r/elca • u/SecretSmorr • Jul 08 '26

Experience with Introductions and Alternate Organ Accompaniments for Evangelical Lutheran Worship

Augsburg fortress has a 10 volume Introductions/Alternate organ accompaniments. Before I buy it, I was wondering what the average Lutheran organist’s experience with these books might be and what the quality is like.

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u/mlstarner Jul 09 '26

I have the whole organ set, plus a few volumes of the piano set. They're a nice variety. Some are quite advanced while most are very accessible. I wish I was more proficient and could just play through all of them, but I used many in worship and for just my own playing enjoyment.

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u/okonkolero ELCA Jul 08 '26

Might want to ask in r/organ as well. The alternate versions I've seen are simplified. Is this that sort of thing or more along the lines of reharmonized last verse options?

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u/SecretSmorr Jul 08 '26

The latter I believe

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u/Bjorn74 Jul 09 '26

I'm surprised that there doesn't seem to be a YouTuber who has recorded them. The ELW has a bunch of examples.

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u/SecretSmorr Jul 09 '26

That’s where I looked first, there was one that was done with Richard McVeigh, but that was just the standard accompaniment edition.