Sing a New Song

Hymn Collections, Worship Resources and Anthologies,

Songbooks, Choral Music, Source and Text Books, Musical Plays and CDs

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Contents

Hymn Collections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1Worship Resources and Anthologies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Songbooks and CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Choral Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Digital Downloads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Choral Now . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Poetry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Biographies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Church Music in Context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16Religious Drama with Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17HymnQuest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

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New Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual SongsFifty-seven hymns, all with music.HP1755 £7.95

Gathered for WorshipFifty psalms and hymns with suggested tunes.HP8287 £6.95

Hymn CollectionsMary Kay BEALLHymns for a Troubled World

The title of this collection pays homage to Charles Wesley’s Hymns for Times of Trouble and Persecution. The ten hymns, all with music by John Carter, address some of the complex moral issues that face us today, including addiction and celebrity.HP922 £3.25

Elizabeth COSNETTHymns for Everyday Saints

The 36 hymns in this collection, many with commissioned tunes from Ian Sharp, cover a variety of subjects, including familiar themes such as Christmas and Easter, as well as the role

of women, illness and healing, wartimeremembrance, and prostitution. They are illuminated by the author’s preface and commentaries to each hymn, offering fascinating insights into hymnwriting and the creative process, and issues of language and content in relation to the concerns of contemporary Christians.B870 978 0 85249 870 5 £10.50

Daniel DAMONFaith will Sing

Equally gifted as a composer and hymnwriter, Dan Damon made his publishing debut in 1993 with this collection of two-dozen hymns-with-music, introduced by Brian Wren in a typically thoughtful Foreword. HP1629 £3.60

Carl P. DAW JrTo Sing God’s PraiseA collection of 18 metrical canticles paraphrased by Carl P. Daw Jr. Each item is set both to a traditional tune and to a contemporary one created specifically for the text. HP921 £3.60

The hymns of Elizabeth Cosnett first came to public notice when several of her texts, with music by Ian Sharp, were among the winners of the BBC Songs of Praise competitions in 1985 and 1988. Earlier than this, however, her MA dissertation for Liverpool University, entitled The Poet as Hymn Writer: A study of the hymns of George Wither, William Cowper and Robert Bridges, had already signalled a lifelong commitment to hymnody, not only in her own creative work, but also in her membership of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, of which she is a past Executive President.

A native of Liverpool, where she was born in 1936, Elizabeth Cosnett was educated at a local grammar school and at St Hugh’s College, Oxford. Returning to her home city, she taught for some years in grammar and comprehensive schools and then lectured in English at the Liverpool Institute of Higher Education until her retirement in 1996. A keen reader and gardener, she is also an enthusiastic bell-ringer at the city centre parish church of St Nicholas, where she serves as a churchwarden.

Elizabeth Cosnett’s texts, often in partnership with Ian Sharp’s music, have appeared in a wide selection of contemporary hymn collections and publications, including Ancient and Modern, Common Praise, Irish Church Hymnal, Reflecting Praise, Rejoice and Sing, Sing Glory, Sound Bytes and Story Song.

Elizabeth Cosnett

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Rusty EDWARDSThe Yes of the Heart

With a foreword by Chick Corea, one of its author’s songwriting heroes, this first author collection is an uplifting introduction to the work of Rusty Edwards, a Lutheran pastor whose work has subsequently appeared in over thirty books from a variety of denominations. HP776 £3.60

Anders FROSTENSON (editor) and Fred KAAN (translator)Songs and Hymns from Sweden

An intriguing selection of work resulting from the Swedish hymn renewal and revolution of the 1960s and 70s.B440 978 0 85249 440 0 £3.75

For profile of Fred Kaan, please see p.4. Further titles which may be of interest include The Only Earth We Know (p.3) and Healing the Nations: Fred Kaan – The Man and his Hymns (p.16).

Alan GAUNTThe Hymn Texts of Alan Gaunt

Stainer & Bell’s debut collection of Alan Gaunt’s work, the corpus of his writing to 1991, presents 114 texts with suggested traditional tunes and music by Paul Bateman, Raymond Clarke, Peter Cutts, John Marsh, David McCarthy, Brenda Stephenson and Sue Mitchell-Wallace.B801 978 0 85249 801 9 £10.50

Always from Joy

Taking its title from a sonnet by Vernon Watkins, this collection includes 56 hymn texts written between 1991 and 1996 with a selection of tunes written by the author himself, plus 34 translations from the Welsh of the 18th-century hymnwriter Ann Griffiths, and an introduction by Fred Kaan.B838 978 0 85249 838 5 £10.50

See p.3 for Hymns and Letters by Ann Griffiths, which includes Alan Gaunt’s English translations of the hymns.

Delight that Never Dies

A substantial essay by Professor Richard Watson introduces this important collection of Alan Gaunt’s work from 1997 to 2003, which in addition to 97 texts from this period includes the author’s translations from the Danish of the hymns of N. F. S. Grundtvig and, from the Welsh, six hymns of William Williams (Pantecelyn). There are new tunes by Paul Bateman, Peter Cutts and Ian Sharp among others.B880 978 0 85249 880 4 £14.25

Beyond All Words

Of the 89 texts in this most recent collection, the author hopes that in them may be rediscovered something of the truths of God, which storm the brain, but lift the heart ‘on truth’s wild thermals’, keeping hope and joy alive, and faith going forward, precisely because they are beyond all words!B923 978 0 85249 923 8 £10.50

Alan Gaunt

First gaining prominence through ‘We pray for peace’ and ‘Lord Christ, we praise your sacrifice’, and widely represented in the United Reformed Church’s Rejoice and Sing, the hymns of Alan Gaunt express a biblically based faith in terms of a cold, clear look at contemporary life and its values. As Fred Kaan wrote, he ‘stands among us and with us as a hymnwriter who takes his theology and poetry seriously, who reads with eagerness and listens to other writers – ancient and modern – as they too wrestle with eternal truth and are committed to raise our awareness of human hurt and people’s hopes and longings.’

Translations of hymns from Latin, German, French, Greek, Danish and Welsh feature prominently in his oeuvre. Ordained in 1958, he served Congregational and United Reformed Churches in different parts of the North of England, his final pastorate being in Windermere. In 2000 he retired to the Wirral peninsular. In 1998 Alan Gaunt received an honorary MA for his hymnwriting from Manchester University.

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One of the towering figures of 20th-century hymnody, Fred Pratt Green (1903–2000) began writing hymns in quantity only after his retirement from the Methodist ministry. Even so, his great gifts as a hymnwriter soon earned him wide acclaim, and his Hymn for the Nation was used throughout the country on the occasion of the Queen’s Silver Jubilee in 1977.

Fred’s creative vocation prior to his hymnwriting career was as a poet, whose work was included by Philip Larkin in The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century English Verse. If the subtle prosody and metaphor of his hymns were in part the harvest of this honed poetical sensibility, then no less so, being another aspect of his wry observation of himself and his fellow creatures, was the temperate and humane theology that earned him international love and respect. Practically expressed in his establishment in 1984 of The Pratt Green Trust for the promotion of hymnody, funded by his substantial royalties, it was no less evident in the late cycle of poems The Last Lap, written after Fred and his wife Marjorie moved into a Methodist Home for the Aged in Norwich where, in 1994, he was awarded the MBE.

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Fred Pratt GREENThe Hymns and Ballads of Fred Pratt GreenWith commentary by Bernard Braley

Published in 1982, this book includes the texts of 209 hymns and ballads by this renowned Methodist hymnwriter, and many of the stories behind them. It remains not only a useful volume of historical reference, but also an excellent source of devotional material. B612 978 0 85249 612 1 £10.25

Partners in Creation

Published in 2003, the centenary year of the birth of Fred Pratt Green, this book reflects the author’s final thoughts on the definitive corpus of work that he wished should survive him. The 166 texts incorporate amendments arising from sensitivity to inclusive language and other revisions, sanctioned either by Fred or his literary executor and editor, Bernard Braley, who also supplied editorial notes

and an anthology of quotations from Fred’s diaries. Material is offered for a wide range of themes in worship. An addendum of tunes, many composed specially for the volume, adds to its versatile and practical application as a source book from one of the twentieth century’s most influential hymnwriters.B878 978 0 85249 878 1 £14.45

See also p.15 for Fred’s poetry collection The Last Lap and the memorial volume Serving God and God’s Creatures, compiled by Bernard Braley from Fred’s scrapbooks, diaries and photograph albums.

