Majestic and triumphant Ed Lojeski's offering is an Easter celebration. Alternate words are included to make this a fanfare for Christmas as well. Perfect for use as an introit with optional brass and percussion. Available: SATB Instrumental Pak (Brass Quintet/Timp.) BonusTrax CD #08743348.

The treasured Bach chorale prelude set for Brass Quintet and voices. Available: SATB Unison/2-Part Instrumental Pak ShowTrax Cassette. Performance Time: Approx. 3:10.

A collection of Christmas arrangements which can be played by full band or by individual soloists with optional CD or tape accompaniment. Each song is correlated with a specific page in the Essential Elements Method Books. Includes: Jingle Bells - We Wish You a Merry Christmas - The Chanukkah Song - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer - and many more!

Explorer Level (correlates with Book 1 p. 20)

Strum sing and pick along with these 25 Beatles favorites arranged for mandolin! Includes: Across the Universe • And I Love Her • Eight Days a Week • Eleanor Rigby • Here Comes the Sun • Here There and Everywhere • Hey Jude • In My Life • Let It Be• Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds • Michelle • Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da • Penny Lane • Something • Yellow Submarine • Yesterday • and more. Strum sing and pick along with these 25 Beatles favourites arranged for Mandolin. This songbook includes Across the Universe And I Love Her Eight Days a Week Eleanor Rigby Here Comes the Sun Here There and Everywhere Hey Jude In My Life Let It Be Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds Penny Lane Yellow Submarine Yesterday and more.

Those interested in French music have often had reason to be grateful to Roger Nichols; his writings on Debussy Ravel Messiaen and Poulenc are indispensable to the music lover. Nichols now turns his attentions to the mélodie where it is his mission to encourage singers to explore beyond the well-trodden paths of French song. In these two anthologies he does not ignore masterpieces by composers of the stature of Fauré and Duparc but sets them alongside music - almost impossible to find elsewhere in print - by such under-estimated figures as Reber Viardot Massé and Paladilhe. Even the more celebrated songs are often not easilyfound in practical editions which makes this selection an ideal starting point for wider exploration. In each of these volumes the songs appear in the chronological order of their composer's birth but Nichols somehow contrives a line-up of music which seems delightfully arbitrary at the same time as carefully designed to enrich everyone's understanding of the mélodie. The books also contain a remarkable amount of scholarship lightly worn and pithily expressed. As well as complete translations of the songs there is a useful and concise introduction on singing in French together with an illuminating historical note and critical commentary; and Nichols gives full due to the poets who were of crucial importance in the development of the mélodie tradition. Complete with translations and guidance on pronunciation Reber Guitare Gounod Le soir Gounod Le premier jour de mai Viardot Les deux roses Viardot La mésange Franck Nocturne Massé Souvenirs Lalo Chant Breton Saint-Saëns Chanson triste Bizet Vieille chanson Massenet Madrigal

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