Three Offertoires (Second Setting)
by Eugene Thayer, reprint of 1870 White, Smith & Perry edition
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Eugene Thayer (1838-1889), a contemporary of Dudley Buck and John Knowles Paine, was one of the early American organ virtuosi who composed many works for the organ. An offertoire (French for offertory) is a musical composition designed to be played during the procession with the bread and wine during the Mass. It became the time when an organist could play music with the greatest contrasts in styles and dynamics during the liturgy.
Thayer may have been inspired to compose this second set of offertoires as a result of hearing and meeting organists while touring Europe after his study there. This music was written while he lived and worked in Boston as a teacher at the Boston Conservatory of Music, which was founded in 1867. The three pieces of his opus 8 are La Contemplation (offertoire for vox humana), La Dévotion (offertoire for bassoon), and Grande Offertoire de Noël (For another original Christmas piece, see Weihnachtspastorale) and also the Three Offertoires from 1864.) The second set was accepted as teaching material by the Boston Conservatory, and this is proudly claimed on the cover. Where else will you find pieces for solo vox humana or solo bassoon? These pieces are moderately simple. Gift
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