Ann GRIFFITHSHymns and Letters

Though little known in her lifetime (1776–1805), Ann Griffiths is now widely regarded as being among the leading hymnwriters in Wales. Alan Gaunt’s English translations of her hymns from the original Welsh are a significant addition to the growing literature that now fosters an awareness of her achievement. The Revd Canon Alan Luff, formerly Precentor of Westminster Abbey and a noted authority on Welsh hymnody, has translated and edited Ann Griffiths’s eight surviving letters, and selected tunes for Ann’s hymns. B854 978 0 85249 854 5 £9.25

Holding In Trust

This book includes the best and most widely used hymns selected from the thousands published by the Hymn Society in the United States and Canada.HP1097 £9.50

Fred KAANThe Only Earth We Know

The definitive collection of the writings of Fred Kaan, described by the author as ‘one man’s 100 hymns, give or ‘take five’ – for today and (I dare to hope) for some of our tomorrows’. Many of the hymns have been revised in the light of insights gained from inclusive language. The volume also contains a rich diversity of familiar and specially written settings by composers including Peter Churchill, Maggie Hamilton, Ron Klusmeier, Doreen Potter, Pamela Ward and Carlton R. Young.B852 978 0 85249 852 1 £12.75

For author profile, please see overleaf. See p.16 for Gillian Warson’s biography, Healing the Nations: Fred Kaan – The Man and his Hymns. Some of Fred Kaan’s translations may be found in Songs and Hymns from Sweden (p.2).

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Fred Kaan

Michael Perry (1942–1996) was well known in the United Kingdom, not only from his texts, but through his contribution to hymnody and Christian worship as honorary Editorial Secretary and Company Secretary of Jubilate Hymns. Each of the 183 texts is paired with an author’s commentary and suggestions for appropriate tunes. HP1207 £13.50

Andrew PRATTBlinded by the Dazzle

This is the first collection of the work by an author whose tough, realistic view of contemporary life is tempered by his search for poetry and spiritual truth.B840 978 0 85249 840 8 £10.50

Whatever Name or Creed

The 135 hymns and songs in Whatever Name or Creed are texts for today, reflections by Andrew Pratt on a variety of contemporary topics, illuminated

Joy F. PATTERSONCome, you people of the promise

Joy Patterson is a highly respected author and composer both of hymn texts and of tunes. This collection, with a foreword by Carl P. Daw Jr, includes some of her best-known works. HP1628 £3.60

J. R. PEACEYGo forth for God

A remarkable collection of hymn texts published 20 years after the author’s death. The time is ripe for a rediscovery of this significant British hymnwriter. HP1036 £3.25

Michael PERRYSinging to God Hymns and Songs 1965–1995

in the searchlight of his insistent and uncompromising questioning. A major theme, regarded from the author’s own Christian viewpoint, is the relationship between faiths, especially as witnessed in their heritage of shared insights. Another is the imperative to welcome and enfold all those who feel their faith to be excluded from the dominant currents of modern worship. B874 978 0 85249 874 3 £12.75

Reclaiming Praise

Andrew Pratt, in this hymn anthology, gives us a deep insight into his spiritual pilgrimage. The hymns chart a personal journey of faith as the hymnwriter/poet comes to terms with the tragic loss of his artist son in a road accident in 1999. The 150 texts gathered here bring a personal and 21st-century perspective to a range of themes including covenant, creativity, faith and science, justice, lament and persecution. Twenty-seven of the hymns have printed tunes by various composers. B891 978 0 85249 891 0 £14.25

More than Hymns – Words for a Lyrical FaithNo less than with his earliest texts, Andrew Pratt’s goal in this fourth and latest collection is to make sense of language, living and worshipping in a way that also acknowledges the shifting and often contextual nature of our words

Born in Haarlem, Fred Kaan (1929–2009) came to Britain in 1952 where he studied for the Congregational ministry, being ordained in 1955. Eight years later, a dearth of hymns relevant to the life of the eclectic congregation of Plymouth’s Pilgrim Church triggered the creation of a home-made hymn supplement, Pilgrim Praise, and his vocation thereafter as one of the twentieth century’s outstanding hymnwriters.

Six collections of his work followed, and the inclusion of his texts in countless denominational hymnbooks throughout the world bore testimony to the influence of his internationalism, his faith in the modern city, and above all, perhaps, for his care for language and for precision in the use of it in each new searching statement of faith.

Fred Kaan notably collaborated with the Norwegian composer Knut Nystedt on their Magnificat for a New Millennium. In 2002 he was awarded the highest accolade of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education, the Chancellor’s Gold Medal, for his outstanding contribution in the fields of ecumenical relations and hymnody.

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Andrew Pratt has won a broad following for his work, in particular for his rapid responses in verse to current affairs, notably natural and man-made catastrophes which, in a way unique to our time, are experienced vicariously yet immediately by all through the ubiquity of electronic media. While reflecting popular opinion, his texts will often throw new light on a situation in a way that illuminates the complexity of our moral response to disaster. His hymn ‘God’s on our side and God will grieve’, for example, written after the destruction of the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001, was widely used in commemorative services both in the USA and in Britain. Prior to his calling to the Methodist ministry, his training was in zoology and marine biology, which has lent his writing a particular concern with the interaction of faith-based and scientific knowledge. Other dominant themes are the inclusivity of God’s word, grieving and lamentation, and the inspiration of the psalms in all their variety of mood and message. Currently a Research Supervisor at The Partnership for Theological Education, Luther King House, Manchester, he is editor of The Bulletin of the Hymn Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and has contributed widely to a variety of publications. He was also part of the editorial teams behind Big Blue Planet, Story Song and Sound Bytes.

and of our world. One influence here has been the discipline of writing hymns for the Revised Common Lectionary. Another has been a response to the problem of evil in current affairs and the questions it provokes. There are also a number of engaging individual items arising from the author’s varied pastoral work.B944 978 0 85249 944 3 £14.95

Use and sing the texts, read them as the edgy, shattering poems that they are. Let the imagery cannon around your mind. And be prepared to encounter scripture in vivid new ways. Janet Wootton

THE HYMN SOCIETY BULLETIN

See also Sound Bytes, p.8.

Erik ROUTLEYOur Lives be Praise

The hymn tunes, carols and texts of Erik Routley. Dr Carlton R. Young in an editor’s introduction notes: ‘Both

fledgling and noted composers of hymn tunes will benefit from a study of Routley’s work, particularly his approach to solving the problems of setting a text’s ‘general mood’ and providing new tunes for familiar texts, as well as unfamiliar poems sometimes written in odd metres.’ HP389 £8.50

See also Encounters with Erik Routley by Adrienne Tindall, p.16.

Brian WRENPraising a Mystery

30 hymn texts written between 1983 and 1985, together with the author’s background notes and many new musical settings. HP749 £5.50

Bring Many Names

This collection extends the availability of the corpus of Brian Wren’s writing to include his work between 1986 and 1989, with associated music and notes. HP747 £5.50

New Beginnings

This book contains 33 new hymns and songs completed since the collection Bring Many Names of 1989. The title New Beginnings reflects Brian Wren’s own sense of the provenance of these texts in a time of personal transition. The composer index shows a continuing partnership between poet and musician, and brief notes describe how each hymn came to be written.HP742 £5.50

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Faith Renewed

This 1995 collection contains the best of the old and the best of the new. Brian Wren updated a number of his earlier hymns and mixed these with new texts written since 1992. All hymns appear as poetry as well as with musical settings.HP1482 £5.50

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Piece Together PraiseSensitive to the diversity of faith and worship in our modern world, Brian Wren here draws together the many strands of his experience as a hymnwriter. Subtitled ‘A Theological Journey’, and conceived with the needs of worship planners and private readers in mind, this innovative book ‘pieces together’ its contents in the manner of the patterned fabric quilts traditional to the Dakota area of North America.B835 978 0 85249 835 4 £15.00

I appreciated the author’s suggestion of at least four ways to use his book: for worship and preaching, as a work of theology, for educating adults and youth, and for a personal spiritual journey. Scotty Gray THE HYMN

Visions and RevisionsBrian Wren relates the title of this collection to T. S. Eliot’s description of the writing process as involving ‘a hundred visions and revisions’. The book has words and music for 33 new hymns written between 1993 and 1997, and seven earlier texts with new tunes worth sharing more widely. Five hymns

