Sacred and religious music Books
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Short History of English Church Music
Book SynopsisRanging from the medieval period to the present day, this is a brief history of church music as it has developed through the English tradition. Described as "a quick journey", it provides a broad historical survey rather than an in-depth study of the subject, and also predicts likely future trends.Table of ContentsEmerging from infancy, c.1100-1532; a crisis of cultures, 1532-1649; the new professionals, 1649-1738; the evangelical age, 1738-1847; the new seriousness, 1833-76; the Church triumphant and trivial, 1851-99; the creative underground, 1848-1904; the age of confidence, 1900-55; anxiety and opportunity, 1955-75.
£42.75
University of Notre Dame Press Sacred Sound and Social Change
Book SynopsisTeachers, students, composers, performers, and other practitioners of sacred sound will appreciate this volume because, unlike any book currently available on sacred music, it treats the history, development, current practices, composition, and critical views of the liturgical music of both the Jewish and Christian traditions. Contributors trace Jewish music from its place in Hebrew Scriptures through the nineteenth-century Reform movement. Similar accounts of Christian music describe its growth up to the Protestant Reformation, as well as post-Reformation development. Other essays explore liturgical music in contemporary North America by analyzing it against the backdrop of the continuous social change that characterizes our era.Trade Review“Liturgical musicians should consider adding [Sacred Sound and Social Change] to their libraries. Each critical aspect of music is considered. As society continues to change and social pressures intensify, music will continue to play its critical role. This book gives us a chance to reflect upon where we’ve been, where we are, and where we may be going.” —Modern Liturgy * Modern Liturgy *"Following two excellent collections examining the development of Judaism and Christianity, this third volume in this series traces the usages of music in the two faiths, from biblical origins and medieval developments to current practices, while analyzing the varieties of music within each tradition." —Journal of Ecumenical Studies"The editors sought to bring diverse voices to the discussion. Their treatment of Jewish and Christian traditions within the same volume is significant; since both musical traditions stem from common sources and deal with similar social forces today, common reflection can lead to greater insight." —Theological Studies"This book reveals profound thought about the function of music in liturgy. All church and synagogue musicians should read it." —Choice
£28.80
University of Notre Dame Press Gothic Song
Book SynopsisMargot E. Fassler's richly documented historywinner of the Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the John Nicholas Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of Americademonstrates how the Augustinians of St. Victor, Paris, used an art of memory to build sonic models of the church. This musical art developed over time, inspired by the religious ideals of Hugh and Richard of St. Victor and their understandings of image and the spiritual journey. Gothic Song: Victorine Sequences and Augustinian Reform in Twelfth-Century Paris demonstrates the centrality of sequences to western medieval Christian liturgical and artistic experience, and to our understanding of change and continuity in medieval culture. Fassler examines the figure of Adam of St. Victor and the possible layers within the repertories created at various churches in Paris, probes the ways the Victorine sequences worked musically and exegetically, and situates this repertory within the intellectuaTrade Review"Margot Fassler is an original, imaginative scholar, and the first edition of Gothic Song: Victorine Sequences and Augustinian Reform in Twelfth-Century Paris fulfilled our need for a historical account. A paperback edition will make this picture of twelfth-century European creativity available to students and a wider general audience." —Richard L. Crocker, University of California, Berkeley"What meanings did liturgical chant convey to its elite medieval audience, the educated clergy? How did this audience understand the connection between text and music, and how did this conception change over time? These timely questions form the backdrop for Gothic Song, Margot Fassler's engaging study of the twelfth-century sequence. Focusing primarily on the Augustinian abbey of Saint-Victor de Paris, Fassler argues that it was there and at the nearby cathedral that Adam Precentor (Adam of Saint-Victor) and his circle developed a new approach to sequence composition." —The Journal of the American Musicological Society". . . this represents a considerable revision and expansion of our previous knowledge of musical life in 12th-century Paris and of the background to the late medieval sequence. . . . It is through commendable, detailed studies such as [this] that our views of the early epochs of music will gradually crystallise into clearer shapes." —The Musical Times"In relation to this apotheosis of the Word, the sequences of the Middle Ages present an intriguing paradox. On one hand, the melodies of sequences in many sources carry a Latin text, intensely coloured by the Vulgate Bible and by the rich tradition of Christian Latinity. On the other hand, as Margot Fassler points out in this fine book, the sequence was often conceived in the Middle Ages as an anticipation of angelic praise and therefore of a heavenly song where human language has no meaning. Margot Fassler explores this contrast in a richly documented survey of the sequence tradition, concentrating upon the late sequence, which, as she convincingly shows, was championed at the Abbey of St Victor in Paris." —Early Music
