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This is my Father's world (Sheet music, Vocal score): Mack Wilberg This is my Father's world (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Mack Wilberg
R131 Discovery Miles 1 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and piano four hands or orchestra This refreshing dance-like arrangement of this traditional hymn speaks to the praise of God in all of creation. The first verse is sung in unison by the women and the second by the men. Verse three brings together all voices arranged in four parts. Suitable for general use throughout the liturgical calendar and particularly appropriate for Father's Day. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Flaming? - The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Paperback): Alisha Lola Jones Flaming? - The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Paperback)
Alisha Lola Jones
R1,016 Discovery Miles 10 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Male-centered theology, a dearth of men in the pews, and an overrepresentation of queer males in music ministry: these elements coexist within the spaces of historically black Protestant churches, creating an atmosphere where simultaneous heteropatriarchy and "real" masculinity anxieties, archetypes of the "alpha-male preacher", the "effeminate choir director" and homo-antagonism, are all in play. The "flamboyant" male vocalists formed in the black Pentecostal music ministry tradition, through their vocal styles, gestures, and attire in church services, display a spectrum of gender performances - from "hyper-masculine" to feminine masculine - to their fellow worshippers, subtly protesting and critiquing the otherwise heteronormative theology in which the service is entrenched. And while the performativity of these men is characterized by cynics as "flaming," a similar musicalized "fire" - that of the Holy Spirit - moves through the bodies of Pentecostal worshippers, endowing them religio-culturally, physically, and spiritually like "fire shut up in their bones". Using the lenses of ethnomusicology, musicology, anthropology, men's studies, queer studies, and theology, Flaming?: The Peculiar Theo-Politics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance observes how male vocalists traverse their tightly-knit social networks and negotiate their identities through and beyond the worship experience. Author Alisha Jones ultimately addresses the ways in which gospel music and performance can afford African American men not only greater visibility, but also an affirmation of their fitness to minister through speech and song.

A Celtic Blessing (Sheet music, Vocal score): Simon Lole A Celtic Blessing (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Simon Lole
R131 Discovery Miles 1 310 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and organ This tuneful and gentle setting of the Gaelic blessing is a perfect option for weddings and general use. Its shapely melody, floating soprano descant, and mellifluous closing 'Amen' make this a setting of great beauty.

The River of the Water of Life (Sheet music, Vocal score): Malcolm Archer The River of the Water of Life (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Malcolm Archer
R128 Discovery Miles 1 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Morning Has Broken (Sheet music, Vocal score): Bob Chilcott Morning Has Broken (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Bob Chilcott
R154 Discovery Miles 1 540 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and organ This inspiring and uplifting setting of a well-known text will appeal to all SATB choirs looking for fresh and accessible new repertoire for general church use. Alongside his own material Chilcott includes the traditional 'Morning has broken' melody, allowing members of the congregation to join in with the choir.

The Music of Joni Mitchell (Hardcover): Lloyd Whitesell The Music of Joni Mitchell (Hardcover)
Lloyd Whitesell
R2,824 R2,284 Discovery Miles 22 840 Save R540 (19%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Joni Mitchell is one of the foremost singer-songwriters of the late twentieth century. Yet despite her reputation, influence, and cultural importance, a detailed appraisal of her musical achievement is still lacking. Whitesell presents a through exploration of Mitchell's musical style, sound, and structure in order to evaluate her songs from a musicological perspective. His analyses are conceived within a holistic framework that takes account of poetic nuance, cultural reference, and stylistic evolution over a long, adventurous career.
Mitchell's songs represent a complex, meticulously crafted body of work. The Music of Joni Mitchell offers a comprehensive survey of her output, with many discussions of individual songs, organized by topic rather than chronology. Individual chapters each explore a different aspect of her craft, such as poetic voice, harmony, melody, and large-scale form. A separate chapter is devoted to the central theme of personal freedom, as expressed through diverse symbolic registers of the journey quest, bohemianism, creative license, and spiritual liberation.
Previous accounts of Mitchell's songwriting have tended to favor her poetic vision, expansive verse structures, and riveting vocal delivery. Whitesell fills out this account with special attention to musical technique, showing how such traits as complex or conflicting sonorities, dualities of harmonic mode, dialectical tensions of texture and register, intricately layered instrumental figuration, and a variable vocal persona are all essential to her distinctive identity as a songwriter. The Music of Joni Mitchell develops a set of conceptual tools geared specifically to Mitchell's songs, in order todemonstrate the extent of her technical innovation in the pop song genre, to give an account of the formal sophistication and rhetorical power characterizing her work as a whole, and to provide grounds for the recognition of her intellectual stature as a composer within her chosen field.