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are published here for the first time. The rest are also published as poems without music in Piece Together Praise.HP1590 £6.40

Christ Our HopeMany hymns in this collection focus on Jesus: his life, ministry, teaching, suffering and death, and on the resurrection and presence of the living Christ. Hence the title: Christ Our Hope. A CD of selected hymns sung by the Choir of Armour Heights Presbyterian Church, Toronto, is also available.Book HP8222 £7.00CD PP005 £12.60 (inc. VAT)

Love’s Open DoorLove’s Open Door contains 27 hymns and twelve short songs – all written between 2004 and 2008. Themes covered include Advent, Christmas, Communion, The

Holy Spirit and Peace and Justice. Music is included for all items, and in a couple of instances an alternative tune is also provided.B911 978 0 85249 911 5 £10.25

In God Rejoice!Written between 2009 and 2012, the 36 hymns and psalms of In God Rejoice! are arranged in five sections: Jesus: From Cross to Cradle; Easter; Church and Mission; Praise; and Metrical Psalms.B934 978 0 85249 934 4 £10.25

Onward!The latest in a long line of collections of Brian Wren’s writings, Onward! presents hymns written mostly between 2012 and 2016. Some are hymn-style versions of psalms, others responses to verses of scripture. Also included are some older texts paired with new tunes.B949 978 0 85249 949 8 £10.25

Known for many popular hymns, including ‘As man and woman we were made’ and ‘Dear Christ, uplifted from the earth’, Brian Wren is a writer whose work has been included in collections of all denominations and traditions throughout the English-speaking world. Its wide appeal reflects the author’s concern with hymnody’s aspects both as theology and poetry no less than as a musical form, the source of its unique power of communication. Central to his mission-in-words has been a challenging review of the language and metaphor we use in approaching God. In particular, he has championed the role of inclusive language in worship, not only in his own hymn texts but also in several distinguished academic studies.

Brian Wren holds Oxford degrees in Modern Languages and in Theology, and a DPhil for work on the Hebrew prophets. Following his ordination in 1965 he served as Congregational minister in Essex, then with the British Council of Churches, Third World First and War on Want before becoming a freelance preacher, worship- and workshop-leader in 1983. From 1991 he continued this ministry in the USA, often in collaboration with his partner-in-marriage Rev. Susan Heafield, a United Methodist pastor. From 2000 until his retirement in 2007 as Professor Emeritus he was the Conant Professor of Worship at Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, Georgia. In 1999 his

text ‘Hidden Christ, alive for ever’ was runner-up out of 553 entries to the international Millennium Hymn Competition held by St Paul’s Cathedral, London, and was sung there on 9 January 2000 as part of its ‘millennium gift to the nation’.

See also We can be Messengers and Tell the Good News! (p.11), two collections of worship songs by Brian Wren and Susan Heafield, with accompanying CDs.

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June Boyce-Tillman

June Boyce-Tillman MBE is a noted academic, composer and performer whose outstanding work in the field of music, spirituality and theology, and her concern for the role of women in the church, has won her worldwide admiration. Founder of the Hildegard Network, she has lectured and published widely on aspects of interfaith dialogue, healing and reconciliation and, as Professor of Applied Music at the University of Winchester, has been an inspiration to several generations of students. A noted composer, she excels in works for voices and orchestra that exploit the largest canvas, in which the interaction of music from a variety of traditions, newly composed music and improvisation is imagined within the unique contextual space of a great building.

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Worship Resources and AnthologiesBig Blue Planetand other songs for worship inGod’s worldEdited by Judy Jarvis

Big Blue Planet is a highly acclaimed collection of songs for young children to share with each other and with people of all ages. Prepared by a group representing the main churches in England, Scotland and Wales, it has been widely used in churches and schools. Much of the material was newly written for the project, and its freshness is a continuing inspiration for all who use it. A full Welsh translation, Glas Glas Blaned, is available from Cyhoeddiadau’r Gair (Council for Sunday Schools and Christian Education in Wales) (ISBN 978 1 85994 038 9). Eleven sections focus on different kinds of days children experience in their lives: days for stories, people, Christmas, Easter, festivals, creation, weather, sad, happy, special days and every day – themes that are beautifully and charmingly complemented by Jan Nesbitt’s illustrations.B827 978 0 85249 827 9 £14.45

I saw these kids on the telly singing ‘For micro chips, for oven chips, We thank you Lord ...’ and I thought, ‘Amazing!’ I’m telling my friends to buy the book and start a revolution in children’s music. Veronica Heley TOGETHER WITH CHILDREN

To accompany the book a CD is also available, the contents produced and arranged by leading composer, arranger and director Craig McLeish. 22 of the 83 songs are here, including favourites such as Riding in a car on the motorway, For micro chips, for oven chips, Day by day without a word, Keep a light in your eyes, and Loving Jesus, we will thank you. All the songs enable children to worship God, whether they are feeling sad, lonely, worried or full of joy and happiness. A great sing-along CD for the car too!CD CX1 £7.99 (inc. VAT)

June BOYCE-TILLMANA Rainbow to Heaven

A Rainbow to Heaven brings together in one volume many of the musical settings and texts which are the fruit of June Boyce-Tillman’s commitment to the empowerment of women. The 167 items in the collection draw on a diversity of traditional and modern sources to create a unique and inspiring collection. There is material here relating to the themes of dance, healing, ecology, the medieval abbess Hildegard of Bingen, women saints, the Wisdom tradition, peace and justice, ecumenism and interfaith dialogue, inclusive language and many other topics of contemporary interest. A fascinating introduction places the hymns, songs and chants in the context of June’s evolving thought about the nature of music, worship, spirituality and the role of women.B890 978 0 85249 890 3 £15.25

These are remarkable works by a wholly remarkable person. Reflecting on, and confronting our troubled times and culture with arresting honesty and infinite compassion. Michael Finnissy

As with every anthology, a careful selection needs to be made by those who choose hymns and songs for congregational use, but in general they will find the immediacy of the words and the accessibility of the music to be a valuable contribution to the Church’s worship.

The Most Revd & Rt Hon Dr John Sentamu, Archbishop of York

Marjorie DOBSONMulti-Coloured Maze

Many are finding a more rewarding and truthful approach to worship and to private devotion amid the contradictions of contemporary living through the remarkable prayers, blessings, hymns, drama and poems by Marjorie Dobson, gathered together in Multi-Coloured Maze. The pattern of the book finds a place for material exploring a diversity of topics, such as childbirth, teenagers, creativity, women in the Bible, marriage and the breakdown of marriage, cot death, retirement, Alzheimer’s, HIV and AIDS, bereavement, greed, working, worshipping, globalisation, healing and the Spirit, summed up in the final item of the collection, the hymn God the Weaver. B882 978 0 85249 882 8 £14.25

For author profile, please see overleaf.

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every generation and translated into a flexible collection of words and music suitable for a variety of practical needs.

Music EditionB819 978 0 85249 819 4 £8.75Words EditionB820 978 0 85249 820 0 £1.65

Sound BytesEdited by Andrew Pratt

Launched in Liverpool to great critical acclaim, Sound Bytes is a major collection of songs for children aged 8 and over, intended to enrich collective worship in schools, church and junior church in the context of today’s vibrant multi-cultural world. Sound Bytes comes from the same stable as Big Blue Planet and bursts with possibilities. Drawing on a rich diversity of contemporary musical styles, the 94 songs in this collection cover a multitude of topics, from Islam and Easter to mobile phones and the Internet. The title Sound Bytes refers to the unique ‘byte’ that accompanies each song, a pithy summary defining its subject matter and any biblical reference, and forming part of a linking narrative that unites the book’s many themes into one contemporary story. Used together, ‘bytes’ and narrative become a highly practical tool enabling teachers and worship leaders to find a

wealth of material relating to a variety of situations, and the fast and efficient means to introduce it into worship.Music Edition B856 978 0 85249 856 9 £14.25Words EditionB857 978 0 85249 857 6 £2.70

As well as offering up a song for almost any theme you may be planning, the book bursts with creativity; music and words are enormously varied in their style, but the quality is consistently high ...

