Easter Triptych (1977)

Gordon Young (1919–1998) — Easter Triptych (1977) for organ

0:00 | 1. Fanfare on “O filii et filiae”
2:57 | 2. Offertory on “Herzliebster Jesu”
6:07 | 3. Fugato on “Easter Hymn”

Gordon Young (1919–1998) was born in McPherson, Kansas and educated at Southwestern College (Winfield, Kansas) and the Curtis Institute (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania). After serving churches in Philadelphia and Kansas, Young became the music director (for 15 years) at First Presbyterian Church in Detroit, where he was a visible and important presence in the American church music scene. He published voluminously, and his organ and choral works were in the catalogs of most major American publishers.

Published by Broadman Press (out-of-print)

(This is the original version of this work. It was was re-published in 1997 by Harold Flammer/Shawnee Press with a number of small changes and re-titled “An Easter Suite.”)