SKU: WD.080689640179

UPC: 080689640179.

Word Music & Church Resources presents a new Easter Praise & Worship musical reminding us of what a powerful God we serve, what a wonderful Savior is ours, and what the glorious resurrection of our Risen Lord means in the hearts and minds of believers everywhere! Then He Rose, arranged and orchestrated by Cliff Duren, features songs of proclamation, commitment, unbridled praise, and reverent worship, while reflecting on the sorrow and passion of the betrayal of Christ, His crucifixion, and celebrating the power and glory of the Risen King’s ultimate victory over death, hell and the grave!
This overwhelming, heartfelt portrayal of Christ’s sacrifice, contrasted by the triumph and power of His rising, offers up an Easter Worship Service your choir and congregation will not soon forget. Then He Rose is teeming with countless, special moments leading your congregation into personal, intimate encounters with the Savior.

SKU: AP.46579

UPC: 038081531540. English.

Jay Althouse revisits a little-known gem by George Gershwin from nearly 100 years ago: a winsome melody winds over a terrain of jazz chords before melting into lush choral harmony. Flexible tempos and expressive phrases lend themselves well to poignant, heartfelt singing.

About Alfred Pop Choral Series

The Alfred Pop Series features outstanding arrangements of songs from the popular music genre. These publications provide exciting, contemporary, and educationally-sound arrangements for singers of all ages, from elementary through high school, to college and adult choirs.

SKU: SU.50009410

Tenor Voice & Piano Duration: 8' Composed: 2004 Published by: Seesaw Music.

SKU: BT.DHP-1115176-010

9x12 inches.

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen appeared in print for the first time in William Sandys Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern in 1833, although it was believed to have been written many years earlier. Today, God Rest Ye Merry,Gentlemen is one of the most loved and popular English Christmas songs of all time. Italian composer and arranger Lorenzo Bocci fell in love with the delightful melody and created an arrangement that will be perfect at any Christmas concert orevent.

Over de vraag of dit kerstlied uit de vijftiende of de achttiende eeuw stamt, zijn de geleerden het niet eens. Wel treffen we het voor het eerst in gedrukte vorm aan in het jaar 1833, in het gezangenboek Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern vanWilliam Sandy. Hoe dan ook, dit lied behoort al vele eeuwen tot de geliefdste kerstklassiekers van het Engelstalige gebied. Ook de Italiaan Lorenzo Bocci liet zich betoveren door de prachtige oude melodie en maakte ereen sfeervolle bewerking van voorblaasorkest.

God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen zählt seit seiner Entstehung im 19. Jahrhundert zu den weltweit beliebtesten Weihnachtsliedern. Der Italiener Lorenzo Bocci lie� sich vom Zauber der alten Weise gefangen nehmen und verfasste eine stimmungsvolleBearbeitung für Blasorchester.

La source exacte de cet hymne chrétien anglais est incertaine, cependant, il apparaît dans une anthologie publiée par William Sandy en 1833, Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern (Chants de Noël anciens et modernes). Incontestablement, lasérénité et la douceur de God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen ont largement dépassé les frontiéres anglaises. Litalien Lorenzo Bocci sest laissé gagner par la magie de cet ancien cantique et nous en propose un chaleureux arrangement pour orchestredharmonie.

La fonte esatta di questo inno cristiano inglese é incerta, anche se appare in unantologia pubblicata da William Sandy nel 1833 intitolata Christmas Carols Ancient and Modern. La serenit e la dolcezza di God Rest Ye Merry hannooltrepassato i confini inglesi. Lorenzo Bocci si é lasciato conquistare da questo antico canto e ci propone un caloroso arrangiamento per banda.

SKU: HL.48187259

UPC: 888680825836. 9.0x12.0x0.181 inches.

Reynaldo Hahn's Les Feuilles Blessees is a collection of 11 songs for Voice with Piano accompaniment.<li>1.Dans le Ciel <li>2.Encor sur le Pave <li>3.Quand reviendra l'Automne <li>4.Belle Lune d'Argent <li>5.Quand je viendrai m'asseoir <li>6.Eau printaniere <li>7.Donc vous allez <li>8.Compagne de l'Ether <li>9.Pendant que je medite <li>10.Roses en Bracelet <li>11.Aux Rayons du Couchant.

SKU: PR.16500100F

ISBN 9781491114421. UPC: 680160669783. 9 x 12 inches.

