For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook. With vocal melody, lyrics and chor...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook. With vocal
melody, lyrics and chord
names. Folk. Series: Hal
Leonard Fake Books. 536
pages. 9.6x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Ligne De Mélodie, Paroles et Accords [Fake Book] - Facile Hal Leonard
For voice and C instrument. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With vocal melody, ...(+)
For voice and C
instrument. Format:
fakebook (spiral bound).
With vocal melody,
lyrics, piano
accompaniment, chord
names and leadsheet
notation. Hymn. Series:
Hal Leonard Fake Books.
494 pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Hal Leonard.
Kneipenhocker Ligne De Mélodie, (Paroles) et Accords [Partition]
Melody, Lyrics and Chords SKU: BT.MVH10001031 230 Lumpenlieder, SpaÃ...(+)
Melody, Lyrics and Chords
SKU:
BT.MVH10001031
230
Lumpenlieder,
Spaßlieder,
Trinklieder and frivole
Lieder für die
fröhliche
Runde. Arranged by
Gerhard Hildner. Book
with CD. 303 pages.
Musikverlag Monika
Hildner #MVH10001031.
Published by Musikverlag
Monika Hildner
(BT.MVH10001031).
ISBN
9783932839597.
230
songs to sing in the pub,
or at a party or other
social gathering. This
songbook contains a
selection of traditional
German songs that are
joyful and fun to play.
All songs are arranged in
a melody line, lyrics and
chords format. This book
is accompanied by 3 CDs
that contain the first
verse and the chorus of
every title to enable the
player to become
acquainted with them.
Die 230 besten
Lumpenlieder,
Spaßlieder,
Trinklieder und frivolen
Lieder für die
gesellige Runde und
fürs
Wirtshaus-Singen. Dank
des besonderen Formats
DIN A5 maxi ( 20 %) ist
die Schrift sehr gut
lesbar. Die einzelnen
Titel sind jeweils
arrangiert mit
Melodiezeile, den
Akkorden und Text zum
Spielen mit Keyboard und
Gitarre sowie zur
Gesangsbegleitung. Als
Begleitung zum Buch
erhalten Sie 3 CDs zum
Kennenlernen aller im
Buch enthaltenen Lieder
und zum Mitsingen. Der 1.
Vers und der Refrain
werden dabei angespielt,
Gesangsbegleitung
inklusive.
By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by David Giardiniere. Orchestra. ...(+)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Arranged by
David Giardiniere.
Orchestra. Score; String
Orchestra. Belwin Concert
String Orchestra. Form:
Transcription. Baptism;
Baroque; Christ the King;
Christmas; Easter; Fall;
Masterwork Arrangement;
Sacred; Spring; Winter.
Grade 3.5. 16 pages.
Published by Belwin
Publishing
118 Beloved Favorites. By Various. Piano/Vocal/Chords Songbook (Arrangements for...(+)
118 Beloved Favorites. By
Various.
Piano/Vocal/Chords
Songbook (Arrangements
for piano and voice with
guitar chords). Size 9x12
inches. 272 pages.
Published by Hal Leonard.
SATB & Organ SKU: SU.80101462 For SATB & Organ. Composed by Carson...(+)
SATB & Organ
SKU:
SU.80101462
For
SATB & Organ.
Composed by Carson
Cooman. Vocal/Choral,
Sacred Choral. Choral
Octavo. Zimbel Press
#80101462. Published by
Zimbel Press
(SU.80101462).
Psalm 66 (Be
Joyful in God) (2005) is
a joyous setting of
verses from the Psalm.
Instrumentation: SATB and
Organ Duration: 3'
Composed: 2005 Published
by: Zimbel Press.
Compiled by Amy Appleby and Peter Pickow. Spiral-bound book. 240 pages. Publish...(+)
Compiled by Amy Appleby
and Peter Pickow.
Spiral-bound book. 240
pages. Published by Music
Sales. (AM948850)
Pound for pound, one of
the best deals around.
114 selections in
piano/vocal/guitar chord
format. A collection of
the world's best
lovedChristmas music for
the holiday season. Songs
are categorized into 11
sections-from night
before Christmas through
carols for the new year.
By Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Arranged by David Giardiniere. Orchestra. ...(+)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750). Arranged by
David Giardiniere.
Orchestra. Part(s);
Score; String Orchestra.
Belwin Concert String
Orchestra. Form:
Transcription. Baptism;
Baroque; Christ the King;
Christmas; Easter; Fall;
Masterwork Arrangement;
Sacred; Spring; Winter.
Grade 3.5. 132 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
Publishing
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Riemenschneider. For pi...(+)
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750), edited by
Riemenschneider. For
piano. Format: piano solo
book. With piano
reduction, introductory
text, instructional text,
lyrics and performance
notes. Baroque. 184
pages. 9x12 inches.