Steve PearceTOGETHER WITH CHILDREN

A CD containing 20 songs from Sound Bytes is also available. Included is the Easter Calypso, Small things count, Look beyond where laser beams, the Sound Bytes Rap, Rocky Wocky Soil – the fun retelling of the Parable of the Sower – as well as the ever-popular One More Step.CD CX2 £7.99 (inc. VAT)

Story SongEdited by Alan Luff and Don Pickard

Story Song is a collection of songs: one hundred of them, each, in some way, telling of God and the world, in words and music. The pieces are in many styles, formal and informal, and in this they reflect the nature of song in and around the Church today. Some tell a story or refer to moments or people in stories; others are based on things famous people said or well-known incidents in their lives; yet others are the sort of stories that happen to anyone and everyone – what might be called ‘the human story’. And since it is a book for the Church – but not to be used only in church! – many of the stories are connected with Jesus.B817 978 0 85249 817 0 £9.50

Hymns of Hope and HealingWords and music to refresh the church’s ministry of healingEdited by Jan Berry and Andrew Pratt with Janet Eldred and Anne Sardeson

Acknowledging the impact of medical science in vastly expanding the range of the possible in every aspect of our living and dying, eighty-three new hymns plus twelve short texts to be used in conjunction with prayer tackle a rich diversity of themes: infant death, illness and suffering, ageing and dementia, the genome, mortality and bereavement, grief and lament, pain and despair, wisdom and resilience, and healing both as part of a spiritual holism of mind and body and a metaphor for social and political justice and care for the environment. A fruitful collaboration of theologians, writers and musicians working at the retreat and therapeutic centre of Holy Rood House in Yorkshire, this collection articulates the needs of a contemporary ministry of healing, and as a vehicle for worship and reflection will prove of immense value for those involved in chaplaincy, in therapies and counselling, and all in the wider church with an interest in this ancient calling. B954 978 0 85249 954 2 £12.50

Reflecting PraiseEdited by June Boyce-Tillman and Janet WoottonReflecting Praise is a major hymnbook for all those concerned with women’s contribution to today’s church. The emphasis is on women’s creativity as poets and musicians rediscovered from

Marjorie Dobson

The vitality and relevance found in Marjorie Dobson’s writings are borne of a practical gift for inspiring worship, whether in the youth groups with which she has worked, or in broadcasting where she cut her teeth as a writer. She was raised in the mining area of County Durham, and called to be a Methodist Local Preacher at the age of twenty. Her vocation grew slowly yet steadily, uncovering in the process a strongly dramatic sense animating not only her set-piece monologues and entertainments, but also her hymns, meditations, prayers and poems. She links themes from modern living with the experiences of her own life, mixing insights of joy and sadness with a compelling sense of humour to celebrate a God ‘who will not always give us a straight answer, but will weave the pattern and pull together the strands that make up the tapestry of our lives.’

Hymns of Hopeand Healing

Words and music to refresh the church’s ministry of healing

Edited by Jan Berry & Andrew Prattwith

Janet Eldred & Anne Sardeson

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Writing has been a lifelong passion for Janet Wootton, from academic books and articles to worship material, poems and hymnody. Her hymns are widely represented in denominational collections, and as a mentor as generous with her time as with her gifts, she has encouraged and nurtured the talent of many other writers, through her work since 1993 as editor of Worship Live and, since 2003, as Director of Learning for the Congregational Federation.

Born in 1952, she heard the call to ministry aged 13, during a sermon given by her lay-preacher father, a calling she approached by way of a first-class honours degree in Classics (Greats) at St Hilda’s College, Oxford, and studies at Oxford’s Mansfield College. Her PhD from King’s College, London, compared John Scotus Eriugena with Alfred North Whitehead. Matching academic achievement with practical accomplishment, she was for seventeen years minister of Islington’s Union Chapel, a remarkable Victorian building which under her dynamic stewardship was transformed into a wide-ranging community and arts space.

Janet Wootton has travelled widely as President of the Congregational Federation and Moderator of the Churches’ Commission on Mission and of the International Congregational Federation. She has also chaired various committees on mission, worship development and community development. She was founder-co-chair of the International Congregational Theological Commission, which, among other things, publishes the International Congregational Journal. As well as editing the ICJ, Janet is on the editorial team for the journal Feminist Theology, and has been involved in the production of various hymn resources, including Hymns & Psalms, Reflecting Praise and Peculiar Honours.

Touching the Pulse:Anthologies for Use in WorshipWorship and Where We LiveEdited by Sandy WilliamsThe first of three anthologies in the Touching the Pulse series, Worship and Where We Live questions the assumptions we all bring to the ‘where’ and ‘how’ of the lives of others. The editor’s hope is that within the context of Christian worship, people will be helped to understand the life-situations of those whose experiences and emotions are different from their own – in effect, to see the world through the eyes of other Christians.B830 978 0 85249 830 9 £8.00

Worship and Where We WorkEdited by Bernard BraleyBernard Braley’s fascinating anthology begins with the biblical premise, from Micah, that we are required to offer our work itself as living worship and living prayer. To this is added Teilhard de Chardin’s profound insight that in the work of the spirit, conducted through an individual’s profession or vocation, lies ‘the very bonework of society’. A wealth of quotations, extracts, prayers, poems, hymns and interviews challenges both Christian and secular interpretations of work, at a time when changes wrought by new technology are daily transforming our fundamental concepts of human labour.B831 978 0 85249 831 6 £8.00

Worship and Our Diverse WorldEdited by Leslie GriffithsDrawing on his unique experience of the Church’s role overseas, Leslie Griffiths has collected an invaluable anthology of international writings, to inspire and stimulate all who seek a greater understanding of the Christian mission and experience worldwide. Contributions are drawn from such diverse countries as Serbia and Guatemala, Thailand and East Timor. Leslie Griffiths is a former President of the Methodist Church, and has been a frequent broadcaster. He has pastoral charge and is Superintendent Minister of Wesley’s Chapel in the City Road, London. He has intimate knowledge of Cuba, its regime and its people.B832 978 0 85249 832 3 £8.00

Janet Wootton

Janet WOOTTONEagles’ Wings and Lesser ThingsPowerfully connecting life and worship in hymns, prayers and liturgies, Eagles’ Wings and Lesser Things is an inspiring collection of searching texts rooted in the pressing social and theological questions of our time. The five sections – The Image of God, Jesus, People, Church and The World – revisit tradition with deep understanding, and with a creative relevance for the present and the future inseparable from the wide experience and compelling enthusiasm of the author.B896 978 0 85249 896 5 £11.50

This hugely important collection of hymns, prayers and liturgies ... helps us to become involved. Go for it, buy it, give it away, and above all, use it.

Geoffrey Duncan

The book draws on many sources and is a wonderful treasury of material, ideas, and inspiration. It helps us to free ourselves to

worship in new ways and with renewed language and images. Many people will find it invaluable. Jean Mayland

Janet Wootton brings a fresh ear, a woman’s experience, expansive theology, liturgical wisdom, an enquiring faith, and a keen mind to the hymn-poet’s craft. She’s one of the select few of whom a potential reader says not, ‘Hmm, I wonder’ but ‘Yes, I want to see this – and sing it.’

Brian Wren

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Songbooks and CDs

Sydney Carter

Sydney CARTERIn the Present Tense Songs for unison singing with optional guitar or piano

Book 1: 18 songs including ‘Standing in the rain’25068 £6.50

Book 2: 17 songs including ‘Lord of the Dance’25075 £6.50

Book 3: 19 songs including ‘When I needed a neighbour’25078 £6.50

Book 4: 16 songs including ‘One more step’B098 £6.50

Book 5: 13 songs including ‘Carol of the creatures’B500 £6.50

Sydney Carter’s Lord of the Dance CD and Songbook

‘Dance defied gravity, just as Sydney Carter’s songs defy us to rise above the muddled, earthbound limits of our thinking and see the world with the unencumbered vision of a soaring bird. I got to know them as I made my way through the London traffic, strap-hanging in the underground or feeling defeated in a traffic jam. I was always late so in my rushed mornings it was either cleanliness or godliness – a shower or prayers, not both. I solved my problem with a shower at home and singing my morning prayers en route. I did this by humming Sydney’s songs, especially One More Step because that said it all. It was so simple yet it answered my needs – and it was fun!’ Rabbi Lionel Blue

Sydney Carter’s Lord of the Dance CD is a ‘concept’ album, taking many of his songs out of the realms of the folk idiom into a whole new dimension, and combining them with several of his poems. ‘Run the Film Backwards’ is spoken by Sydney himself. Among the tracks are Judas and Mary, One More Step, Bird of Heaven, Shake and Shiver and, of course, Lord of the Dance. Performers include The Swingle Singers, Sarah-Jane Morris, Matt Redman, Martin Joseph and Why? The items are included in the songbook of the same title, with several of the songs supplemented by Sydney’s own commentary. The cover portrait was painted by Hans Schwarz and was given to Sydney by his many friends to celebrate his 80th birthday in 1995.

