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Folk/Traditional Music From West Virginia Arranged For Classical Guitar Ensemble, Júlio Ribeiro Alves

Júlio Ribeiro Alves

My motivation for writing this book grew from my desire to better understand the people and the music heritage of West Virginia and to share the findings of my experience, with the guitar community, in the form of guitar ensemble arrangements.

In Search Of The Wind-Band: An International Expedition, Daniel Rager

Dan Rager

In Search of the Wind-Band: An International Expedition is a new interactive E-book, exploring 16 countries.

The first-of-a-kind, interactive encyclopedic e-book uses text, video, mp3 and pdf files to bring the history and development of the wind-band to life.

1. Overture: What Constitutes a Wind Band? - 2. Introduction to European History and Development - 3. Historical Homogeneous Wind-Bands - 4. American Wind Music - 5. Denmark Wind Music - 6. Finnish Wind Music - 7. Industry Wind Bands - 8. Ireland Wind Music - 9. Japanese Wind Music - 10. Mexican Wind Music - 11. Native American Indian Wind …

Christ's Suffering: Excerpts From "The Messiah" - Mixed Choir, Keith Rowley

Keith D Rowley

This Easter anthem includes excerpts from 3 Messiah choruses in a thematic and harmonic medley.

La Belle Au Bois Dormant - Acte 1 (Opera), Keith D. Rowley, Fernande Bes

Keith D Rowley

First act of my "Sleeping Beauty" opera. French libretto by Fernande Bes.

Ave Verum Corpus - Men's Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Men's choir A Cappella arrangement of Mozart's Ave verum corpus.

Lord, Teach Me How To Pray - 2 Part Choir, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

This is a 2 part choir arrangement of Willy Reske's setting of "Prayer is the soul's sincere desire."

Hymn Preludes - Piano Or Organ, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Prelude settings of 20 hymns for piano or organ.

La Belle Au Bois Dormant - Actes 2 & 3 (Opera), Keith D. Rowley, Fernande Bes

Keith D Rowley

Acts 2 & 3 of my "Sleeping Beauty" opera. Libretto by Fernande Bes.

Hymn Preludes: Book Two - Piano Or Organ, Keith D. Rowley

Keith D Rowley

Prelude settings of 20 more hymns for piano or organ

History Of The Blues, Dan Rager

Dan Rager

This all inclusive History of the Blues introduction begins as early as 1400, when the first global trading routes began. Two early maps are enclosed from this period showing the direction and locations from which people, food and supplies were moved.

This research presentation illustrates African tribes such as the Arada, Dahomey and Fulani who sang music in their daily rituals and ceremonies long before they were moved to other continents. Early developmental music elements are introduced including spirituals, worksongs, Scottish ballads, Methodist and Baptist hymns, call and response, guttural effects, interpolated vocality, falsetto and blue notes. All of these …

J. P. Sousa Vol 15 (The Band Came Back), Dan Rager

Dan Rager