Hymns of the Church by Various. Arranged by Blaine Locheed. Marimba Solo - Unacc...(+)
Hymns of the Church by
Various. Arranged by
Blaine Locheed. Marimba
Solo - Unaccompanied. For
marimba solo (1 marimba
low A (optional low F and
c parts)). Level 3. Book.
Duration various time
durations. Published by
Innovative Percussion
Band Bass Clarinet, Bass
Drum, Bassoon 1, Bassoon
2, Bongos, Castanets,
Celesta, Clarinet,
Clarinet 1, Clarinet 2,
Clarinet 3, Contrabass
Clarinet, Contrabassoon,
English Horn, Euphonium,
Euphonium T.C., Flute 1,
Flute 2, Horn 1, Horn 2,
Horn 3 and more.
SKU:
PR.16500100F
Hymns
for Wind Ensemble.
Composed by Dan Welcher.
Sws. Full score. 48
pages. Duration 10
minutes, 41 seconds.
Theodore Presser Company
#165-00100F. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.16500100F).
ISBN
9781491114421. UPC:
680160669783. 9 x 12
inches.
Commissione
d 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,â€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.â€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,â€cons
tantly 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 praiseâ€
melody bursts out in a
surprising compound
meter. This, as it turns
out, was the
“mystery
tuneâ€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
“Amenâ€
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
sightâ€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.
For voice and organ. Format: organ/vocal songbook (two copies needed for perform...(+)
For voice and organ.
Format: organ/vocal
songbook (two copies
needed for performance).
With vocal melody,
lyrics, organ
accompaniment and chord
names. Hymn. 132 pages.
9x12 inches. Published by
Hal Leonard.
Organ - Easy SKU: JK.01927 Composed by Various. Arranged by Brent Jorgens...(+)
Organ - Easy
SKU:
JK.01927
Composed by
Various. Arranged by
Brent Jorgensen.
Christian, Contemporary
Christian, Gospel,
Inspirational. Jackman
Music Corporation #01927.
Published by Jackman
Music Corporation
(JK.01927).
UPC:
093285019270.
The
Temple Organist is a
series of hymn
arrangements designed to
support the sacred
reverence found in
temples of the Church of
Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints. The
songs selected for the
two volumes have been
taken directly from
approved lists of hymns
appropriate for temples.
The arrangements in this
volume, like volume 1,
are arranged to include
the harmonizations from
the 1985 hymnal, with a
variation that follows in
most cases. True to the
style of Orgain Chains,
they include interludes
to connect each hymn so
they can be played
consecutively (including
modulations that bridge
different keys
beautifully). You will
enjoy serving temple
patrons as you play these
simple, contemplative
hymn
settings.
Cont
ents Include: Oh, May
My Soul Commune with
Thee Nearer, My God,
to Thee O My
Father I Need Thee
Every Hour Jesus,
Lover of My Soul More
Holiness Give Me Guide
Me to Thee Did You
Think to Pray? Sweet
Hour of Prayer How
Gentle God's
Commands Where Can I
Turn for Peace? Be
Thou Humble Dearest
Children, God Is Near
You Be Still, My
Soul Lead, Kindly
Light Sweet Is the
Peace the Gospel
Brings O Love That
Glorifies the Son God
Loved Us, So He Sent His
Son How Great the
Wisdom and the
Love With Humble
Heart Jesus, Once of
Humble Birth In
Humility, Our
Savior There Is a
Green Hill Far Away I
Stand All Amazed Sweet
Is the Work Come,
Follow Me Love One
Another Dear to the
Heart of the
Shepherd Lord, I Would
Follow Thee Composer:
VariousArranger: Brent
JorgensenDifficulty:
Easy.
(Includes: Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus and Victory in Jesus). By Mike Speck and...(+)
(Includes: Stand Up,
Stand Up for Jesus and
Victory in Jesus). By
Mike Speck and Stan
Whitmire. Arranged by
Mike Speck and Stan
Whitmire. For SATB choir.