CD CD0087 £10.25 (inc. VAT)Songbook B855 978 0 85249 855 2 £8.00

See facing page for Franciscus Henri’s CD Nothing Fixed or Final. For Sydney’s poetry collection The Two-Way Clock , please see p.15. Arrangements of some of Sydney’s songs may be found on p.13.

The genius of Sydney Carter (1915–2004) uniquely contributed to the history of 20th-century popular culture, with a radical vision of one man’s theology that continues to speak boldly to millions through the medium of contemporary yet timeless songs. At least three of them, Lord of the Dance, One More Step, and When I Needed a Neighbour, have impressed themselves in countless hearts and minds as modern anthems, their perfect union of the simple and the profound being ideally suited not only to be sung at weddings, funerals and school assemblies, but also for private reflection. Indeed, as Carter’s friend Rabbi Lionel Blue observed, Carter’s songs have the status of psalms for today, the testament of a free-thinking spirit whose theology was always to question and to doubt, in ways that also reflected broader 20th-century currents of approaches to belief and faith. He himself declared that ‘they are songs which can be sung in a Christian context, but they all had to mean something to me because I was often on the edge of not believing.’

A historian by training – he read history at Balliol College, Oxford, after attending a council school in Islington and Christ’s Hospital School, Horsham – Sydney Carter dreamed of becoming a film producer or painter, but instead found his vocation through a passionate involvement in the folk revival that followed the Second World War. A stylish and idiosyncratic performer, he progressed from humble beginnings in pubs and clubs in the 1950s to singing alongside such luminaries as Martin Carthy, Ewan MacColl, Pete Seeger and Judy Collins, while producing material for London revues and for Flanders and Swann. A poet, a sceptic and an iconoclast, in the 1960s he also played his part in the controversial satire boom epitomised in the ground-breaking TV programme That Was the Week That Was, to which he contributed.

Suffering in old age from Alzheimer’s disease, Sydney Carter retained a thread of contact with reality through his lyrics, which he continued to recognise and sing with Lionel Blue. His spirit will likewise live on in words and music for forthcoming generations, as a dream of the general dance in which doubts are reconciled and hope renewed in a powerful affirmation of the future.

In the present tense Songs of Sydney Carter Book 1

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Songs and poems by Sydney Carter available from Stainer & Bell:

In the Present Tense Book 1 25068 Songs

In the Present Tense Book 2 25075 Songs

In the Present Tense Book 3 25078 Songs

In the Present Tense Book 4 B098 Songs

In the Present Tense Book 5 B500 Songs

Lord of the Dance CD0087 CD containing 26 songs and poems performed by artists including Sarah-Jane Morris, Why?, Norma Winstone, The Kingdom Choir, Martyn Joseph, Whirling Pope Joan, Matt Redman, Ian Shaw, Isla Blair, Carrie and David Grant, The Swingle Singers and Sydney Carter

Lord of the Dance B855 Songs and poems as featured on the above CD with accompanying notes

Nothing Fixed or Final CD0092 CD containing 26 songs and poems performed and produced by Franciscus Henri (UK and Europe only)

The Two-Way Clock B287 Poems

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and it is likely he wouldn’t have minded too much. Franciscus Henri knew the songs on this CD forty years ago. In 1972 he was chosen accompanist on Sydney’s tour of Australia. These songs are part of the performer’s continuing journey.Tracks include Shake and Shiver, Julian of Norwich, Bird of Heaven, Come Holy Harlequin and Lord of the Dance.Australian import CDCD0092 £14.70 (inc. VAT)

celebrated and pursued, wherever the love of Christ endures in human affairs.Songbook Y265 £5.50CD CD0094 £10.25 (inc. VAT)

ReachFourteen Songs to words by Fred Kaan, Andrew Pratt and Peter Sharrocks

Peter Sharrocks’s third collection of songs includes settings of Fred Kaan’s much-loved ‘Break not the circle’, eight songs to words by Andrew Pratt, including ‘On the sidewalk’, which highlights the relation of rich and poor on our city streets, as well as five songs with texts by Peter himself. The CD additionally contains his setting of Kaan’s ‘Almond blossom – sign of life’.Songbook Y264 £5.50CD CD0095 £10.25 (inc. VAT)

Peter SHARROCKSDangerous LoveFifteen Songs

The contents of this collection explore the connections between Jesus of Nazareth and the lives we live, encounters between Jesus and our world premised on a dangerous love which both captures and frees the human spirit.Songbook Y263 £5.50CD CD0093 £10.25 (inc. VAT)

Roots and Wings:Songs of Hope in a Troubled WorldThirteen Songs to words by Fred Kaan, Andrew Pratt and Peter SharrocksA collection of songs around the theme of hope. Most of the songs reflect a life lived in the belief that God is with us, and at work among us. The writer finds hope wherever an inclusive lifestyle is being

Susan HEAFIELD and BRIAN WRENWith We can be Messengers and Tell the Good News! Brian Wren, long recognised as one of the finest English hymnwriters of our time (see pp.5–6), ventured into the world of worship songs and, with his partner-in-marriage Susan Heafield, produced two books and accompanying CDs exploring this genre. Specially imported from the USA.

Volume One: We can be MessengersWorship Songs: Christmas, Before and AfterFifteen songs covering the Christian seasons from Advent to Epiphany.Songbook PP001 £10.50CD PP002 £12.60 (inc. VAT)

Volume Two: Tell the Good News!Worship Songs: Easter, Before and After Twenty-six songs centred around Easter, grouped under the headings ‘Gathering Songs’, ‘Following Jesus Christ’, ‘In the Power of the Spirit’ and ‘Trinity Praise’.Songbook PP003 £10.50CD PP004 £12.60 (inc. VAT)

Franciscus HENRINothing Fixed or FinalSongs and Poems by Sydney CarterWhen Sydney Carter died in March 2004, his obituary in The Guardian anointed him ‘folk poet, holy sceptic, and iconoclastic theologian’. The man who once called himself ‘God’s loyal opposition’ might have thought that a bit excessive, but there is some truth there

Peter SharrocksPeter Sharrocks describes himself as a preacher with a guitar, and composing and performing music in ways drawn from his lifelong involvement in its practical aspects has been an essential part of his ministry. Folk, skiffle, traditional jazz, plus the songwriting and hymnwriting upheavals of the 1960s and beyond inspire his writing, which he describes as being for worship, but with strong links to context. ‘Elements of the folksong broadside and references to the Good News of the gospel season my work. Believing in a Go-Between God, I seek to write ‘go-between songs’. Sydney Carter, with his genius for articulating an exploratory theology with folk music and lyrical imagery, is probably my mentor.’

Ruthie THOMASYou Can’t Keep a Good Song DownEleven Songs to warm the heart and praise the LordThe words and music of Ruthie Thomas proclaim the power of Christ in our world, through a distinctive voice and vision which blends African-Caribbean, jazz, soul and calypso styles. Singing in her father’s Pentecostal Church was an important part of Ruthie’s childhood, preparing the ground for her vocation to offer the Lord’s praises through her very special gifts as performer and songwriter. Her message flows from the heart, affirming the good tidings of faith and of the Bible as balm and inspiration for all believers.Y330 £4.75

Ruthie Thomas

YOU CAN’T KEEP A GOOD SONG DOWN

Eleven songs to warm the heart and praise the Lord

Stainer & Bell

1 The Song of Boaz .. .. .. .. .. .. 1 2 Song of the Robin .. .. .. .. .. .. 2 3 Something in Me .. .. .. .. .. 4 4 Oh Mary where is your baby .. .. .. .. 6 5 You can’t keep a good song down .. .. .. 7 6 Jesus Loves Forever .. .. .. .. .. 8 7 The Cross is raised .. .. .. .. .. 10 8 Come ye to the waters .. .. .. .. .. 12 9 He is the song in my heart .. .. .. .. 13 10 Keep your eyes on the sun .. .. .. .. 14 11 Blow that silver trumpet, Gabriel! .. .. .. 15

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Choral MusicA few highlights from Stainer & Bell’s choral catalogue, which features anthems and services, more music for Christmas and other festivals and seasons, and editions of the English choral classics.

