SKU: HL.44006367

ISBN 9789043101844. UPC: 884088084684. 9.0x12.0x0.158 inches. International (more than one language).

These arrangements for organ in the style of folk and spiritual music were created during the 19th century. They provide the occasional glimpse of the old African jumba dances and plantation songs. Each arrangement is a unique step on a voyage of discovery into the fascinting characteristis of this music. 16 arrangements of beloved spirituals, including: Morning Has Broken * Amazing Grace * Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen * Were You There? * Deep River * Lord, I Want to Be a Christian * Steal Away to Jesus * Let Us Break Bread Together * Go Tell It on the Mountain * Is There Anybody Here? * Swing Low, Sweet Chariot * Greensleeves.

SKU: HL.49046414

ISBN 9781540090522. UPC: 842819103974.

The American musical patrons Mildred and Robert Wood Bliss were considering which distinguished composer to commission to create a work in celebration of their 30th wedding anniversary in 1938. The couple had made the acquaintance of Igor Stravinsky in April the preceding year at the premiere of his ballet Jeu de Cartes in New York and had subsequently invited the composer to their country home 'Dumbarton Oaks' in Washington D.C. to talk about a new composition. Stravinsky only just managed to complete the work in time for the anniversary celebrations: its date of completion was also the date of its first performance. For his classically styled three-movement work, he selected the title Concerto in E flat, adding the subtitle Dumbarton Oaks as a dedication. The structure of the work references the concerto grosso: it features a soloist ensemble which unites in the tutti sequences but also plays in concertino groups during the solo episodes. Broken chordal structures characterise the central movement whereas the outer movements are distinguished through their use of fugato. Dumbarton Oaks went on to become one of Stravinskys mostsuccessful works, performed widely and delighting Mildred Bliss so much that she immediately issued another commission, for the Symphony in C. Its composer's very public commitment to American cultural life helped pave the way for Stravinskys emigration to the USA in 1945. As early as 1952 Leif Thybo created an arrangement for organ which Stravinsky probably did not know at the time of his life.