Thomas Adams [1] Two Voluntaries (Gm and G)

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Thomas Adams [1] (1785 - 1858)
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Thomas Adams was born nearly a generation after his friend and exemplar, Samuel Wesley. His organ music can be seen as the last flowering of the genre known as ‘Old English Organ Music’ that was to fade with the belated addition of a proper pedal department to the British instrument. The style is clearly mature and the ideas are beautifully worked with grace and polish. There is a masterful emphasis on counterpoint in these pieces and the counterpoint is all-pervasive and sometimes almost dazzlingly effortless; even non-fugal movements are full of dual themes carefully worked in imitation.

Scores at https://fagus-music.com/composers/geaed.htm

Here are Two Voluntaries from these scores.

00:01 Voluntary 5 Adagio Allegro in Gm
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04:18 Voluntary 11 in G
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Organ St Matthew Cheltenham
Built by 'Father' Henry Willis in 1865/1879

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Thanks and encouragement to the young maker of this very interesting samples set.