SKU: HL.1265815
UPC: 196288159162. 6.75x10.5x0.045 inches.
“The Hymn!†is a contemporary a cappella arrangement of some of the most influential and inclusive American patriotic hymns: My Country Tis of Thee, Battle Hymn of the Republic, and Lift Every Voice and Sing. This arrangement is an epic montage from the inspirational pen of none other than prolific choral arranger and composer Stacey V. Gibbs. You can hear and feel the true humanity in the 12/8 rhythmics pulse, supported by a single snare drum–the drum representing the drum major for justice and peace throughout the entire work. Excellent choral writing with a meaningful message for our times. Suitable for high school level singers to professional choirs.
SKU: MN.CH-1343
UPC: 765844006727. English.
Isaac Watts (1674 –1748) was born in Southampton, England and was brought up in the home of a committed religious Nonconformist; his father, also Isaac Watts had been incarcerated twice for his views. Watts could not attend Oxford or Cambridge because of being a Noncomformist and because these universities were restricted to Anglicans, instead attending the Dissenting Academy at Stoke Newington in 1690. Watts lived at Abney Hall in Stoke Newington until his death in 1748; he was buried in Bunhill Fields. He left an extensive legacy of hymns, treatises, educational works, and essays. His work was influential amongst Nonconformist independents and religious revivalists of the 18th century by contributing to English hymnody with new poetry to be used in worship. The older tradition was based on the poetry of the Bible which was developed from the teachings of the 16th-century Reformation leader John Calvin. Watts’ introduction of extra-Biblical poetry opened up a new era of Protestant hymnody with other poets following in his path. Many of Watts’ hymns are included in the Christadelphian Hymnal, the Episcopal Church’s Hymnal 1982, Evangelical Lutheran Worship, the Baptist Hymnal, the Presbyterian Trinity Hymnal, and the Methodist Hymns and Psalms. Many of his texts are also used in the American Hymnal and The Sacred Harp. Several of his hymns are used in the hymnals of the Church of Christ, Scientist and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Of the more that 600 tunes in the Sacred Harp, 149 of them have words by Isaac Watts. Similarly, of the 180 tunes in the Missouri Harmony 2005 Edition, Isaac Watts is credited with the words for 75 of them. The majority of these words come from Watts monumental Psalms and Hymns, first published in 1707.
SKU: HP.1755
UPC: 763628117559.
As the title indicates, there are 13 new hymn texts based on Psalms, 12 as hymns and 24 as new spiritual songs. All are set to tunes ancient and modern, and all have been written since the publication of A Year of Grace (1990) and To Sing God's Praise (1992).
SKU: HL.237009
UPC: 888680696696. 9.25x12 inches.
This second volume of Hymn Fanfares for brass, organ and percussion continues the festive mood presented in the first volume. In keeping with other collections in the Fanfares series, each piece in it can stand alone in concert or in a service, or serve as the introduction to the congregational hymn. This collection includes: Fanfare on Azmon • Fanfare on Ein Feste Burg • Fanfare on Lyons • Fanfare on Madrid • Fanfare on Melita. Brass instrumentation is for two trumpets and two trombones (opt. fr. horn subs for trombone 1). The book includes a CD with instrumental parts so organists can practice or perform on their own.
SKU: GI.G-7112
UPC: 785147711209. English. Text Source: Primary text: Herman G. Stuempfle Jr., 1923–2007, alt., Secondary text: Samuel Longfellow, 1819–1892. Text by Samuel Longfellow.
This is a useful piece for three equal voices that can be sung unison or in two parts-and will work with SAB voices if the middle voice is given to the men (an octave lower, of course). The two texts provide morning and evening hymns. The former is useful anytime as a hymn of praise. Unison, two part or three part voices 2 or 3 octaves Handbells or Handchimes .
