This is a new printing of the original edition on sturdy, acid-free paper. 8 pages. All markings are original. We include a capsule
biography, notes on the music, list of organ music, and photo. Sellars was a prolific
recitalist in England and America who wrote atmospheric pieces and transcriptions. Highest quality guaranteed. Size of music is
12.5" x 9.5". $7.00.
Gatty Sellars (1875-1947) was described during his career as “the world’s greatest descriptive
organist.” He played on radio and in films, “the only organist-composer to be filmed playing his own compositions,”
as written in 1942.
Watch
him playing “At the Temple Gates” from 1931. “Angelus” is the Latin word for
angel and is a
daily devotion that commemorates the Incarnation of Jesus; it originated during the 14th century in the Roman Catholic Church in Italy.
The name comes from the beginning text, “Angelus Domini nuntiavit Mariæ” (The Angel of the Lord declared unto Mary).
He does not call for chimes in the printed music here, but he used them when playing this piece in concert. Moderate.