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Musidoku: The Musical Sudoku. Opus 1 Ref: B897

Composed by Antony Kearns

44 puzzles to tickle and tackle your musical brain cells.

Musidoku is a musical variation on the hugely popular Sudoku number-place puzzle. So, if you're a musician who loves Sudoku, then Musidoku will definitely be your forte.

This book makes a great gift for all your musical friends and the puzzles are also a really fun way for pupils to practise drawing musical symbols.

www.musidoku.com

Price: £4.00

Musidoku: The Musical Sudoku. Opus 2 Ref: B904

Composed by Antony Kearns

44 more puzzles to tickle and tackle your musical brain cells.

Musidoku is a musical variation on the hugely popular Sudoku number-place puzzle. So, if you're a musician who loves Sudoku, then Musidoku will definitely be your forte.

Still using standard 9 x 9 grids, this second collection adds five further musical symbols to the mix, so the combinations change from puzzle to puzzle.

www.musidoku.com

Price: £4.00

Burgon, Geoffrey: Beginnings. Harp Ref: H52

Nine pieces for harp on the subject of The Creation.

Price: £5.25

Big Blue Planet Ref: B827

Edited by Judy Jarvis and illustrated by Jan Nesbitt.

Big Blue Planet is an exciting collection of songs for young children to share with each other and with people of all ages. It has been prepared by a group representing the main churches in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales for use in churches and schools.

The subject matter ranges from the traditional church festivals to more contemporary issues such as computers and technology, motorway madness and the conservation of the 'big blue planet'. Some songs help children to express their concerns, others provide the opportunity for enjoyment and fun. All the songs enable children to worship God, whether they are feeling sad, lonely, worried or full of joy and happiness.

A CD containing 22 songs from the book is available here....

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Price: £12.95

Big Blue Planet: CD Ref: CX1

Big Blue Planet is an exciting collection of songs for young children to share with each other and with people of all ages. It has been prepared by a group representing the main churches in England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales for use in churches and schools. The book is edited by Judy Jarvis and illustrated by Jan Nesbitt.

The 22 songs on the CD are performed by the New London Children's Choir and the Francis Holland Junior Choir, conducted by Ronald Corp. The lively and colourful arrangements are by Craig McLeish.

The book is available here....

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Price: £6.52 (Excluding VAT at 15%)

Blow, John: Venus and Adonis. Opera Ref: PC2

Edited by Bruce Wood

John Blow's pastoral opera Venus and Adonis, the second volume of the Companion Series, presents another key work from the decade of the 1680s, which was an important focus of transition between the pre-Restoration masque and the genres of opera and semi-opera. Long recognised as influential far beyond its modest scope, this delightful work is newly edited by the distinguished 17th-century scholar Bruce Wood, with the original and the revised version of the work printed in parallel text on facing pages - the first time an opera has ever been presented in this way. Full performing material for the opera, including single-version scores, is in preparation.
Hardback

Price: £65.00

Helyer, Marjorie: The Greenwood Tree Ref: H459

Ten Pieces for Piano

The tradition of writing short programmatic piano pieces for children, more or less invented by Schumann in his Kinderszenen of 1836, is among the most enduring traditions of Western music, having survived every change of style and fashion over the years. The twelve piano pieces by Marjorie Helyer in The Greenwood Tree are conceived in the mood of Schumann, translated perhaps to an English landscape, with haymakers, dragonflies, the merry cricket, the silver birch, the rabbit's playtime and the village green all portrayed in sound. As well as being beautifully written for small hands learning their way around the keyboard, these pieces also provide valuable preparation in sharpening imaginative responses to a a broad range of more complex music, to be encountered by young pianists in due course. First published in 1952 but unavailable for some time, The Greenwood Tree is now reissued in a fresh and contemporary engraving, which includes the composer's original fingering.

Price: £4.25

Corp, Ronald: A Christmas Mass Ref: D95

SATB and Organ or Piano

Recently released on EMI Gold by BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year, Chantage, Ronald Corp's A Christmas Mass combines the time-honoured Latin text with the melodies of over 70 familiar carols and hymns in a musical feast for all lovers of a traditional Christmas.

Some of the tunes provide important thematic material. Others appear more briefly in the joyful accompaniment for organ or piano. All are skilfully woven into a bright and attractive score that will reach out to every member of an audience or congregation in a unique celebration of the season's musical heritage.

Price: £4.95

Coleman, T Brian: As water to the thirsty. SATB and Organ or Piano. Arranged John Barnard. Ref: W221

Text by Timothy Dudley-Smith

The tune OASIS by Brian T. Coleman and the hymn 'As water to the thirsty' by Timothy Dudley-Smith are among the most popular unions of words and music in contemporary Christian worship, and Stainer & Bell are pleased to publish this arrangement for SATB, congregation and organ, by John Barnard. Verse one is for sopranos alone. In verse two, sopranos sing with the congregation in full harmony, and in verse three they provide a descant to the tune sung by altos, tenors, basses and congregation together.

