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    Greetings everyone,</p>

    I have been hired for a wedding at an ELCA church next month. I met with the bride and groom last night to get things planned and this is what they came up with. I am the only musician who will be participating in the wedding, so I can within reason play however I want. There is no sung liturgy or anything special like that.</p>

    Anyway, here's the pieces we chose:</p>

    End of prelude/seating of mothers: JS Bach-Air on the G string *
    Processional for all, including bride: Johann Pachelbel-Canon in D*
    Hymns: For the beauty of the earth
    Joyful, joyful we adore thee
    Recessional: Trumpet Voluntary (Purcell/Clarke)
    First postlude: Water music of GF Handel-2nd movement*</p>

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    Does anyone know where I could get transcriptions of the Air and the Water Music? I will probably just modify a piano transcription of the CiD, and adjust the organ/trumpet version of the Trumpet Voluntary that I have, but I am at a loss for finding the others. If nobody knows of an organ version, I could always repair a piano or solo/continuo edition if necessary. Any performance tips?
    I don't know what the organ there is like-hopefully not neo-Baroque. I will post again after I email the church organist who was going to play, but will be on vacation.

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    Philip,</p>

    The Air and Water music are both available as transcriptions. I would imagine that the resident organist would have them and would be willing to lend them to you. There should be several sources online, too (e.g. http://www.sheetmusicplus.com). I don't know which ELCA church, but Incarnate Word's website shows their organs (http://www.iwmusic.org/). </p>

    Larry
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      My copy of the Water Music suite was arranged for organ by Carl McKinley. You can find it online (including a used copy for $1.00) if you do a Google search using the terms "water music" and"carl mckinley" - make sure to put the terms in double quotes.</P>


      If you are in more of a hurry, try the Werner Icking Music Archive. Here are the links: Handeland Bach. You might also try IMSLP.</P>


      In the Icking site you'll notice little tiny bullet points with the Adobe symbol - if you click on those it will open up a PDF file.Some ofthe Water Music is for two keyboards, but the upper part should suffice, or you could make your own arrangement.</P>


      Have fun searching - there is a lotof music there to be discovered. [8-|]</P>

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        Can you explain why you choose music that you don't have right under you hand when you have been given a "free" hand? I really want to know why you would propose music you cannot even play to them when making the choice with the couple. Do you really have such a limited amount of music around that you have to propose transcriptions that you cannot show them or let them hear a piece of it?

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          [quote user="Havoc"]Can you explain why you choose music that you don't have right under you hand when you have been given a "free" hand?[/quote]</P>


          Sheesh Havoc, You must be enduring a rather disagreeable day! What are you talking about??</P>


          [quote user="Havoc"]I really want to know why you would propose music you cannot even play [/quote]</P>


          For sure he <U>never</U> for a moment suggested that he could not play this stuff! [:(];And I fail to understandwhy youwouldfigure any of thisto be in any way a challenge! [:|]As intended, it's all simple Saturday afternoon juniorkindergarten stuff!</P>


          [quote user="Havoc"]to them when making the choice with the couple. Do you really have such a limited amount of music around that you have to propose transcriptions that you cannot show them or let them hear a piece of it?[/quote]</P>


          Ooops! IMO, Phillip has knowledgeably engaged in some fine choices for the upcoming wedding!And these pieces are really not all that challenging! Like . . . . if I can play them with ease, then anyonecan!</P>
          2008: Phoenix III/44

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            Sorry Clarion if it came over like that but I'm really interested on the "why". I mean if someone came to me asking this then at least I would play the pieces or parts of it to them so they could judge if they liked it. It isn't that those pieces are complicated, hard or not. It is about why proposing something you don't have at hand, need to scramble to get it while your "customers" haven't even heard it. I would have understood it if they would have requested those pieces and you don't have them. But if they give you a -more or less- free hand then I would just dig into what I have around and not complicate it further. Sure it would be a good occasion to start "collecting" more suitable music for next occasions.

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              Havoc-I did not suggest these pieces, nor did I really want to play them. The bride pulled out her $9.99 Wal-Mart various-and-sundry no-name classical album and said "I really like this one here." So now thanks to Clarion I have Virgil's arrangement of the <u>Air</u> and another of the water music, mvt. 2.</p>

              I would have chosen something else...but I didn't want to be a jerk.</p>

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                Philip, The listening CD'sare great in that they help broaden one's horizons. They're a bane in that most are orchestral, and not all pieces transcribe well to the organ. I've had some requests in the past that were dealt with this way: "I'm sorry but I don't have that in my library. Will you find an organ arrangement for me to look at and I'll see if I can play it." I then suggest something I do have/ want to play and they invariably choose that. While it's probably good that you've added these standards to your library, you were quite gracious to agree to learn and buy them. Be sure to keep your receipts as you can write them off on your taxes as work equipment! Good luck with the wedding.

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                  Okay, explains the lot. I got the impression from your first post that they handed the choice to you.

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                    Thanks everyone. Ludwigtone, I will remember your advice for when I am older and a little more respected. People don't like 15 year olds, no matter how intelligent, telling them what to do. [:P]

                    As far as music, I have a friend in high places (AKA Clarion with a scanner) so aside from the CiD (they won't even need the whole thing) I am set. I have a friend who will loan me her piano ed. of the Canon

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