SKU: PR.312418710

ISBN 9781598066265. UPC: 680160618743. Octavo inches. The Devil's Verse.

To celebrate 25 years of excellence and promotion of new concert works, the New York Virtuoso Singers commissioned 25 contemporary composers for 25 new choral works, all of which now appear on their recording, 25 X 25: Twenty-Five Premieres for Twenty-Five Years. Among the 25 is Richard Wernick's The Devil's Game. Here, Wernick uses The Devil's Verse, a Latin palindrome that still puzzles us today as to its meaning, and appropriately embraces repetitive use of the verse in a musical palindrome of his own.
The text is a palindrome (in girum imus nocte et consumimur igni), a rather mysterious one called The Devil’s Verse. Its origin is vague (probably Roman, but possibly Medieval) and it does not surrender its meaning easily; many scholars have fussed over it. It is a riddle as well as a palindrome, in other words a puzzle within a puzzle. My preferred translation, without going into the niceties of Latin grammar, is “We enter the circle at night and are consumed by fire.”This music is also a palindrome, the outer parts of which are homophonic, while the turning around point in the center (where the basses enter for the first time) is a brief double canon.

SKU: HL.701639

ISBN 9781423494089. UPC: 884088506032. 9.0x12.0x0.195 inches.

This series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the digital files to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the separate backing tracks using the USB Flash Drive for use in the eBand. 8 songs, including: Bark at the Moon * Detroit Rock City * Iron Man * Living After Midnight * Rock You like a Hurricane * Runnin' with the Devil * Smoke on the Water * The Trooper.

About Hal Leonard Guitar Play-Along Series

The Guitar Play-Along Series will help you play your favorite songs quickly and easily. Just follow the tab, listen to the CD to hear how the guitar should sound, and then play along using the seperate backing tracks. The melody and lyrics are also included in the book in case you want to sing, or to simply help you follow along.