Attractive, humorous. Concert fare. Traditional 19th century New England organ literature style. The organ works of Eugene Thayer are not widely known today. Thayer (1838-1889) was a well-known and highly respected organ recitalist, pedagogue, composer and church musician who held church positions in Massachusetts and New York. Robert C. Mann has provided this edition of Thayer’s duet on Auld Lang Syne, which Thayer transcribed for duet from one of his solo compositions. Thayer used them as teaching pieces: he would play the secondo part and his student would play the primo part. Theme, 3 Variations, Finale (Fugue). Includes Primo and Secondo parts.