Published by Schirmer
Joyful Time Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Belwin
(From Symphony No. 9). By Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827). Arranged by Victor L...(+)
(From Symphony No. 9). By
Ludwig van Beethoven
(1770-1827). Arranged by
Victor LÌ_pez. Concert
Band. Concert Band;
Masterworks; Part(s);
Score. Belwin Young Band.
Form: Overture.
Classical; Masterwork
Arrangement; Romantic.
Grade 2. 252 pages.
Published by Belwin
Publishing
Compiled by Bernard Taylor. Collection for high voice solo and piano accompanime...(+)
Compiled by Bernard
Taylor. Collection for
high voice solo and piano
accompaniment. Text
language Italian, German,
French, English. 251
pages. Published by G.
Schirmer, Inc.
A Joyful Christmas Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Belwin
Based on "Joy to the World". Arranged by Victor Lopez. Part(s); Score; String ...(+)
Based on "Joy to the
World".
Arranged by Victor Lopez.
Part(s); Score; String
Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Latin;
Sacred; Winter. 78 pages.
Published by Belwin Music
Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), edited by Albert Riemenschneider,...(+)
Composed by Johann
Sebastian Bach
(1685-1750), edited by
Albert Riemenschneider,
Charles Boyd. Vocal score
book for SATB choir. With
vocal score notation
(open score in German;
closed score in English),
introductory text and .
Text language English;
lyrics in German and
English. 127 pages.
Published by G. Schirmer,
Inc.
The Renaissance Fair Orchestre d'harmonie [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Intermédiaire Manhattan Beach Music
By Bob Margolis (After Claude Gervaise). Concert band. Suitable for high school,...(+)
By Bob Margolis (After
Claude Gervaise). Concert
band. Suitable for high
school, community, and
college bands. Level:
Grade 4. Conductor score
and set of parts.
Duration 4:30. Published
by Manhattan Beach Music.
Bell Tree SKU: HP.3001 Arranged by Jason W. Krug. Handbell score. 124 pag...(+)
Bell Tree
SKU:
HP.3001
Arranged by
Jason W. Krug. Handbell
score. 124 pages. Hope
Publishing Company #3001.
Published by Hope
Publishing Company
(HP.3001).
UPC:
763628130015.
45
Selections to Enhance
Hymn Singing For each of
these 45 descants to
familiar hymns there is
an intermediate and a
more advanced setting for
bell tree ringers. Many
of the tunes are offered
in more than one key to
make this collection
compatible with most
hymnals. Common title and
tune indexes are provided
for easy reference.
Adding the sparkle of
bells is sure to enhance
and enliven your
congregational hymn
singing.
Silent Night Orchestre à Cordes [Conducteur et Parties séparées] - Facile Belwin
Composed by Franz Xaver Gruber. Arranged by Jeffrey E. Turner. Part(s); Score; S...(+)
Composed by Franz Xaver
Gruber. Arranged by
Jeffrey E. Turner.
Part(s); Score;
SmartMusic; String
Orchestra. Belwin
Intermediate String
Orchestra. Christmas;
Sacred; Winter. 76 pages.
Published by Belwin Music
(AP.44799).
Score and Parts.
Composed by Mohammed
Fairouz. Sws. Score and
parts. With Standard
notation. 68 pages.
Duration 25 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#114-41903. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.114419030).
ISBN
9781491114124. UPC:
680160669851. 9 x 12
inches.
