lds (mormon) and christian music
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Choir - Medium Easy
Piano - Medium EasyLyrics by William W. Phelps (1792-1872), who wrote LDS hymns using various folk songs from America and the British Isles. Adam-ondi-Ahman was published in the LDS Church's first hymnal in 1835, "A Collection of Sacred Hymns, for the Church of the Latter Day Saints" which Phelps co-edited with Emma Smith, wife of the Prophet Joseph Smith. Adam-ondi-Ahman's music came from an anonymous "Southern Harmony." Numerous "Southern harmonies" originate from the Scottish immigrants who peopled the Appalacian Mountain regions after leaving their homeland in search of relief from poverty and oppression in the 1700s. This arrangement attempts to bring a "Scottish Aire" to this beautiful hymn with undertones reminiscent of bagpipes and celtic harp.
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Choir - Medium Easy
Piano - Medium DifficultI did this arrangement for the graduation ceremony of a Stake Seminary Seniors graduating class in 2006. The choral part is straight from the LDS hymnbook (No. 13), but I tried to give the accompaniment a little more vibrant flavor to keep it from sounding like just another congregational hymn.
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Advanced Choir
Collaborative effort with Randy Spitzer, conductor of Cora Voce. Premiered by Cora Voce in their Fall Concert, October 18, 2008.
Alternate lyrics in v. 2 and 4 by Claudia Manning-FloydCome thou fount of every blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace
Streams of mercy never ceasing call for songs of loudest praise
Teach me some melodious sonnet sung by flaming tongues above
Praise the Mount, I'm fixed upon it, Mount of thy redeeming loveLord, I set out on my journey, seeking thy will, my only aim
And I pray that with my choices I will bring glory to thy name
But if my heart should chance to wander and if away from thee I stray
Come, my Savior, I impore thee, be my beacon, lead the wayOh to grace, how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be
Let thy goodness like a fetter bind my wandering heart to thee
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it. Prone to leave the God I love
Take my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts aboveWhen at least my life is ended and my spirit rises free
Upward reaching, heaven seeking, let me come and dwell with thee
Eternal praises shall I render, joyfully ever shall I sing
Hallelujah! Hallelujah! to my Savior, Lord and King.
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Choir - Medium Difficulty
Piano - Medium EasyArranger's Note: This piece is actually rather simple to sing, but choir members must pay strict attention to their place in the music or risk getting utterly lost, and they must carefully and intricately weave the pianissimo and mezzo-forte dynamics or the piece will completely lose the desired effect and become thoroughly boring. If performed correctly, the circling whisper of "Come to Me" acts as a reminder that when we pray, the Lord's spirit is immediately there, encircling us with comfort and support in all our trials and travails. This arrangement also moves like ebbing waters, reminiscent of our covenents at baptism, and reminding us that a life centered on Jesus Christ has the blessing of "living water" from the well springing up unto everlasting life (John 4:14).
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Choir - Medium Easy
Piano - Medium EasyThis is actually a medley. It combines four different songs into one: God Rest Yr Merry Gentlemen, Carol of the Bells, Joy to the World, and the hymn Come All Ye Saints Who Dwell on Earth. Easy to do in a hurry during the Christmas season.
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Choir - Easy
Piano - EasyQuick and easy arrangement for choir and pianist.
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Choir - Medium
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Choir - easy
Simple choir piece using the basics of the hymnbook. I had this hymn running through my head either because of my upcoming move from sunny Arizona back home to my beloved, wet Washington State, or because the Tabernacle Choir sang it in the recent General Conference (Oct. 2011).
As I was arranging this piece, another insight came to me. My husband has been in very poor health over the last few years and trips to the emergency room are frequent, expensive and inevitably futile. Sometimes it gets exhausting and, yes, even depressing and annoying. While I was silently praying and lamenting yet another trip to the emergency room, the lyrics of this piece came to my mind ("I'll go where you want me to go, dear Lord..."), I recalled that I have prayed for health for my husband -- in fact my entire ward held a fast for him once -- and yet for some reason, this is the pathway we're still on. If the Lord wants me to go to the emergency room over and over again to stand at my husband's bedside, then I'll go where He wants me to go, I'll say what He wants me to say, and I'll be what He wants me to be. It's not just about a mission call -- it's about life's journey.
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Choir - Medium Difficult
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Choir - Medium Difficult
Piano - MediumNote: This piece is not suitable for Sacrament Meeting
This hymn, when played at a brisk tempo, has a gay, dancing feel about it. I have incorporated the light, joyful spirit of dance and Baroque technique into this arrangement. It should be played and sung briskly and exuberantly, and for that reason it is not suitable for Sacrament Meeting purposes.
It is interesting to note that W. W. Phelps wrote these uplifting lyrics in 1833 amid great persecution, trial suffering, hunger, defeat and violence. It was sung at the dedication of the Kirtland, Ohio temple to the tune of"The Spirit of God."
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Choir - Medium Difficult
Piano - Medium Easy
Because the meters of Oh My Father and Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing are the same, these two hymns' lyrics are interchangeable. This is a simplified SATB + piano version of the music used for Come Thou Fount - SAATBB version above, and using the text of Oh My Father.
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Choir - Easy
Piano - Easy
Hymnbook choir and accompaniment but with a variation and emphasis on the last portion of the song with the Hallelujahs.
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Choir - Medium
Piano - Advanced
Combines three songs into a rousing anthem: Battle Hymn of the Republic, My Country 'Tis of Thee, and America the Beautiful
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Choir - Medium Easy
Piano - Medium Easy
Some choirs are made up of people who can't read a note, but simply like to sing.
Some choirs are mostly made up of people who can read a few notes, but do best when a strong singer is sitting next to them.
Some choirs consist of very polished singers who have vast experience reading and singing choral music.
The difficulty level of each of my pieces is based on an average choir's abaility to sight read music; your choir may find them easier or harder than specified.
By clicking on the title of any song, you will find a page where rehearsal mp3s can be played to help singers learn their parts at home.
, I received an email from a woman in Cheltenham, England who said this about the rehearsal parts:'As a member of our stake choir, I was involved in singing one of your arrangements at our recent Stake Conference. We did enjoy singing it, and were told it sounded great!
Because our stake choir members are from 8 or 9 wards quite widely spread in terms of distance, we practised in our wards and on our own at home until the week of the conference, and I must say your SATB files were really helpful for that. If you wouldn't mind me having one tiny criticism, it would be that the alto 'computer voice' sounds a bit too manly!
We are having Elder Quentin L Cook to speak at Cheltenham Stake this evening, and the choir have been asked to once again sing your music, so I've just been brushing up from your site again - thanks so much!
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