SKU: A0.750755

Be Thou my Vision, O Lord of my heart; Naught be all else to me, save that Thou art. Thou my best Thought, by day or by night, Waking or sleeping, Thy presence my light

Be Thou My Vision is a traditional Christian hymn, which can be traced to Ireland but is now sung in English-speaking churches around the world and is often sung around St. Patrick’s Day.

The music is the Irish folk song, Slane referring to Slane Hill. Slane Hill is about ten miles from Tara in County Meath. It was on Slane Hill around 433 AD that St. Patrick defied a royal edict by lighting candles on Easter Eve. High King Logaire of Tara had decreed that no one could light a fire before Logaire began the pagan spring festival by lighting a fire on Tara Hill. Logaire was so impressed by Patrick’s devotion that, despite his defiance (or perhaps because of it), he let him continue his missionary work. The rest is history.

This arrangement is for a concert band with optional String parts if would like an orchestral arrangement! There is also a full orchestral arrangement.

The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer 3 [Updated August 2021]

Grade = 3  Duration = 2:20 mins.

SKU: A0.751036

Hallelujah – Solo Euphonium, Trombone, or Flugelhorn with Concert Band SMP 2021

The original song was written and composed by Canadian poet and singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), who said in interviews that it took at least four years and two notebooks to write an unspecified number of completed verses…

This is an arrangement for Solo Euphonium/Trombone in BC or TC, or Flugelhorn with Concert Band accompaniment.  There is an optional part for Piano included (Not shown on the score).

There are parts for Horns in F and Eb, Tubas in C, Eb, or Bb.

In the audio/video recording the first Solo is taken by the Euphonium and the second Solo by the Flugelhorn.

Grade = 3 Duration = 4 mins

The audio in the video was recorded with NotePerformer 3.

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SKU: A0.750976

America the Beautiful is an American patriotic song. The lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates, and the music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two never met. Bates originally wrote the words as a poem, Pikes Peak, first published in the Fourth of July edition of the church periodical The Congregationalist in 1895. At that time, the poem was titled America for publication. Ward had originally written the music, Materna, for the hymn O Mother dear, Jerusalem in 1882, though it was not first published until 1892. Ward's music combined with the Bates poem was first published in 1910 and titled America the Beautiful. The song is one of the most popular of the many U.S. patriotic songs. [Wikipedia]

It has been arranged here for Concert Band [Key of Bb]. There is also an optional Piano Part (Not shown on the score) and well as Optional String Parts (Not shown on the score) for an orchestral arrangement. There are parts for Descant Trumpet and Horn in F in the last verse (the 3rd verse in the MP3 recording).

The MP3 was recorded with NotePerformer 3 - There are 3 verses:

1. Clarinets only then Flutes and Saxophones successively added during this 1st verse

2. All Brass and Percussion added for the 2nd verse.

3. Full Band with the Descant line played by a Solo Trumpet and Solo F Horn in the 3rd verse

Grade = 2.5 Duration = 2:28 mins (3 verses)