for Fiddle Tunes. Eclectic cellist, Renata Bratt, has written the ultimate book for the fiddling cellist, this time from the perspective of an accompanist. Herein, you'll find the theoretical and technical foundation for everything you need to creatively back up the lead players in a fiddle jam session, not to mention playing the lead yourself. This progressive method includes detailed fingerings …

The Melakarta System. Par IYER RADHIKA. Elements of Indian Music introduces the Indian melodic system in an accessible manner within the realm of Western music theory. It demonstrates a new archetype in music composition for composers of any genre, as well as composition teachers and anyone interested in ethnomusicology.This book contains a set of 12 etudes for piano and transcriptions for classic…

A mass in the Revised Roman Ritual. Classically conceived, but featuring elements of Brubeck's jazz idiom, this dynamic mass can be performed in many different ways including with a jazz ensemble, as a concert piece, for church service, or its individual pieces could be used in non-Eucharistic worship such as Vespers and other celebrations. The work is set for soloists, chorus, piano accompaniment…

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Par HAENDEL GEORG FRIEDRICH. Messiah occupies a unique position in Handel ’s work. Even if it does not represent the absolute zenith – several other oratorios could challenge it in this respect – its strongly universal character and directness of expression, which appeal to men of all creeds, make it the most renowned work in the whole of the composer’s monumental output. That this oratorio is unq…

Par RODGERS SARAH. Choral settings of ‘Lift up your heads, O ye gates’ from Psalm 24 are numerous, from that of the sixteenth-century Geneva Psalter of Claude Goudimel to the present day. Unsurprisingly so, as the text has many appropriate liturgical applications. In this jubilant setting, The King of Glory, Sarah Rodgers has provided church choirs of all abilities with a truly celebratory anthem …

Motette Nr. 3 aus Israelsbrünnlein. Par SCHEIN JOHANN HERMANN. Johann Hermann Schein (1586 – 1630), a German composer and poet, was an important predecessor of Bach taking up the post of Thomaskantor in Leipzig in 1616 where he remained until his death. A gifted composer he was one of the first to import the Italian style onto the traditional elements of Lutheran church music. The 'Israelsbrünnlei…

Fast, rhythmic, with accents, textural twists and a slow rubato middle section, this short secular a cappella work is full of surprises and comic elements. With an Italian text by Charles Anthony Silvestri, it is a perfect encore! / Choeur Mixte (SATB) A Cappella

Par SMITH PAUL. Written for SATB choir and piano, with optional audience participation, Pas de deux is a work consisting of five movements by Paul Smith, the co-founder of VOCES8 and author of The VOCES8 Method. The movements can be performed individually or as one complete work. Pas de deux is inspired by the dance duet found in ballet, and the music takes the duet element of the dance to create …

These well-known words seem endlessly fruitful for the composer and conjure up such lovely images which strike each of us in our own way. For me it was the beauty of the language with its flower imagery which made me want to set the words with richly warm harmony and to temper that with gently imitative refrains. The important element in approaching the performance of this carol is the blend and b…