Please note: this edition has nothing to do with Arnold Schönberg! The "Schönberg” in question is a town near Kronberg in Germany’s hilly Taunus region. Around the turn of the last century, the organist Ludwig Sauer (1861-1940) wanted to have a new organ built at his church there and came up with a novel way to finance it: he asked a number of composers to donate a musical piece. He eventually obtained 36 (!) pieces which he grouped together in the "Organ Album for the Benefit of the New Organ in Schönberg by L. Sauer” and had published in 1900 by Breitkopf & Härtel. Deserving particular mention is Max Reger’s popular "Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor”, which was printed for the first time in that collection and which no doubt helped Sauer’s project make organ history. The "Schönberger Orgelalbum” contains both free pieces and works based on chorales. Thanks to the brevity of the pieces, the book is ideal for use in teaching and in the religious service.

Postludium in G major / Bendix
Concert piece in E minor Op. 33 / Callaerts
Fughetta in F minor / Diebold
3 in Chorale preludes in C major, in D major, in D major / Dienel
Postludium in C major / Fink
Choral prelude (dorisch) / Forchhammer
Prelude in G major / Gelhaar
Fugue in C major / Gleitz
Fuge fuer instruktive Zwecke in C major / Gottschalg
Choral prelude to a funearl in C major / Grüters
Offertorium in Eb major / Guilmant
Bei der Communion / Hartmann
Prelude in F major / Hartmann
Postludium in G minor / Herzog
Trio in D major / Herzog
Andante in Bb major / Lange
Chorale Paraphrasis in A minor / Matthison-Hansen
Prelude in G major / Palme
3 Choral prelude in A minor, in C major, in G minor / Pfitzner
Trio in G minor / Piel
Choral prelude in C minor / Rebling
Introduction and Passacaglia in D minor / Reger
Canzonetta in G minor / Rheinberger
Meditation in A major / Riemenschneider
Zur Trauung / Riemenschneider
Fugue in D major / Rückert
Trio in G minor / Rückert
Postlude in G major / Sauer
Andante fuer 2 Manuale in Bb major / Sauer
Cello Duet in Eb major / Stehle
Chorale Meditation in D major / Stehle
Erloest in A minor / Stehle
Choral prelude in G minor / Steinhäuser
Prelude in D major / Steinhäuser
Der Maria Wiegenlied in A major / Urspruch
Fugue in F minor / Wachsmann
Todtenklage in F minor / Wermann
Symphoniesatz in B minor / Widor
Fuge in D minor / Zehrfeld