Price: £1.60

Purcell, Henry: Three Occasional Odes Ref: PE1

Edited Bruce Wood

In addition to Celestial music and Great Parent, hail!, formerly in Miscellaneous Odes and Cantatas which is now replaced by PE27 Symphony Songs, PE1 contains The Yorkshire Feast Song, Of old, when heroes thought it base, which was the inaugural volume of the series, published in 1878 and edited by a founder-member of the society, W. H. Cummings. The first English score with full Baroque instrumentation, including trumpets and oboes, it is a consummate display of orchestral mastery, and represents the composer’s first response to Giovanni Battista Draghi’s 1687 setting of Dryden's Cecilian Ode From Harmony. Performing material is in preparation.
Hardback

Price: £65.00

Grieg, Edward: Song to the Christmas Tree Ref: W147

Unison and piano
English version by Bernard Braley

Price: £1.60

Booth, Matthew: Sound the Trumpet - The John Wilbraham Method Ref: B860

ISBN 0 85249 860 8

Probably the most important book on the subject to have appeared in recent years, Sound the Trumpet encapsulates the musical philosophy of John Wilbraham, one of the 20th-century’s most eminent and colourful trumpet players and teachers.

Matthew Booth, himself a former student, explains how knowledge of Wilbraham’s unique insights into the art and craft of playing the instrument can benefit all performers, whether beginners or professionals. Drawing his teacher’s witty sayings and pithy technical analyses into a comprehensive system, he has produced a complete and indispensable guide to mastery of the trumpet, amounting to nothing less than the 'Wilbraham Method’.

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Price: £9.75

Dobson, Marjorie: Multi-Coloured Maze Ref: B882

An anthology of drama, hymns, prayers and poems for worship and everyday living.

ISBN 0 85249 882 9

Price: £12.50

Green, Fred Pratt: The Last Lap Ref: B807

With his move to a Methodist Home for the Aged, Fred believed his writing days to be over. 'I knew that old age does nothing for the inspiration'. However, he was wrong, and this modest 'sequence in verse on the theme of old age' brings smiles and tears as Fred takes us into his new home and shares his, and the community's, hopes and fears, joys and sorrows in 53 'verses'; on themes as diverse as 'Sex in Old Age', Bonnets and Perms', and 'Going to Church in a Mini-bus'. All royalties from the sale of this book are being donated to the Methodist Home for the Aged.
ISBN 0 85249 807 1

For supply to the USA or Canada, please contact Hope Publishing.

Price: £5.25

Grigson, Lionel: Practical Jazz Ref: B668

Practical Jazz stands as an eloquent tribute to the work of Lionel Grigson, for many years Professor of Harmony and Improvisation at London’s Guildhall School of Music and Drama. A usable theory of the subject that grows naturally out of practical experience yet is understandable in classical terms, it is an ideal guide for students who have a natural feeling for jazz but find conventional harmony tuition to be dull and academic. Rapid progress is made from simple jazz chords in various voicings to the 12-bar blues and its variations. Part 1 gives the harmonic underpinning for improvising melody over the changes clearly explained in Part 2 - from blues to bebop. Equally suited to the amateur enthusiast, this book makes an important contribution to jazz education, fulfilling the requirements both of the National Curriculum and more advanced studies at college or university.

Price: £10.50

Gli Equivoci: Stephen STORACE (LXXXVI) Ref: MB86

Edited by Richard Platt
This is the first published version of a major comic opera written in 1786 for Vienna’s Burgtheater, to a da Ponte libretto adapted from Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors. A pupil of Mozart, Stephen Storace was a major figure in English opera of the late 18th century, and Gli equivoci is a unique testament to his versatility and promise. The work is issued in a reduction for voices and keyboard, with an English singing translation. The full score and performing material are available for rental.
First published in 2008. Hardback

Price: £99.00

Eighteenth-Century Psalmody (LXXXV) Ref: MB85

Edited by Nicholas Temperleyand Sally Drage
The contents of this volume give a comprehensive accountof the great variety of musical forms used in parish churchand Nonconformist worship in the 18th century. Each ofthe 103 pieces has been chosen because the editors believeit to be both rewarding to perform and to listen to. At thesame time, they have sought to represent every importantdevelopment in English psalmody during this period ofprofound social and artistic change.
First published in 2007. Hardback

Price: £95.00

Holst, Gustav: This have I done for my true love Ref: 20291

SATB unaccompanied.
Also known as Tomorrow shall be my dancing day.

Price: £2.65

Archer, Malcolm: Sleigh Bells Across the Snow Ref: H466

With Sleigh Bells across the Snow, renowned recitalist and composer of popular church music Malcolm Archer reveals another facet of his talented musicianship - namely, his love of light music and his mastery of the theatre organ.

The latest addition to Stainer & Bell's stylish Light Organ Series, Sleigh Bells across the Snow was conceived in the spirit of Leroy Anderson, and joyfully follows the tradition of his and other notable sleigh rides. Bells and chimes feature prominently, ad libitum. But as the composer himself remarks, in true theatre-organ spirit, players should also feel free to add their own embellishments, glissandi, or whatever else takes their fancy!

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Price: £4.25

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

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

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Price: £3.95

Kelly, Bryan: The Capriol Carol Ref: W222

SATB and Organ or Piano

The Capriol Carol is a magical union of the treasured early English lyric 'This enders night' and the haunting tune of the 'Pieds-en-l'air' from Peter Warlock's much-loved Capriol Suite.

Church choirs comfortable with part-singing will find it easily within their grasp, but it will be no less effective when performed by larger choral groups. A simple yet telling organ part adds to the effect of this delightful new setting, which deserves a permanent place in the Advent and Christmas repertoire.

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Price: £1.60

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