Anthems. Adult Choral
Anthem for Worship.
Blended and Sacred.
Moderate. Octavo. 8
pages. Published by
Lillenas Publishing
Company
Edited by Jamey Aebersold. For any C, Eb, Bb, bass instrument or voice. Play-Alo...(+)
Edited by Jamey
Aebersold. For any C, Eb,
Bb, bass instrument or
voice. Play-Along series
with accompaniment CD.
Jazz Play-A-Long For All
Musicians. Book with CD.
Published by Jamey
Aebersold Jazz.
Violin Duet and Piano with optional Viola and Cello - Grade 2.5 SKU: AP.36-52...(+)
Violin Duet and Piano
with optional Viola and
Cello - Grade 2.5
SKU:
AP.36-52711356
Composed by Catherine
McMichael. Duet or Duo;
Performance Music
Ensemble; String - Violin
Duet. Ludwig Masters.
Christmas. Score. 60
pages. Latham Music
Enterprises #36-52711356.
Published by Latham Music
Enterprises
(AP.36-52711356).
ISBN
9781628762853. UPC:
679360709917.
English.
This
collection of Christmas
hymn arrangements is a
wonderful educational,
worship or concert
resource for teachers,
church musicians, or
anyone who enjoys playing
hymns, playing with
friends, and celebrating
the birth of Jesus with
music. Presented in
2 volumes, the Violin 1
part is lower to middle
intermediate level and is
where the melody is
always most clearly
presented and most
prominent, while the
Violin 2 part is for the
more adept player, full
of harmonic and the
occasional
obbligato-style
accompaniment.
Written for two
violins and piano
(optional), both a viola
and cello part are
include to substitue for
the Violin 2.
Volume 1 includes:
1. Angels We Have Heard
on High, 2. Away in a
Manger, 3. Hark! The
Herald Angels Sing, 4.
The Holly and the Ivy/The
First Noel, 5. Joy to the
World, 6. O Come All Ye
Faithful, 7. Once in
Royal David's City, 8.
Silent Night.
These products
are currently being
prepared by a new
publisher. While many
items are ready and will
ship on time, some others
may see delays of several
months.
SATB choir SKU: WD.080689673023 An Easter Invitation For SATB Choir(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
WD.080689673023
An
Easter Invitation For
SATB Choir. Composed
by Marty Parks. Arranged
by Marty Parks. Choral,
cantatas. Christmas.
Practice trax. Word Music
#080689673023. Published
by Word Music
(WD.080689673023).
UPC:
080689673023.
Song
of the Lamb extends an
invitation to join a
journey; it's a journey
from despair to hope and
from death to life, and
it all begins with a
Lamb. Veteran arranger
Marty Parks has woven
classic hymns, modern
worship songs and
inspirational favorites
into a 39-minute work of
timeless beauty.
Featuring accessible
vocal and piano parts and
two solos, this offering
from Simply Word is ideal
for groups with limited
rehearsal time. Churches
may choose between a
poignant, Scripture-based
narration or an optional
dramatic script, making
Song of the Lamb flexible
enough to meet a wide
variety of performance
and worship needs for the
Easter season and beyond.
The invitation still
stands: Come join the
journey, and help deliver
eternity's message to
your church and
congregation this Easter.
Accessible vocal
and piano parts for
churches with limited
rehearsal time. Conceived
for the small to mid-size
church. Includes
narration AND an optional
dramatic script. Veteran
arranger Marty Parks.
SATB choir SKU: WD.080689751721 An Easter Invitation For SATB Choir(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
WD.080689751721
An
Easter Invitation For
SATB Choir. Composed
by Marty Parks. Arranged
by Marty Parks. Choral,
cantatas. Easter,
Musical. Bulk CD
(10-pak). Word Music
#080689751721. Published
by Word Music
(WD.080689751721).
