ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the work of two slightly younger Composer's – Vincent Novello and Thomas Adams. Both were associated with an important but neglected field, arrangements for the organ, which contributed to the shaping of a playing style and provides a snapshot of one aspect of contemporary performance practice. The choice of Novello to represent English organ music of the 1820s and 30s might seem surprising. The upshot was Novello's inclusion of the work in Select Organ Pieces where it forms one of a small group of arrangements by four younger organists whose approach was rather different from his own. These differences can be defined in three words: colour, texture and pedals. Adams held a series of modest parish church appointments in and around south London – Carlisle Chapel, Kennington , St Paul's Church, Deptford , St George's Church, Camberwell , and St Dunstan's in the West – but was best known for his recital work.
