A Dozen a Day - Play with Ease in Many Keys

SKU: AP.6-780376

ISBN 9780486780375. English.

Safe within their cocoons, butterflies only become vulnerable when they emerge to enchant the world with their beauty. Madama Butterfly has been breaking hearts for over a century with its tragic tale of an innocent Japanese girl who abandons her faith and her family to marry an American naval lieutenant. Giacomo Puccini created a dozen operas, many of them rooted in his fascination with exotic lands and foreign cultures. Inspired by a London performance of one-act play by American playwright David Belasco, the composer developed an emotionally charged musical score to accompany this tale of devotion, tradition, and sacrifice. The opera's most famous aria, Un bel dí vedremo (One beautiful day, we will see), in which the heroine professes her faith in her lover, ranks among the most popular works in the soprano repertoire. Dovunque al mondo (Throughout the world) characterizes Butterfly's American officer with a musical theme based on The Star Spangled Banner. Other highlights include the endings of each of the three acts: the extended love duet Vogliatemi bene (Love me, please.); the wordless beauty of Coro a bocca chiusa, (Humming Chorus); and the climactic aria Con onor muore (To die with honor). This authoritative 1906 edition of one the world's most beloved operas features the original Italian lyrics.

SKU: GI.G-8994

ISBN 9781622771486. English.

This easy-to-read, pastoral introduction to body mapping will interest musicians of all abilities and experience. With dozens of figures—drawings as well as photos—the author deftly explains the integral structures of the human body and their use in music making without sounding like an anatomy textbook. Her practical applications of the “body map” will be most welcome to singers, pianists, organists, and others and will leave them eager to know more. —Meg Matuska, Pastoral Music Magazine, September 2017 Body Mapping for Music Ministers is devoted to helping pastoral musicians find ease, efficiency, and embodiment in their ministry. Like the popular What Every Musician Needs to Know about the Body by Barbara Conable, this book offers principles that will protect a pastoral musician from injury, promote the physical freedom and sensitivity for technical mastery, and secure the embodied intelligence that grounds musical power and subtlety. This book also offers a deeper understanding of the connectedness between the pastoral music minister and the assembly, the shared purpose of celebrating the Mass together, and the complete awareness necessary to be fully present to oneself, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the Lord. As author Bridget Jankowski states, “we can’t be fully present to the Lord until we are fully present to ourselves.” Topics covered include: cantors, the assembly, handbell choirs, pianists who play the organ, movement, balance, breath, and much more. Check out these videos about Body Mapping for Music Ministers.

SKU: CR.977835

ISBN 9780758662217. 9 x 12 inches.

Followin g the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.

The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 4 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters F and G.

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About the Editor
Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.

SKU: CR.977838

ISBN 9780758662248. 9 x 12 inches.

Followin g the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.

The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 7 contains hymn tunes starting with M.

Click here to find all previous volumes of the Piano Prelude Series.

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With a subscription, you'll pay $40.00 for each volume in the series—a 20% savings. You'll also automatically receive each new volume as soon as it is released. Subscribe now >

About the Editor
Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.

SKU: CR.977839

ISBN 9780758662255. 9 x 12 inches.

Followin g the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.

The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 8 contains hymn tunes starting with NO.

Click here to find all previous volumes of the Piano Prelude Series.

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With a subscription, you'll pay $40.00 for each volume in the series—a 20% savings. You'll also automatically receive each new volume as soon as it is released. Subscribe now >

About the Editor
Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.

SKU: CR.977837

ISBN 9780758662231. 9 x 12 inches.

Followin g the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.

The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 6 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters J, K and L.

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With a subscription, you'll pay $40.00 for each volume in the series—a 20% savings. You'll also automatically receive each new volume as soon as it is released. Subscribe now >

About the Editor
Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.

SKU: CR.977836

ISBN 9780758662224. 9 x 12 inches.

Followin g the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ series, this collection features newly composed pieces by dozens of composers who write in a variety of styles and harmonizations. The pieces are useful as preludes, postludes, music at the offering, for introductions, and during distribution, as well as for those who play hymns at home. The durable wire binding ensures that each page lies flat against the music stand.

The complete library will include 12 volumes organized alphabetically by hymn tune. Volume 5 contains preludes for tunes starting with the letters H and I.

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With a subscription, you'll pay $40.00 for each volume in the series—a 20% savings. You'll also automatically receive each new volume as soon as it is released. Subscribe now >

About the Editor
Kevin Hildebrand is Kantor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He has more than 75 music titles in print with CPH and was the editor of Hymn Prelude Library.