£38.25
University of Notre Dame Press Gothic Song
Book SynopsisMargot E. Fassler's richly documented historywinner of the Otto Kinkeldey Award from the American Musicological Society and the John Nicholas Brown Prize from the Medieval Academy of Americademonstrates how the Augustinians of St. Victor, Paris, used an art of memory to build sonic models of the church. This musical art developed over time, inspired by the religious ideals of Hugh and Richard of St. Victor and their understandings of image and the spiritual journey. Gothic Song: Victorine Sequences and Augustinian Reform in Twelfth-Century Paris demonstrates the centrality of sequences to western medieval Christian liturgical and artistic experience, and to our understanding of change and continuity in medieval culture. Fassler examines the figure of Adam of St. Victor and the possible layers within the repertories created at various churches in Paris, probes the ways the Victorine sequences worked musically and exegetically, and situates this repertory within the intellectuaTrade Review"Margot Fassler is an original, imaginative scholar, and the first edition of Gothic Song: Victorine Sequences and Augustinian Reform in Twelfth-Century Paris fulfilled our need for a historical account. A paperback edition will make this picture of twelfth-century European creativity available to students and a wider general audience." —Richard L. Crocker, University of California, Berkeley"What meanings did liturgical chant convey to its elite medieval audience, the educated clergy? How did this audience understand the connection between text and music, and how did this conception change over time? These timely questions form the backdrop for Gothic Song, Margot Fassler's engaging study of the twelfth-century sequence. Focusing primarily on the Augustinian abbey of Saint-Victor de Paris, Fassler argues that it was there and at the nearby cathedral that Adam Precentor (Adam of Saint-Victor) and his circle developed a new approach to sequence composition." —The Journal of the American Musicological Society". . . this represents a considerable revision and expansion of our previous knowledge of musical life in 12th-century Paris and of the background to the late medieval sequence. . . . It is through commendable, detailed studies such as [this] that our views of the early epochs of music will gradually crystallise into clearer shapes." —The Musical Times"In relation to this apotheosis of the Word, the sequences of the Middle Ages present an intriguing paradox. On one hand, the melodies of sequences in many sources carry a Latin text, intensely coloured by the Vulgate Bible and by the rich tradition of Christian Latinity. On the other hand, as Margot Fassler points out in this fine book, the sequence was often conceived in the Middle Ages as an anticipation of angelic praise and therefore of a heavenly song where human language has no meaning. Margot Fassler explores this contrast in a richly documented survey of the sequence tradition, concentrating upon the late sequence, which, as she convincingly shows, was championed at the Abbey of St Victor in Paris." —Early Music
£105.40
University of Texas Press Muslim Rap Halal Soaps and Revolutionary Theat
Book SynopsisTwelve leading scholars trace Islamic discourse on the performing arts to give insight into genres of pious productions throughout the world.Trade Review"A welcome addition to discussions about contemporary cultures in Muslim contexts. [...] The collection of essays in the volume Muslim Rap is impressive." - Contemporary IslamTable of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction. Artistic Developments in the Muslim Cultural Sphere: Ethics, Aesthetics, and the Performing Arts (Karin van Nieuwkerk) Part One: The Power of Performance Chapter 1. Hardcore Muslims: Islamic Themes in Turkish Rap between Diaspora and Homeland (Thomas Solomon) Chapter 2. Contesting Islamic Concepts of Morality: Heavy Metal in Istanbul (Pierre Hecker) Chapter 3. Iranian Popular Music in Los Angeles: A Transnational Public beyond the Islamic State (Farzaneh Hemmasi) Part Two: Motivations Chapter 4. Ritual as Strategic Action: The Social Logic of Musical Silence in Canadian Islam (Michael Frishkopf) Chapter 5. Pious Entertainment: Hizbullah's Islamic Cultural Sphere (Joseph Alagha) Chapter 6. Of Morals, Missions, and the Market: New Religiosity and "Art with a Mission" in Egypt (Karin van Nieuwkerk) Part Three: Staging the Body and the World Stage Chapter 7. Islamic Modernity and the Re-enchanting Power of Symbols in Islamic Fantasy Serials in Turkey (Ahu Yigit) Chapter 8. From "Evil-Inciting" Dance to Chaste "Rhythmic Movements": A Genealogy of Modern Islamic Dance-Theatre in Iran (Zeinab Stellar) Chapter 9. Suficized Musics of Syria at the Intersection of Heritage and the War on Terror; Or "A Rumi with a View" (Jonathan H. Shannon) Afterword (Martin Stokes) Notes on Contributors Index
£21.59
Yale University Press Bach The Mass in B Minor
