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|| [[Sinfonia Festiva]] || 1977
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|| [[Two Preludes for evening service]] || 1991
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|| [[Choraleworks. Set I : Ten Chorale Preludes for Organ]] || 1995
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|| [[Laudes Domini: 10 Hymn Introductions and Harmonizations for Organ, Volume 1]] || 2010
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|| [[Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress), from Cantata 80 (Transcription of JS Bach)]] || 1996
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|| [[Two Movements from Cantata 100 (Transcription of JS Bach]] || 1996
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|| [[Lobe den Herren, from Cantata 37 (Transcription of JS Bach)]] || 1997
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|| [[Prelude on the Passion Chorale, from Cantata 135 (Transcription of JS Bach)]] || 1997
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|| [[Four Slow Pieces for Organ (Transcription of Antonio Vivaldi)]] || 2000
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Revision as of 14:15, 5 April 2015

Synopsis

American composer of organ, choral, and church music

  • 1942 born
  • Studied music at the University of Michigan
  • Choirmaster at Calvary Church (Anglo-Catholic), Rochester, Minnesota
  • 1983 moved to Dallas, organist/choirmaster and subsequently Canon Precentor of St. Matthew's Cathedral (Episcopal)
  • Composer-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John, Denver, Colorado
  • Currently residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Choral Director and Cantor at Holy Faith Episcopal Church, director of Aureole Editions

List of Organ Works

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Title Year
Roulade 1965
Suite for Organ 1966
Passacaglia (Near) 1966
Lo, how a rose e'er blooming 1966
A Triptych of Fugues 1968
Postlude on St. Dunstan’s: He who would valiant be 1968
Preludes on Four Hymn Tunes 1969
Toccata for Organ 1971
Fantasy for Orga 1972
A Wedding Processional 1974
Sinfonia Festiva 1977
Two Preludes for evening service 1991
Choraleworks. Set I : Ten Chorale Preludes for Organ 1995
Choraleworks. Set II : Ten Chorale Preludes for Organ 1995
Saint Augustine's Organbook 1996
Prelude on the Hymntune Picardy: for Organ 1996
Choraleworks. Set III : Ten Chorale Preludes for Orga 1997
Chantworks Set I: Organ Music for the Church Year based upon Gregorian Chant Melodies (Advent, Christmas, Epiphany) 1997
Chantworks Set II: Organ Music for the Church Year based upon Gregorian Chant Melodies (Lent, Passiontide, Easter) 1998
Chantworks Set III: Organ Music for the Church Year based upon Gregorian Chant Melodies (Ascension, Pentecost, Trinity, Corpus Christi, Morning, Evening 1998
Deo Gracias: Six Preludes and a Postlude for Organ on Well-known Hymns 1999
Prelude for Easter Morning 2000
Meditations on Byzantine Hymns: for Organ 2000
A Gregorian Liturgical Year 2000
Sonata, Organ Solo 2004
Carillon on a Ukrainian Bell Carol 2006
Sonata Breve 2008
Six Variants on Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen : for Organ Solo 2008
Solemn Prelude on a Theme of Thomas Tallis 2009
Laudes Domini: 10 Hymn Introductions and Harmonizations for Organ, Volume 1 2010
Three Gospel Preludes for Organ (Amazing Grace, Blessed Assurance, In the Garden) 2011
Title year
Title year
Transcriptions for Organ Click to sort by opus number, title, or year of composition or publication
Title Year
Ein Feste Burg ist unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress), from Cantata 80 (Transcription of JS Bach) 1996
Two Movements from Cantata 100 (Transcription of JS Bach 1996
Lobe den Herren, from Cantata 37 (Transcription of JS Bach) 1997
Prelude on the Passion Chorale, from Cantata 135 (Transcription of JS Bach) 1997
Four Slow Pieces for Organ (Transcription of Antonio Vivaldi) 2000
Now Thank We All Our God, from Cantata 80 (Transcription of JS Bach) 2007

Background and General Perspectives on Performing Gerald Near Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page. [1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

Carillon on a Ukrainian Bell Carol, Gerald Near, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiIs74x-K4A, performed by Chris Dekker, at the Cathedral of St Andrew Grand Rapids, Michigan]

"Carillon" by Gerald Near, performed by Dr. Theodore Kiefer

FSPC - 11 April 2010 - Charge and Benedication; Organ Postlude - "Christ is Risen" (Gerald Near).m4v, [1]

Pay to Listen

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Other Resources

In his dissertation The Pedagogical Use of Gerald Near's Chantworks, Christopher Fresolone presents information concerning technical aspects and performance practice of Gerald Near's works.

Notes

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