O Take My Hand, Dear Father. Par SILCHER FRIEDRICH. This celebrated song is based on a poem by Julie Hausmann (1826-1901), a Latvian teacher who was probably blind. The text draws on her personal experience and unshakeable faith in God, death and eternal life. The melody by Friedrich Silcher is written in a simple and delicate style but also draws on the grand romantic tradition of Wagner and Bruc…

' Ave verum was commissioned early in 2011 by Edward Rowntree for the birthday of his father, John Rowntree, director of music at Douai Abbey in the UK. My aim was to write a piece both short and simple, suitable for regular liturgical use. There are, of course, many wonderful settings of this text already, not least those by William Byrd and Edward Elgar, both of which I sang as a boy. In this in…

'I asked my friend, the poet Einar Askestad, if he could write a poem for me about love between father and son, brothers and God.I felt that these forms of love are seldom sung about. The poem moved me greatly and I have tried to put music to these words which is simple yet full of beauty. In the four movements of this suite-like piece, various aspects of these relationships are conveyed.? (Marten…

Operette. Par BOHM RAINER. Rosalia, the youngest of the King’s five daughters, is a very bright but unruly child. One day, when she lets her fathers orb fall into the well while juggling, the scheming Prime Minister smells his chance, marble statues come to life, little frogs dance the Can-Can, and the King needs Aspirin again. Rosalia rescues the day when she picks up a huge slimy frog and throws…

Operette. Par BOHM RAINER. Rosalia, the youngest of the King’s five daughters, is a very bright but unruly child. One day, when she lets her fathers orb fall into the well while juggling, the scheming Prime Minister smells his chance, marble statues come to life, little frogs dance the Can-Can, and the King needs Aspirin again. Rosalia rescues the day when she picks up a huge slimy frog and throws…

Compilation de 148 chansons Folk arrangées pour piano, voix, guitare (diagrammes d'accords) / Piano/Vocal/Guitare (PVG)

Par YEAGER JEANINE. A full range of keyboard sounds is utilized by this respected composer in her arrangements. She includes a rich use of the pedal in melding harmonies and creating magical new interpretations of familiar hymns. Includes one original work (?Rejoice!?) along with seven touching hymn arrangements appropriate for worship services as preludes, offertories, or postludes. / Date paruti…

Artistic Expressions of Faith and Joy - Organ, 2-staff. Par HAYES MARK. Mark Hayes’s best-selling series of organ arrangements continues with this volume featuring a diverse selection of hymns. The collection includes both general hymns and pieces often used during specific seasons of the year. As always, Marvin Gaspard has skillfully adapted Hayes’s piano originals into effective and idiomatic or…

/ Choeur Mixte (SATB)