Organ Sonata or Sonata Quasi una Fantasia No.5 - Set to Music for Organ in the Key of A Major - Op.159

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852 - 1924) was an Irish composer, conductor, and teacher of music. He was educated at the University of Cambridge and continued his studies in Berlin and Leipzig. Stanford was a very influential composer responsible for making Cambridge University Musical Society an international acclaimed organisation. He was also a profuse composer, producing a large corpus of work in many genres; however, he is perhaps best remembered for his Anglican choral works for church performance. His music eventually became overshadowed by that of Edward Elgar and a number of his former pupils in the in the 20th century. This volume contains the original sheet music for his "Organ Sonata, No.5, Op.159", a 1918 composition for solo organ. Presented clearly with room for notes and annotations, this book is ideal for students and those with an interest in learning to play one of Stanford's masterpieces, and it is not to be missed by collectors of classical music notation. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in a modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of musical notation.