Draw Me Near the Cross

Drawing inspiration from American poet Maya Angelou's inspirational poem On the Pulse of Morning this unique work for band offers challenges and rewards for young players. Using the imagery of a rock a river a tree Angelou challenges us all to work for unity and peace. The music ranges from an energetic percussive pulse (rock) that utilizes plastic buckets played throughout the ensemble to a flowing chorale theme (river) that's heard near the beginning and again at the end. Throughout the piece grows and intensifies (tree) as various musical elements are combined and varied. Dramatic music with important cross-curricular opportunities! Dur: 4:10

Bernard BraleyThis volume covers the lives of George Herbert the seventeenth century religious poet and parson; Edward Plumptre the nineteenth century educationalist and theologian who became Dean of Wells Cathedral; Robert Bridges medical man precentor in a village church Poet Laureate and eccentric; and Fred Pratt Green who took up hymnwriting seriously at an age when many retire and whose twentieth century hymns are now sung across the world.Hymnwriters 3 ''has . . . . a classical and appropriate cover featuring an organ and bench with portraits of hymnologists. Also the near-magazine format featuring side-bars boxed sections photos and drawings and anumber of different typefaces make it a really top-class production. This also has impressive indices: Index of Persons Index of Place Names General Index and lastly Index of Tunes. Anybody interested in the hymnology/poetry of all the people covered in this finely produced book should add it to their library.'' (Librarians' Christian Fellowship Newsletter)ISBN 0 85249 790 3

This work for SATB (divisi) Choir and Organ was commissioned by the Birmingham bach Sociey with funds made available by West Midlands Arts. This work is essentially in ternary form although nearly all the melodic material isdrawn from the opening section. The two outer sections are settings of Latin texts the first being a Benediction of the Cross and the second a Prayer. In the middle section the words of the text (attributed to Robert Fayrfax(1470-1527)) have been slightly altered.

In response to a continued interest in a scholarly facsimile of the Mass in B minor, a new cloth-bound facsimile edition (BVK 2194) has now been published. This replaces the original BÄRENREITER FACSIMILE edition (BVK 1911).

Johann Sebastian Bach completed the Mass in B minor in 1748/49 shortly after the Art of Fugue and shortly before his death. This late work is as concentrated and rich in compositional technique as scarcely any other work. As early as 1818, Hans-Georg Nägeli enthusiastically described the Mass as the greatest musical artwork of all time and all nations?. Since then it has been ranked as an icon of music history.

One of the primary functions of a facsimile is the preservation of such a cultural heritage, particularly when the manuscript (as is the case with the Mass in B minor) is endangered and damaged by iron gall ink erosion. Furthermore, it is moving for Bach admirers to see how in some passages Bach?s handwriting reflects the effort which this last work demanded of him.

The facsimile documents and records the present condition of the complete autograph score. Older reproductions have substituted a few individual folios where the content has become difficult to read in recent years.
The renowned Bach scholar Christoph Wolff describes the work?s significance in his introduction, gives an overview of the history of composition and draws attention to particular distinguishing features of the manuscript.


This facsimile edition is a model for the presentation of musical sources, both in appearance and in documentation. [?] Wolff's facsimile will serve as foundational tools
(Notes, December 2008)

Once, Bach came up against the boundaries of his art, on blotchy, 260-year-old paper. ?Et expecto?? is this point in the B minor mass, ?And I look for the resurrection of the dead.? Bach wrote modulations which were extraordinary. He had to strive for these. He crossed out ? although this is a fair copy ? hatched and scratched until the paper tore. He was already an old man, his script leans to the left. The handwriting here isn?t nearly as lively as in the ?Cum sancto Spirito?, written earlier. Everywhere, one is moved by the closeness to the manuscript which the facsimile conveys ? one of the most sumptuous ever published.
(DIE ZEIT Literatur, December 2007) / [Messe en Si mineur BWV 232] / Classique / Fac-similé /

Par BAY WILLIAM. This collection contains 100 favorite Gospel songs and hymns for trumpet and guitar. Inside you will find rousing camp meeting songs, sentimental expressions from a deep-rooted faith, and Gospel oriented hymns with an old-time music flavor. In preparing this collection I felt the sincere and solid faith of America's 'revivalist era”, staunchly embedded in the rural and Southern regions of America, but also in the dedicated inner city missions founded in sprawling urban centers. These solos will bring joy, exuberance, nostalgia and a renewed sense of commitment to any worship celebration. They serve as a vehicle for and witness to the Christian faith. / Gospel / Recueil / Trompette et Guitare

Third edition of the world's biggest songbook. This is a vast bumper collection, perfect for buskers, of 1001 all-time hit songs.Whatever your taste, there's guaranteed to be tonnes of songs you'll want to play, this book will last you years!Inside the spiral bound cover you will find a generous selection of hit songs, golden standards, jazz and blues numbers, classical pieces, hymns, gospel songs, stage, film and musical music! Arranged here in Melody line arrangements for Piano, Organ, Electronic Keyboards, Guitar and all C instruments, complete with lyrics and chord symbols. / Ligne Mélodique, Paroles Et Accords (Avec Grilles D'Accords)