UPC:
080689751721.
Song
of the Lamb extends an
invitation to join a
journey; it's a journey
from despair to hope and
from death to life, and
it all begins with a
Lamb. Veteran arranger
Marty Parks has woven
classic hymns, modern
worship songs and
inspirational favorites
into a 39-minute work of
timeless beauty.
Featuring accessible
vocal and piano parts and
two solos, this offering
from Simply Word is ideal
for groups with limited
rehearsal time. Churches
may choose between a
poignant, Scripture-based
narration or an optional
dramatic script, making
Song of the Lamb flexible
enough to meet a wide
variety of performance
and worship needs for the
Easter season and beyond.
The invitation still
stands: Come join the
journey, and help deliver
eternity's message to
your church and
congregation this Easter.
Accessible vocal
and piano parts for
churches with limited
rehearsal time. Conceived
for the small to mid-size
church. Includes
narration AND an optional
dramatic script. Veteran
arranger Marty Parks.
SATB choir SKU: WD.080689826221 An Easter Invitation For SATB Choir(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
WD.080689826221
An
Easter Invitation For
SATB Choir. Composed
by Marty Parks. Arranged
by Marty Parks. Choral,
cantatas. Easter,
Musical. Listening CD.
Word Music #080689826221.
Published by Word Music
(WD.080689826221).
UPC:
080689826221.
Song
of the Lamb extends an
invitation to join a
journey; it's a journey
from despair to hope and
from death to life, and
it all begins with a
Lamb. Veteran arranger
Marty Parks has woven
classic hymns, modern
worship songs and
inspirational favorites
into a 39-minute work of
timeless beauty.
Featuring accessible
vocal and piano parts and
two solos, this offering
from Simply Word is ideal
for groups with limited
rehearsal time. Churches
may choose between a
poignant, Scripture-based
narration or an optional
dramatic script, making
Song of the Lamb flexible
enough to meet a wide
variety of performance
and worship needs for the
Easter season and beyond.
The invitation still
stands: Come join the
journey, and help deliver
eternity's message to
your church and
congregation this Easter.
Accessible vocal
and piano parts for
churches with limited
rehearsal time. Conceived
for the small to mid-size
church. Includes
narration AND an optional
dramatic script. Veteran
arranger Marty Parks.
SATB choir SKU: WD.080689550362 An Easter Invitation For SATB Choir(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
WD.080689550362
An
Easter Invitation For
SATB Choir. Composed
by Marty Parks. Arranged
by Marty Parks. Choral,
cantatas. Easter,
Musical. CD preview pak.
Word Music #080689550362.
Published by Word Music
(WD.080689550362).
UPC:
080689550362.
Song
of the Lamb extends an
invitation to join a
journey; it's a journey
from despair to hope and
from death to life, and
it all begins with a
Lamb. Veteran arranger
Marty Parks has woven
classic hymns, modern
worship songs and
inspirational favorites
into a 39-minute work of
timeless beauty.
Featuring accessible
vocal and piano parts and
two solos, this offering
from Simply Word is ideal
for groups with limited
rehearsal time. Churches
may choose between a
poignant, Scripture-based
narration or an optional
dramatic script, making
Song of the Lamb flexible
enough to meet a wide
variety of performance
and worship needs for the
Easter season and beyond.
The invitation still
stands: Come join the
journey, and help deliver
eternity's message to
your church and
congregation this Easter.
Accessible vocal
and piano parts for
churches with limited
rehearsal time. Conceived
for the small to mid-size
church. Includes
narration AND an optional
dramatic script. Veteran
arranger Marty Parks.
Choral (CD 10-pak) SKU: HL.8750914 The Sunday Singer. Choral Collections,...(+)
Choral (CD 10-pak)
SKU: HL.8750914
The Sunday Singer. Choral
Collections, Collection,
Easter, Seasonal. CD
only. Published by
Daybreak Music
(HL.8750914).
