Free Free Accompaniments Online
Jennifer M.
265: http://www.cfboyd.com/page72.html
90: http://www.cfboyd.com/page74.html
199: http://www.cfboyd.com/page84.html
119: http://www.cfboyd.com/page96.html
And the primary song, "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus":
http://www.cfboyd.com/page97.html
I was excited to finally hear a free accompaniment. If you know of any
other sources, I'd love to check them out!
Liz Nelson
Dan Gawthrop
Listers:
I hadn't realized that there would me so much interest in free
accompaniments but since some members have asked for more, I am going to
attach several of my own to this posting.
These vary in difficulty but have all been tried and tested successfully
in my own ward/stake meetings. Some of you may have seen some of these
before--please excuse my dragging them out again!
Best wishes,
Dan Gawthrop
Ward Organist
Shenandoah Valley Ward,
Winchester, Virginia Stake
Robert G. Condie
> > <Come, Come Ye Saints.pdf>
> <Each Life That Touches Ours for Good.pdf>
> <Jesus Once of Humble Birth.pdf>
> <Praise to the Man.pdf>
> <Redeemer of Israel.pdf>
> <Sweet Hour of Prayer.pdf>
Michael & Lorinda LeFevre
Lorinda LeFevre
jeanine Lepinski
Thank you Dan for your free accompaniments. Don't ever apologize for "dragging out beautiful music !" Many of us who haven't been around for very long really appreciate when you do. Otherwise we may not get this wonderful opportunity. Thanks again,
Jeanine Lepinski
From: Dan Gawthrop <Gawt...@DunstanHouse.com>
Reply-To: Learni...@googlegroups.com
To: Learni...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [LearningOrgan] LDS Free Accompaniments
Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2006 19:47:38 -0400
><< Come,ComeYeSaints.pdf >>
><< EachLifeThatTouchesOursforGood.pdf >>
><< JesusOnceofHumbleBirth.pdf >>
><< PraisetotheMan.pdf >>
><< RedeemerofIsrael.pdf >>
><< SweetHourofPrayer.pdf >>
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Jennifer M.
Does anyone know of any free Christmas or Thanksgiving free
accompaniments?
Liz Forsyth
hymns for a regional church music workshop in Fremont, CA. It lists
over 70 LDS hymns by tune names and the corresponding free
accompaniments found in several different collections. I am happy to
share that with anyone who would like a copy. I can email it as an
attachment. In the intervening thirteen-plus years I have added many
books of free accompaniments to my collection. Three that I use
frequently and would recommend are:
Two Hundred Last Verses, by Noel Rawsthorne, pub.Kevin Mayhew
More Last Verses, by Noel Rawsthorne, pub. Kevin Mayhew
Hymn Accompaniments for Congregational Singing, vol. I and II, by Dan
Gawthrop, pub. H.W. Gray
I'm sure many of you already have these, but for the rest of you,
enjoy!
Liz
Christine Rauckis
-Chris Rauckis
crau...@gmail.com
Many years ago I prepared a handout on free accompaniments for LDS
hymns for a regional church music workshop in Fremont, CA. It lists
over 70 LDS hymns by tune names and the corresponding free
accompaniments found in several different collections. I am happy to
share that with anyone who would like a copy. I can email it as an
attachment. In the intervening thirteen-plus years I have added many
books of free accompaniments to my collection. Three that I use
frequently and would recommend are:
Two Hundred Last Verses, by Noel Rawsthorne, pub.Kevin Mayhew
More Last Verses, by Noel Rawsthorne, pub. Kevin Mayhew
Hymn Accompaniments for Congregational Singing, vol. I and II, by Dan
Gawthrop, pub. H.W . Gray
dc
accompaniments (reharmonizations), there is an information sheet on the
Organ Study at BYU website:
www.organ.byu.edu
Click "LDS Organists and Teachers," and then click "Free
Accompaniments." It is a pdf file, readable if you have the free Adobe
Reader installed.
One key point. Free accompaniments can make a very positive
contribution in a church service, but ONLY if the organist, conductor,
and congregation are very well prepared. A free accompaniment that
calls undue attention to itself, an organist who cannot play it
confidently, a congregation that is not sure what to do, or a number of
other factors can distract instead of contribute to the spirit of
worship. This can lead those in charge to ask that they not be used
again.
Happy practicing!
Don Cook
Dan Gawthrop
>
> Thank you Dan for your free accompaniments. Don't ever apologize for
> "dragging out beautiful music !"
>
I appreciate this kind comment, along with many others, more than I can
say. If list members will indulge a brief bit of self-promotion (I
promise not to do it too frequently!) I will direct your attention to a
published work of mine which may also be of interest to LDS organists.
I have recently published a set of four trio preludes on LDS hymn tunes.
These are all ideally suited for use in sacrament meetings, and for
those of you who have students they will also serve as teaching pieces
designed to promote independence of hands and feet. The titles included are:
1. The Morning Breaks, 2. With Humble Heart, 3. Come, Come Ye Saints, 4.
As the Dew from Heaven Distilling
You can order FOUR TRIO PRELUDES (pub. Dunstan House, catalog DH0601)
through your regular music retailer. If they're not familiar with
Dunstan House, tell them that DH is distributed to the retail industry
by ECS Publishing in Boston--most everyone in music retail already knows
E.C. Schirmer.