Listening to Bach - The Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio (Hardcover): Daniel R. Melamed Listening to Bach - The Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio (Hardcover)
Daniel R. Melamed
R996 Discovery Miles 9 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Of all the things we can know about J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio, the most profound come from things we can hear. Listening to Bach explores musical style as it was understood in the early eighteenth century. It encourages ways of listening that that take eighteenth-century musical sensibilities into account and that recognize our place as inheritors of a long tradition of performance and interpretation. Daniel R. Melamed shows how to recognize old and new styles in sacred music of Bach's time, and how movements in these styles are constructed. This opens the possibility of listening to the Mass in B Minor as Bach's demonstration of the possibilities of contrasting, combining, and reconciling old and new styles. It also shows how to listen for elements that would have been heard as most significant in the early eighteenth century, including markers of sleep arias, love duets, secular choral arias, and other movement types. This offers a musical starting point for listening for the ways Bach put these types to use in the Mass in B Minor and the Christmas Oratorio. The book also offers ways to listen to and think about works created by parody, the re-use of music for new words and a new purpose, like almost all of the Mass in B Minor and Christmas Oratorio. And it shows that modern performances of these works are stamped with audible consequences of our place in the twenty-first century. The ideological choices we make in performing the Mass and Oratorio, part of the legacy of their performance and interpretation, affect the way the work is understood and heard today. All these topics are illustrated with copious audio examples on a companion Web site, offering new ways of listening to some of Bach's greatest music.

I'm runnin' on (Sheet music, Vocal score): Mack Wilberg I'm runnin' on (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Mack Wilberg
R156 Discovery Miles 1 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB with divisions, upper voice solo, and orchestra or piano Wilberg's masterful setting of this African-American spiritual begins with a female solo backed by static, high-pitched chords in the piano, then gradually builds momentum in the accompaniment and voices to finish with both choirs in a jubilant and lively double forte. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Three Motets (Sheet music, Vocal score): Howard Skempton Three Motets (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Howard Skempton
R129 Discovery Miles 1 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Come, let us anew (Sheet music, Vocal score): Mack Wilberg Come, let us anew (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Mack Wilberg
R129 Discovery Miles 1 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and piano or orchestra Charles Wesley's text, which is set to a sturdy, early American hymn tune by James Lucas, depicts the hope to enter into the heavenly home when life is ended. The steadfast and optimistic message of this splendid arrangement makes the work appropriate for both church and concert settings. Orchestral material is available on hire.

Variations on a theme of Samuel Scheidt: Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Sheet music): Rebecca Groom Te Velde Variations on a theme of Samuel Scheidt: Puer Natus in Bethlehem (Sheet music)
Rebecca Groom Te Velde
R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for solo organ The work is divided into seven sections, each reflecting a different verse of the hymn text. Musical styles vary between movements, making the work an interesting recital piece. Individual sections can also be performed liturgically. The piece is of moderate difficulty.

If clarions sound (Sheet music, Vocal score): Mack Wilberg If clarions sound (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Mack Wilberg
R159 Discovery Miles 1 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB, piano 4 hands and optional percussion (glockenspiel, vibraphone/suspended cymbal, bass drum) The third and final movement of Dances to Life. The vocal writing and keyboard accompaniment create a grand anthem extolling life and the contributions that our lives make to the world. An uplifting ending to a sometimes playful, otherwise serious work, the bells simulated in the percussion and keyboard celebrate the cycle of life from beginning to end.

Light of the minds that know him (Sheet music, Vocal score): K. Lee Scott Light of the minds that know him (Sheet music, Vocal score)
K. Lee Scott
R129 Discovery Miles 1 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and piano or organ The text is by Timothy Dudley-Smith and is based on a text of St Augustine. The gentle undulating rhythm created by the 6/4 time signature and the subtle harmonic shifts add interest and illuminate the meaning. A central section can be sung by soloists or by small sections of the choir.

