World Sound Matters is an anthology of music from around the world, comprising of 58 traditional songs representing 35 different countries. It includes notated transcriptions of each song, explanatory texts covering the special context of each style...
Using a noble text by Englishman Timothy Dudley-Smith, K. Lee Scott has created an elegant and stately hymntune entitled “Hodges Chapel.” He has set the verses into an anthem with organ format which invites the congregation to join by...
Volume 3 of “Documentation, His Life and Works,” an eight-volume autobiography of Carl Orff, published by Hans Schneider, Tutzing, Germany. A unique personal history of Schulwerk, from the early days in 1923 when Carl Orff came under the...
The Resurrection of Johnny Cash tells the story of perhaps the most remarkable turnaround in musical history. As well as acknowledging Cash's drug, drink and religious travails in the fifties and sixties, the book digs much deeper, focusing on a...
Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument...
Anyone who can pick up a pencil can draw. Anyone who can sing or play an instrument can compose. “The Composer's Handbook” is a step-by-step guide to the composition of melody, harmony, form and texture and covers styles and techniques...
Lenny Smith's Our God Reigns has been a praise chorus favorite for many years and Splendor and Majesty is not far behind. A powerful anthem on its own; and what a great way to teach a congregation a new praise song. Part of the Seasons of Praise...
Teacher and performer Doug Goodkin presents an overview of the dynamic approach to music education known as Orff Schulwerk. In this comprehensive look at the many facets of this timeless practice, the author hopes to re-imagine its import in the...
This setting of the traditional spiritual offers plenty of energy, rhythmic appeal and compelling dynamic and textural contrast. From the walking bass line to the rising right hand triads, the piano accompaniment provides fresh and contemporary...
This is an adaption of “Musica Viva 2 • Expression rhythmique” (first published in French) and focuses on the element of rhythm within the pedagogical framework of the Active Method, based on the principles of Carl Orff. Preface:...
Set in a strong gospel swing, this inspirational work is a powerhouse from beginning to end! “Listen children, listen, there's a song in the air. America is singing a song for all to hear.” Ideal for mass choirs and other festival and...
“I owe a great deal to her.” This is what many of the contributors to this book have said in remembering Gunild Keetmann, her personal kindness and her inspiring work as an educator in music and movement. Gunild Keetmann (1904-1990) was...
The newest installment of the popular Portraits in Song series is an exceptional collection of some of the most popular spirituals set by many of finest arrangers of our generation. The solos can be performed in worship or recital. A brief...
Originally published in the 1940s, Paul Hindemith's remakable textbooks are still the outstanding works of their kind. In contrast to many musical textbooks written by academic musicians, these were produced by a man who could play every instrument...
Elemantaria is a fundamental and practical handbook to Orff-Schulwerk . The author gives suggestions and examples without insisting dogmatically on one exclusive method. She offers well-tried solutions without excluding other possibilities and...