Meanwhile, if you would like to see/hear these preludes, note that .mp3
recordings and partial .pdf scores are available online for free
download. Simply point your browser at:
Then click on the CATALOG link (after visiting my charming blog!);
Scroll to the very bottom of the catalog page and you will find the
Organ titles in a group. Click on Four Trio Preludes (or anything else
you would like to see/hear) and that will open a descriptor page. On
that page you will find a brief description, links to both .pdf files of
the score and .mp3 files of performances, and even a button which will
take you directly to music retailer J.W. Pepper with the piece you're
examining already in the "order" window! (Our youngest son is a computer
whiz who set up our web pages with lots of clever things like that!)
More advanced players might also want to have a look at "Like A Fire"
which is a toccata based on "The Spirit of God."
Okay, that's the end of the commercial announcement; thanks for your
kind indulgence. In a few more weeks I'll have one other announcement
for you--a new CD of my organ works recorded by concert organist Mary
Mozelle (Associate Organist at the National Presbyterian Church in
Washington, D.C.) on the MSR Classics label. She recorded these pieces
this past Summer in the gorgeous Gothic chapel of Princeton University
on a wonderful four manual organ by the Noel Mander firm from England.
It's lush, colorful, dramatic and exciting. I earn nothing from the
sales of the CD so I don't feel too guilty about announcing it here--I
just hope some of you will share my excitement! Details to follow soon.
And now back to your regularly scheduled chatting!
Dan Gawthrop
Liz Nelson
Ikuko Weller
helpful and it will add on to my collection also. I am woking on the
arrangements and hopefully I could submitt to Sonos or some other
publishers soon. I arranged several and used for the Devotionals here
for BYU-I. I hope this attempt will turn out good. Anyway, thanks for
your help.
Ikuko Weller
Matt Bengtzen
Traffic's on a one mile final, Runway 34R cleared for immediate takeoff!
Rod and Cindy
Cindy
hillr...@comcast.net
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Ikuko Weller
However, I would like to share with all of you the books I have..
David Hegarty Hymn innovations for the organist: Introductions,
Modulations and Free Harmonizations (Lorenz)
Hal Hopson Eleven Free Accompaniments with Descants to familiar hymns
(Harold Flammer)
Gerre Hancock Organ improvisations for hymn - singing I and II
(Hinshaw)...I don't use too much, it is almost like I just have it.
Eric Thiman Varied Harmonizations of Favorite hymn tunes for Organ
(H.W. Gray)...Now this book has more hymn than the book I have.
And sometimes I use the accompaniment part out of choir books like
"Hymnal Plus" and "We'll sing and We'll shout".
I think everyone has some books on their shelf. Let's share!
Have a happy music!
Ikuko Weller
Kathy Fisher
helpful! Thanks for sharing your talents so generously with all of us!
~Kathy Fisher
Kathy Fisher
accompaniments - and thanks for sharing with the rest of us!
~Kathy F.
Steve Estes
Please e-mail the list to me, as well. I might not find anything
within my ability, but I will share it with the other organists in my
stake.
Thanks so much,
Steve Estes
Liz Forsyth
I need your email addresses so that I can send you the FOA list. It's
too large to post here. Your complete email addresses do not show up
on the chat page. Just email me at e_fo...@yahoo.com Thanks.
Before we leave this topic of free organ accompaniments, I wanted to
share a recent and very positive experience. In preparing for the
evening session of stake conference (Philadelphia Stake) I thought it
might be nice to use a free acc. on the last verse of the closing hymn,
"I Know that My Redeemer Lives." I used Gerald Dick's arrangement in
the old Hymn Harmonizations (published before the 1985 Hymnal), making
sure that I had time to practice with the music director before the
meeting. All I can say was, it was the right arrangement at the right
moment for the right congregation. I could feel the surge in singing
power as we began that final verse. The closing prayer was accompanied
by many sniffles from those that had just sung. Many, many people came
up afterwards and said how the music had touched them as they sang.
Ultimately, I feel that is one important part of our callings as
organists. It is to enhance the text; to give the singer a new
experience with the words that perhaps they have been singing wrotely
and without full understanding the last several times they have sung
it. I certainly do not use free accompaniments in every service that I
play. Frequently, a registration change or subtle phrasing to reflect
the text is all that is needed to draw attention to the poetry. If
only one person in the congregation has an "aha!" experience with the
words they are singing, that's OK, that's great. It's our
responsibility to read through every verse of every hymn........and
then get inspired!
Liz
Kathy Fisher
I'd love your handout - my email address is skfi...@yahoo.com
Thanks so much!!! Appreciate it!
~Kathy Fisher
Matt Bengtzen
Thanks!
Eric J. McKirdy
Gary H. Richardson
Thanks, Gary
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Subject: [LearningOrgan] Re: Free Free Accompaniments Online
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Chris Rauckis
Liz, this is the former Sister Trent as Rogersville Branch Organist I have an organ that has a push button options to play a song with one button push! :)I've lost contact (again) with you. I no longer have your correct phone number. I need you to contact me back if you can.Thanks,Sister Stacy Trent Stuart
PS Please disregard this if you did not meet me while on your CSJ Mission.