SKU: GI.G-9224

An Introduction to Christian Hymnology. Composed by Harry Eskew and Hugh T. McElrath. This edition: Second edition. Sacred. 400 pages. GIA Publications #9224. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9224).

ISBN 9781622772049. English.

The basic purpose of Sing with Understanding is to contribute to more meaningful congregational singing of hymns. It seeks to address the needs of those who lead in corporate worship -- clergy and musicians -- and also attempts to bring others, including lay persons, to a greater appreciation of their hymnals and the fascinating heritage of church song. Its primary use, however, is as a textbook for college and seminary classes in hymnology and related areas. This revised edition has provided the opportunity to update the bibliography. Because of the large number of new publications in hymnology, the bibliography is selective rather than comprehensive. In addition to updating each of the original chapters, this edition concludes with an epilogue that focuses on trends and issues in hymnody in the 1980's and 1990's, especially in Britain and America. Another significant change is the expansion to referencing hymns from five major recent hymnals. This provides a broader coverage of song available to American congregations in the closing decade of this century. Hymnology is a rewarding field of investigation. Along with increased understanding, it is hoped that this book will contribute to helping persons sing with the spirit: with true inspiration and enthusiasm, whether they may worship and serve.

Composed by Christian Mason. World premiere: Paris, Cite de la musique, January 14, 2020. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9377. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

I The sun, the sea - II The earth: her dance - III Clouds, winds, skies. Composed by Christian Mason. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 9334. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

SSAATTBB chorus and piano - Medium

SKU: JK.01891

Composed by Russell K. Carter. Arranged by Ryan Murphy. Choral SATB, Difficulty Medium, Piano Choir, Special Events Conference (Ward, Enduring to the End, Faith, Jesus Christ - Savior, Temple and Family History. Christian, Inspirational. Octavo. Duration 3 minutes, 30 seconds. Jackman Music Corporation #01891. Published by Jackman Music Corporation (JK.01891).

UPC: 093285018914. Matt. 5:1-12, D&C 76:114.

Standing on the Promises, as performed by The Tabernacle Choir and arranged by the talented Ryan Murphy for SSAATTBB and piano, is sure to be a powerful addition to any setting.
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Piano accompaniment part available: #01891ap (the accompaniment part does not include access to rehearsal tracks).
Orchestration Parts available: #01892
Words and Music: Russell K. Carter
Arranger: Ryan Murphy
Difficulty: Medium
Performance Time: 3:30
References: Matt. 5:1-12, D&C 76:114

For voice. Format: vocal score (spiral bound). With vocal score and chord names. Gospel and Country. 9x12 inches. Published by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing.
Clic k for Split Trax Cassette

Songbook for voice, piano and guitar chords. 256 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Guitar (flatpicking) - Beginning-Intermediate

SKU: MB.20881BCD

Composed by William Bay. Saddle-stitched, Style, Tunebook, Gospel/Sacred, Children and Young Beginner, Solos, Christian. Made Easy. Sacred. Book/CD set. 32 pages. Mel Bay Publications, Inc #20881BCD. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc (MB.20881BCD).

ISBN 9780786607464. UPC: 796279036368. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

Top traditional praise songs scored in notation and tab for easy to play flatpicking guitar. Songs include Sanctuary, As the Deer, Give Thanks, Lord, Reign in Me, Draw Me Close and many more. A companion CD is included. On the CD each piece is played twice, once as a guitar solo with accompaniment and again as a back-up track so the guitarist may practice the piece and use in a worship setting; ideal for small group or church performance.

Edited by Aaron Stang. Fretted instrument mixed folio (Guitar). 148 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

By Dennis Allen, Nan Allen. For Unison/2PT. Modern Christian. Sacred. Accompaniment Track (Musical) - CD. Duration 30 minutes. Published by Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing.

(GEB)

SKU: HL.49015635

Musikmarchen aus aller Welt. Composed by Dorothé and e Kreusch-Jacob. This edition: Hardback/Hard Cover. Book. Edition Schott. Kinder brauchen Marchen (Bruno Bettelheim) - und musikalische Marchen ganz besonders!Fur Kinder ab 6 Jahren. Classical. 173 pages. Schott Music #ED 9426. Published by Schott Music (HL.49015635).

ISBN 9783795704469. 7.0x9.75x0.659 inches. German. Renate Seelig.

