The sucess of the first volume was so successful that it was natural that a second volume should be forthcoming to assist church organists to offer fresh hamrmonizations (free accompaniments) to aid congregational singing - D. Dewitt Wasson.Also available: Free Harmonizations Of Hymn Tunes Volume 1 (HMO145.)Contents:1. Abbey2. Abends3. Aberystwyth4. Adelaide5. Adeste Fideles6. Ahnfelt7. Albano8. All Saints9. All The Way10. Alleluia11. Alles Ist An Gottes Segen12. Alta Trinita Beata13. Amazing Grace14. America15. Angels Story16. Arfon (Minor Mode)17. Arlington18. Arnsberg19. Aurelia20. Austrian Hymn21. Babylons Streams22. Bangor23. Bishopthorpe24. Blairgowrie25. Breslau26. Campian27. Canonbury28. Capetown (Cape Town)29. Christus Der Ist Mein Leben30. Coronation31. Cranham32. Culbach33. Darwall34. Diademata35. Diva Servatrix36. Dominus Regit Me37. Down Ampney38. Duke Street39. Dulce Carmen40. Dundee (Rythmic Version)41. Dundee (Isometric Version)42. Dunfermline (Isometric Version)43. Dunfermline (Rhythmic Version)44. Easter Hymn45. Elbing46. Ellacombe47. Erhalt Uns Herr48. Eventide49. Festal Song50. Fortunatus51. Foundation52. Franconia53. Freuen Wir Uns Alle In Ein54. Gaililee55. Gelobt Sei Gott56. Germany57. God Rest You (Ye) Merry58. Halle59. Hanover60. Heinlein61. Herzliebster Jesu62. Hesperus63. Hollingside64. Holy Faith65. Horsley66. Hyfrydol67. Hymn To Joy68. I Want To Be A Christian69. Ich Halte Treulich Still70. In Babilone71. In Dulci Jubilo72. Innocents73. Italian Hymn74. Jacobs Ladder75. Jesu Meine Freude76. Jubilate77. Kilmarnock78. Kings Weston79. Kirken Den80. Komm O Komm Du Geist Des Lebens81. Lancashire82. Langham83. Lasst Uns Erfreuen84. Lauda Anima85. Laudes Domini86. Le Ping87. Leoni88. Let Us Break Bread89. Liebster Jesu [Wir Sind Hier]90. Lob Sei Dem Allmaechtigen Gott91. Lobe Den Herren [Dem Maechtigen Koenig]92. Lombard Street93. London New94. Lytlington95. Mckee96. Marion97. Martyrdom98. Mendelssohn99. Mercy100. Merton101. Mit Freuden Zart [Zu Dieser Fahrt]102. More Love To Thee103. Morecambe104. Morning Star105. Mozart106. Neander107. Nicaea108. Nicht So Traurig109. Nun Danket [Alle Gott]110. Nun Freut Euch [Lieben Christen Gmein]111. Nun Komm Der Heiden Heiland112. O Filii Et Filiae113. O Store Gud114. Old 100th115. Old 104th116. Old 124th117. Olivet118. Omni Dei119. Open My Eyes120. Ora Labora121. Orientis Partibus122. Park Street123. Pax124. Peek125. Penitentia126. Pentecost127. Perry128. Picardy129. Potsdam130. Quem Pastores131. Rathbun132. Ratisbon133. Redhead No. 76134. Regent Square135. Retreat136. Rex Gloriae (Gloria)137. Rhosymedre138. Royal Oak139. St. Anne140. St. Bavon141. St. Bees142. St. Bride143. St. Christopher144. St. Columba145. St. Cross146. St. Denio147. St. Drostane148. St. Dunstans149. St. Flavian150. St. George151. St. Gertrude152. St. Hilda153. St. Joan154. St. Keverne155. S
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The Third Symphony occupies an special place in the evolutionary process of Szymanowskis style. The Symphony The Song of the Night, Op. 27, is a setting of the poem of the same title, from the second divan of Mawlana Jalal-ad-din Rumi, for tenor solo, mixed choir and orchestra. It was completed in the summer 1916. Szymanowskis interest in oriental music at this period is not so much , as far as the Third Symphony is concerned, an attempt at some formal stylisation of eastern music, but rather an indication of his search for some mode of expression which would best reflect the conflicts of his aesthetic and artistic ideas. It was the direct contact made with the art of the Grecian and Arabic worlds during his travel to Sicily and North Africa in 1911 and 1914 that provided the external stimulus for this interest. The Third Symphony can be classed with those symphonies for chorus and solo voices so often favoured by the neo-romantic and expressionist composers. It is written in a free ternary form, the thematic material being the basic unifying structural element, which imparts a conciseness to the form, and retaining the function despite the significant changes that occur in the melodic character of the music. The texture is polymelodic, and a score reveals a masterly interweaving of the multiplicity of parts, melodic lines and patterns of sound. This symphony is consummation of all Szymanowskis mastery in instrumentation and colour, and a superb study of orchestral polyphony. Here, Szymanowski liberates himself from the rigid relations of the functional harmonic system. In the place of tonal progressions, he shifts chromatically from one sound lane to another, of which the smallest units are chords made up of tritones and seconds, using only a free intervallic structure, far more remote in Szymanowski from the dominant centralistic harmony then Debussy. In style, the Third Symphony belongs to the neo-romantic period, if this can be broadly defined as including modernistic and expressionistic trends, and to musical impressionism. (based on the Preface to the ''Works'' by Teresa Chyli ska, PWM 1985).