Pipe Organ: Prelude in C (Bach's Ave Maria)

Me playing for the prelude at the 2008 Graduation Mass for St. John the Baptist Catholic School at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church in Princeton, WI.

Songs performed in video include...
Prelude in C by J. S. Bach (No. 1 from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Specifications of the Instrument:

Built by Wicks Organ Company in 1966. Total of 14 ranks. Two manuals(Great and Swell), 61 notes each. 32 note pedal board.

Pedal:
Sub Bass 16'(Great)
Rohr Gedeckt 16' (Swell)
Octave 8' (Great)
Flute 8' (Great)
Choral Bass 4' (Great)
Posaune 16' (Swell)
Couplers: Great 8', 4'; Swell 8',4'

Great:
Principal 8'
Bourdon 8'
Salicional 8' (Swell)
Octave 4'
Mixture III
Couplers: Great to Great 16', 4'; Swell to Great 16', 8', 4'

Swell (Enclosed):
Rohr Flute 8'
Salicional 8'
Voix Celeste 8'
Koppel Flute 4'
Nasard 2 2/3'
Block Flute 2'
Trompette 8'
Tremulant
Couplers: Swell to Swell 16', 4'

Includes swell expression pedal, crescendo pedal, and sforzando piston.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Pipe
• Organ
• Princeton
• Wisconsin
• Saint
• John
• Baptist

[dolofonos]

You should be able to find it just about anywhere that scores are provided... One online source I recommend--so well as for other scores--is the International Music Score Library Project. Searching by catalog number is best, for which this particular piece is BWV 846.

[theaterpipe1]

Where can I get the music for this? I am really interested in learning this!

[16Organist]

Very good i am also an organist aged 16 and play this.

[Zachp333]

Okay Dannad2511 and Sam, when I was a young boy (age 8) in children's choir at church, my friend (same age) played the organ without the organists permission, she wasn't even in the loft at the time. He started playing what he learned on piano, on the organ. He took his shoes off because he knew not to play in his tennis shoes. The organist let him continue after she entered the loft.

[dannad2511]

I am 16 years old and just started learning how to play the organ. I think It is so beautiful. I can't wait to play as well as this him.

[angelbrook2]

Great job. I would love to have the time to learn the organ. Also I wanted to tell you that you guys should have a mirror or some kind of camera moniter system so you don't have to always look behind you for intros and endings. Our church has a camer and moniter for the organist to see the leader of music. Outstanding job!

[ernosandor]

Keep on ! You are promising. Learn a lot and practice more.

[garjobella]

You Play Ave Maria Bauetiful.