A
fascination with
polycultural synergy
between diverse literary
textsdrives the
inspiration for much of
Mohammed Fairouz’s
prodigiouscreative
output, including
instrumental music as
well as vocal. Inhis
profound and extensive
essay preceding the
score, Fairouz shedslight
on how Edgar Allen
Poe’s “Israfel”
relates to the
prophetsand prophesies of
the Quran, Old Testament,
and New Testament.The
eight-movement quartet
may be heard as a
dramatic galleryof
portraits and of
story-telling,
flourishing in a
post-traditionallanguage
that is at once
vernacular and spiritual,
Middle Easternand
Western. The complete set
of score and parts is
included in
thispublication. (See
pages 2-3 of score for
clear distinction of
paragraphs,
etc.)Prophesies, by
Mohammed FairouzEdgar
Allen Poe’s rendition
of Israfel was the point
of departure for the
final movement of my
previous stringquartet
which is titled The Named
Angels. At the opening of
his poem, Poe evokes the
Quran:“And the angel
Israfel, whose
heartstrings are a lute,
and who has the sweetest
voice of all God’s
creatures.”This informs
the first lines of the
poem that, in turn, gave
me the title for the
final movement of The
Named
Angels,“Israfel’s
Spell”:In Heaven a
spirit doth dwell“Whose
heartstrings are a
lute”None sing so
wildly wellAs the angel
Israfel,And the giddy
stars (so legends
tell),Ceasing their
hymns, attend the spellOf
his voice, all mute.It is
the end of that poem,
however, that is the
starting point for the
current quartet,
Prophesies, which
concernsitself with
mortal prophets rather
than eternal Angelic
spirits.If I could
dwellWhere IsrafelHath
dwelt, and he where I,He
might not sing so wildly
wellA mortal melody,While
a bolder note than this
might swellFrom my lyre
within the sky.Islamic
thought has asked us to
look at the example of
the prophets. That’s
significant because of
the fact thatJoseph and
all the prophets were
human beings with the
flaws of human beings. No
prophet was perfect,
andIslamic tradition has
never asked its followers
to aspire to the example
of the Angels, the
perfected ones. Instead
weare given the gift of
our prophets. While The
Named Angels drew on the
motion and energy of
everlasting
spirits,Prophesies is a
depiction of the
movements within our own
mortal coil.This quartet
is a continuation of a
long tradition of Muslim
artists telling their
stories and singing their
songs.Many of these
renditions are, in fact,
figurative and (contrary
to popular belief) the
Quran contains no
“Islamicedict”
prohibiting figurative
renditions of the figures
described in the Old
Testament, New Testament,
or Quran.The majority of
artists, however, have
preferred eternal and
abstract forms such as
words and their
calligraphicrepresentatio
ns, poems (Yusuf and
Zuleikha or the
Conference of Birds come
immediately to mind),
architecture,and many
other non-figurative art
forms to the
representation of man.
These cold, ancient, and
everlasting shapesof
unending time flourished,
and the divine infinity
of representing geometric
forms gained favor over
the placementof the
explicit representation
of mankind and our own
likeness at the center of
the universes.Adding the
string quartet to these
forms which express the
recursive spheres of
heavens and earth
abstractly shouldexplain
why I have chosen to
render higher things
through the use of music
without the addition of
words or anyother
art-form. It is the
abstract art of pure
form, in which all is
form and all is content,
which compels me.
Thisquartet should be
seen as no more
programmatic than the
arches of the Great
Mosque at Cordoba.The
first movement, Yāqub
(Jacob), is slow, quiet
and prayerful. It evokes
the patient sorrow of a
slow choraledeveloping
over time as it coaxes
our pulse out of the
ticking of a clock-like
meter that defines our
day-to-day livesand into
a divine eternity.The
second, Saleh, imagines
the spirit of that
desert-prophet through
the use of a Liwa; the
dance-sequence that
hasbeen such a prevalent
form of expression in the
Arabian Peninsula for
much of our recorded
history.The third
movement is titled
Dawoōd, and it is
emblematic of the beloved
Prophet, King, and
Psalmist, David.Though it
has no lyrics, the
movement functions as a
dabkeh (an ancient dance
native to the Levant) and
also “sets”the
opening of Psalm 100
(Make a joyful noise unto
the Lord, all ye lands).
This line is never set to
music or sung inthe
quartet but is evoked
through the rhythmic
shape of the violin part
which imitates the
phonology and rhythmof my
speaking the opening line
in the Hebrew and
develops the contours of
that line incessantly
throughout
themovement.3The fourth
movement is an ode to
Yousef (Joseph) and
relates to the first
movement in tempo and
tone just as
Josephrelates to Jacob,
his father. Together, the
first and fourth
movements provide a sort
of Lamentation and
relief.Joseph had the
appearance of a noble
angel, but he was very
much a human being. And
the story of this
particularprophet had
tragic beginnings many
years before he found
himself in a position of
power in Egypt. Back in
his youth,still among the
Israelites, Joseph
experienced a series of
revelations through his
dreams that spoke of his
impendingcareer in
prophecy. He confided his
dreams to his father, the
Prophet Jacob, who told
his son of the greatness
thatawaited him in his
future only to have his
brothers throw him into a
well and leave him for
dead. Joseph
eventuallyfound his way
from Israel to Egypt and
rose out of slavery into
a position of power.
Meanwhile, famine engulfs
Israel.Forty years pass,
and back in the land of
Jacob and Rachel, of
Joseph’s brothers and
Abraham’s tribe, Israel
wasnot spared the effects
of the famine. They
sorely lacked Joseph’s
prophecy and his vision.
