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300 years since the death of violinist/composer Arcangelo Correlli; the funeral of Baroness Thatcher; afternoon tea at the Savoy and a Limerick Competition with 'valuable' prizes. Just a few of the features within the Summer edition of The Bell.

Throw in a two-page article on the Elizabethan collector/composer Thomas Ravenscroft and a picture of Hogwart's Castle - a huge model used in the filming of the Harry Potter series and now on display in the Warner Bros. Studio Tour. Add several references to Rome, and you are sure to find something here to 'inform, educate and entertain'.

The following titles are all featured in the latest issue of The Bell.

Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonatas, Op. 5 with Keyboard. Nos 4 - 6 (ed. Jensen) Ref: 7354H

Price: £6.75

Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonatas, Op. 5 with Keyboard. Nos 7, 10 and 12 (ed. Jensen) Ref: 7406A

Price: £7.00

Corelli, Arcangelo: Sonatas, Op. 5 with Keyboard. Nos 8, 9 and 11 (Violin part ed. Mark Knight) Ref: R7406

Price: £7.50

Corelli, Arcangelo: Three Sonata Movements arranged by H. Samuel Sterling for Double Bass and Piano Ref: H208

[Standard: Intermediate]

Price: £6.00

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Barrell, Bernard: Opening Gambits for Double Bass and Piano (Ref: H271)

2. Hill, Anthony Herschel: Four pieces for Double Bass and Piano (Ref: H202)

3. Bottesini, Giovanni: Twenty-four Exercises for Solo Bass (Ref: 5696)

Hudson: Four Hymn-Tune Quodlibets for Organ Ref: H445

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The linking together of familiar melodies from different sources in the form of the quodlibet has a long history. Hazel Hudson adds to that tradition with four examples that each affectionately combines a well-known hymn with a familiar song of worship. The technical level of difficulty is easy to intermediate, and the featured tunes are Bunessan and Amazing Grace, Ebenezer and Let My People Go, St Denio and Kum Ba Yah, and Cwm Rhondda and Shout for Joy.

Price: £6.00

People who bought this item also bought:
1. Archer, Malcolm: The Royal Standard (Ref: H477)
2. Ogden, Nigel: Afternoon Tea with the Duchess (Ref: H321)
3. Cocker, Norman: Tuba Tune (Ref: MO4)

Stanford, Charles Villiers: Fantasia and Toccata in D minor Ref: H365

In recent years Stanford's music has undergone a major reassessment and revival as a new generation of musicians has discovered its format strengths and attractive classical qualitites. These are precisely the virtues of the Fantasia and Toccata, a short yet dramatic pair of movements that begins with quiet melodic paragraphs and swiftly builds to a powerful conclusion.

Price: £6.30

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Preludes founded on Welsh HymnTunes (Ref: MO31)

2. Stanford, Charles Villiers: Six Short Preludes and Postludes. Second Set, Op 105 (Ref: MO28)

3. Stanford, Charles Villiers: Six Short Preludes and Postludes. First Set, Op 101 (Ref: MO27)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Preludes founded on Welsh HymnTunes Ref: MO31

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Bryn Calfaria
Rhosymedre
Hyfrdol

Price: £6.50

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Stanford, Charles Villiers: Fantasia and Toccata in D minor (Ref: H365)

2. Cocker, Norman: Tuba Tune (Ref: MO4)

3. Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Prelude on the hymn tune 'Rhosymedre' (Ref: H465)

Stanford, Charles V: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in G Ref: CS142

SATB and organ
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Orchestral material available for rental (Ref. HL196).

Price: £2.90

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Pachelbel, Johann: Canon in D (Ref: H447)

2. Darke, Harold: Rhapsody, Op. 4 (Ref: H363)

3. Stanford, Charles V: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis in C (Ref: CS11)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: London Symphony, A Ref: H149Z

Full Score. Paperback
Orchestral material available for rental (Ref. HL218).

Price: £27.50

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: A Sea Symphony Ref: D47

Vocal Score
SATB, S & Ba solo and orchestra.
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Orchestral material available for rental (Ref. HL222).

Price: £9.75

Holst, Gustav: Choral Hymns from 'The Rig Veda': Group 3 Ref: D21

Vocal Score
SSAA and harp or piano.
Note: Harp played from vocal score.