Anthologies

32 Galliard Carols for ChristmasEdited by June Boyce-Tillman, Bernard Braley and Allen Percival

A collection of carols drawn from a variety of traditions and periods, from the fifteenth century to the present. All carols by individual composers are printed in their original form. The medieval carols are based on John Stevens’s transcriptions in his famous Musica Britannica volume. Traditional tunes have been arranged to be sung with keyboard or guitar, by solo voices or groups of any vocal combination. Many have optional parts for instruments, singing descants or vocal backing for a soloist. For a list of contents, send for information sheet CON 21A or visit our website.B495 978 0 85249 495 0 £6.50

32 Galliard SpiritualsCompiled by June Boyce-Tillman

The songs in this collection are a vital part of the record of how the Negro community thought, felt and managed to survive in 18th-century Maryland and 19th-century Louisiana, buoyed on the same hope of ‘freedom’ still echoed in Dr Martin Luther King’s famous ‘I have a dream’ speech. The songs are not only history but are also amongst the most moving and beautiful of all Western songs in their poetry and in their simple, direct melody ... and above all in their freedom to sing rhythm against a steady beat. For a list of contents, send for information sheet CON 156 or visit our website.B587 978 0 85249 587 2 £7.00

Christmas is ComingA collection of carols for Advent and Christmas composed, arranged and edited by Nicholas Temperley

Nicholas Temperley’s Christmas is Coming is an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich their seasonal repertoire for concerts, churches and traditional Yuletide carolling. There are 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present, compiled by a leading authority on English music who has also been a lifelong carol-singer, composer and editor. Rather than duplicating what can be found elsewhere, Christmas is Coming brings its own character and purpose to seasonal celebrations. A practical anthology for even the most modest mixed group of carollers, its fresh arrangements include carols from Austria, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland and the USA, and there are notes on performance and historical background, with suggested programmes and translations. For a list of contents, send for information sheet CON 239 or visit our website.D96 £11.45

Invitation to Medieval Music Book 6: Medieval CarolsEdited by John Stevens

16 carols from the Middle Ages, for 1–3 voices and selected from Volume 4 of Musica Britannica. For a list of contents, send for CON 20 or visit our website.B326 978 0 85249 326 7 £6.25

Sing We Merrily:Music for Eighteenth-Century English ChoirsEdited by Nicholas Temperley and Sally Drage

A collection of great historical interest, this practical anthology of anthems will appeal to West Gallery and Sacred Harp groups, as well as to church choirs both in Britain and America wishing to add an authentic and colourful strand of music to their worship. The contents are drawn from the definitive collection of this repertoire, Musica Britannica Vol. 85, Eighteenth-Century Psalmody, with keyboard reductions and a comprehensive note on performance also included. For a list of contents, send for information sheet ASK 129 or visit our website.D93 £11.45

Ralph VAUGHAN WILLIAMSTwelve Traditional Carols from Herefordshire

First published in 1920, in the same year as The Lark Ascending, the Twelve Traditional Carols from Herefordshire was the last major anthology of folksong arrangements by Vaughan Williams to be published during the composer’s lifetime. This practical new edition of a long unavailable work presents the items arranged both as solo songs and for SATB choir, with an authoritative commentary by Roy Palmer, who was a leading expert on the history of English folk song. For a list of contents, send for information sheet CON 243 or visit our website.D97 £8.00

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Individual pieces

Sydney CARTERCarol of the Universe(Every star shall sing a carol)SS (or A) and pianoW148 £2.30

Lord of the DanceUnison voices and organ or pianoA straightforward setting of the words and music for a variety of uses including schools and places of worship.20904 £1.90

SAB or SATB with organ or electronic keyboards (arr. John Ferguson)W186 £2.80

SATB, S solo and organ(arr. Ashley Grote)This recent arrangement captures the energy of the words and music in a modern style that reflects the appeal of the piece for contemporary audiences. W228 £2.80

SATB and piano (arr. John Rutter)W206 £2.80

Unison voices (with optional descant) and piano (arr. John Rutter)W202 £2.80

These vocal scores for John Rutter’s arrangement of Sydney Carter’s Lord of the Dance may be used for performance of the work either with piano accompaniment or in an orchestral version, for which material is available for rental from the publishers. The internationally recognised composer and arranger has captured each changing mood of this much-loved song in a colourful and dramatic adaptation.

SATB unaccompanied(arr. David Willcocks)W169 £2.80

Multi-purpose versionThis version can be played and sung by any number of voices or instruments: unison, SA, SAB, SATB, backing group, and speech-singers; treble melody instruments, bass instruments, guitar, accordion, piano, organ or harpSS66 £3.15

One more stepUnison and keyboard (arr. Craig McLeish)Featured on the CD Sydney Carter’s Lord of the Dance (see p.10), this arrangement adds cheeky reggae rhythms to this much-loved song, with accompaniment from acoustic or electronic keyboard.W203 £2.30

SSA and optional pianoW151 £1.90

Paul BOOTHWhen God made the Garden of CreationUnison, Piano and Guitar F005 £2.40

Sydney CARTERLord of the DanceVocal, Piano and Guitar F001 £2.64One More StepVocal, Piano and Guitar F004 £2.40When I needed a NeighbourVocal, Piano and Guitar F006 £2.40

Cyril G. HAMBLYAdvent AcrosticUnison and Piano F003 £2.40

John IRELANDThe Lord is my ShepherdUnaccompanied Solo Voice (supplied in four keys) F008 £3.00

David PHILLIPS (with words by Brian MILSOM)When the frost turns the berries redUnison and Piano F002 £2.40

Ruthie THOMASCome and let me sing for youVocal and Guitar F009 £2.40Do you believe in JesusVocal and Guitar F010 £2.40If you come to JesusVocal and Guitar F011 £2.40I’ll Be SingingVocal and Guitar F012 £2.40Sweet Peace, like a riverVocal and Guitar F013 £2.40

Digital DownloadsThe following songs are available for immediate download from the Stainer & Bell website at www.stainer.co.uk/category/religious/downloads. Each piece is supplied as an Adobe PDF file and is sold under the terms of a personal use licence. You will need PDF reading software such as the free Adobe Acrobat Reader to view or print the file. Prices include VAT.

COLEMAN, T. BrianAs water to the thirstyText by Timothy Dudley-Smith. SATB and organ or piano (arr. John Barnard) W221 £1.90

DAVIES, WalfordA Hymn for the Nation(It is God who holds the nations in the hollow of his hand)Text by Fred Pratt Green. SATB and organ (arr. Peter Cutts) W209 £2.30

MOONEY, David (arr.)Lord of the Dancing DaySydney Carter’s Lord of the Dance and the traditional English carol My Dancing Day arranged together for SATB chorus, harp or keyboard, flute or piccolo, violin and optional percussionScore W210 £2.80Set of Parts W210A £3.75

Lord of the Dancing Day has been recorded on the album Cór, available on the Arsis label (www.arsisaudio.com).

PERCIVAL, Allen (arr.)A Concert-goer’s CarolA humorous song with special appeal to music lovers. Text by Fred Pratt Green.SA or TB and piano or organW108 £2.30SATB unaccompaniedW109 £2.15

Carol for ChristingleText by Fred Pratt GreenSS and optional pianoW110 £1.90

The Donkey’s CarolText by Fred Pratt GreenSSA and pianoW146 £2.60

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PDF Version Single PDF Print Version (up to 35 copies) (inspection copy) (per copy)BAIGENT, BertieAn Echo from Willow-Wood. SATB unaccompanied CN19 £17.50 CN19S £2.00 CN19P £2.50

BORDOLI, SamuelAlmighty and everlasting God. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN22 £17.50 CN22S £2.00 CN22P £2.25Fire, Silver, Gold. SATB unaccompanied CN21 £17.50 CN21S £2.00 CN21P £2.50

BULLEN, RichardThe Oxen. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN26 £17.50 CN26S £2.00 CN26P £2.50The Seven Arches. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN16 £17.50 CN16S £2.00 CN16P £2.75

CORP, RonaldCrux fidelis. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN18 £17.50 CN18S £2.00 CN18P £2.00Never weather-beaten sail. SATB unaccompanied CN12 £17.50 CN12S £2.00 CN12P £2.00

