American Folk-Hymn Settings
- Year
- 1986
- Instrumentation
- Organ
- Duration
- 29'30
- Publisher
- th (1986–)
- Premiere
- Kathleen Thomerson, Memorial Presbyterian Church, St Louis (Missouri), June 8, 1986.
for Organ
Amazing Grace! - Battle Hymn of the Republic - How Firm a Foundation - There is a Fountain Filled with Blood - When I Can Read My Title Clear - On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand
Book commissioned to Jean Langlais by the American publisher Fred Bock on different American Folk Hymns selected by him.
Errors in the edition, corrected by Kathleen Thomerson
1.Amazing Grace
p.4, m.16, right hand tie F to m.17
II. Battle Hymn of the Republic
p.12, mes.11, add ties to mes.12
III. How firm a Foundation
Registration : add soft 16,8 Pedal.
p.14, mes.22, left hand, beat 3, change F to Ab and beat 4, Ab to Bb
p.14, last measure : right hand should be as p.15, m.4 right hand
p.15, mes.13, left hand add tie to mes.14.
p.16, mes.3, left hand, beat 3, add natural before b.
V. When I Can Read My Title Clear
p.25, left hand, mes.1, add breath mark after beat 3.