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Author: Jerry McD.
Date: 2001-07-12 21:28
I am looking for good music to play in church. I generally play for the offertory about once a quarter and I have played most of the "good" music. I have played the Mozart twice, bits and pieces of Brahms, soon I will be playing the Wagner Adagio. I have looked and looked for sacred music but most of it is written for b-flat instruments, which means that it can be played by a junior high trumpet player. Unfortunately I am a little snobbish about the music I play, I want it to be good quality and interesting to play and to hear. Any suggestions?
Jerry
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Author: susannah
Date: 2001-07-12 22:49
The tartini can sometimes be used...
What's wring with music for Bb, you're not going to find much for other clarinets.. If you really want something challenging pick up some of the beautiful oboe and violin church repetoire and transpose it.
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Author: David Kinder
Date: 2001-07-13 01:52
There was another thread about clarinet church music a while back. You might want to check the sneezy archives about a couple of month's back.
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Author: David
Date: 2001-07-13 02:38
Want a challenge? Compose your own church music for the occasion. Why don't you see if YOU can write something like Mozart?
(I hope you don't take this idea TOO seriously.)
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Author: willie
Date: 2001-07-13 04:13
There are several sites on the internet devoted to church (Christian) music that you can download as some has been public domain for decades. If you want to pump up the congregation, try a piece we played called "Old Tent Meeting". It has a little Dixieland in the middle. I think it is a Hal Leonard pub but I'm not 100% certain.
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Author: Ken Shaw
Date: 2001-07-13 16:26
Jerry -
A wonderful piece to play in church is the soprano solo "Pie Jesu" from the Faure Requiem. Most churches already have the music, with organ accompaniment. It's slow enough so you can transpose it after going through a couple of times, and it's one of the most beautiful melodies ever written.
Good luck.
Ken Shaw
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Author: Jim
Date: 2001-07-15 04:22
A caution... though many of the liturgical "oldies" themselves are long in the public domain, specific published versions of them may well be copyrighted due to editing or harmonizations (arrangements.) This includes many hymns in the current Methodist or Presbyterian hymnals.
Ken, I've never heard the Faure on clarinet, I'll have to try it. That solo and the entire work is a favorite of mine. (Though I'm a bit superstious, the last time I sang that Requiem, my Dad died the next day and the Baritone soloist who sang so beautifully that evening died 2 weeks later. My Dad was very ill and the soloist was 80+)
Jerry, If you're "lucky" (not really, I prefer pipe organs) enough to have an electronic organ in your church, most recent ones include a transposing function, and the organist can match you by turning a knob, saving you from the need to transpose.
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