A Catholic Book of Hymns: Organ Preludes on Hymns

by Noel Jones

"I’m looking for short preludes to use when the offertory or communion goes long, and something I could play to fill the time."

 

Many of these pieces may also be played after a final hymn with more elaborate stop registrations.

 

These are mostly easy to medium difficulty, but with only a few pedal parts that are very easy. If you don’t have a pedalboard, a budding music student could easily play those notes on the keyboard with you.

 

There are 295 pieces composed for the organ, one on each hymn in A Catholic Book of Hymns.


The video below begins with a performance of my Chorale Prelude in this book Alejandro D. Consolacion II, a well-known Organist in the Philippines, followed by his own treatment of the hymn and an improvisation!  Thank you for this, Alejandro.