Price: £5.75

Warlock, Peter: The Curlew. Score Ref: SS63

For Tenor Voice, Flute, English Horn and String Quartet

Price: £8.50

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Warlock, Peter: The Curlew. Parts (Ref: AC32)

Byrd, William: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis (The Great Service) Ref: D89

SSAAAATTBB and Organ
Edited by Craig Monson

Price: £6.50

The English Services II - (The Great Service) Ref: B566

The Byrd Edition Volume 10b. Edited by Craig Monson
Since The Great Service was rediscovered in manuscripts at Durham, it has come to be recognised not only as Byrd's most important work for the Anglican church, but also as one of the masterpieces of Elizabethan art. In the hope of recapturing the composer’s intentions as nearly as possible, the present edition follows the scoring of pre-Restoration sources more precisely than did either Fellowes or Tudor Church Music, and restores the parts that have subsequently come to light.

CONTENTS
Venite (SSAATTB)
Te Deum (SSAATTB)
Benedictus (SSAAAATTB)
Kyrie (SAATB)
Creed (SSAAAATTBB)
Magnificat (SSAAAATTBB)
Nunc Dimittis (SSAAAATTB)

Price: £62.00

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Preludes founded on Welsh HymnTunes Ref: MO31

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Bryn Calfaria
Rhosymedre
Hyfrdol

Price: £6.50

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Stanford, Charles Villiers: Fantasia and Toccata in D minor (Ref: H365)

2. Cocker, Norman: Tuba Tune (Ref: MO4)

3. Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Prelude on the hymn tune 'Rhosymedre' (Ref: H465)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Prelude on the Hymn Tune 'Rhosymedre' Ref: H155

Standard: Intermediate
Arranged for four recorders by Paul Clark.

Price: £4.50

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Coprario, John: Funeral Tears (1606), Songs of Mourning (1613) and The Masque of Squires (1614) (Ref: LS9)

2. Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Six Studies in English Folk Song. Piano Accompaniment (Ref: H47)

3. Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Six Studies in English Folk Song for Bassethorn (Ref: H327)

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Rhosymedre. Arranged by Reginald Hadfield Ref: H287

Price: £4.50

Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Prelude on the hymn tune 'Rhosymedre' Ref: H465

Arranged for piano solo by Bryan Kelly
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In the 50th anniversary year of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams, this highly attractive arrangement for piano of one of his most popular works will surely find its way into the repertoire of many pianists.

Treasured by organists, but no less admired in its orchestral arrangement often heard on Classic FM, this delightful prelude on the Welsh hymn tune known as Rhosymedre is a perfect union of the style of Bach and RVW. No less aptly known by the name of 'Lovely', the tune appears in the manner of a choral prelude, which Bryan Kelly has skilfully re-crafted for piano solo.

Of intermediate difficulty, and well within the range of players of Grade 5 standard or above, this new version of the piece also complements the arrangement for piano duet by Reginald Hadfield, already available in Stainer & Bell's Easy Festival Duet series.

Price: £4.00

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Kuhlau, Daniel Friedrich: Six Sonatinas from Op. 20 and Op. 55 (Ref: R8203A)

2. Vaughan Williams, Ralph: Three Preludes founded on Welsh HymnTunes (Ref: MO31)

3. Hudson: Four Hymn-Tune Quodlibets for Organ (Ref: H445)

Rodgers, Sarah: Spanish Sonata for Clarinet and Piano Ref: H386

Standard: Advanced

Spanish Sonata is written in a lively and approachable idiom that will appeal to many players and their teachers. In three widely contrasted movements, it looks set to become a regular concert item, and reflects the diverse interests of its composer, Sarah Rodgers, in the many popular and folk idioms of contemporary music.

Price: £9.25

Boyce-Tillman, June: A Rainbow to Heaven Ref: B890

Stainer & Bell are pleased to announce the publication of A Rainbow to Heaven, which brings together in one volume many of the musical settings and texts which are the fruit of June Boyce-Tillman’s commitment to the empowerment of women.

Her role as composer, performer, writer, teacher and theologian is faithfully reflected in 167 items, which draw on a diversity of traditional and modern sources to create a unique and inspiring collection.

There is material here that relates to the themes of dance, healing, ecology, the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen, women saints, the Wisdom tradition, peace and justice, ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue, inclusive language and many other topics of contemporary interest.

A fascinating introduction places the hymns, songs and chants in the context of June’s evolving thought about the nature of music, worship, spirituality and the role of women.

