Sing To The Lord, Pew Edition (Lillenas Publications) Review

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(More customer reviews)This hymnal included virtually every hymn I've ever sung, and a lot more besides.It is well organized so that seasonal and thematic songs are near one another.Many excellent responsive readings are also included.The music includes the four-part harmonies.

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This hymnal offers 611 of the greatest hymns of all time. Millions of believers have sung and memorized its hymns, finding their expressions true to scripture and experience. As each generation discarded some and embraced others, these hymns were chosen and treasured, century after century. Every aspect of the hymnal was designed for practical usefulness. It is a working resource for both the worshipper and the worship planner. The hymnal is divided into three major sections: God, Salvation, and The Body of Christ. Topical subsections are indicated at the top of the hymnal page. Also provided are 29 worship sequences, drawing together two or more hymns on a similar theme. Opening Scripture readings and musical introductions and interludes are often included. These sequences are designed to bring flow and focus to the worship time, while maximizing congregational participation. Contents: Abide with Me * Be Still and Know * Beneath the Cross of Jesus * Blessed Assurance * Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus * Count Your Blessings * Day by Day * Eternal Father, Strong to Save * Fairest Lord Jesus * For All the Saints * Glory Be to the Father * God of Grace and God of Glory * God Will Take Care of You * Great Is Thy Faithfulness * He Has Surely Borne Our Sorrow * He Leadeth Me * His Eye Is on the Sparrow * How Great Our Joy! * Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise * In the Garden * Jesus Loves Me * Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee * Just a Closer Walk with Thee * Lead On, O King Eternal * Let All Things Now Living * Let Us Break Bread Together * Lift High the Cross * My Faith Looks up to Thee * Nearer, My God, To Thee * Now Thank We All Our God * O Sacred Head, Now Wounded * Of the Father's Love Begotten * Precious Lord, Take My Hand * Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart * Rock of Ages * Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus * Sweet By-and-by * This Is the Day * 'Til the Storm Passes By * Under His Wings * Were You There? * What a Friend We Have in Jesus * When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder * and hundreds more.

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Dido and Aeneas in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)This appears to be a reprint of the 1915 Purcell Society edition, based on late and unreliable manuscript copies, which were all that were known at the time that edition was prepared.It differs in many small (and a few not-so-small) details from the version commonly performed today. It is also heavily edited with performance indications such as dynamic markings that, while not unmusical, are of more use as a document of Edwardian musical taste than as a guide to Baroque performance practice.

Almost all readers would be better off with the Norton Critical Score edition by Curtis Price for a few dollars more.For preparing performances, the best choices would be the current Purcell Society edition (published by Novello) or the very reasonably priced edition from King's Music.

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Sparkling miniature opera, filled with intense drama and elegant song, lasts no more than an hour, yet unfolds a virtuoso range of expressive music, from a high-spirited sailors' dance to Dido's touching lament "When I am laid in earth." First presented in 1689, remains the oldest operatic work still popularly performed. Authoritative early edition.

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The Six Brandenburg Concertos and the Four Orchestral Suites in Full Score (Dover Orchestral Scores) Review

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(More customer reviews)As stated in the title, this book contains the complete score for all 6 Brandenburg Concerti and all 4 Orchestral Suites by Bach.Parts are not included nor are they available separately from Dover.
It is in modern notation with very clear, dark printing.It is a large-format (approx. 8 1/2 x 11) paperback book and is bound like most paperbacks.
As with all Dover Editions, it is very easy to read and follow the music, but it was not designed as a performing score.Because of the binding (it won't lie flat) and because no attention was given to page turns, it is very difficult to play from.But if you wish to study the music or follow the score while listening to your favorite recording, you can't beat this edition for the money.

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Bach's masterpieces in the concerto form, reprinted from definitive Bach-Gesellschaft scores: No. 1 in F Major, No. 2 in F Major, No. 3 in G Major, No. 4 in G Major, No. 5 in D Major, and No. 6 in B-flat Major. Plus four rococo Orchestral Suites.

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Messiah in Full Score Review

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(More customer reviews)Handel's Messiah is one of my favorite works of all time. And nothing goes with a great recording of this exquisite music like a fantastic score - exactly what Dover has provided for us here. Dover sews their books (they don't glue), so you can count on this score's durability, and the print is legible (which can't be said for all music) so you don't have to search out the magnifying glass to read the notes.
Masterful music in a high quality book and at a more-than-reasonable price. Do not delay in acquiring this score.

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Authoritative full-score edition of the oratorio that is the best-known, most beloved, most performed large-scale musical work in the English-speaking world. Perhaps the finest artistic expression of the deepest aspirations of the Anglican religious spirit. Edited by Alfred Mann.

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Messiah: Vocal Score Hardcover (Music Sales America) Review

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(More customer reviews)This product is possibly one of the very best things you could get. It not only is good music, but it has a good storyline. One of the timeless classics of literature.