FOGGITT, PeterA Christmas Lullaby. SATB and piano or organ CN9 £17.50 CN9S £2.00 CN9P £2.25As I rode out. SATB unaccompanied CN2 £17.50 CN2S £2.00 CN2P £2.25From heaven on high the angels sing. SATB and organ or piano (with divisions) CN7 £17.50 CN7S £2.00 CN7P £2.50

HALL, AlexA Grace. SAATB unaccompanied CN10 £17.50 CN10S £2.00 CN10P £2.00Lullaby for Matthew. Unison and piano CN6 £17.50 CN6S £2.00 CN6P £2.00

JOLLIFFE, EdmundChristus natus hodie. Trebles (3-part) and piano CN13 £17.50 CN13S £2.00 CN13P £2.50 Follow the star. Unison trebles and piano CN15 £17.50 CN15S £2.00 CN15P £2.25 I will lay me down in peace. SATB and piano CN14 £17.50 CN14S £2.00 CN14P £2.50 Lux aeterna. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN8 £17.50 CN8S £2.00 CN8P £2.50 Sweet stay awhile. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN11 £17.50 CN11S £2.00 CN11P £2.25

MARTIN, BarnabyVidentes stellam. SATB and organ CN17 £17.50 CN17S £2.00 CN17P £2.25

MOORE, PhilipAn Evening Hymn. SATB and organ CN3 £17.50 CN3S £2.00 CN3P £2.25

PEIRSON, RichardHe wishes for the cloths of heaven. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN1 £17.50 CN1S £2.00 CN1P £2.00

RANDLE, RhiannonIf. SSAATTBB unaccompanied (Publication 2018) CN24 £17.50 CN24S £2.00 CN24P £3.25Like a Singing Bird. SSAA unaccompanied (with solos) CN23 £17.50 CN23S £2.00 CN23P £2.25On Life’s Dividing Sea. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN20 £17.50 CN20S £2.00 CN20P £2.50

SAMUEL, RhianLove bade me welcome. SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN5 £17.50 CN5S £2.00 CN5P £2.25

WOODGATES, BenjaminPsalm 67. Soprano and baritone (or tenor) solos and SATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN25 £17.50 CN25S £2.00 CN25P £2.00Set me as a seal upon thine heart. SSATB unaccompanied (with divisions) CN4 £17.50 CN4S £2.00 CN4P £2.25

Choral Now is a dynamic new choral series. The project brings some of the most vital new talent in contemporary choral composition to Stainer & Bell’s historic catalogue of music for voices. There are works by Bertie Baigent, Samuel Bordoli, Richard Bullen, Ronald Corp, Peter Foggitt, Alex Hall, Edmund Jolliffe, Barnaby Martin, Philip Moore, Richard Peirson, Rhiannon Randle, Rhian Samuel and Benjamin Woodgates in an exciting range of categories to entertain, challenge and inspire – with the promise of outstanding additions to come.

Choral Now pieces are available to purchase either as print publications or as emailed PDF files, which are sold with a licence for printing up to 35 copies (or multiples thereof by the purchase of additional licences) for use by your choir. Single inspection copies are also available for immediate download. All the works may be viewed online in their entirety and purchased through the secure Stainer & Bell online shop at www.stainer.co.uk/choralnow, which gives full details of each title together with composer profiles. All prices stated include VAT where applicable.

The following titles are currently available:

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BooksPoetry

Sydney CARTERThe Two-Way Clock

This volume contains Sydney’s poetry collections Nothing Fixed or Final, Love More or Less and The Feel of Wood, as well as a previously unpublished poem. Some will take pleasure in the Housman influence in the 107 poems. All can enjoy their language and ideas.B287 978 0 85249 287 1 £7.75

Fred Pratt GREENThe Last Lap

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 donated to the Methodist Homes for the Aged.B807 978 0 85249 807 1 £6.25

Biographies

Bernard BRALEYHymnwriters 1The first volume in a series telling in depth the life stories of some great hymnwriters. The stories can easily be turned into occasional performances of hymns with interspersed readings. There are numerous quotations helpful

to this end. The volume covers Thomas Ken, Reginald Heber, John Ellerton and William Walsham How. The book is full of the unexpected and makes a delightful gift.Hardback B667 978 0 85249 667 1 £12.50

We have come to associate a special combination of lively style and meticulous research with the writings of Bernard Braley. In this first volume on hymnwriters we are not disappointed.

THE LOCAL PREACHERS’ MAGAZINE

Mr Braley’s biographical method is highly original – so far as I know unique – but carefully contrived to suit the nature of his subjects. His unorthodox method helps to make these men new to us, and powerfully to promote in us a sense of fellowship with them.

THE HYMN SOCIETY BULLETIN

Hymnwriters 2

The second volume of the series includes Henry Baker, Albert Bayly, James Montgomery and John Newton.HardbackB763 978 0 85249 763 0 £12.50PaperbackB764 978 0 85249 764 7 £9.75

Hymn lovers will wish to congratulate Bernard Braley on his successful production of ‘Hymnwriters 2’, the second volume of biographical material of distinguished authors of hymns. The dust jacket tells us that ‘this book is first of all just to be enjoyed for the reading of it’ and without doubt much enjoyment is offered to the reader.

THE HYMN SOCIETY BULLETIN

Hymnwriters 3

This volume covers the lives of George Herbert, the 17th-century religious poet and parson; Edward Plumptre, the 19th-century educationalist and theologian who became Dean of Wells Cathedral; Robert Bridges, medical man, precentor in a village church, Poet Laureate and eccentric; and Fred Pratt Green, who took up hymnwriting seriously at an age when many retire, and whose 20th- century hymns are now sung across the world.HardbackB789 978 0 85249 789 0 £12.50PaperbackB790 978 0 85249 790 6 £9.75

Anybody interested in the hymnology/poetry of all the people covered in this finely produced book should add it to their library. LIBRARIANS’ CHRISTIAN

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Serving God and God’s CreaturesA Memorial Volume to Celebrate the Life of Fred Pratt Green

After Fred Pratt Green’s death in 2000, his friend and publisher Bernard Braley compiled a memorial volume using scrapbooks, diaries and photograph albums as source material. Serving God and God’s Creatures traces Fred’s life from his early years in Lancashire to his legacy in the form of The Pratt Green Trust. The book includes many poems and hymns not published in other sources. With over 60 photographs and illustrations, many in colour, this book is a must for all those who have admired and been inspired by Fred’s hymns.B865 978 0 85249 865 1 £13.00

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tradition of interplay with extraneous musical material. The author explores the often surprisingly ingenious ways in which secular music has, since the beginnings of the English church, been appropriated as music for worship – often with controversial results.B784 978 0 85249 784 5 £11.45

Peter BUCKNELLEntertainment and Ritual

The skill of the designer, the wide knowledge of the historian of drama and the practical experience of the director come together in this book, in which the author draws the story of early dramatic presentation from the early Middle Ages to the Elizabethan theatre, tracing its origins in entertainment and ritual, sacred and secular. A book for anyone with a love of the theatre.B444 978 0 85249 444 8 £13.25

Alan LUFFWelsh Hymns and their Tunes

The Welsh are proud of their hymns, and their tunes fascinate much of the hymn-singing world outside Wales. Alan Luff, former Precentor at Westminster Abbey and a respected consultant on church music of all kinds, has put the fruits of ten years’ service in North Wales into this work of wide and sensitive scholarship. The hymns are not only considered in great detail, but also placed within the broader historical context of Welsh culture and Christianity, making this the definitive study of the subject.B799 978 0 85249 799 9 £12.25

A. Herbert BREWERMemories of Choirs and CloistersEdited by John Morehen

Organist of Gloucester Cathedral from 1896 till his death in 1928, as well as composer, choir-trainer, adjudicator and teacher, Sir Herbert Brewer was involved for over three decades with the Three Choirs Festival, and his Memories of Choirs and Cloisters offers a vivid account of the planning and execution of the festivals in that time, those at Gloucester in particular. Robert Bridges, Elgar, Glazunov, Rider Haggard, Parry, Quiller-Couch, Ravel, Saint-Saëns and Sibelius all feature in Brewer’s recollections, newly edited with a wealth of enlightening detail to give historical context for the modern reader.B946 978 0 85249 946 7 £14.99