The Night is Young (Sheet music, Vocal score): Colum Sands The Night is Young (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Colum Sands; Arranged by Paul Carey
R129 Discovery Miles 1 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB, soprano and tenor soloists, unaccompanied This is a setting of text by the Irish poet and singer Colum Sands in a contemporary folk style. Its secular text will appeal to a wide range of audiences, and might also be suitable for use in non-liturgical services.

Flaming? - The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Hardcover): Alisha Lola Jones Flaming? - The Peculiar Theopolitics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance (Hardcover)
Alisha Lola Jones
R3,041 Discovery Miles 30 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Male-centered theology, a dearth of men in the pews, and an overrepresentation of queer males in music ministry: these elements coexist within the spaces of historically black Protestant churches, creating an atmosphere where simultaneous heteropatriarchy and "real" masculinity anxieties, archetypes of the "alpha-male preacher", the "effeminate choir director" and homo-antagonism, are all in play. The "flamboyant" male vocalists formed in the black Pentecostal music ministry tradition, through their vocal styles, gestures, and attire in church services, display a spectrum of gender performances - from "hyper-masculine" to feminine masculine - to their fellow worshippers, subtly protesting and critiquing the otherwise heteronormative theology in which the service is entrenched. And while the performativity of these men is characterized by cynics as "flaming," a similar musicalized "fire" - that of the Holy Spirit - moves through the bodies of Pentecostal worshippers, endowing them religio-culturally, physically, and spiritually like "fire shut up in their bones". Using the lenses of ethnomusicology, musicology, anthropology, men's studies, queer studies, and theology, Flaming?: The Peculiar Theo-Politics of Fire and Desire in Black Male Gospel Performance observes how male vocalists traverse their tightly-knit social networks and negotiate their identities through and beyond the worship experience. Author Alisha Jones ultimately addresses the ways in which gospel music and performance can afford African American men not only greater visibility, but also an affirmation of their fitness to minister through speech and song.

Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1 (Sheet music, Vocal score): John Rutter Twelve Christmas Carols Set 1 (Sheet music, Vocal score)
John Rutter
R488 Discovery Miles 4 880 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and small orchestra or piano
Orchestral material is available on hire.

Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria - A History of Dadakuada (Hardcover): Abdul Rasheed Na allah Yoruba Oral Tradition in Islamic Nigeria - A History of Dadakuada (Hardcover)
Abdul Rasheed Na allah
R1,677 Discovery Miles 16 770 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book traces Dadakuada's history and artistic vision and discusses its vibrancy as the most popular traditional Yoruba oral art form in Islamic Africa. Foregrounding the role of Dadakuada in Ilorin, and of Ilorin in Dadakuada the book covers the history, cultural identity, performance techniques, language, social life and relationship with Islam of the oral genre. The author examines Dadakuada's relationship with Islam and discusses how the Dadakuada singers, through their songs and performances, are able to accommodate Islam in ways that have ensured their continued survival as a traditional African genre in a predominantly Muslim community. This book will be of interest to scholars of traditional African culture, African art history, performance studies and Islam in Africa.

Music in American Religious Experience (Hardcover): Philip V. Bohlman, Edith Blumhofer, Maria Chow Music in American Religious Experience (Hardcover)
Philip V. Bohlman, Edith Blumhofer, Maria Chow
R2,982 Discovery Miles 29 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Musical experience intersects with religious experience, posing challenging questions about the ways in which Americans, historical communities and new immigrants, and racial and ethnic groups, construct their sense of self. This book studies the ways in which music shapes the distinctive presence of religion in the United States. The twenty contributors address the fullness of music's presence in American religion and religious history.

Music in American Religious Experience (Paperback): Philip V. Bohlman, Edith Blumhofer, Maria Chow Music in American Religious Experience (Paperback)
Philip V. Bohlman, Edith Blumhofer, Maria Chow
R1,452 Discovery Miles 14 520 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Since the appearance of The Bay Psalm Book in 1640, music has served as a defining factor for American religious experience and has been of fundamental importance in the development of American identity and psyche. The essays in this long-awaited volume explore the diverse ways in which music shapes the distinctive presence of religion in the United States and address the fullness of music's presence in American religious history.
Timely, challenging, and stimulating, this collection will appeal to students and scholars of American history, American studies, religious studies, theology, musicology, and ethnomusicology, as well as to practicing sacred musicians.

