Merry Christmas from Diane Bish


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(Fred Bock Publications). Diane Bish has re-created some favorite Christmas music with lots of energy and verve. Mostly up-tempo selections, these are excellent postlude or festive prelude choices. This is a must-have book for the holiday worship experience! Songs include: Angels from the Realms of Glory * Away in a Manger * Deck the Halls * O Come, All Ye Faithful * The First Noel * Toccata on "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing." Difficult level.







An Organist's Guide to Resources for the Hymnal 1982


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A listing of organ settings, descants, and alternative harmonizations for the tunes of The Hymnal 1982 along with their publishers, volume location in a multi-volume work, or selection location in a collection, and level of difficulty. This book does not contain the music itself. The listings in this volume are of those titles published since the compilation of Volume I.




Little Organ Book


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The renowned Flor Peeters is known as an organist and composer from his native Belgium to all of Europe and both Americas. Little Organ Book, consisting of hymn tunes and original compositions, has won special favor among teachers and students because of the clear presentation of elementary rules for organ playing.




The Last Summer at Chelsea Beach


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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Orphan's TaleSummer 1941 Young Adelia Montforte flees fascist Italy for America, where she is whisked away to the shore by her well-meaning aunt and uncle. Here, she meets and falls for Charlie Connally, the eldest of the four Irish-Catholic boys next door. But all hopes for a future together are soon throttled by the war and a tragedy that hits much closer to home. Grief-stricken, Addie flees--first to Washington and then to war-torn London--and finds a position at a prestigious newspaper, as well as a chance to redeem lost time, lost family...and lost love. But the past always nips at her heels, demanding to be reckoned with. And in a final, fateful choice, Addie discovers that the way home may be a path she never suspected.




At the Organ with Virgil Fox


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A performer's edition of the most often performed organ works of the renowned Virgil Fox. This collection includes his markings, registrations and performance hints. 29 pieces are included ranging from chorale settings, Christmas music, transcriptions of choral and orchestral works to an exciting arrangement of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.' Titles: * Adagio from Vivaldi’s Concerto in D minor (J.S. Bach) * Adagio Cantabile (J.S. Bach) * Arioso (J.S. Bach) * Cantabile Symphonique (Camille Saint-Saens) * Come Sweetest Death, Come Blessed Rest (J.S. Bach) * Echo Noel (Louis Claude D’Aquin) * Fanfares from Parsifal (Richard Wagner) * Giga (M. Enrico Bossi) * Good King Wenceslas (Traditional) * Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah (George Frideric Handel) *In Dulci Jubilo (Traditional) * In Dulci Jubilo (J.S. Bach) * In Dulci Jubilo (Franz Liszt) * Joy to the World (George Frideric Handel) * Libera Me from Requiem (Gabriel Faure) * Nocturne from Shylock (Gabriel Faure) * Noel Sue Les Flutes (Louis Claude D’Aquin) * Now Thank We All Our God (J.S. Bach) * O Little Town of Bethlehem (Traditional) * Pastoral Symphony from Messiah (George Frideric Handel) * Perpetuum Mobile (Wilhelm Middleschulte) *Rigaudon from Idomenee (Andre Campra) * Schmucke Dick, O Liebe Seele (J.S. Bach) * Schmucke Dick, O Liebe Seele (Johannes Brahms) * Sheep May Safely Graze (J.S. Bach) * Silent Night (Franz Gruber) * Simple Gifts (Traditional) * The Star-Spangled Banner (Traditional) * Ye Sweet Retreat (William Boyce)




Managing California's Water


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When Scotland Was Jewish


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The popular image of Scotland is dominated by widely recognized elements of Celtic culture. But a significant non-Celtic influence on Scotland's history has been largely ignored for centuries? This book argues that much of Scotland's history and culture from 1100 forward is Jewish. The authors provide evidence that many of the national heroes, villains, rulers, nobles, traders, merchants, bishops, guild members, burgesses, and ministers of Scotland were of Jewish descent, their ancestors originating in France and Spain. Much of the traditional historical account of Scotland, it is proposed, rests on fundamental interpretive errors, perpetuated in order to affirm Scotland's identity as a Celtic, Christian society. A more accurate and profound understanding of Scottish history has thus been buried. The authors' wide-ranging research includes examination of census records, archaeological artifacts, castle carvings, cemetery inscriptions, religious seals, coinage, burgess and guild member rolls, noble genealogies, family crests, portraiture, and geographic place names.




More Brilliant than the Sun


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The classic work on the music of Afrofuturism, from jazz to jungle More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction is one of the most extraordinary books on music ever written. Part manifesto for a militant posthumanism, part journey through the unacknowledged traditions of diasporic science fiction, this book finds the future shock in Afrofuturist sounds from jazz, dub and techno to funk, hip hop and jungle. By exploring the music of such musical luminaries as Sun Ra, Alice Coltrane, Lee Perry, Dr Octagon, Parliament and Underground Resistance, theorist and artist Kodwo Eshun mobilises their concepts in order to open the possibilities of sonic fiction: the hitherto unexplored intersections between science fiction and organised sound. Situated between electronic music history, media theory, science fiction and Afrodiasporic studies, More Brilliant than the Sun is one of the key works to stake a claim for the generative possibilities of Afrofuturism. Much referenced since its original publication in 1998, but long unavailable, this new edition includes an introduction by Kodwo Eshun as well as texts by filmmaker John Akomfrah and producer Steve Goodman aka kode9.