Book SynopsisGeorge Stauffer explores the music and complex history of Bach's last and possibly greatest masterpiece. Stauffer demonstrates Bach's reliance on contemporary models from the Dresden mass repertory and his brilliantly innovative methods of unifying his immense composition.Trade Review"Stauffer's greatest contribution to our knowledge and understanding of Bach's Mass lies in his extensive survey of the Dresden Mass repertory... He also provides an extensive examination of issues of scoring, particularly relevant for the Credo section onwards since Bach's original performing parts - which would have provided many details concerning both instrumental and vocal scoring - do not survive." John Butt, Early Music
£34.73
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Psalm Songs for Lent and Easter v2
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£21.84
Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Psalm Songs for Ordinary Time v 3
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£20.89
ABC-CLIO Lyrics of the AfroAmerican Spiritual A Documentary Collection The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Black Music
Book SynopsisUnder the rubric spirituals are subsumed sorrow songs, jubilee songs, shout songs, chants, homilies, mantras, affirmations, and collective, personal, and historical allegories. Their lyrics tell an impassioned story of an embattled people, while presenting a theology of salvation; in general, they encompass crucial aspects of the Afro-American world view. This research collection contains lyrics of 978 spirituals, including some variants, culled from numerous anthologies and collections. Codes are provided to guide the researcher to an original source with musical notations. The songs are organized in nine thematic categories as follows: lyrics of sorrow, alienation, and desolation; consolation and faith; resistance and defiance; deliverance; jubilation and triumph; judgment and reckoning; regeneration; spiritual progress; and transcendence.Each thematic section is prefaced by an interpretive statement, and the volume introduction discusses the historical backgrouTable of ContentsCodes to the Sources of the Lyrics Introduction and Historical Background Lyrics of Sorrow, Alienation, and Desolation Lyrics of Consolation and Faith Lyrics of Resistance and Defiance Lyrics of Deliverance Lyrics of Jubilation and Triumph Lyrics of Judgment and Reckoning Lyrics of Regeneration Lyrics of Spiritual Progress Lyrics of Transcendence Select Bibliographies Alphabetical Index to First Lines Alphabetical Index to Titles General Index
£64.00
Holy Trinity Publications The Church Singers Companion
Book SynopsisThe Church Singer's Companion (or Sputnik Psalomshchika) is an obikhod or standard book of music. It is an indispensable reference for any kliros in the Russian Church. it contains melodies in square notation for the chanted portions of Vespers, Matins, and Divine Liturgy, as well as additional material from throughout the Church year.
£44.99
WW Norton & Co Pope Marcellus Mass
Book SynopsisAn original concept: in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work.
£21.00
W. W. Norton & Company Concise Introduction to Tonal Harmony 2e with
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£171.48
Dover Publications Inc. Favourite Christmas Carols
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£16.29
Dover Publications Inc. Bach Js Mass In B Minor Chor Full Score Dover
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£24.22
Dover Publications Inc. Christmas Oratorio Dover Music Scores
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£26.12
Dover Publications Inc. Stabat Mater in Full Score Dover Vocal Scores
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£15.68
University of California Press Musics of Many Cultures
Book SynopsisOriginally published with records, this edition does not include the records.Table of ContentsForeword Mantle Hood Editor's Preface Elizabeth May Acknowledgments Glossary Bibliography Abbreviations Contributors 1. Ethnomusicology: Definitions, Directions, and Problems Bruno Nettl 2. Evolution and Revolution in Chinese Music Kuo-huang Han and Lindy Li Mark 3. Certain Experiences in Korean Music Kang-sook Lee 4. Some of Japan's Musics and Musical Principles William P. Malm 5. The Music of Thailand David Morton 6. Some Principles of Indian Classical Music Bonnie C. Wade 7. Musical Strata in Sumatra, Java, and Bali Margaret J. Kartomi 8. Polynesian Music and Dance Adrienne L. Kaeppler 9. The Traditional Music of the Australian Aborigines Trevor A. Jones 10. Music South of the Sahara Atta Annan Mensah 11. Trends in the Black Music of South Africa, 1959-1969 John Blacking 12. Anlo Ewe Music in Anyako, Volta Region, Ghana Alfred Kwashie Ladzekpo and Kobla Ladzekpo Line drawings by Leon ice Shinneman 13. The Music of Ethiopia Cynthia Tse Kimberlin Line drawings by Jerome Kimberlin 14. Secular Classical Music in the Arabic Near East Jozef M. Pacholczyk Line drawings by Richard Keeling 15. Classical Iranian Music Ella Zonis 16. On Jewish Music Abraham A. Schwadron 17. North American Native Music David P. McAllester 18. Music of the Alaskan Eskimos Lorraine D. Koranda 19. Symbol and Function in South American Indian Music Dale A. Olsen 20. Folk Music of South America-A Musical Mosaic Dale A. Olsen Index Additional Bibliography, Discography, and Filmography
£31.50
University of California Press Decadent Enchantments The Revival of Gregorian
Book SynopsisTraces the history of the Gregorian revival from its Romantic origins in a community of French monks at Solesmes, whose founder hoped to rebuild the moral foundation of French culture on the ruins of the Benedictine order.
