(52 Songs from 17 Shows and Films). By Stephen Sondheim (1930-). Edited by Richard Walters. For Voice, Piano Accompaniment. P/V/G Composer Collection. Softcover. 408 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Janice Kapp Perry. Text: John V. Pearson / Rodney Turner / Janice Kapp Perry / Neal A. Maxwell / Orrin G. Hatch / David B. Larsen / Olga S. Whitaker. For SATB Choir. Level: Varied. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

Women's Edition. Composed by Various. Vocal Collection. Piece for the NFMC Vocal event with the National Federation of Music Clubs (NFMC) Festivals Bulletin 2008-2009-2010. Broadway. Songbook (softcover). With vocal melody, piano accompaniment, lyrics and chord names. 240 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Performed by The Scorpions. For guitar and voice. Format: guitar tablature songbook. With guitar tablature, standard notation, vocal melody, lyrics, chord names, guitar chord diagrams and guitar notation legend. Metal and hard rock. Series: Hal Leonard Guitar Recorded Versions. 151 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack. By Elton John. Strum and Sing Guitar. Movies, Pop, Rock. Softcover. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

SKU: GI.G-1095

Composed by James Jordan & The Same Stream. GIA ChoralWorks. Music Education. Choral score. GIA Publications #1095. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-1095).

The Universe works in strange ways. Recorded almost three years ago, none of us could have known that when this recording was released the world would have lived through a life-altering pandemic or a tumultuous upheaval in the cultural awareness that now surrounds us. The work that opens this recording—with the words of Quaker George Fox that end with, “So be faithful, and live in that which doth not think the time long”—provid es a haunting premonition regarding the time in which we live, Quaker George Fox is strangely prophetic about these days and perhaps provides a future caution for us all. The music chosen for this recording is strangely and poignantly relevant, I believe, for each of us. “The Fruit of Silence” by Pēteris Vasks reminds us to visit those beliefs that are most sacred in the work by Cortlandt Matthews. A deeply personal Requiem by Peter Relph, in reflection, remembers the hundreds of thousands of lives lost in the pandemic. And then there is Thomas LaVoy’s “O Great Beyond.” All great texts are timeless and speak to the universality of the human condition. Particularly, the George Fox text set by Jackson Hill and the Tagore text set by LaVoy give us messages to reinforce the humanness of each of us for hope. Two other works on this recording poignantly remind us of the passing of life, with the Relph Requiem and especially the final movement of “O Great Beyond.” May these words give comfort to all those who endured the deepest of Life’s losses during our shared pandemic journey. For so many loved ones, goodbyes were said in silence, and alone. It is our hope that all the music on this CD will show us a way for living as we move forward and also give loving comfort to those who have lost loved ones. Peace, my heart, let the time for the parting be sweet. Let it not be a death but completeness. Let love melt into memory and pain into songs. Let the flight through the sky end in the folding of the wings over the nest. Let the last touch of your hands be gentle like the flower of the night. Stand still, O Beautiful End, for a moment, and say your last words in silence. I bow to you and hold up my lamp to light you on your way. —Rabindranath Tagore in The Gardener (1913).

Performed by Various. For easy guitar. Strum It (Guitar). Size 9x12 inches. 64 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

For organ. Advent, Christmas, General, Holy Communion, Thanksgiving, Sacred. 3-staff. Sacred organ