Dieses Buch weiss Marchen aus vielen Landern der Welt zu erzahlen. Die Geschichten handeln von Tonen und Stimmen, von Trommeln, Glocken, Floten, Lauten, Harfen und von allerlei musikalischem Spielzeug.Musik kann man durch Horen und Spielen naher kommen - aber auch durch Vorlesen und Erzahlen von Musikmarchen. Uber Jahrhunderte hinweg haben sie etwas von den alten Wurzeln der Musik bewahrt. In ihrer Bildersprache geben sie die geheimnisvolle Klangsprache der Musik wieder. Den nach Instrumentengruppen zusammengefassten Kapiteln hat die Autorin einfuhrende Texte vorangestellt. Am Schluss des Buches sind die in der Sammlung erwahnten Instrumente abgebildet und beschrieben.

SKU: GI.G-10721

Composed by C. Michael Hawn. This edition: Third edition. Sacred. GIA Publications #10721. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-10721).

ISBN 9781622776634. English.

A well-known and respected authority on hymnody for more than forty years, Sing with Understanding is now available in its updated third edition. This edition builds on its predecessors’ scholarship, and enhances it with recent developments. New to this edition is afocus on the theology of hymn texts and their music as they form Christians in prayer. More than one-hundred fifty congregational songs from the treasures of Western hymnody, recent Contemporary Christian repertoire, and the global church are analyzed in depth. Also new is a companion website featuring bibliographic resources for additional research, articles referenced in the print version, as well as a glossary of musical/theological terms and indexes. This truly makes this a “book with no back cover.” Distinguished hymnologist C. Michael Hawn headed a team of contributors including Beverly A. Howard, Martin V. Clarke, and theologian Geoffrey C. Moore. They bring their expertise and perspectives to the ongoing and emerging work in hymnology and its related fields. For students studying hymnology, to clergy or worship teams selecting music, to people in the pews who want to know more about the prayer they sing, Sing with Understanding, Third Edition will help everyone sing with both spirit and understanding!  .

By John Ferguson. For Voices: SATB. Instruments: Brass quartet (). Organ. Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Music Series Sacred. Level: easy. 14 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

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,”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.”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,”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 praise” melody bursts out in a surprising compound meter. This, as it turns out, was the “mystery tune”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 “Amen” 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 sight”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.

SKU: WD.080689571367

Composed by Various. Choral, cantatas. Modern Christian: Sacred. CD preview pak. Word Music #080689571367. Published by Word Music (WD.080689571367).

UPC: 080689571367.

Vibra nt, choir-led Sunday morning worship can be achieved with choirs of virtually any size and with rehearsal time that may be limited to a single rehearsal! The second volume in Word's immensely popular The Instant Worship Choir Collection again features 20 exciting arrangements by some of today's most soughtafter arrangers, including Gary Rhodes, Russell Mauldin, Cliff Duren, Phillip Keveren, Daniel Semsen, Dave Williamson and Robert Sterling. The titles span every season on the church calendar and include a dynamic mix of traditional and new worship songs. This is a must-have resource for any church music library that you will surely return to again and again.

SKU: WD.080689849220

Composed by Various. Choral, cantatas. Modern Christian: Sacred. Listening CD. Word Music #080689849220. Published by Word Music (WD.080689849220).

UPC: 080689849220.

Vibra nt, choir-led Sunday morning worship can be achieved with choirs of virtually any size and with rehearsal time that may be limited to a single rehearsal! The second volume in Word's immensely popular The Instant Worship Choir Collection again features 20 exciting arrangements by some of today's most soughtafter arrangers, including Gary Rhodes, Russell Mauldin, Cliff Duren, Phillip Keveren, Daniel Semsen, Dave Williamson and Robert Sterling. The titles span every season on the church calendar and include a dynamic mix of traditional and new worship songs. This is a must-have resource for any church music library that you will surely return to again and again.

(Dance of the Clowns). By Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn (1809-1847). Arranged by Christina Hans. Orchestra. Score; String Orchestra. Belwin Intermediate String Orchestra. Masterwork Arrangement; Romantic. Grade 2.5. 8 pages. Published by Belwin Music (AP.38

Composed by Dale Peterson. Arranged by Charles McCartha and Dale Peterson. Christian. Octavo. Celebrating Grace #810031. Published by Celebrating Grace

Easy Guitar (Simplified arrangements for guitar). With notes and tablature. Size 9x12 inches. 48 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

(65 Soul, Blues, and Funk Classics). Composed by various artists and composers. For Guitar. This edition: Guitar TAB Edition. Artist/Personality; Book; Guitar Mixed Folio; Guitar TAB. The Guitar Collection. Blues; Funk. 256 pages. Published by Alfred Music