Lo, How a Rose Eer Blooming - Alto Saxophone

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Close X Learn about Smart Music. In that hymnbook Praetorius published only stanzas 1 and 2. Dresden, Germany, and are possibly from anthem setting published by G. Stanza 3 is a translation by Gracia Grindal b.

Paul, Minnesota, where she has served since as a professor of pastoral theology and communications. From to she was a professor of English and poet-in-residence at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. Hymns, Paraphrases, and Translations Advent and the Christmas season; useful as a response to the Isaiah 11 passage, especially in services of lessons and carols or "carols from many lands. This Advent and Christmas hymn expresses and acknowledges a particular tension we ought to be aware of during the Christmas season.

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Our celebrations of Christmas must always point us to Easter. So too, the season of Advent points us not only to Christmas, but to the second coming of Christ, when He will finally make all things new. This is a beautiful and peaceful hymn, but there is just a touch of melancholy in the tune. Even in the arrangement the composer was able to convey the tension amidst our celebration, the sorrow that must lie within our rejoicing, if only for a moment.

We know what is coming that week before Easter morning, and this should give us reason to pause. This hymn may date back as far as the fifteenth century, though the earliest manuscript was found in St. It was first published with a whopping twenty-three stanzas in Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesange in He then published the hymn with only stanzas one and two and added a harmonization.

The first two verses were translated into English by Theodore Baker around Though it is included in many hymnals, it does not appear to have come from the original text. For a quirky folk version, check out Sufjan Steven's banjo-led recording. Of if you're more a fan of rock and roll, Sting has a very simple rendition featured in his "Life from Durham Cathedral" concert.

There are multiple examples of a capella choral version - in particular the Montverdi Choir's German version. This hymn is perfect for both Advent and Christmas, because it celebrates the birth of Christ but also acknowledges the tension of that birth — Christ was born to bring life out of death. As such, it is fitting for Advent when we wait for the second coming of Christ when He will make all things new. If you can, I would suggest having a choir sing the first verse in German, to express the history of the piece, and then return to the first verse with the congregation in English.

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Pageant of Carols - Ten carol settings for solo Piano. A separate copy of this score must be purchased for each choir member. If this score will be projected or included in a bulletin, usage must be reported to a licensing agent e. Skip to main content. On behalf of the entire Hymnary. Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming. Lo, how a rose e'er blooming Translator: Representative Text 1 Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming From tender stem hath sprung! Song of Solomon 2: The New Century Hymnal FlexScores are available in the Media section below. You have access to this FlexScore. Text size Text size:.

Music size Music size:. This is a preview of your FlexScore. A New Hymnal for Colleges and Schools Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung! Es ist ein' Ros' entsprungen Date: Finally, I added a dash of Cajun spice. OK, I admit it: Julie Andrews was my first screen-love. We would share a chocolate sundae and then cross the Alps arm in arm.

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Later, when I heard John Coltrane's rendition, I mimicked his playing with equal fervor. Now I regularly perform this song at my jazz gigs. Composer and saxophonist Benjamin Boone has written several works for saxophone, including Election Year solo , Squeeze concerto , Alley Dance quartet , Vicissitudes quartet concerto , and the Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano. IV, and the Poetzsch-Boone Duo. Boone currently teaches at the University of Tennessee.

This arrangement of the carol opts for a more reverential, mysterious approach, which is far less likely to result in rug burns. The first noel the angels did say probably would have sounded quite a bit different if those angels had been virtuoso saxophone players. In this version of the overly familiar tune, the angels get to show off their slick technical expertise, with rapid canonic scales and grace notes. Composer Lawrence Dillon earned his doctorate at The Juilliard School, winning several scholarships and honors, including the Berlin Prize and the Gretchaninoff Prize in composition.

Upon graduation, Dillon was appointed to the Juilliard faculty. Dillon currently chairs the composition department at the North Carolina School of the Arts. He is the youngest of a large family of Christmas carolers, which taught him the value of bringing a well-oiled sense of humor to any enterprise. The original melody is a German folk tune from the 14 th century. In addition to a keyboard harmony text, he has had published over instrumental and choral compositions and arrangements. His music has been performed throughout the United States as well as in Canada, Europe, Australia, and Japan, and his arrangements have appeared on several Canadian Brass albums.

Late on Christmas Eve when the fire is about to burn itself out, it is a family tradition to pass out the songbooks and sing all of the favorite seasonal tunes. The old German song, "Silent Night" is always saved for last. This arrangement maintains the quiet, reverent feeling usually associated with this probably the best known of all carols. At first the melody is somewhat abstracted but by the time the third verse begins the tune rings out clearly in the quartet.

Gordon Dick Goodwin holds a doctorate in composition from the University of Texas, where he taught theory and composition and ran the jazz program for nine years.

His works in virtually every idiom, from jingle to opera, jazz band to orchestra, have been performed across the U. He is active as a performer fifteen foreign and numerous domestic tours with the Dick Goodwin Jazz Quintet and as a recording studio producer. This setting paints the blustery winter conditions that Rossetti prescribes in her traditional European description of the nativity. Alto and tenor work hard to sustain the perpetual motion of the ostinato representing the wind. Dynamics changes help to make the wind dance.

Above the ostinato the soprano sings the melody while below it the baritone establishes the modality. The image I wanted to capture was that of looking up at night at the snow coming down through the light of a street light. This lovely Renaissance church melody traditionally sets an Advent text from Isaiah 35 comparing Christ's coming to an unfolding flower. Here, the tune is first accompanied by parallel tones from the harmonic series, with the tenor interjecting a contrasting driving motive at cadence points. The austere opening gives way to an undulating minor-mode setting, where melody is subtly shared among the players.

The tenor interrupts the last note with the driving motive, which becomes a jammin' ostinato. Over this, the alto and soprano present the second half of the melody in canon at the fifth, while the baritone suggests a fresh harmonic structure. He calls himself a musical generalist, enjoying choral and instrumental conducting, composing and arranging, and planning and implementing worship. Hobbies also include woodworking, horticulture and skiing. The arrangement of "What Child Is This" is a play on rhythm. The harmony is used almost verbatim from a hymnal that I have in my collection of music.

I wanted this arrangement to have an uneven feel to it, rather like a wheel that isn't round anymore. I also wanted there to be a spontaneous element to this arrangement and a sense that the listener wouldn't be sure what might happen next, and to that end I included a section in the middle of the arrangement that allows the alto to improvise. Born and raised in North Carolina, Brad Hubbard is considered one of the preeminent baritone saxophonists of his generation. As a member of New Century Saxophone Quartet since , He has appeared on all three New Century recordings and has traveled extensively with the quartet in the United States and Europe.

Hubbard has also appeared as a member of various orchestras, as a soloist throughout the Southeast, and in various jazz and commercial groups. He is also a founding member of and composer for the interdisciplinary group Invention! The Advent carol "The First Noel" is one of the most mysterious and evocative of all the Christmas carols.

Recounting the story of the visit of the "three wise men from the East" to Bethlehem at the time of Jesus's birth, it ties the apparently rural and obscure event into a much wider cultural and religious context implying powerfully a transcendence of the ethnic and national importance of the manger scene.