UPC:
884088469634. 5x5
inches.
The
Sunday Singer is a
choral publication for
smaller-sized church
choirs that consists of
several accessible
anthems representing
original works and
arrangements of hymns and
contemporary favorites.
For each title, special
attention has been given
to voice leading, limited
vocal ranges and
carefully crafted piano
accompaniments. Published
two times a year, The
Sunday Singer will
serve as a valuable
resource for your choir
throughout the church
year.
The
Spring/Easter 2010 issue
includes six titles:
Thank You, Lord (arr.
Marty Parks) • God
of Grace and God of Glory
(arr. Keith Christopher)
• Easter Morning
Medley (Christ the Lord
Is Risen Today; Christ
Arose) (arr. Gary Lanier)
• The Cross Says
Come (arr. Camp Kirkland)
• Out of Love, He
Broke the Bread (John
Parker/Benjamin Harlan)
• House of the Lord
(Keith Wilkerson).
Available separately:
Choral Book, Preview CD,
ChoirTrax CD (Split-Trax,
Instruments Only), Kit
(10 Choral Books, 1
ChoirTrax CD, 1 Preview
CD), Preview Pak (1
Choral Book, 1 Preview
CD), Choral Book 10-Pak,
Preview CD 10-Pak.
SKU: WD.080689705120 Composed by John E. Coates. Modern Christian: Sacred...(+)
SKU:
WD.080689705120
Composed by John E.
Coates. Modern Christian:
Sacred. Accompaniment CD
(split). Word Music
#080689705120. Published
by Word Music
(WD.080689705120).
UPC:
080689705120.
In
the past twenty years,
worship styles in many
churches have
transformed, emphasizing
a personal worship that
strives for intimacy with
the Father. This renewal
led some ministries,
perhaps unintentionally,
to abandon the great
hymns of our faith in
favor of newly composed
worship songs. Other
ministries, in an effort
to create a balanced
worship style, mixed the
new with the old,
sometimes with results
that only amplified the
differences between the
two. Hymns for Praise &
Worship bridges the
stylistic gap between
modern-day worship songs
and the hymns of our
Christian heritage. A
select advisory board of
active music ministers,
Word Music staff and key
choral arrangers were
assembled to pinpoint
fifty-six hymns from the
vast array of hymnody,
not only for their
musical quality, but for
the messages that they
bring to worshippers
today. Veteran choral
arrangers John E. Coates
and Travis Cottrell have
been creating new
settings of hymns for
their own congregations
for years. Their
experience as worship
leaders brought not only
musicality, but also
congregational and choral
pragmatism to each new
arrangement in Hymns for
Praise & Worship. With
all of the same editions
and features as the Songs
for Praise & Worship
series, this collection
is designed to work
hand-in-hand with
existing resources for
worship. Various
stylistic changes make
these settings flow
easily, appeal to the
modern ear, and correlate
with the styles of
contemporary praise &
worship songs. Throughout
this book you will
encounter variations from
traditional time
signatures, intuitive
syncopated rhythms, and
substituted chords and
harmonies. Even the few
hymns with more
traditional settings are
treated in a manner that
takes the congregation on
a journey through the
verses, sometimes in a
more through-composed
manner, and usually
culminating in a
climactic conclusion.
Each of the changes was
not implemented
arbitrarily, but with the
goal of making the
timeless messages of each
hymn leap from the page
in new and exciting ways.
Two added features of
Hymns for Praise &
Worship are the
demonstration and
accompaniment recordings.
While the songs in the
collection are well
known, the new
arrangements are not. The
staff of Word Music felt
that it was vital to
provide audible resources
to teach and lead worship
to best communicate the
desires of the arrangers.
All of the core editions
(Choir/Worship Team,
Worship Planner, Keyboard
Edition, Guitar Edition)
reflect the verses and
voicings used on the
recordings.