Par FAITH REBECCA. In this collection we have gathered fifty Christmas Carols from around the world carefully arranging them for Voice and Piano. Each piano accompaniment is playable by a competent pianist, and there are additional optional harmonies added to the vocal part for choral use if desired. Every country puts its own unique cultural stamp on celebrating the holiday season and this volume can be used to explore those celebrations as part of a wider exploration of the World of Christmas. To this end we have included interesting Christmas related facts, a translation of the text, and both versions where they exist, so each anthem can be easily sung and understood, or compared. Ideal for use in the classroom, or by choirs, and provides wonderful presentational opportunities for themed Christmas concerts. / Choral Music, Songbooks / Recueil / Voix et Piano

Gustav Holst has earned a place among the most revered of late 19th and early 20th century composers and is best known for his enduring Orchestral suite The Planets.But before that great work in his use of Englsh folksongs Gnostic texts and these Vedic hymns one can discern Holst’s search for a compositional Voice beyond the constraints of the European canon in the early 1900’s. Some see composition of the Vedic Hymns as a turning point in Holst’scompositional life. The quality is not completely consistent and Holst remained true to his Western musical inheritance for the most part in setting them but as art songs they are deeply felt and moving to hear.The nine songsare scored for mezzo-Soprano or baritone Voice. The texts are taken from the Rigveda one of the four sacred texts of Hinduism and the oldest religious text in the world.The first set of three comprises Ushas Varuna and Maruts or Dawn Sky and Stormclouds respectively. The second includes Indra (God of Storm and Battle) Varuna II (the Waters) and Song of the Frogs. The third group moves into the human sphere with Vac (Speech) Creation and Faith.

Arrangement and nbsp - for and nbsp - voice and Piano accompaniment. Commissioned by Gareth Malone for Series Four of BBC TV's 'The Choir' and first performed by Malone and the Military Wives' choir as part of The Royal British Legion's Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall on 12th November 2011 in the presence of Her Majesty The Queen. A favourite for the 2011 Christmas Number One, with support from radio DJ Chris Evans who has suggested every choir in the country should sing this song, it's and nbsp - the biggest threat to X-Factor chart domination this year. The text is taken from poems, letters and prayers written by the Military Wives, selected and adapted by Paul Mealor, and a passage from the Book of John: Wherever you are, my love will keep you safe - My heart will build a bridge of light, across both time and space. Wherever you are, our hearts still beat as one, I hold you in my dreams each night, until your task is done. Light up the darkness, my wondrous star, Our hopes and dreams, my heart and yours, forever shining far. Light up the darkness, my prince of peace - May the stars shine all around you, may your courage never cease. Wherever I am, I will love you day by day, I will keep you safe, cling on to faith, along the dark, dark way. Wherever I am, I will hold on through the night - I will pray each day, a safe return, will look now to the light. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 / Voix Et Piano

Si is Andrea Bocelli's first album of new material in 14 years comprising 16 pieces celebrating love family faith and hope. Each song is arranged for piano voice and guitar with chord symbols chord diagrams and full lyrics. Alternative language lyrics for a selection of the pieces on the album is also presented in the appendix. Songs include: Ali di Liberta - Amo soltanto te - Ave Maria Pietas - Dormi Dormi - Fall on Me - Gloria the Gift of Life - I Am Here - If Only - Meditation - Miele Impuro - Un'anima - Vertigo - Vivo - We Will Meet Once Again.

Collection for Young Voices Piano/Vocal Collection-From Illumination Entertainment comes an animated comedy about finding the music that lives inside all of us. Sing tells the story of Buster Moon an eternally optimistic koala who puts on the world's greatest singing competition to save his crumbling theater and the five contestants that emerge for their chance to shine. The arrangements in this collection have been carefully adapted for young unison voices with optional harmonies for added fun and are sure to be an unforgettable musical experience for singers and audiences alike! This value-packed collection of songs and professionally-produced recordings are perfect for group singing in the classroom choir or community. Songsinclude: Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing Faith Hallelujah I'm Still Standing Set It All Free. Suggested for grades 4-8.

Nearly 40 songs from the first women ever honored as recipients of the Fred Ebb Award for Musical Theatre Songwriting. Contents: Alto's Lament - Amazing (What A Little Faith Can Do) - Apathetic Man - Baltimore - Beautiful You - Boom Boom - Compromise - Fifteen Pounds - Funny How The Love Gets In The Way - Gabriel's List - Hola Lola! (from DEAR EDWINA) - How I Love You - I Want Them... (Bald) - The Last Song - Let Me Grow Old - Los Pinguinos **female key** - Love Like Breathing - Make Your Own Party - Menemsha Moon - The Morning After - Music Of Your Life - Now That I Know - Oh How I Loved You - Oh My Soul - Out Of Love - Over The Moon - Sing Your Own Song - Taking Flight -Taylor The Latte Boy - There's Nothing I Wouldn't Do - The Things I Know Of Love - This Lonely Road - A Thousand Stars - True Believer - We Remember Love - Welcome The Rain. Includes black-and-white photos. 336 pages of music!

Family Hymn Sing is the third in the Getty Kids Hymnal series which exists to help children learn the Christian faith through singing. With kid-friendly arrangements recorded by the Gettys' band of Irish and American virtuosos and sung by kids, this collection features songs the whole family can sing together! Titles include: All Creatures of Our God

The Anthology Of Modern French Song is a fantastic collection of thirty-nine songs for Low Voice with Piano Accompaniment. These are all compositions by French writers and composers faithfully edited by Max Spicker with English translations. First published in 1912 the content is beautiful expressive and rich typical of French songs from this period. It is important to note that though the title may cite modern French songs it was originally published at the start of the 20th century and therefore Anthology of Romantic French Song might be a more accurate description of the contents!

Puccini's 'La Boheme' is based on Henri Murger's novel Scènes de la vie de bohème which draws it's inspiration from the Bohemian lifestyle which was somewhat in vogue in Paris at the time. This Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica runs as follows: Rodolfo?s neighbour in his garret Mimi knocks at the door saying her candle has gone out on the stairs. Rodolfo and Mimi sit in the dark talking and fall for each other. They go to meet Rodolfo?s friends. While there Marcello's former lover Musetta arrives with her new husband Alcindoro but distracting him falls into Marcello's arms. Some time later Mimì pours out her distress to Marcello over Rodolfo'sincessant jealousy Rodolfo is actually concerned about Mimi?s poor health and wants to part with her. On realising this the two decide to stay together until spring Marcello and Musetta meanwhile part when she is unfaithful.Some months later Rodolfo Marcello and friends are amusnig themselves in the garret when Musetta bursts in saying Mimi is downstairs and has begged to be taken to her lover to die. She dies almost happily recalling their early love.This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score in Italian and and English translation by Ruth and Thomas Martin.

A sampling of the world's greatest Baroque and Classical arias. In addition to offering fascinating background information about the arias and their composers, the editor has corrected a multitude of errors which have accumulated over time, and has replaced Romantic-era misinterpretations with accompaniments that are faithful to historical styles. Includes word-by-word transcriptions into the International Phonetic Alphabet.