£39.20
University of California Press The Advent Project The Later SeventhCentury
Book SynopsisThe musical practices of the early church are considered in this examination of the history of Christian chant from the years A.D. 200 to 800.
£49.60
University of California Press Fruits of the Cross
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Music Examples Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Notes on Sources Introduction 1. Passion and Theater 2. Devotional Strategies 3. Social Others and Selves 4. Music and Its Affects Epilogue: The Power of the Cross Appendix 1. Checklist of Sepolcri, 1660–1711 Appendix 2. The Preserved Repertory, 1660–1705, and Its Possible Tonalities Appendix 3. Possible Burnacini Drawings for Sepolcri Notes Bibliography General Index Index of Sepolcri by Short Title
£47.20
University of California Press Papal Patronage and the Music of St. Peters
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£42.00
University of California Press Golden Ages
Book SynopsisA free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Golden Ages is an ethnographic study of young singers in the contemporary Brooklyn Hasidic community who base their aesthetic explorations of the culturally intimate space of prayer on the gramophone-era cantorial golden age. Jeremiah Lockwood proposes a view of their work as a nonconforming social practice that calls upon the sounds and structures of Jewish sacred musical heritage to disrupt the aesthetics and power hierarchies of their conservative community, defying institutional authority and pushing at normative boundaries of sacred and secular. Beyond its role as a desirable art form, golden age cantorial music offers aspiring Hasidic singers a form of Jewish cultural productivity in which artistic excellence, maverick outsider status, and sacred authority are aligned.
£25.50
Cambridge University Press The Motet in the Age of Du Fay
Book SynopsisTraces the evolution and transformation of the Latin-texted motet during the lifetime of the leading composer of the age, Guillaume Du Fay. The book includes an account of internal and external forces that influenced the transformation of the motet and of fifteenth-century music more generally.Trade Review' … a marvellous lesson in how to appreciate what remains for most modern music lovers an unfamiliar form.' BBC Music Magazine'Cumming has provided us with a highly useful and workable map of stylistic change for the motet.' The Times Literary Supplement' … Cumming writes extremely clearly and is an excellent guide.' The SingerTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Models and Methods: 1. Approaches and analogies; 2. Subgenre, interpretation, and the generic repertoire; 3. Fifteenth-century uses of the term 'motet'; Part II. Motets in the Early Fifteenth Century: The Case of Bologna Q15: 4. The motet section of Bologna Q15 and its ramifying roots; 5. A new hybrid subgenre: the cut-circle motet; 6. Other new hybrid subgenres; 7. The motet in the early fifteenth century: evolution and interpretation; Part III. Motets in the Mid-Fifteenth Century: The Case of the Trent Codices: 8. Motets in the Trent codices: establishing the boundaries; 9. English and continental cantilena-style motets; 10. Motets with a tenor cantus firmus c. 1430–1450; 11. Freely composed four-voice writing in transition; 12. The four-voice motet c. 1450–1475.
£44.99
Concordia Publishing House The Lutheran Hymnal
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£40.84
Faber Music Ltd The Angels Carol
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£5.13
Faber Music Ltd Music For Special Occasions Sacred
Book SynopsisA collection of ten sacred choral works to enhance various occasions whether joyful, reflective or commemorative. It contains practical and flexible arrangements for soprano and alto with an optional third part for limited range baritone, or low alto making it suitable for schools, community and church choirs.Table of ContentsGloria in Excelsis Deo (Vivaldi); God Be In My Head (L'Estrange); Ave Verum Corpus (Mozart); Zadok the Priest (Handel); Ave Maria (Schubert); Jubilate (Ben Parry); Panis Angelicus (Franck); The Lord is My Shepherd/Psalm 23 (Goodall); Amazing Grace (Traditional); Hallelujah Chorus (Handel).
