Guitar
SKU:
GI.G-9538G
Traditional Hymns for
Contemporary
Ensembles. Arranged
by Tony Alonso S.J. This
edition: Guitar edition.
Sacred. Guitar part. With
guitar chord names. 52
pages. GIA Publications
#9538G. Published by GIA
Publications
(GI.G-9538G).
UPC:
785147953876.
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Revival is a long overdue
resource that provides
fresh accessible
arrangements of classic
hymns for contemporary
ensembles. Each
arrangement is scored for
SAB choir, piano, guitar,
and optional instrumental
parts. For added texture,
the final stanza of each
hymn includes an
alternate harmonization
of the accompaniment with
a soprano descant. These
fourteen arrangements
will open a whole new set
of treasured hymns to
piano and guitar based
ensembles. Compatible
with the versions founds
in GIA’s most
recent hymnals, each of
these arrangements is
intended to support and
inspire the sung prayer
of the assembly. Every
one will find a
comfortable home in your
repertoire throughout the
liturgical year! A
special spiral bound
edition of Revival is
also available. This
edition is perfect for
accompanists who would
also like to use these
hymn arrangements as
preludes, interludes, or
postludes. Collections
like Revival are
not simply a way for
contemporary ensembles to
plant deeper roots and
tap into more traditional
repertoires. It is a way
for all of us to hear old
hymns with new ears, in a
new way. --Fr. Anthony
Ruff, OSB, Associate
Professor of Theology at
St. John's Abbey Quote
from Pray Tell
Blog. Click here to
read full article Tony
Alonso’s Revival
offers us fourteen
wonderfully arranged
familiar
hymns—musically
accessible and a delight
to sing. Flexibly crafted
for voices, piano and
guitar with lovely
optional descants, this
is an ecumenical gift and
bridge-builder between
classical and
contemporary approaches
to hymns in the liturgy.
It should be in every
parish’s working
library. --Don Saliers,
Professor of Theology and
Worship at the Candler
School of Theology In his
new collection, Revival,
Tony Alonso marks the
500th anniversary of a
great divide in the
church by bridging the
chasm between Catholic
and Protestant,
contemporary and
traditional, Appalachian
and European. His
arrangements for voices,
piano, and
guitar—with
options for using other
instruments as
well—allow for
improvisation and
adaptation while
remaining accessible for
a wide range of
musicians. Although these
hymns are designed to be
used by contemporary
ensembles, they lend
themselves to use in a
variety of worshiping
contexts. Alonso's
arrangements will entice
you to sing
along--Revival is a great
gift to the whole church!
--Kimberly Bracken Long,
Editor of Call to
Worship: Liturgy, Music,
Preaching, & the Arts
Tony Alonso’s,
Revival, is an invaluable
resource to help find
common ground among
“contemporaryâ€
and
“traditionalâ€
choirs and ensembles by
making hymnody
approachable to those who
may have shied away from
it for stylistic reasons.
It is also a great
educational tool for
organists and pianists
who are seeking ways to
improve their
improvisatory keyboard
skills by modeling
accompaniment styles and
improvisatory patterns
that support and enhance
the singing of
traditional hymns.
​--​Dominic
Trumfio, Associate
Director of Worship Music
at Old St. Patrick's
Church, Chicago.