With Mornefull Musique: Funeral Elegies in Early Modern England (Hardcover): K. Dawn Grapes With Mornefull Musique: Funeral Elegies in Early Modern England (Hardcover)
K. Dawn Grapes
R2,220 Discovery Miles 22 200 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book looks at the musical culture of death in early modern England. This book looks at the musical culture of death in early modern England. In particular, it examines musical funeral elegies and the people related to commemorative tribute - the departed, the composer, potential patrons, and friends and family of the deceased - to determine the place these musical-poetic texts held in a society in which issues of death were discussed regularly, producing a constant, pervasive shadow over everyday life. The composition of these songs reached a peak at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries. Thomas Weelkes and Thomas Morley both composed musical elegies, as did William Byrd, Thomas Campion, John Coprario, and many others. Like the literary genre from which these musical gems emerged, there was wide variety in form, style, length, and vocabulary used. Embedded within them are clear messages regarding the social expectations, patronage traditions, and class hierarchy of late Elizabethan and early Jacobean England. En masse, they offer a glimpse into the complex relationship that existed between those who died, those who grieved, and attitudes toward both death and life. K. DAWN GRAPES is Assistant Professor of Music History at Colorado State University.

Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Hardcover): Peter Horton Samuel Sebastian Wesley: A Life (Hardcover)
Peter Horton
R6,915 Discovery Miles 69 150 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Irascible, truculent, but a brilliant musician. Any of these words could accurately describe Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-76), the foremost organist and church music composer of his generation. Peter Horton paints a detailed picture of the life and career of this remarkable man whose output includes such favourites as 'Blessed be the God and Father' and 'The wilderness'.

Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), Op. 30 (Sheet music, Vocal score): Johannes Brahms Geistliches Lied (Sacred Song), Op. 30 (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Johannes Brahms; Edited by John Rutter
R129 Discovery Miles 1 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

for SATB and organ (or piano duet) A lyric and serene sacred song, foreshadowing the mood of the Requiem. German words are by Paul Flemming (b. 1609) and the English singing translation has been provided by Rutter.

The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book (Sheet music, Paperback): Oxford The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book (Sheet music, Paperback)
Oxford
R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The New Oxford Easy Anthem Book is an outstanding anthem collection, suitable for all church choirs and designed for use throughout the year. The emphasis is placed firmly on providing the highest quality, easy, and accessible anthem settings. BL 63 easy and accessible anthems - Scored for SATB with the minimum of divisi, and using comfortable ranges BL Wonderful repertoire from the Renaissance to the present day - Favourite and lesser-known pieces from all periods BL 20 brand new pieces and arrangements - By Andrew Carter, Bob Chilcott, David Willcocks, Alan Bullard, Malcolm Archer, Simon Lole, and others BL Music for every season of the Church's year - With a seasonal index for easy reference BL Playable accompaniments - Simplified wherever possible and mostly suitable for organ without pedals

Eternal Light, Shine into Our Hearts - Paperback (Sheet music, Vocal score): Malcolm Archer Eternal Light, Shine into Our Hearts - Paperback (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Malcolm Archer
R130 Discovery Miles 1 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Music as Concept and Practice in the Late Middle Ages (Hardcover, New ed): Reinhard Strohm, Bonnie J. Blackburn Music as Concept and Practice in the Late Middle Ages (Hardcover, New ed)
Reinhard Strohm, Bonnie J. Blackburn
R11,389 Discovery Miles 113 890 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This entirely new volume of NOHM reflects scholarship and performative experiences of late-medieval music in the second half of the 20th century. . It addresses important subject areas that were omitted or undervalued in the previous series: Muslim and Jewish Music, (c.1000-c.1500), liturgical office chant (c.1300-c.1500), dance music (c.1300-c.1530), instrumental music (c.1300-c.1520), Polyphonic music in Central Europe (c. 1300-c.1520), music theory of the 14th and 15th centuries, humanism and the 'rebirth' of the arts. The book offers solid foundational knowledge in these fields as well as new interpretations and many new documents.

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