£9.89
Faber Music Ltd O Oriens
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£5.35
Faber Music Ltd The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology
Book SynopsisThe Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology is an essential collection of the greatest Christmas songs and carols, specially arranged for solo piano, for the intermediate pianist.Trade Review"I have recommended it to six of my students in the three days since the review copy arrived, which is unprecedented. And I anticipate that many more of my students will be enjoying this book in their lessons, home playing, and at my regular adult piano club for years to come. What impresses most of all is that all of the arrangements are both pianistic and genuinely musical. As such, and given the scope and scale of the book, The Faber Music Christmas Piano Anthology is not only a stunning success, but fills a unique spot on the music shelf. This is a book which has significantly raised the bar, instantly establishing itself as the new “must-have” Christmas music book. I predict it will sell like hot cakes (or artisan mince pies?) and it certainly deserves to – it’s absolutely brilliant! Outstanding." Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, October 2018 "Overall, it is very well-presented, and the music clearly laid out and typeset. I would suggest that the majority of the pieces in this volume will suit pianists at Grade 4 and above, and with such a wealth of material included, this book will last pianists for many years to come. Faber are quite right to describe it as ‘timeless’. It is excellent value for money, and a must-have for pianists this Christmas." David Barton, davidbartonmusic.co.uk, November 2018Table of ContentsA Holly Jolly Christmas; A Marshmallow World; A Winter’s Tale; All I Want For Christmas Is You; All Through The Night; Auld Lang Syne; Away In A Manger; Bethlehem Down; Carol Of The Bells; Coventry Carol; December Prayer; December Song (I Dreamed Of Christmas); Deck The Halls; Ding Dong Merrily On High; Do They Know It’s Christmas?; (Everybody’s Waitin’ For) The Man With The Bag; Frosty The Snowman; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen; Hallelujah Chorus (from Messiah); Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas; Holy, Holy, Holy; I Am Blessed ; I Saw Three Ships; I’ll Be Home For Christmas; I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm; In The Bleak Midwinter; It’s Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas ; It’s Christmas Time All Over The World; Jingle Bell Rock; Jingle Bells; Joy To The World; Last Christmas; Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!; Little Donkey; Merry Xmas Everybody; Mistletoe And Wine; O Christmas Tree; O Come O Come Emmanuel; O Come, All Ye Faithful; O Holy Night; O Little Town Of Bethlehem; Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree; Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer; Santa Baby; Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town; Silent Night; Sinfonia (from Christmas Oratorio); Sleigh Ride; Stop The Cavalry; The Christmas Song (Merry Christmas To You); The First Noel ; The Holly And The Ivy; The Little Drummer Boy; The Power Of Love; The Star; Troika from ‘Lieutenant Kije’; We Three Kings; We Wish You A Merry Christmas; Weihnachtsbaum: Die Hirten an der Krippe (In Dulci Jubilo); What A Wonderful World; What Child Is This?; When A Child Is Born; While Shepherds Watched; Winter (from The Four Seasons); Winter Wonderland
£20.90
Faber Music Ltd Jesu Ukukhanya
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£4.26
Faber Music Ltd Spiritual Medley
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£4.32
Faber Music Ltd Standing in the Need of Prayer
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£4.33
Faber Music Ltd Set me as a seal
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£4.51
Faber Music Ltd The Lamentations of Jeremiah
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£5.79
Faber Music Ltd The Oratory Mass
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£5.53
Faber Music Christmas Cantata
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsRomance of the Angels; Stella, quam viderant magi (The Wise Men and the Star); It came upon the midnight clear; Lullaby of Winter; To see another sun; Romance of the Epiphany; I am Christmas Day
£11.39
Faber Music Ltd Out of Your Sleep Arise and Wake
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£5.14
Faber Music Ltd LuteBook lullaby
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£5.64
Faber Music Ltd Stars In Heaven
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£5.87
Faber Music Ltd The Swete Roose
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£5.87
Faber Music Ltd Mass of St Dominic Mixed Voices Choral Signature
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£5.83
Faber Music Ltd When David Heard Satb 3 Solo Voices Choral
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£5.48
Faber Music Ltd Epiphany Carol
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£5.03
Faber Music Ltd Rain
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£5.38
Faber Music Ltd Little Hymn Score Parts
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£23.24
Faber Music Ltd Chester Missa Brevis
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£5.99
Faber Music Ltd Dormi Iesu Mixed Voice with organ Accompaniment
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£5.34
Faber Music Ltd Laudate Dominum
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£5.74
Faber Music Ltd Agnus Dei
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£5.12
