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 DYSON GEORGE. The Cello Sonata by Sir George Dyson (1883?1964) is the most substantial of the composer?s earliest surviving works and is a welcome addition to the repertoire of romantic British cello music. Within Dyson?s small yet distinguished output, it merits recognition both as a significant instrumental score in its own right, and as a precursor of a corpus of scores expertly written for…

Par CELLIER / ERNEST FORD. Shedding light on a little-known aspect of late-Victorian theatre, MB99 offers full scores and librettos of two one-act operettas, produced at the Savoy Theatre and written to precede as curtain-raisers the main, full-length work of the evening. Richard D’Oyly Carte did much to cultivate the genre, initiated by Trial by Jury in 1875, and featured regularly at the Savoy T…

Violin and Piano. Par IRELAND JOHN. Although one of Ireland's earliest published works, his Berceuse for violin and piano of 1902 displays the exemplary grace of salon music at its most sophisticated. The finely crafted melody wears lightly the elegance of the genre, as perfectly expressed in Elgar's Chanson de Matin and Salut d'Amour. In the accompaniment, details of harmony suggest the influence…

Boyce-Tillman June (Ed). Par BOYCE-TILLMAN JUNE. 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 Lou…

Par CORELLI ARCANGELO. 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…

Par BRALEY BERNARD. Bernard Braley The first volume in a series telling in depth the life stories of some great hymnwriters. The stories can easily be turned into occasional performances of hymns with interspersed readings. There are numerous quotations helpful to this end. The volume covers Thomas Ken, Reginald Heber, John Ellerton and William Walsham How. The book is full of the unexpected and m…

Par BRALEY BERNARD. A memorial volume to celebrate the life of Fred Pratt Green Compiled by Bernard Braley over 60 photographs and illustrations, many in colour compiled from Fred Pratt Green's papers, photograph albums, scrapbooks and diaries memories contributed by those who still remember him from as early as 1924 Fred's poems and sonnets addressed to his friends and other previously unpublishe…

Book 2. Par PILKINGTON MICHAEL. 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 forgo…

Grades 1 - 5. Par LCM. This is the first of two books covering the timpani grades for the popular London College of Music and Media percussion exams. Two pieces and a study are included for each grade, and there are examples of sight-reading tests and sample viva voce questions. The LCM requirements, unlike those for other examinations syllabuses, replace scales and rudiments with tuning tests, an…

Musica Britannica XIV. Par BULL JOHN. Edited by John Steele & Francis Cameron and revised Alan Brown. Bull's skill as a composer and performer was acknowledged throughout Europe. This volume, the first of two, contains fantasias, ostinati and plainsong settings, keyboard canons, preludes and a group of 'Dorian' pieces by this intriguing and ingenious master of the virginals. First published in 196…

Par RODGERS SARAH. Standard: Advanced Set for the Guildhall School examinations grades 7 and 8, Spanish Sonata is written in a lively and approachable idiom that will appeal to many players and their teachers. In three widely contrasted movements, it looks set to become a regular concert item, and reflects the diverse interests of its composer, Sarah Rodgers, in the many popular and folk idioms of…

Par MILNE A.FORBES. 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, rhyth…

Par HOLLINS ALFRED. Hollins was a composer of organ music but also a virtuoso pianist and organist, despite being blind from birth. The piece is light in style, as its name suggests, but requires a fairly good manual technique and neat pedalling. A three-manual instrument is needed for really effective performance (a choir clarinet is necessary for the solo middle section). This is an attractive p…