ISBN 0 85249 890 X

Price: £14.75

Rounds, Canons and Songs from Printed Sources: RAVENSCROFT (XCIII) Ref: MB93

Edited by John Morehen and David Mateer

This is the first complete edition of the rounds, canons and songs from Ravenscroft's four principal publications: Pammelia, Deuteromelia, Melismata and A Briefe Discourse. Thomas Ravenscroft (c.1582–c.1635) was a collector, editor and theorist as well as a composer, whose work was esteemed in his own lifetime and is valued today for its insights into the popular music of the period. Rounds and canons in this collection are all presented in resolved form, and the variety of subjects includes drinking songs, hunting songs and four songs in West Country dialect, as well as Latin-texted material. It is hoped that performers may be inspired to breathe new life into a repertoire that sheds fascinating light on a hitherto neglected area of Elizabethan music-making.

First published in 2012. Hardback

Price: £90.00

Ireland, John: The Collected Works for Piano: Volume 1 Ref: B393

CONTENTS
Almond trees; Country dance (from 'Three Dances'); Daydream (from 'In Those Days'); Fire of Spring (from 'Prelude'); Gypsy dance (from 'Three Dances'); Holy boy (from 'Prelude'); Island spell (from 'Decorations'); Meridian (from 'In Those Days'); Moonglade (from 'Decorations'); Obsession (from 'Prelude'); Reaper's dance (from 'Three Dances'); Rhapsody; Scarlet ceremonies (from 'Decorations'); Sea idyll; Undertone (from 'Prelude')

Price: £15.75

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Ireland, John: The Collected Works for Piano: Volume 3 (Ref: B395)

2. Ireland, John: The Collected Works for Piano: Volume 4 (Ref: B396)

3. Ireland, John: The Collected Works for Piano: Volume 2 (Ref: B394)

Ireland, John: The Collected Works for Piano: Volume 6 Ref: B925

CONTENTS
First Rhapsody
A Sea Idyll (I)
A Sea Idyll (II)
A Sea Idyll (III)
Villanella
Pastoral
Elegy from A Downland Suite
Menuet from A Downland Suite
Epic March
Meine Seele erhebt den Herren (from A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen)
Indian Summer
Ballerina

This long-awaited addition to The Collected Piano Works of John Ireland contains a wealth of music either previously unknown or out-of-print which will be enthusiastically received not only by pianists but by all admirers of this remarkable composer. During his lifetime Ireland suppressed a number of his early works considered to be unrepresentative of his mature style, but which fortunately have survived, several now being preserved in the British Library. Chief of these is the First Rhapsody, a striking and virtuosic score here published for the first time. Already twice-recorded, this twelve-minute work is undoubtedly a major addition to the repertoire of British romantic keyboard music; and, like A Sea Idyll, available here for the first time in its original three-movements, it significantly enhances our understanding of the formative stages of Ireland's path to artistic maturity.

Volume Six of the Collected Piano Works also contains a number of transcriptions, made by Ireland for a diversity of purposes. His arrangement of Bach's Meine Seele erhebt den Herren was a contribution to the famous A Bach Book for Harriet Cohen of 1932. In contrast, his hefty piano-solo version of the orchestral Epic March of 1942 was in part a patriotic contribution to the war effort made by an elderly composer who had narrowly escaped the German occupation of his beloved Guernsey in May 1940.

There are two pieces which besides being attractive in themselves are of considerable musicological significance for those interested in Ireland's compositional process. Long out-of-print, Indian Summer is an earlier version of The Cherry Tree from the suite Greenways, while Ballerina survived in manuscript as a forerunner of Columbine - like Indian Summer, a fascinatingly distinctive variation on the more familiar composition. All four show Ireland's mastery at polishing and refining an idiom based on an exquisite ear for keyboard harmony and texture. It is a mastery no less evident in the Edwardian salon idiom of the brief Villanella and in the Elegy and Menuet from A Downland Suite, originally for brass band.

With such a wealth of material furnishing insights into Ireland's creative development, it is appropriate that Volume Six should also present one of the earliest of all his compositions for piano, a Pastoral written in 1896. Though brief, it is a rare and prescient example of his music before he began his studies with Stanford. In it, Fiona Richards, a leading expert on the composer, identifies 'germs of the composer's pastoral style that were to be refined over the next twenty years,' and 'a pervasive melancholy and pensiveness that was to become a feature of Ireland's mature pieces.'

