Category Archives: published music

have I sung everything in the Oxford Book of Tudor Anthems?

Posted on February 10, 2020 by vhk10

I recently claimed that I had, but that claim isn’t quite true. There’s one anthem that I’ve never sung, and it’s probably the least performed in the book: Byrd’s This day Christ was born. The problem is that it really … Continue reading →

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Bath loses a music shop – again

Posted on February 19, 2016 by vhk10

After a little over three years, Music Dynamics in Broad St has closed, as the parent company has gone into administration. I didn’t find it quite as useful as it ought to have been. As with its predecessor, Duck Son … Continue reading →

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Bristol loses a music shop

Posted on May 16, 2013 by vhk10

On my way to work I walk near Providence Music, which has been open in St. George’s Rd for the last few years. It currently has a 25% sale on all stock, sadly because it is closing down. I used … Continue reading →

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Bath gains a music shop

Posted on November 13, 2012 by vhk10

Early last year Bath lost its sheet music shop. Now it is about to regain one, as Music Dynamics are expanding from their base in Stroud and about to open a shop in Broad St. It’s a shame it wasn’t … Continue reading →

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The cost of score hire

Posted on June 7, 2012 by vhk10

I have the option of hiring a score of a well-known choral work for £5 for a forthcoming concert. I’m not sure whether this reflects the actual expense of hiring, or whether the choir has added a markup, but when … Continue reading →

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Bath loses a music shop

Posted on April 1, 2011 by vhk10

Duck Son and Pinker closed abruptly today. I was an occasional customer for sheet music and CDs, although it was never my first choice for CDs and I sometimes found the staff didn’t know their way round the sheet music … Continue reading →

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Duruflé’s Requiem copies in Bath

Posted on October 20, 2008 by vhk10

It’s the time of year when church choirs dust off their scores of Requiem Masses, and for us it brings round the sad thought that we can no longer sing Duruflé’s Requiem, because a few years ago our copies were … Continue reading →

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DD

Posted on July 3, 2008 by vhk10

I am performing Wood’s ‘Collegium Regale’ evening canticles shortly with the Erleigh Cantors, for the first time in a while. These pieces rather unusually have rehearsal letters in (I have a legally photocopied reprint of a 1920 ‘Year Book Press’ … Continue reading →

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two against three

Posted on May 3, 2006 by vhk10

I have recently started to learn ‘L’invito’ by Rossini and got hold of Ricordi’s edition of it. I was rather surprised to discover an obvious misprint: a 3/4 bar with only two beats in the voice part. It was easy … Continue reading →

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the wheels on the bus

Posted on May 4, 2005 by vhk10

[I see that a lot of people have found their way to this page looking for guitar chords for ‘The Wheels on the Bus’. Here is a simple harmonisation of the version I know (there is a different one in … Continue reading →

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