Commissioned for a consortium of high school and college bands in the north Dallas region, FOR THEMYSTIC HARMONY is a 10-minute inspirational work in homage to Norwood and Elizabeth Dixon,patrons of the Fort Worth Symphony and the Van Cliburn Competition. Welcher draws melodic flavorfrom five American hymns, spirituals, and folk tunes of the 19th century. The last of these sources toappear is the hymn tune For the Beauty of the Earth, whose third stanza is the quatrain: “For the joy of earand eye, For the heart and mind’s delight, For the mystic harmony, Linking sense to sound and sight,”giving rise to the work’s title.
This work, commissioned for a consortium of high school bands in the north Dallas area, is my fifteenth maturework for wind ensemble (not counting transcriptions). When I asked Todd Dixon, the band director whospearheaded this project, what kind of a work he most wanted, he first said “something that’s basically slow,” butwanted to leave the details to me. During a long subsequent conversation, he mentioned that his grandparents,Norwood and Elizabeth Dixon, were prime supporters of the Fort Worth Symphony, going so far as to purchase anumber of high quality instruments for that orchestra. This intrigued me, so I asked more about his grandparentsand was provided an 80-page biographical sketch. Reading that article, including a long section about theirdevotion to supporting a young man through the rigors of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition fora number of years, moved me very much. Norwood and Elizabeth Dixon weren’t just supporters of the arts; theywere passionate lovers of music and musicians. I determined to make this work a testament to that love, and tothe religious faith that sustained them both. The idea of using extant hymns was also suggested by Todd Dixon,and this 10-minute work is the result.I have employed existing melodies in several works, delving into certain kinds of religious music more than a fewtimes. In seeking new sounds, new ways of harmonizing old tunes, and the contrapuntal overlaying of one tunewith another, I was able to make works like ZION (using 19th-century Revivalist hymns) and LABORING SONGS(using Shaker melodies) reflect the spirit of the composers who created these melodies, without sounding likepastiches or medleys. I determined to do the same with this new work, with the added problem of employingmelodies that were more familiar. I chose five tunes from the 19th century: hymns, spirituals, and folk-tunes.Some of these are known by differing titles, but they all appear in hymnals of various Christian denominations(with various titles and texts). My idea was to employ the tunes without altering their notes, instead using aconstantly modulating sense of harmony — sometimes leading to polytonal harmonizations of what are normallysimple four-chord hymns.The work begins and ends with a repeated chime on the note C: a reminder of steeples, white clapboard churchesin the country, and small church organs. Beginning with a Mixolydian folk tune of Caribbean origin presentedtwice with layered entrances, the work starts with a feeling of mystery and gentle sorrow. It proceeds, after along transition, into a second hymn that is sometimes connected to the sea (hence the sensation of water andwaves throughout it). This tune, by John B. Dykes (1823-1876), is a bit more chromatic and “shifty” than mosthymn-tunes, so I chose to play with the constant sensation of modulation even more than the original does. Atthe climax, the familiar spiritual “Were you there?” takes over, with a double-time polytonal feeling propelling itforward at “Sometimes it causes me to tremble.”Trumpets in counterpoint raise the temperature, and the tempo as well, leading the music into a third tune (ofunknown provenance, though it appears with different texts in various hymnals) that is presented in a sprightlymanner. Bassoons introduce the melody, but it is quickly taken up by other instruments over three “verses,”constantly growing in orchestration and volume. A mysterious second tune, unrelated to this one, interrupts it inall three verses, sending the melody into unknown regions.The final melody is “For the Beauty of the Earth.” This tune by Conrad Kocher (1786-1872) is commonly sung atThanksgiving — the perfect choice to end this work celebrating two people known for their generosity.Keeping the sense of constant modulation that has been present throughout, I chose to present this hymn in threegrowing verses, but with a twist: every four bars, the “key” of the hymn seems to shift — until the “Lord of all, toThee we praise” melody bursts out in a surprising compound meter. This, as it turns out, was the “mystery tune”heard earlier in the piece. After an Ivesian, almost polytonal climax, the Coda begins over a long B( pedal. At first,it seems to be a restatement of the first two phrases of “For the Beauty” with long spaces between them, but it soonchanges to a series of “Amen” cadences, widely separated by range and color. These, too, do not conform to anykey, but instead overlay each other in ways that are unpredictable but strangely comforting.The third verse of “For the Beauty of the Earth” contains this quatrain:“For the joy of ear and eye, –For the heart and mind’s delightFor the mystic harmonyLinking sense to sound and sight”and it was from this poetry that I drew the title for the present work. It is my hope that audiences and performerswill find within it a sense of grace: more than a little familiar, but also quite new and unexpected.