SKU: HL.249573

ISBN 9781540005571. UPC: 888680711528. 6.0x9.0x0.396 inches. Ukulele Chord Songbook.

This series features convenient 6″ x 9″ books with complete lyrics and chord symbols above the lyrics for dozens of great songs. Each song also includes chord grids at the top of every page, and the first notes of the melody for easy reference. These books are perfect for people who don't read music but want to strum chords and sing, and are equally ideal for more advanced, music-reading ukulele players who don't feel like wading through note-for-note notation. This easy collection features 60 songs you can play with just four chords: Brave • Careless Whisper • Cecilia • Drift Away • Every Rose Has Its Thorn • Fields of Gold • Good Riddance (Time of Your Life) • Hey, Soul Sister • Ho Hey • Last Kiss • Let It Be • Mean • Peaceful Easy Feeling • Renegades • Stand by Me • Teach Your Children • Toes • Viva La Vida • What's Up • Zombie • and many more.

SKU: FP.FQR02

ISBN 9790570503933.

Four sea scenes, both wistful and profound. Quilter's long, soaring vocal lines provide a compelling counterpoint to the intricacy of the piano accompaniment.

SKU: FP.FQR01

ISBN 9790570503926.

Four sea scenes, both wistful and profound. Quilter's long, soaring vocal lines provide a compelling counterpoint to the intricacy of the piano accompaniment.

SKU: ST.Y291

ISBN 9790220223372.

CONTENTS
1. Blackbird (Anne Stevenson) (b - g)
2. The moon is distant (Emily Dickinson) (b - g sharp)
3. Bird in hand (Anne Stevenson) (e flat - g flat)
4. On not being able to look at the moon (Anne Stevenson) (b - g)

For medium voice and piano or ensemble of flute, harp and string quartet, Moon and Birds is a substantial cycle of songs to words by Anne Stevenson and Emily Dickinson. Its sequence of four settings, 'Blackbird', 'The moon is distant' (Dickinson), 'Bird in hand' and 'On not being able to look at the moon' unfolds a symmetrical structure of contrasting yet interlocking moods in which the reflective second and fourth numbers, lunar visions of mystic tranquillity flawed by doubt and pain, temper with human frailty the bright epiphanies of the first and third songs.

There is a fascinating challenge here for the performer to embrace both elation and gravitas in a single reading, Samuel's vigorous musical invention binding the developing web of feeling with its own formal strengths and subtly illustrative moments. In the version for string quartet, flute and harp, first performed by Contemporary Connections on 4 November 2011 at St James's Church Piccadilly, the flute takes a prominent role throughout. Violins, viola and cello at times elaborate on the simpler textures of the keyboard version, though the two scores remain entirely compatible. The bluesy harmonies of the concluding number, whether weighted by sonorous string quartet or profiled in edgier piano chords, bring the cycle to a sombre conclusion with a proper sense of an emotional world traversed.

SKU: BT.DHP-1001910-015

Jacob de Haan arranged four Christmas carols in the suite Four Shepherd Songs. In the four-part instrumentation, creating the possibility to play the piece with a large number of varied strengths, he successively arranged Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht, Inmitten der Nacht, Kommet ihr Hirten, and Ihr Hirten, erwacht. The arrangement was skillfully replenished with suitable percussion instruments. All of the carols can be performed with a choir (German text). Four Shepherd Songs beautifully enriches the Christmas repertoire.

Jacob de Haan bewerkte vier kerstliederen in de suite Four Shepherd Songs. In een vierstemmige instrumentatie, die de mogelijkheid biedt om het werk met een groot scala aan gevarieerde bezettingen te spelen, bewerkte hij achtereenvolgens:Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht, Inmitten der Nacht, Kommet ihr Hirten en Ihr Hirten, erwacht. De vierstemmige instrumentatie werd vakkundig aangvuld met gepast slagwerk. Daarnaast kunnen alle liederenmet koor (Duitse tekst) uitgevoerd worden. De Four Shepherd Songs vormen hierdoor een verrijking van het kerstrepertoire.

Jacob de Haan hat vier Weihnachtslieder bearbeitet und zu der Suite Four Shepherd Songs (Vier Hirtenlieder) zusammengefügt. Die vierstimmige Bearbeitung, die eine Aufführung mit vielen und unterschiedlich großen Besetzungen erlaubt, wurde mit Schlagzeug effektvoll angereichert. Alle vier Lieder können zudem mit einem Chor (deutscher Text) aufgeführt werden uns sind somit eine echte Bereicherung des weihnachtlichen Repertoires.

Four Shepherd Songs (“Quatre chants de bergers”) est une suite de quatre noëls traditionnels allemands. L’harmonisation quatre voix avec percussion offre un vaste choix de combinaisons instrumentales. Pour réaliser cet arrangement brillant, Jacob de Haan a rassemblé les chants Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht, Inmitten der Nacht, Kommet Ihr Hirten et Ihr Hirten, erwacht. Cette pièce peut également être interprétée avec un Chœur mixte (SATB). Le set chœur [texte en allemand] est vendu séparément (réf. : DHP 1012653-050).

Nella suite Four Shepherd Songs (Quattro canti di pastori), Jacob de Haan ha arrangiato per banda quattro canti natalizi tedeschi, Als ich bei meinen Schafen wacht, Inmitten der Nacht, Kommet Ihr Hirten e Ihr Hirten, erwacht, con la possibilit di eseguirli con una qualsiasi strumentazione variabile. La strumentazione a quattro parti è stata arrangiata abilmente e completata con le percussioni. Inoltre, tutti i canti possono essere eseguiti assieme ad un coro (con testo in lingua tedesca). Four Shepherd Songs è senza dubbio un valido arricchimento del repertorio natalizio.