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Organ - early intermediate SKU: CR.977958 Composed by Jeffrey Blersch. Organ. Book. With music. Concordia Publishing House #977958. Published by Concordia Publishing House (CR.977958). ISBN 9780758670809. 9 x 12 inches.Jeffrey Blersch has set familiar shape-note hymn tunes in delightful settings for organ. A shape-note is a style of notation in which the notes are written with different shapes to teach music literacy, and the five tunes in this collection were first published in shape-note hymnals. The tunes are FOUNDATION, HOLY MANNA, JEFFERSON, NEW BRITAIN, and THE SAINTS' DELIGHT. Styles range from mysterious and haunting to rousing jig and lilting mixed meter.