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The world-famous Novello choral edition of Handel's beautiful masterpiece. Arranged for SATB with piano part. Edited with piano reduction by Watkins Shaw.

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English Airs and Dances: 16 Easy to Intermediate Pieces from 18th-Century England Violin (Flute or Oboe) and Keyboard (Baroque Around the World Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)A master class in playing 18th-century English music

Jeremy Barlow is a superb performer and scholar of early music.He has been making excellent recordings under the name of The Broadside Band since the 1980s.

Barlow and others have collaborated on a series of music books with CDs called "Baroque Around the World."Barlow edited the volume "English Airs & Dances," playing (digital) harpsichord on the CD, accompanying violinist Sharon Lindo, flautist Jinnifer Stinton, and cellist Nick Stringfellow.

The book is described as "16 Easy to Intermediate Pieces for Violin (Flute or Oboe) and Keyboard, and optional Cello (Bassoon)."In fact, the lead lines of most of the tunes can be played by any instrument with a 2-octave range (D next to middle C, and up), including recorders in C, mandolin, and clarinet.

Five of the tunes have high notes that may challenge beginning and amateur violinists and recorder players.Numbers 9 and 11 have high Ds, numbers 10 and 14 have high Es, and number 16, which is in the key of E-flat, has high E-flats.Most of the tunes are in the keys of C, G, and D (and relative minors), keys which are comfortable on violin, flute, and soprano and tenor recorders.

The selections are lovely, interesting, and rare.Many are dance tunes from Playford and Walsh collections.There are a few sonata movements, as well.John Dowland is the only well-known composer represented.Next best-known is Thomas Arne, hardly a household name.

The editing, typesetting, and layout are clear and precise (the only error I've found is the placement of the endings of number 13 in the full score).No fingerings or bowing marks are included, nor are there any instructions on interpreting the ornaments.The keyboard parts are given in standard modern layout of treble-and-bass clefs, with no figured bass.The keyboard realizations are generally quite simple and direct -- effective and entirely musical.Part books for lead instrument and cello are included.Three selections include parts for a second instrument, mostly playing lower harmonies.Two selections include notation for the octave shifts required, depending upon whether the lead instrument is violin or flute.

The performances on the CDs are clear, charming, and stylish.Ornaments are played fairly simply and comprehensibly.Small, stylistically correct melodic variations are introduced.Each tune is played just once, with repeats.

The CD includes complete performances of all the tunes, with violin and/or flute accompanied by harpsichord and cello, and a complete second set of tracks with harpsichord only.One might wish the second set of tracks had included the cello, so that someone playing the lead part could have the full sound of the accompaniment.

Most professional players of early music tune to a lower pitch than the modern standard of A=440 when performing music of the 18th century, making it impossible for musicians whose recorders are tuned to modern pitch to play along.The recordings for this collection were made to modern pitch.

Barlow and the publisher chose to leave discussions of stylistic matters such as ornamentation, variation, phrasing, and bowing for the student to seek out elsewhere.It would have been helpful to include a few suggested sources for that kind of information.A great deal of that kind of information is conveyed aurally through the recorded performances.

I am a professional pianist and my work is mostly in American popular music styles.I have played recorders and studied early music as a dedicated amateur since I was a child.I am quite used to learning music "by ear."I have thoroughly enjoyed playing the 11 selections (the ones without the highest notes) on tenor recorder along with the CD.Because I am studying the phrasing, ornamentation, and variations, I have played along only with the complete tracks, and have not yet tried playing with the solo harpsichord tracks.I find that the tempi on the recordings tend to be just brisk enough to challenge me, but not impossibly fast.I can well imagine that less-skilled players might wish for slower recordings.I recommend to them the shareware program called The Amazing Slowdowner.

"English Airs & Dances" is beautifully conceived and executed.I look forward to the other volumes in the "Baroque Around the World" series. -- Hoyle Osborne

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The collection includes country dances, Cheshire rounds, hornpipes, and pantomime tunes, plus examples of the march, minuet, siciliana, gavotte, and jig. Featured composers include Arne, Earl of Abingdon, Hebden, Holcombe, Linley, Roseingrave, Stanley, Thackray.

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Messiah Review

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(More customer reviews)After many readings and performances from other editions, the Watkins Shawedition stands out as being the most authoritative and being the closest tothe original score with most, if not all, of Handel's original markings. Having studied both Schirmer and Oxford editions, this edition has the mostto offer the true musical purist, especially from an accompanimentalstandpoint.The six page preface is extremely helpful in pinpointingperformance notes to exacting ornamentation to accurate rhythmicinterpretations.A must have for your choral music library!

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A sacred oratorio arranged for SATB with piano part. Edited, with piano reduction, by Watkins Shaw. Paper Edition

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