SKU: GI.G-9047

UPC: 785147904700. English. Text by George Bennard.

Singing “The Old Rugged Cross” as a simple hymn can be a soul-stirring experience, but Gray’s treatment of this chestnut is at turns comfortable as a well-worn sweater, then affecting as a cool breeze on a hot day. Subtle harmonies underscore the text in a fresh way without being avant-garde for its own sake.

SKU: ST.EM5

ISBN 9790220206849.

Gibbons seems to have been outside the process 'by which', wrote Joseph Kerman in The Elizabethan Madrigal, 'England first became sophisticated in the ways of Continental music.' These 20 pieces certainly, if differently, follow the pure line of William Byrd and are still of the old 'English' school. They include The Silver Swan and Dainty Fine Bird.

CONTENTS
Ah dear heart (SAA (or T) A (or T) B)
Dainty fine bird (SST (or A) TB)
Fair is the rose (SA (or S) ATB)
Fair ladies that to love (SSAT (or A) B)
Farewell all joys (SSA (or T) A (or T) B)
How art thou thralled (SS (or A) TTB)
I feign not friendship (SSAT (or A) B)
I see Ambition never pleased (SSATB)
I tremble not at noise of war (SSAT (or A) B)
I weigh not fortuneAs frown (SSAT (or A) B)
Lais now old (SATT (or A) B)
Mongst thousands good (SSAT (or A) B)
Nay let me weep (SA (or S) T (or A) T (or A) B)
NeAer let the sun (SAT (or A) TB)
Now each flowery bank of May (SST (or A) TB)
O that the learned poets (SSA (or T) B ( or T) B)
Silver Swan, The (SSA (or T) B (or T) B)
Trust not too much fair youth (SST (or A) TB)
What is our life? (SAA (or T) TB)
Yet if that age (SS (or A) T (or A) TB).

SKU: GI.G-5545

English. Text by Brian A. Wren.

SKU: GI.G-7774

UPC: 785147777403. English. Text by Mary Louise Bringle.

Beginning with a single bass line in the keyboard, expanding to 2 parts, then adding in the men’s voices and eventually the women, it is as if everyone in the room is waiting on the brink, expecting something. The mixed two-part voicing is used for the first 3 verses, finally expanding to SATB on the final verse, providing a comforting expansiveness.

SKU: CF.CM9652

ISBN 9781491157244. UPC: 680160915804. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Key: D minor. Hebrew, Hebrew. Israeli Folk song.

Earlene Rentz has arranged this traditional Israeli dance song quoting the Round Toembai. Sure to be the piece the audience will find themselves humming for days to come! Also available for Two-Part Treble Voices (CM9192), SSA Voices (CM9477), Three-Part Mixed Voices (CM9210) and Tenor-Bass Voices (CM9639).
ARTZA ALINU This song was a favorite of the Israeli pioneers who returned to live in the land of Israel. As they planted crops and brought the land back to cultivation, they sang and danced in the hope that the land of Israel would be rebuilt. Pronunciation Guide and general translation: Artza alinu We have gone up to our land, AHR-tzah ah-LEE-noo K'var *charashnu v'gam zaranu There we have plowed and sown, Kih-VAHR *hah-RAHSH-noo vih-GAHM zah-RAH-noo Aval **od **lo katzarnu but we still have not reaped. Ah-VAHL ohd loh kaht-ZAHR-noo *The ch is pronounced using a guttural sound (not a hard k), and uses air to begin the sound. Actually, the sound is somewhere in between an h and a k. **These words use the long o sound (i. e., like the English ode and low). TOEMBAI Toembai - There is no translation for toembai. This is a dance tune, sung in a round at celebrations. Pronounced: TOOM-bah ee (bai is actually the long I sound).
ARTZA ALINUThis song was a favorite of the Israeli pioneers who returned to live in the land of Israel. As they planted crops and brought the land back to cultivation, they sang and danced in the hope that the land of Israel would be rebuilt.Pronunciation Guide and general translation:Artza alinu We have gone up to our land,AHR-tzah ah-LEE-nooK’var *charashnu v’gam zaranu There we have plowed and sown,Kih-VAHR *hah-RAHSH-noo vih-GAHM zah-RAH-nooAval **od **lo katzarnu but we still have not reaped. Ah-VAHL ohd loh kaht-ZAHR-noo*The “ch” is pronounced using a guttural sound (not a hard “k”),and uses air to begin the sound. Actually, the sound is somewhere in between an “h” and a “k.”**These words use the long “o” sound (i. e., like the English “ode” and “low”).TOEMBAIToembai – There is no translation for “toembai.” This is a dance tune, sung in a round at celebrations. Pronounced: TOOM-bah ee (“bai” is actually the long “I” sound).

SKU: MN.50-6118

UPC: 688670561184. English.

O what are all my sufferings here compared to life above? This Charles Wesley text is set to a sturdy tune by William Walker, compiler of shape-note books such as Southern Harmony. It celebrates our joining with the saints and finding eternal rest. Harold Stover capitalizes on the almost-rollicking nature of the tune to give this music rhythmic drive and a real sense of jubilation, as the title suggests. Duration: 3:00.

SKU: EC.RBM-007

English.

This arrangement represents the 5th movement of the larger work Canticles of Praise [], and has here been separated as a stand-alone anthem. The hymn tune CWM RHONDDA is utilized throughout – with the two texts appearing in the title order as the work unfolds. This setting begins and ends with a sparse, Billings-like treatment of the tune with a somewhat bare orchestration, while a more traditional 4-part rendering of the well-known hymn with richer underscoring comes forth in the center section. An optional narration exists for use with the larger work, Canticles of Praise.

SKU: GI.G-7375

UPC: 785147737506. English. Text Source: Tr. Frances Elizabeth Cox, 1812-1897, alt.; Translation: Frances Elizabeth Cox. Text by Johann Schutz.

The main tune of this rousing praise anthem has the feel of being an old favorite. The middle section offers interesting choral lines, interspersed with interjections from the organ, before giving way to the final stanza, which features an effective but accessible descant A rousing praise anthem for SATB choir and organ. Final stanza has a descant.

SKU: GI.G-6994

UPC: 785147699408. English. Text by Wayne L. Wold.

Wold has written a text and tune that are perfectly matched-the ascendancy of the music paints just the right picture for a hymn of praise! There is some a cappella writing and the tenors join the sopranos on a descant-like passage at one point. It all culminates in a majestic finish that will be well received. Optional trumpets and timpani.