SKU: MN.10-031
UPC: 688670100314.
This popular series is known for works of breadth and gravitas, and this latest volume is no exception.
SKU: CF.CAS160F
ISBN 9781491165454. UPC: 680160924363. Key: C major.
The story of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor is of a rising star composer, one with a significant gift for melody and a simple lyricism, who embraced the previously unexplored song and dance forms from his father’s native west Africa and incorporated them into his own very European art music. Coleridge-Taylor began playing the violin at age five and by age fifteen wasadmitted to London’s Royal College of Music, where he studied both violin and composition and composed his first works. The simply-titled Melody is taken from Three Short Pieces for Organ - a set of pieces originally published in Novello’s Album for the Organ, No. 3 (1898). While certainly typical of the late 19th century, many of Coleridge-Taylor's creations display inspiration by African musical elements much like spirituals inspired Dvořák’s “New World†Symphony.
SKU: IS.TORG6022EM
ISBN 9790365060221.
Charles Camilleri (1931 - 2009) was a Maltese composer. As a teenager, he composed a number of works based on folk music and legends of his native Malta. He moved from his early influences by Maltese folk music to a musical form in which nothing is fixed and his compositions evolve from themselves with a sense of fluency and inevitability. He composed over 100 works for orchestra, chamber ensemble, voice and solo instruments. Camilleri's work has been performed throughout the world and his research of folk music and improvisation, the influences of the sounds of Africa and Asia, together with the academic study of European music, helped him create a universal style. Camilleri is recognized in Malta as one of the major composers of his generation. He died on 3 January 2009 at the age of 77. His funeral took place two days later at Naxxar, his long-time town of residence. Flags across Malta were flown at half-mast in tribute to him. This short piece L'Evolution de la Joie (the evolution of joy) is a hypnotically beautiful trumpet piece, well worth a place in the musical enthusiast's library.
SKU: MN.10-242
UPC: 688670102424.
A collection of pieces on familiar tunes that can be used throughout the church year.
SKU: GI.G-9600
In creating the African American ecumenical hymnal, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism it was imperative to the core committee that the hymnal serve as a needed resource for the many denominations in the African American Church. It was the committee’s strong desire that this hymnal would represent and preserve the rich theological, cultural, and musical heritages of these traditions and offer a full breadth of music representing historical as well as vibrant contemporary worship, while looking toward the future. It was also of utmost importance that this hymnal draw the body of Christ together so that it may be enlarged, enriched, and inspired to live and worship based on what unites us: “one Lord, one faith, one baptism.†This hymnal contains selections of diverse styles and genres, including traditional ecumenical hymns, contemporary texts written for the twenty-first-century church, praise and worship selections, music from Taizé, choral responses, responsorial psalmody, traditional and contemporary gospel music, and Negro spirituals. The editors maintained a remarkably high degree of excellence in selecting and presenting this repertoire, and church musicians of all tastes could find this anthology useful either as a reference or as a repository for imaginitive congregational song. Jason Overall, The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians, Volume 27, Number 10, December 2018.
SKU: GI.G-9600K
ISBN 9781622772650.
In creating the African American ecumenical hymnal, One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism it was imperative to the core committee that the hymnal serve as a needed resource for the many denominations in the African American Church. It was the committee’s strong desire that this hymnal would represent and preserve the rich theological, cultural, and musical heritages of these traditions and offer a full breadth of music representing historical as well as vibrant contemporary worship, while looking toward the future. It was also of utmost importance that this hymnal draw the body of Christ together so that it may be enlarged, enriched, and inspired to live and worship based on what unites us: “one Lord, one faith, one baptism.†This hymnal contains selections of diverse styles and genres, including traditional ecumenical hymns, contemporary texts written for the twenty-first-century church, praise and worship selections, music from Taizé, choral responses, responsorial psalmody, traditional and contemporary gospel music, and Negro spirituals.
SKU: LO.70-2447L
ISBN 9780787779061.
Roberta Rowland-Raybold's settings of eight spirituals for organ are a heartfelt tribute to the African American spiritual tradition, deeply influenced by Eileen Guenther's book, In Their Own Words. The expressive dimension of the original words and music is at the forefront of these varied pieces, all of which are based on spirituals that are familiar and widely used in today’s churches.
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: MN.10-047
UPC: 688670008887.
The melodic material for this composition comes from three African-American Spirituals, “Nobody Knows,†“Steal Away,†and “Deep River.†The melodies serve as the basis of the piece and are surrounded by a variety of textures. Jazz and blues harmonies and influences can be found throughout this exciting work.
SKU: SU.80101166
The six movements (framed by an introduction and epilogue) of this partita are designed to be accessible to the beginning or intermediate organist. The pedal part is easy throughout. A highly useful setting of this African-American tune, usually set to the text In Christ There Is No East Or West. 12 pages Published by: Zimbel Press.
SKU: SU.80101162
This stunning collection contains five useful organ compositions based on African-American spirituals. Treatments are exciting, original, and always highly appropriate. The five movements are: The Lord Is My Shepherd, I Want Jesus to Walk with Me, I Want to Be a Christian, The Old Ship of Zion, and Bless That Wonderful Name. 24 pages Published by: Zimbel Press.