Tag: Songs

Free Download Stephen J. Shoemaker, "The First Christian Hymnal: The Songs of the Ancient Jerusalem Church: Parallel Georgian-English Texts"
English | ISBN: 1944394680 | 2019 | 338 pages | PDF | 2 MB
This collection offers the first English translation of the oldest known Christian hymnal, a book of hymns which was compiled in Jerusalem during the later 4th or early 5th century. The First Christian Hymnal offers an unmatched resource for understanding the development of early Christian worship and piety, as well as the transmission of Christian doctrine to the unlettered. For too long, this invaluable collection has been almost completely ignored by scholars of early Christianity, having survived only in an Old Georgian translation.

Free Download Lyn Hatherly Wilson, "Sappho’s Sweetbitter Songs: Configurations of Female and Male in Ancient Greek Lyric"
English | 1996 | ISBN: 0415126711, 0415126703 | EPUB | pages: 244 | 3.5 mb
This study recreates and examines a voice that sings of the dreams and interactions of women and tells of the bodies, rhythms and desires of the women of Sappho’s circle.

Free Download Richard D. Sylvester, "Rachmaninoff’s Complete Songs: A Companion with Texts and Translations "
English | ISBN: 0253353394 | 2014 | 320 pages | AZW3 | 866 KB
Sergei Rachmaninoff―the last great Russian romantic and arguably the finest pianist of the late 19th and early 20th centuries―wrote 83 songs, which are performed and beloved throughout the world. Like German Lieder and French mélodies, the songs were composed for one singer, accompanied by a piano. In this complete collection, Richard D. Sylvester provides English translations of the songs, along with accurate transliterations of the original texts and detailed commentary. Since Rachmaninoff viewed these "romances" primarily as performances and painstakingly annotated the scores, this volume will be especially valuable for students, scholars, and practitioners of voice and piano.

Free Download The Song of Songs and the Eros of God: A Study in Biblical Intertextuality By Edmée Kingsmill
2010 | 320 Pages | ISBN: 0199577242 | PDF | 4 MB
Modern biblical scholarship interprets the Song as a collection of love lyrics. For Edmée Kingsmill, on the contrary, the essence of the Song is mystical. A principal concern of this study, however, is to uncover the relationship between the 117 verses of the Song and those biblical books to which they point. Beneath the metaphors a network of allusions is being woven, conveying a picture opposite to that we find in the prophets who, confronted with the continual ‘adultery’ of Israel, poured forth their condemnations with unwearying passion. In dramatic contrast, the Song presents a paradisal picture: ‘For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear in the land, and the time of singing is come’ (Song 2: 11-12). Thus, in presenting the ideal, the intention of the Song’s author is shown to be encouragement. The inclusion of this poem in the biblical canon is understood, therefore, to be central to the purpose of the biblical literature: to bring all people to love the God of love. The book is in two parts. The first and longer part is concerned with themes, including the relationship of the Song to the early Jewish mystical literature. The second part is a short commentary intended for the reader interested in the text as much as in the related questions to which the text gives rise.

Free Download Stephen Millar, "Sounding Dissent: Rebel Songs, Resistance, and Irish Republicanism "
English | ISBN: 0472038877 | 2022 | 264 pages | PDF | 5 MB
The signing of the Good Friday Agreement on April 10, 1998, marked the beginning of a new era of peace and stability in Northern Ireland. As the public overwhelmingly rejected a return to the violence of the Troubles, loyalist and republican groups sought other outlets to continue their struggle. Music, which has long been used to celebrate cultural identity in the North of Ireland, became a key means of facilitating the continuation of pre-Agreement identity narratives in a "post-conflict" era.

Free Download Chogyam Trungpa, "Mudra: Early Songs and Poems"
English | 2001 | pages: 109 | ISBN: 0877730512 | PDF | 2,9 mb
A mudra is a symbolic gesture or action that gives physical expression to an inner state. This book of poetry and songs of devotion, written by Chögyam Trungpa between 1959 and 1971, is spontaneous and celebratory. This volume also includes the ten traditional Zen oxherding pictures accompanied by a unique commentary that offers an unmistakably Tibetan flavor. Fans of this renowned teacher will enjoy the heartfelt devotional quality of this early work.

Free Download Queen Shamala Sykes, "Blackbutterfly Soul Songs"
English | 2017 | pages: 104 | ISBN: 1532025386 | EPUB | 0,7 mb
Just like many of us, Dr. Queen Shamala Sykes was once led down the long and winding path of soul exploration as she sought deeper answers to questions like, "Who am I?" and "What is my purpose?"

Free Download Betty Garrett and Other Songs: A Life on Stage and Screen By Betty Garrett, Ron Rapoport
1999 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 1568331339 | EPUB | 5 MB
"Betty Garrett’s memoir is a tale of grace under pressure. It’s a lovely, moving song of survival."-Studs Terkel

Free Download 25 Songs To Go From Beginner To Stage-Ready Bass Guitar
Published 8/2024
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920×1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 7.25 GB | Duration: 7h 51m
Learn 25 Songs as a bassist to go from beginner to stage-ready/Bass Guitar Course.

Free Download The Bible in music : a dictionary of songs, works, and more By Siobhan Dowling Long & John F. A. Sawyer
2015 | 339 Pages | ISBN: 0810884518 | EPUB | 1 MB
There have been numerous publications in the last decades on the Bible in literature, film, and art. But until now, no reference work has yet appeared on the Bible as it appears in Western music. In The Bible in Music: A Dictionary of Songs, Works, and More, scholars Siobhan Dowling Long and John F. A. Sawyer correct this gap in Biblical reference literature, providing for the first time a convenient guide to musical interpretations of the Bible. Alongside examples of classical music from the Middle Ages through modern times, Dowling Long and Sawyer also bring attention to the Bible’s impact on popular culture with numerous entries on hymns, spirituals, musicals, film music, and contemporary popular music.Each entry contains essential information about the original context of the work (date, composer, etc.) and, where relevant, its afterlife in literature, film, politics, and liturgy. It includes an index of biblical references and an index of biblical names, as well as a detailed timeline that brings to the fore key events, works and publications, placing them in their historical context. There is also a bibliography, a glossary of technical terms and an index of artists, authors, and composers.The Bible in Music will fascinate anyone familiar with the Bible, but it is also designed to encourage choirs, musicians, musicologists, lecturers, teachers, and students of music and religious education to discover and perform some less well-known pieces, as well as helping them to listen to familiar music with a fresh awareness of what it is about.