Price: £15.75

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Ireland, John: The Collected Works for Piano: Volume 5 (Ref: 26053)

2. Gurney, Ivor: Ludlow and Teme for Tenor Voice. Set of String Parts (Ref: Y260)

3. Carter, Sydney: Lord of the Dance. Soprano Solo, SATB and Organ arr. Ashley Grote (Ref: W228)

Gurney, Ivor: Ludlow and Teme for Tenor Voice. Score Ref: H462

For Tenor, String Quartet and Piano. Critical edition by Philip Lancaster.
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Ivor Gurney's masterpiece has a complex textual history, which the leading Gurney scholar Philip Lancaster has thoroughly explored to create a definitive text of the work with extensive critical apparatus. The composer's revisions and variants are clearly and comprehensively presented, and the edition is compatible with the composer's arrangement of the song cycle for voice and piano.

CONTENTS
Far in a Western Brookland (D flat - G flat)
The Lent Lily (E - A)
Ludlow Fair (E - G)
On the idle hill of summer (F - A)
'Tis time, I think (F - G flat)
When I was one and twenty (E - G)
When smoke stood up from Ludlow (D - G sharp)

Price: £19.50

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Gurney, Ivor: Ludlow and Teme for Tenor Voice. Set of String Parts (Ref: Y260)

2. Samuel, Rhian: What Cheer? (Ref: Y287)

3. Stanford, Charles V: Coronation Gloria in B flat (Ref: W227)

Gurney, Ivor: Ludlow and Teme for Tenor Voice. Set of String Parts Ref: Y260

For Tenor, String Quartet and Piano. Critical edition by Philip Lancaster.

Price: £18.00

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Gurney, Ivor: Ludlow and Teme for Tenor Voice. Score (Ref: H462)

2. Samuel, Rhian: What Cheer? (Ref: Y287)

3. Stanford, Charles V: Coronation Gloria in B flat (Ref: W227)

Archer, Malcolm: The Royal Standard Ref: H477

A March for Organ
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In this unique year of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee and the 2012 London Olympics, Malcolm Archer reflects the mood of national celebration in his new march for organ The Royal Standard. The title alludes to the famous emblem of royalty that flies proudly over Buckingham Palace when the sovereign is in residence. Befitting its subject, this stirring music is in the high ceremonial style of Elgar and Walton, as colourful as the royal banner in blue, red and gold, but with a modern flavour too in its syncopated main theme. Director of Chapel Music at Winchester College, Malcolm Archer needs no introduction as a church musician, conductor, composer and recitalist. The piece is of intermediate standard, and is suitable for a variety of instruments with two manuals and pedals.

Price: £4.50

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Hudson: Four Hymn-Tune Quodlibets for Organ (Ref: H445)

2. Blackmore, George: Old Glory (ATOS Convention March) (Ref: H429)

3. Cocker, Norman: Four Pieces (Ref: H370)

Carse, Adam: Classic Carse, Book 1 for Violin and Piano Ref: H354

Air Sentimental
Day-Dreams
Little Dance
Melodie Plaintive
Petite Reverie
Premiere Valse

Teacher and editor Mary Cohen has compiled a two-volume selection of violin music by Adam Carse, covering the elementary and intermediate grades. Carse wrote exquisite miniatures in the tradition of Kreisler and Elgar. Mary Cohen has updated technical details, while leaving intact the imperishable musical value of Carse's work.

Book 2 can be found in the Intermediate section Ref. H355.

Price: £5.75

Carse: Adam: Classic Carse. Book 2 for Violin and Piano Ref: H355

Chant de l'escarpolette
Dance Scherzo
Gavotte
Menuet Capricieux
Prelude
Rigaudon

Teacher and editor Mary Cohen has compiled a two-volume selection of violin music by Adam Carse, covering the elementary and intermediate grades. Carse wrote exquisite miniatures in the tradition of Kreisler and Elgar. Mary Cohen has updated technical details, while leaving intact the imperishable musical value of Carse's work. Classic Carse, Book 2, is set for the Trinity College examinations, Grade 5/6 .

Book 1 can be found in the Elementary section Ref. H354.

Price: £6.00

Ogden, Nigel: Afternoon Tea with the Duchess Ref: H321

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Written to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Compton Organ at the Leicester Square Odeon, London, affectionately known as 'The Duchess'.

Price: £4.25

People who bought this item also bought:

1. Mordish, Louis: Turkish Delight (Ref: H367)

2. Wood, Haydn: Slumber Song (Ref: H469)

3. Baga, Ena: Bagatelle (Ref: H345)

Arnold, Samuel: The Castle of Andalusia Ref: LC5

Facsimile: Printed score, John Bland (1782)
MS libretto, The Huntington Library LA605
Introduction by Robert Hoskins

Price: £73.00

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