SKU: HP.8524

UPC: 763628185244. Daniel Charles Damon.

Dan Damon is known as one of a few persons who are gifted both in crafting texts and composing tunes, and he constantly strives to build on these gifts. In this collection of 35 new hymns and songs, Dan's texts continue to break new ground, exploring new themes. The tunes, also, have a modern tonality, with echoes of the jazz music Dan performs publicly.

SKU: BA.BA07417

ISBN 9790006561469. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: Swedish, English. Preface: Jansson, MÃ¥rten.

“I asked my friend, the poet Einar Askestad, if he could write a poem for me about love between father and son, brothers and God.
I felt that these forms of love are seldom sung about. The poem moved me greatly and I have tried to put music to these words which is simple yet full of beauty. In the four movements of this suite-like piece, various aspects of these relationships are conveyed.” (Marten Jansson)


“My music is my own and I have never tried to be original. That has always been my motto and I have only tried to use music to express all the feelings which life has to offer. This has led people to describe my music as ‘so sad that it sounds like birds who have lost their wings‘ but also as ‘the happiest classical music that we have ever heard’.
My compositions are almost all sacred. They express not only my own faith but also my appreciation and respect for the timeless texts that have been used for centuries and centuries.”

Mårten Jansson (b. 1965), elected member of the Föreningen svenska tonsättare (the Society of Swedish Composers), graduated from the Royal College of Music, Stockholm (KHM) with an MFA degree in Music Education, Dalcroze Eurhythmics and Voice. For more than ten years he was the music director and conductor of “Carmen”, one of the most prominent womens’ vocal ensembles in Sweden. He currently teaches choral conducting and music theory as well as giving vocal tuition at the Bolandgymnasiet and Musikskolan in his home town of Uppsala.

SKU: JK.01170

Powerful arrangement for mixed chorus (SSATB) and piano, in A flat (3 flats), - inspiring all men and women to declare God's word:
Go forth in the service of God and follow the ways of the Lord. For He is the Light, the Life, and the Way. Who can stay the great pow'r of His word?
Composer: Betsy Lee Bailey
Arranger: Betsy Lee Bailey
Lyricist: Betsy Lee Bailey (text inspired by words of Gordon)
Difficulty: Medium.

SKU: PL.0301

Bruce Saylor is well-known for his arrangements of hymn-tunes. Here in Living Word of God Eternal, Saylor has composed a new hymn-tune, 'Rowthorn'. This is named for the author of the text, the Rt. Rev. Jeffery Rowthorn. The first four verses are set to be sung quietly yet with inner strength. The third verse features women alone while the fourth verse is sung 'a cappella'. The final verse is sung out and invludes a soaring descant with an exciting organ accompaniment. This piece makes a splendid anthem for the Eucharist.