Easter Hymn: SATB: Vocal Score

The popular seasonal music of the English Georgian parish church - often called gallery music - yielded a wonderfully rich harvest of hymns carols and anthems. Drawn from a repertoire only recently rediscovered these new editions offer a sparkling array of fresh alternative Easter and passiontide music.

More Than Hymns is a new two-volume collection of anthems for mixed voice choirs featuring extended arrangements of existing hymn tunes together with original anthem-style settings of the texts of several well known hymns. Of the sixteen works in this first volume six are published here for the first time including new arrangements by composers of today: Malcolm Archer Rogers Covey-Crump John Joubert Barry Rose and Gavin Williams. The texts cover many seasons of the church's year - Advent Epiphany Passiontide Easter Ascension as well as celebratory occasions such as festival services and weddings.

Taken from Hymn of Praise this is a 4-part arrangement full of joy and majesty. Ideal for general use or at festivals such as Easter Ascension or Christ the King.

Uses: EasterScripture: Matthew 28:5-6; Luke 24:1-12A spectacular opening for Resurrection morning this montage of beloved hymns is the quintessential Easter medley. The versatile offering is at homeas a special anthem presentation or even as a congregational anthem joining both choir and audience in joyful praise. Adorned with festive brass and handbell options this medley of Easter classics is thoughtfully arranged forquick learning. Incorporates Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia! Sing to Jesus; Crown Him with Many Crowns; All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name. Reproducible congregation pages available as a free download in CloserLook. Available separately: SATB Brass Orchestration CD-ROM (Score & parts for Trumpet 1&2 Trombone 1&2 Timpani) Digital Handbells (3 octaves). Duration: ca. 4:43.

'Yankee Doodle' with variations is the most concise way to describe the piece commissioned by the New Haven Symphony Orchestra to commemorate Conneticut's participation in The United States Bicentennial. 'Yankee Doodle' a tune dating back to the Middle Ages in Holland and England (and used by the British as early as 1755 to poke fun at untrained American troops in the French and Indian war) is interwoven with other folk and national melodies to stitch a patchwork or a musical collage. It is a personal view of American history.'To explain my approach to They All Sang Yankee Doodle I must explain my own background because the piece is made up ofmusical memories imprinted from early childhood.My earliest musical memories are a juxtaposition of sounds - hymns and Bach chorales from the church next door where my mother was choir director; early twenties jazz from my oldest brother's dance band; classical piano from my middle brother and my mother's piano studio; and cowboy songs and turn-of-the-century ballads that I have always identified with my father. Concord California where I was born was once part of a land grant from the Mexican government and the Spanish-Mexican influence remained strong even as the town expanded from a sleepy settlement into an American microcosmos with a wide variety of ethnic groups. Over fifty years ago most of us who sang 'Yankee Doodle' in Concord could not trace our ancestry to the founding fathers. Those of us with Anglo-Saxon names were at the end of the Westward push our forefathers having left behind the Eastern cities a few generations before settling for a time mid-continent then restlessly pushing further West. Little is known of my paternal grandfather for instance except that he had come to California from Indiana walking across Nevada desert to become one of the first settlers in Mordoc Indian territory.Of course the native American the Indian was there to greet each new migration and it is his

Celebrate the joy of the Resurrection with “Come to the Cross” a 25-minute cantata for Easter. Beautiful new songs and traditional Easter hymns are woven together with dramatic narrative following the events of HolyWeek. Cindy Berry has created a flexible work which is easy to prepare while remaining highly creative. Present the work as a complete cantata or use portions for Palm Sunday Maundy Thursday Good Friday and Easter. Accompanywith organ and/or piano Chamber Orchestra or the excellent ChoirTrax Performance Cassette. Involve your entire church and community in celebrating the hope of Easter with “Come to the Cross”. Available: SATB Instrumental Pak ChoirTrax Cassette Preview Cassette Preview Pak.

This dynamic Easter hymn from the Getty writing group offers a truly impactful Celtic style for the celebration of Christ's resurrection. Joel Raney creatively sets up the opening with a hint of the traditional spiritual 'He Never Said A Mumblin' Word' leading into the opening statement 'How can it be the one who died has borne our sin through sacrifice to conquer every sting of death? Sing sing hallelujah!' The optional rhythm section and violin part brings it all to life in a lilting 6/8 high-energy presentation! Perfect for Easter or Eastertide.This dynamic Easter hymn from the Getty writing group offers a truly impactful Celtic style for the celebration of Christ's resurrection. Joel Raney creatively sets up the opening with a hint of the traditional spiritual 'He Never Said A Mumblin' Word' leading into the opening statement 'How can it be the one who died has borne our sin through sacrifice to conquer every sting of death? Sing sing hallelujah!' The optional rhythm section and violin part brings it all to life in a lilting 6/8 high-energy presentation! Perfect for Easter or Eastertide.

for SATB and organ or brass ensemble This rousing arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Glory' (Slava Op.21) brings this popular Russian anthem to a wider audience. The original Russian text is replaced by a hymn by the arranger that is particularly suitable for Easter as well as general use. A brass ensemble accompaniment is also available.