Thanks to Max  Reger’s support, Gerard Bunk (1888-1958), became a lecturer at the Dortmund Conservatory and organist at the famous Walcker organ at St. Reinoldi in  Dortmund.<br>
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He was one of the greatest organists of the first half of the 20th century who, besides Reger , was able to develop his own, characteristic style.<br>
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His organ compositions divide into free individual works, character pieces, chorale preludes and six large-scale concert works. Volume I contains Bunk’s early organ works, mostly in first editions.<br>
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This Urtext edition, prepared by the composer’s grandson, is the result of extensive and painstaking research of the sources; the accompanying text is in two languages (German/English),  and the edition reflects the latest musicological findings. Each volume  contains a detailed  foreword, numerous facsimiles and illustrations and a Critical Commentary in  German and  English. The complete edition will comprise six volumes.<br>