SKU: HL.256157

ISBN 9781540015235. UPC: 888680723460. 8.5x11 inches.

The pieces in Warren Benson's one-of-a-kind liturgical, choral “activity book” (for lack of a better term) are meant to be sung, used, enjoyed, admired, and drawn from as a well. This never-before-published collection is filled with the joy of singing and communion, with selections that range from the sacred to the secular, the unison to the contrapuntal, the technical to the simple, the modern to the historical. Each piece is 1-2 pages in length and a very few use keyboard accompaniment. Sacred and secular texts range from the Bible to Dickens and Balzac.

SKU: BR.CHB-5357-00

ISBN 9790004412879. 9 x 12 inches. German.

In the Geistliches Lied op. 30 for four-part mixed choir and organ (or piano for three to four hands), Johannes Brahms sets a text by the Baroque poet Paul Fleming (1609-1640) to music. Although the piece was composed in April 1856, it only premiered as late as July 1865 in the church of St. Jakobi in Chemnitz. This is probably due to changes that were proposed by Joseph Joachim. In February 1864, Brahms sent it together with Op. 29 to Breitkopf & Hartel where it was published in July 1864. The subtitle in brackets in the autograph ,,Doppel-Canon in der None (,,Double canon in the ninth) was not printed on it, although it closely captures the essence of this composition of about three minutes.