At the basis of this collection is a th...