Adrienne TINDALLEncounter with Erik Routley

An indexed primary source book containing letters from one of the foremost hymnologists of the late twentieth century. Routley at his friendliest, sharing his love of hymns; his profound knowledge of the field; his talent; and his delightful humour. Compiled by Adrienne Tindall and published by Darcey Press, this book has been specially imported from the USA to enable readers in Erik Routley’s homeland to benefit from his expertise.DP17 £15.00

Gillian WARSONHealing the Nations:Fred Kaan – the Man and his HymnsNo hymnwriter participated as centrally as did Fred Kaan in the events shaping the life of the Christian churches: from a childhood under Nazi occupation in Holland to poet of the Christian

anti-war movement, from British Congregationalist pastor writing hymns to send his Sunday parish into their worldly life, to Geneva-based ecumenical officer helping Asian Christians create an English version for their indigenous new songs of faith. We must all be grateful to author Gillian R. Warson, who has taken up this fascinating story, and given us a book that is a must-read for all of us who care about Christian life and witness in our global, interfaith world.B889 978 0 85249 889 7 £11.00

Carlton R. YOUNGMusic of the Heart: John and Charles Wesley on Music and MusiciansWith a Preface by Richard Watson

The achievement of John and Charles Wesley in establishing the foundations of Methodist music has been largely unexplored – until now. Carlton R. Young, one of the leading scholars in the field, explains the theological background to the vast hymnic repertoire the brothers created, and the history behind such classic 18th-century tune books as the Foundry Collection of 1742 and Sacred Harmony of 1780.B826 978 0 85249 826 2 £12.50

Church Music in Context

Judith BLEZZARDBorrowings in English Church Music 1550–1950This book looks at English church music from a unique standpoint. It examines the relationship between English church music and the various types of other music that have influenced its development, revealing a vigorous

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Edmund BANYARD andKATHLEEN JOHNSONOne Friday

This play for Passiontide is built around a character in an unnamed country who is eventually taken for execution. The play relates the events from which the Christian Gospel was born as the Passion narrative is interwoven with the story of our contemporary ‘Tom’. The music can be played on keyboard but is best supplemented with flute and guitar and other improvising instruments. The play runs for about two hours and formed part of a festival of plays presented for a season at London’s Westminster Theatre. A minimum of five male actors and two female singing actors is needed, with opportunity for all the extras available and an on- or off-stage chorus.Dramatic Text B563 £2.95Vocal Score AC82 £11.45Chorus Part B563A £3.75

Edmund BANYARDOne Friday in Eternity

Written for the simplest of dramatic settings, such as a church without scenery but with a cross used as the focus for lighting and action, One Friday in Eternity has proved to be a popular and thought-provoking account of the crucifixion story. Admirers of Edmund Banyard’s full-scale Passiontide play One Friday will welcome the same inspiring treatment of the Easter theme, but on a scale that requires neither elaborate preparation nor a sophisticated stage venue. The text and songs of One Friday in Eternity have been used as part of church services and as a separate dramatic presentation. A minimum of

four players is required, and the duration is approximately 30 minutes.Y138 £4.25

Out of this World

Out of this World begins where One Friday in Eternity ends; these two short dramas can be performed on their own or in sequence, being separate presentations of the two parts of the Easter story, crucifixion and resurrection, that are so skilfully woven as in the narrative of Edmund Banyard’s full-scale religious play, One Friday. Tom, who in the play is a modern-day political prisoner, becomes the Messenger, a man out of time who is witness to Christ’s resurrection and condemned to execution. Topical, yet also concerned with eternal themes, Out of this World can be performed by four readers, players and musicians with a minimum of staging, and is about 30 minutes’ duration.Y139 £4.75

Timothy DUDLEY-SMITHand Derek SCOTTStone on Stone

Stone on Stone is a cantata for two soloists, choir and organ and just about anyone else who can join in. Timothy Dudley-Smith dramatises the theme of the Trinity through a confrontation between the builders of a great church and groups of sceptical bystanders. The music, by former Muppet-Show MD Derek Scott, is continuous, and packed with good tunes. A ‘Searcher of the Soul’ (soprano or tenor) and a ‘Watcher of the Heavens’ (bass) meditate on the inner meaning of events. Different viewpoints are reconciled in the final affirmation ‘A Trinity of Love who reigns alone’, sung congregationally.

Available in vocal score and separate melody edition, this highly accessible piece is guaranteed success whether performed by small groups or a massed gathering of singers.Full Score inc. text W188 £2.80Melody Edition W189 £1.90

Arthur SCHOLEY and Donald SWANNBrendan Ahoy!

This vivid account of the Brendan story can be performed by any combination of children and adults with piano, and is equally suitable for semi-staging cantata style or for a full dramatic production. Words by Arthur Scholey and music by the late Donald Swann tell of the original discovery of America in colourful terms, but with a subtext relating to joy in the created world, and the spiritual hopes and uncertainties relating to any voyage of human discovery. The vocal score provides everything for performance.Vocal Score AC124 £12.00Optional orchestral material is available for rental. HL304

The Song of Caedmon

The well-loved story of the simple, shy cowherd, lay brother in the 7th-century Whitby Abbey, and how he was inspired by a divine vision to become ‘father of religious poetry’, in a musical drama (40 minutes approx.) with beautiful music by Donald Swann. The story is told in dialogue, which can be acted in full costume and adapted to provide several more parts, or simply narrated by one person in the concert version as required. The music is for choir and instruments (piano, recorders, bells as available). The full score contains background notes and production suggestions.Chorus Part B107 £4.75Full Score AC90 £12.00

Religious Drama with Music

ISBN 978 0 85249 107 2ISMN 979 0 2202 1643 5

Text © Copyright 1971 Arthur ScholeyMusic © Copyright 1971 Donald Swann

This selection © Copyright 1971 Stainer & Bell Ltd

All material in this book, text and music, is copyright.Application for performance should be made toStainer & Bell Ltd, PO Box 110, Victoria House,

23 Gruneisen Road, London N3 1DZ.

THESONG OF

CAEDMON

WORDS BYARTHUR SCHOLEY

MUSIC BYDONALD SWANN

This is a performing edition, comprising cues and music for the chorus andinstrumentalists. The full edition (scripts and songs) is available from thePublisher.

The speech just before the music begins is given – if it’s a long speech thebeginning and end are given – so that the chorus and players are ready fortheir music, all of which is given here. There’s an index on the back page.The solo items and the complete piano part are of course in the full edition,which will be needed by Caedmon, the Narrator and the pianist. In the fulledition Donald Swann suggests how performances can be adapted to suitlocal resources.

STAINER & BELLLondon

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HymnQuest

HymnQuest is a unique software program developed by The Pratt Green Trust. It is the most comprehensive software ever published in its field, containing over 44,900 first lines and choruses and the full text of 31,000 hymns and songs from over 500 publications.

HymnQuest provides a fast and intuitive search facility enabling you to find hymns or songs containing any given word or phrase; texts suitable for a particular Bible passage or theme; tunes and metres; authors and composers; and contact details for hundreds of copyright administrators.

There are links to over 1,300 public domain tunes in both Adobe PDF and Sibelius Scorch format, allowing you to listen to, transpose and print the full music for many popular hymns. It is even possible to search for tunes by playing the opening notes on a Virtual Keyboard. We’re told by experts in the field that HymnQuest was the world’s first software to offer this facility!

HymnQuest is available for use on PC or Mac computers in the following editions:

Copyright Licence Users’ Edition (CLUE) Available as an annual subscription to holders of a valid licence from Christian Copyright Licensing Ltd (CCL UK) or Calamus, this version allows printing and copying of almost all 31,000 texts and enables direct export to Microsoft PowerPoint.

£50.00 (inc. VAT) per year

HymnQuest Lite Sold as an annual subscription, this version allows printing and copying of over 10,000 public domain texts and enables direct export to Microsoft PowerPoint. £25.00 (inc. VAT) per year (or £60.00 for a 3-year licence)

HymnQuest MobileHymnQuest Mobile is a free add-on provided to subscribers to either of the other two versions. Accessed through a browser, this Web App contains all of the up-to-date data, in a compact and easily searchable format on your smartphone, tablet or laptop. If you need to look up verses from the vestry or refrains on the train then HymnQuest Mobile is on hand.

For further details and a free 30-day demo, please visit www.hymnquest.com.

Please note: for copyright reasons HymnQuest is currently only available for sale in the UK and Eire.

October 2017