The Qur’an then tells
usthat Jacob, sensing
Joseph, sends the other
brothers to Egypt
instructing them to come
back with food and
grain.Arriving in Egypt,
they unwittingly appear
before Joseph. They
don’t recognize their
little brother who has
risen toa position of
might, dressed in his
Egyptian regalia. They
ask for the food and the
grain.After some
conversation, Joseph is
no longer able to contain
his emotion. Overcome, he
reveals himself to his
nowterrified brothers. He
embraces them. He asks
them eagerly, “How is
our father?” Joseph
gives them the gift of
thefood and the grain
that they came in search
of. He relieves them from
hunger and alleviates
their fear. He sendsthem
back with proof that he
is alive, and it is this
joyful proof from the
miraculous hands of a
prophet that bringsback
the ancient Jacob’s
vision after 40 years of
blindness.In this story,
I am struck by the fact
that Joseph may not have
made the decision to
forgive his brothers on
thespot, but that
something inside the
prophet’s soul found
forgiveness and peace for
the brothers who had so
gravelywronged him at
some point along his
journey. I would suspect
this point to have been
present at Joseph’s
inception,even before he
had ever been
wronged.This is proof, if
we needed it, that
Joseph’s angel-like
beauty was not only
physical and external,
but also internalas well:
Joseph possessed a
profound loveliness of
spirit that bound his
appearance and his soul.
In Joseph, formand soul
are one.Time is to
musicians what light is
to a painter. In this
way, the story of Joseph
also shows us that time
can affectour perception
of even the most tragic
wounds. In fact, the most
common Arabic word for
“human being” is
insaan,which shares its
roots with the word
insaa, “to forget.”
While our ability to
remember is essential to
how we learnabout
ourselves, our capacity
to “forgive and
forget” may also be one
of our great gifts as
human beings.The fifth
movement follows my ode
to Joseph with a
structural memory of
Mūsa (Moses). The
movement consistsentirely
of descending motifs
which I constructed as an
indication of Moses’
descending movement as he
emergedto his people from
the heights of Mt. Sinai.
The music is constructed
in five phrases which
function as a
formalreference to the
five books of Moses, the
Pentateuch. The movement
is placed as the fifth of
the quartet for the
samereason.While Joseph
is always evoked as
supremely beautiful in
the Books of Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam,
Suleiman(Solomon) is
described as surpassing
in his quicksilver
intelligence. This
movement is composed of a
seven-partriddle which
passes by in an instant
but can be caught by the
attentive listener. From
Solomon, we work our
wayback to Yishak (Isaac)
in a seventh movement
that evokes Isaac’s
literal meaning in Arabic
and Hebrew: laughter.The
eighth and final movement
of this quartet is named
for the Patriarch of the
entire Book: Ibrahim
(Abraham). Itrelates to
Isaac just as Joseph
relates to Jacob; they
are father and son. The
lines are prayerful and
contemplative;the form of
the music evolves from a
fugue joining together
many different forms of
prayer into a single
tapestry ofcounterpoint,
to the cyclical form of
this entire quartet which
is rendered through the
motion of pilgrims
circling theKaaba (cube)
in Mecca — a structure
which was built by
Abraham for Hagaar and
their son Ismail.These
are just some of the
figures that are
cherished by all three of
the Middle Eastern
monotheisms
(Judaism,Christianity,
and Islam) that the
Qur’an refers to
collectively as Ahl
Al-Kitab. This Arabic
phrase is most
commonlytranslated as
“The People of the
Book,” but here the
most common translation
is a flawed one: the
Arabic word“ahl”
means “family” and
not just “people.” A
better translation would
be “Family of the
Book.” Each of the
eightmovements of
Prophesies grows from a
single musical cell.This
quartet is a family
album.—Mohammed Fairouz
(2018.
(Four Songs from South Africa). Arranged by Alexander L'Estrange. Choir Secular....(+)
(Four Songs from South
Africa). Arranged by
Alexander L'Estrange.
Choir Secular. For with
Piano (2-Part Choir).
Book; Choral Collection.
Faber Edition: Choral
Basics. Multicultural;
World. Published by Faber
Music
2-part treble voices
choir divisi, piano -
Intermediate
SKU:
MN.CH-1294
Composed
by Dale Jergenson. 21st
Century. Octavo.
Laurendale Associates
#CH-1294. Published by
Laurendale Associates
(MN.CH-1294).
Be Joyful
started life as the third
movement of a larger
piece for Chorus and
Orchestra calledFlowers.
This movement has such a
delightful use of 7/8
that it gives the singers
a charge to work on it.
It became ome of
thosealways humming it
themes of the work. I
have kept it cast for 4
voices, albeit SSAA now
instead of the original
SATB and I have adapted
the orchestral
accompaniment for piano.
Probably the most
important aspect of
performing this piece is
to keep the tempo going,
and emphasize the
thematic entrances as
they shift from voice to
voice. The poetry is by
the Mesoamerican poet
Nezahualcoyotl
(1402-1472), one of the
most prominent poets of
the period who seems to
have been keenly aware of
time and change, cabuitl
in Nahuatl, orthat which
leaves us. Everything in
tlalticpac,on the earth,
is transitory. It appears
here for a while but then
withdraws and vanishes
forever.