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Dies Irae Vocal Score

By: Ian Assersohn

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A cantata in fifteen movements by Ian Assersohn. For two soloists, SATB choir with optional upper voice and lower voice children's choirs, and small orchestra. The piece lasts about 70 minutes. Commissioned by Leatherhead Choral Society and Epsom Male Voice Choir to mark the centenary of the Battle Of The Somme and first performed in November 2016.

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1326533436

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9781326533434

The Song of Songs

By: Ian Assersohn

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The Song of Songs

By: Ian Assersohn

The Song of Songs is a new setting of one of the Old Testament's most glittering treasures and the world's most beautiful and mysterious love poem. Set as a dialogue between a young woman and her elusive lover, the work is scored for soprano and tenor soli, SATB chorus and a small instrumental ensemble. It may also be performed in a reduced scoring for piano or keyboard and percussion. The music is accessible and appealing and the chorus parts, although challenging enough to engage the interest of experienced singers, are well within the reach of any enthusiastic choir. There are 20 short movements and the work lasts approximately 40 minutes in performance.

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0955694914

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First Time Bars - A Choral Singer's Handbook

By: Ian Assersohn

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First Time Bars - A Choral Singer's Handbook

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Packed with information to help you get more out of your choir time, First Time Bars is an invaluable handbook for every choral singer.

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0955694906

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Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

By: Ian Shaw

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Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

By: Ian Shaw

The ancient Egyptians are an enduring source of fascination - mummies and pyramids, curses and rituals have captured the imagination of generations. We all have a mental picture of ancient Egypt, but is it the right one? How much do we really know about this great civilization? In this absorbing introduction, Ian Shaw describes how our current ideas about Egypt are based not only on the thrilling discoveries made by early Egyptologists but also on fascinating new kinds of evidence produced by modern scientific and linguistic analyses. He also explores the changing influences on our responses to these finds, through such media as literature, cinema and contemporary art. Each chapter deals with a different aspect of ancient Egypt, from despotic pharaohs to dismembered bodies, and from hieroglyphs to animal-headed gods. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

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0191578401

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9780191578403

Ben Jonson

A Life

By: Ian Donaldson

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Ben Jonson

A Life

By: Ian Donaldson

Ben Jonson was the greatest of Shakespeare's contemporaries. In the century following his death he was seen by many as the finest of all English writers, living or dead. His fame rested not only on the numerous plays he had written for the theatre, but on his achievements over three decades as principal masque-writer to the early Stuart court, where he had worked in creative, and often stormy, collaboration with Inigo Jones. One of the most accomplished poets of the age, he had become - in fact if not in title - the first Poet Laureate in England. Jonson's life was full of drama. Serving in the Low Countries as a young man, he overcame a Spanish adversary in single combat in full view of both the armies. His early satirical play, The Isle of Dogs, landed him in prison, and brought all theatrical activity in London to a temporary — and very nearly to a permanent — standstill. He was 'almost at the gallows' for killing a fellow actor after a quarrel, and converted to Catholicism while awaiting execution. He supped with the Gunpowder conspirators on the eve of their planned coup at Westminster. After satirizing the Scots in Eastward Ho! he was imprisoned again; and throughout his career was repeatedly interrogated about plays and poems thought to contain seditious or slanderous material. In his middle years, twenty stone in weight, he walked to Scotland and back, seemingly partly to fulfil a wager, and partly to see the land of his forebears. He travelled in Europe as tutor to the mischievous son of Sir Walter Ralegh, who 'caused him to be drunken and dead drunk' and wheeled provocatively through the streets of Paris. During his later years he presided over a sociable club in the Apollo Room in Fleet Street, mixed with the most learned scholars of his day, and viewed with keen interest the political, religious, and scientific controversies of the day. Ian Donaldson's new biography draws on freshly discovered writings by and about Ben Jonson, and locates his work within the social and intellectual contexts of his time. Jonson emerges from this study as a more complex and volatile character than his own self-declarations (and much modern scholarship) would allow, and as a writer whose work strikingly foresees - and at times pre-emptively satirizes - the modern age.

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0191636797

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Dies Irae Vocal Score

By: Ian Assersohn

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Dies Irae Vocal Score

Dies Irae Vocal Score

The Song of Songs

The Song of Songs

First Time Bars - A Choral Singer's Handbook

First Time Bars - A Choral Singer's Handbook

Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

Ancient Egypt: A Very Short Introduction

Ben Jonson

Ben Jonson

Dies Irae Vocal Score

Dies Irae Vocal Score

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