Music by Black Composers: 105 Sacred Works for Organ

Collections

Four Spiritual Preludes (David Hurd)

1. Oh! What a Beautiful City

2. Go Down, Moses

3. Were You There

4. Deep River

Easy on the Pedals: Hymn Tune Settings with Optional Pedal Parts (Victor Johnson)

1. Thee We Adore 

2. O God, Our Help In Ages Past 

3. Just As I Am 

4. Festive Prelude on "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" 

5. The King Of Love My Shepherd Is 

6. Communion Meditation 

7. Come, Thou Almighty King 

8. To God Be The Glory

King of Kings, Vol. 1: Organ Music of Black Composers, Past and Present (Various)

1. King of Kings (arr. Ralph Simpson)

2. A Little More Faith in Jesus (arr. John W. Work)

3. Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross (arr. D. L. White)

4. Lord, Build Me a Cabin in Glory Land (arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.)

5. Were You There (arr. Uzee Brown, Jr.)

6. Triumphal March of Heritage (Uzee Brown, Jr.)

7. Retrospection (Florence B. Price)

8. Offertory (H. Leslie Adams)

9. Talk About a Child That Do Love Jesus (arr. Calvin Taylor)

10. Arietta (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)

11. Melody (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)

12. Elegy (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)

13. Go Down, Moses (arr. W. C. Handy, adapted Walter C. Simon)

King of Kings, Vol. 2: Organ Music of Black Composers, Past and Present (Various)

1. Fanfare and Chorale (Calvin Fuller)

2. Prayer: An Offertory (George Walker)

3. Adoration (Florence B. Price)

4. A Pleasant Thought (Florence B. Price)

5. In Quiet Mood (Florence B. Price)

6. Bye and Bye (arr. William Farley Smith)

7. Wade in duh Wadduh! (arr. William Farley Smith)

8. Impromptu (Samuel Coleridge-Taylor)

9. Give Me Jesus (arr. Marques L.A. Garrett)

10. Go Down, Moses (arr. Fela Sowande)

11. Yoruba Lament (arr. Fela Sowande)

12. Joshua Fit de Battle ob Jericho (arr. Fela Sowande)

King of Kings, Vol. 3: Organ Music of Black Composers, Past and Present (Various)

1. Toccata on Good News (Carl MaultsBy)

2. Prelude on I Am Thine, O Lord (Monte Thomas)

3. Jubilate (Fela Sowande)

4. Variations on a Theme by Ellie (Trevor Weston)

5. Churchyard Chatter (Uzee Brown, Jr.)

6. Bread of Heaven (William B. Cooper)

7. Fantasy on Walk Together, Children (André J. Thomas)

8. His Eye Is on the Sparrow (Carl Haywood

9. Postlude on Go, Tell It On the Mountain (Norah Duncan IV)

With Everlasting Alleluias: An Easter Suite (Victor Johnson)

1. The Strife Is O'er, The Battle Done 

2. In the Garden 

3. Christ he Lord Is Risen Today 

Promised Land: Three Tunes from Early America (Ralph Simpson)

1. Promised Land

2. Deep River

3. Toccata on Joshua Fought the Battle

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 1 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Arietta (Thomas H. Kerr)

2. Fantasy (Eugene W. Hancock)

3. Nuptial Song (Betty Jackson King)

4. Prelude on St. Martin’s (Mark Fax)

5. Toccatina (Scherzando) (William B. Cooper)

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 2 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Miniature Antiphonal on a Pedal Point (Thomas H. Kerr)

2. Pastorale (William B. Cooper)

3. Procession of the Gargoyles (Thomas H. Kerr)

4. Solemn Processional (Robert A. Harris)

5. Variations on Nettleton (Undine Smith Moore)

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 3 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Finale from Suite No. 1 (Ulysses Kay)

2. Go, Tell It On the Mountain (arr. Eugene W. Hancock)

3. O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee (Noel Da Costa)

4. Prelude from Suite for Organ (Adolphus Hailstork)

5. Were You There (Evelyn Simpson-Curenton)

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 4 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Evening Song (David Hurd)

2. Passacaglia (David Hurd)

3. Reflections (Ruth Norman)

4. The Quiet Church (Mark Fax)

5. Toccata (Mark Fax)

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 5 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Let Us Break Bread Together (J. Roland Braithwaite)

2. Dies Irae (William B. Cooper)

3. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (Evelyn Simpson-Curenton)

4. Round the Mountain (Noel Da Costa)

5. Frolicking Flute (Thomas H. Kerr)

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 6 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Prelude in E Minor (Mark Fax)

2. Partita on Detroit (David Hurd)

3. Reverie (for Celestes) (Thomas H. Kerr)

4. Entering the Silence (Ruth Norman)

5. Chorale Prelude on Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier (George Walker)

African-American Organ Music Anthology, Vol. 7 (ed. Mickey Thomas Terry)

1. Passacaglia (from Sonata No. 1 for Organ) (Charles D. Coleman)

2. Chorale Prelude on St. Anne (Mark Fax)

3. Chorale Prelude on Wer nur den lieben Gott lasst walten (Mark Fax)

4. Pastorale (from Suite for Organ) (Ulysses Kay)

5. Fantasy on Brother James’ Air (Adolphus Hailstork)

Two Spirituals for Organ (Ralph Simpson)

1. Jacob's Ladder 

2. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 

A Spiritual Service: Based on African-American Spirituals (Carleton Inniss)

1. Invocation

2. Prelude (based on I Want Jesus to Walk With Me)

3. Consolation

4. Organ Offertory (based on There is a Balm in Gilead)

5. Jubilation

6. Postlude (based on Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?)

Four Spirituals (Adolphus Hailstork)

1. Prelude on We Shall Overcome

2. Postlude on We Shall Overcome

3. Prelude on Deep River

4. Toccata on Great Day

Individual Pieces

Roll, Jordan, Roll (Ralph Simpson)

Toccata on ‘Lift Every Voice’ (Mark A. Miller)

Toccata (David Hurd)

Meditation on Steal Away (William B. Cooper)

Adoration (Florence B. Price)

Other Resources

• An index from the United Methodist Hymnal of "hymns, songs, spirituals, choruses, prayers, litanies, Psalm settings, and other worship resources by African Americans and many resources from Africa.”

• Music by Black Composers (MBC) Living Composers Directory

• The African American Art Song Alliance