Opus 496
Blessing (2003)
for Organ
Duration: 3.5 min.
Dedication: for Al Fedak on his birthday, July 4, 2003
Recorded on Wild Sunrises: Organ Music of Carson Cooman (2011)Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 5"
Performance materials available from the publisher.
Blessing (2003) was written for and is dedicated to composer and organist Al Fedak, on his birthday, July 4, 2003. The work is a lyrical aria, with a contrasting middle section that builds to a climax.
The basic melodic material is taken from the name of the dedicatee as below:
A L F R E D V. F E D A K
A E F# D E D A F# E D A D