Eleven songs to warm the heart and praise the Lord. Par THOMAS RUTHIE. The words and music of Ruthie Thomas proclaim the power of Christ in our world, through a distinctive voice and vision blending African-Caribbean, jazz, soul and calypso styles. Singing in her father´s Pentecostal Church was an important part of herchildhood, preparing the ground for her vocation to offer the Lord´s praises thr…

Par PIATTI ALFREDO. The first part of the comprehensive and renowned Method For Cello by nineteenth century composer, educator and celebrated cellist Alfredo Piatti. An extremely popular tutor, Piatti takes the student through the early stages of playing technique & such as the open strings, first position and bowings & up to exercises in the fifth, sixth and seventh positions (in the Tenor Clef).…

With his move to a Methodist Home for the Aged Fred believed his writing days to be over. 'I knew that old age does nothing for the inspiration'. However he was wrong and this modest 'sequence in verse on the theme of old age' brings smiles and tears as Fred takes us into his new home and shares his and the community's hopes and fears joys and sorrows in 53 'verses'; on themes as diverse as …

Impro an exciting new introduction to improvisation in string playing is suited to absolute beginners as well as more advanced players. It can be combined with regular teaching methods or used as a source of relaxation and fun in lessons and all the material is interchangeable between violin viola cello and double bass. The skills of free improvisation are built up in stages using basic idea…

Judith BlezzardThis book looks at English church music from a new standpoint. It examines the relationship between English church music and the various types of other music that have influenced its development revealing a vigorous tradition of interplay with extraneous musical material that is seldom apparent from the ways in which music is presented for church use. The borrowing of music from ch…

Par PURCELL HENRY. Henry Purcell's Songs Book 2 have been edited by Maureen Lehane and Peter Wishart, and contain: Ah how sweet it is to love (E - F) Dido's lament (C - G) The fatal hour comes on apace (C sharp - F) From rosy bow'rs (C sharp - F sharp) Hark how all things with one sound rejoice (D - F) Set for the Associated Board, Guildhall School and Trinity College examinations. Henry Purcell's…

(KS3/GCSE:A1/AL)Listening composing and performing are the foundation of Projects Patric Standford’s exciting new composition manual that meets the varied demands of ‘A-level’ and undergraduate courses. Former head of Composition at Bretton College of Higher Education respected composer and tireless advocate of new music Standford begins unashamedly with melody. Through a study of histor…

Compiled by June Boyce-Tillman 32 Galliard Spirituals has been compiled by June Boyce-Tillman after working for many years with children and adults of all races and creeds. In the collection she traces through the songs the authentic record of how the Negro community thought felt and managed to survive in 18th century Maryland and 19th century Louisiana on the hope of freedom still echoed in Dr …

A highly respected Cello teacher and performer Alfred Earnshaw counted among his peers such notable twentieth-century composers of music for young cellists as Adam Carse and W. H. Squire. His Tarantella for Cello and Piano features on Children's Cello the delightful collection of cello miniatures recorded by Steven Isserlis and pianist Stephen Hough on a recent BIS recording. Earnshaw commanded …

Written in 1899 for the Cambridge Degree of Doctor of Music and prepared by Alan Tongue from the composer's manuscript A Cambridge Mass is the largest work written by Ralph Vaughan Williams before A Sea Symphony of 1909 and amongst his most ambitious. The opening Credo is set for SATB soloists double chorus and orchestra on the broadest and most dramatic scale. The Offertorium that follows is f…

While the value of authenticity in the performance of Baroque music is now widely appreciated many players still feel daunted by the task of realising the unadorned melodies and basses of Corelli’s Op.5 Violin Sonatas in their original form.Fortunately Gustav Jensen’s edition of these works provides an ideal solution to the problem. Carefully fingered and bowed with the continuo sensitively…

Book 7-Keys to include a few in five flats and sharps more difficult passage and scale work more antiphonal detail sustained inner or lower voices pedal notes and wider skips in L.H. melodies and counter-melodies melody and accompaniment shared by hands or working independently test of interpretative skill and pedalling devices. Graded tests show how to reduce horizontal harmonies to conne…

For over fifty years A. Forbes Milne's text has been the classic route to mastery of the art of sight-singing an essential skill for vocalists and a most valuable study for all musicians besides. Preparing each section of carefully graded exercises in various keys with a detailed yet concise theoretical account the author offers a thorough preliminary training in time rhythm and pitch before p…

Book 2-The two books contain some 100 songs chosen from the definitive collections of The English Lutenists begun by Edmund Fellowes revised by Thurston Dart and added to by later scholars. They include many favourites and many lesser-known songs by popular composers such as Dowland Campion and Pilkington (no known ancestor of the compiler) as well as some unjustly forgotten such as Corkine Att…