What Sweeter Music Can We Bring

Can you tell I write a lot of religious and Christmas music?

Here’s another original Christmas carol for string orchestra (or string quartet), What Sweeter Music Can We Bring.

Often, after completing a work, you are just too close to it to be able to assess it’s quality. And you have to believe in it while you are working on it! So it’s only after some time has passed that you can look at it with a more objective eye.

Usually, for me, listening to things I wrote later, all I hear are the “flaws”, what I’d do differently now, etc.

This is one of my few pieces where my opinion of it has actually risen over time. I’m very happy with it. I especially like how the excitement and energy of the climax generates such momentum that it carries on through the final statement of the theme.

Listen to: What Sweeter Music Can We Bring.

The Journey of the Magi

Another of my original Christmas carols for string orchestra (or string quartet), The Journey of the Magi.

This became one of my favorites after I wrote it.

Listen to: The Journey of the Magi.

The Angel Gabriel

Here’s another from my set of arrangements of Christmas carols for string orchestra (or string quartet), The Angel Gabriel. It’s a beautiful, old French tune you are sure to recognize.

Listen to: The Angel Gabriel.

King Wenceslas’ Feast

Here is one of my original Christmas carols arranged for string quartet, King Wenceslas’ Feast.

Listen to: King Wenceslas’ Feast.

What Child is This

Here’s the string orchestra version (also available for string quartet) of the Christmas carol What Child Is This, also known as Greensleeves.

Listen to: What Child is This.

You can also download the first page of the score here.

The Friendly Beasts

Here’s the string quartet version (also available for string orchestra) of the Christmas carol The Friendly Beasts.

Listen to: The Friendly Beasts.

And the first page of the score is here.

Canadian Supreme Court rules

The Canadian Supreme Court upheld the ruling that the 30 to 90 second previews in iTunes are not a public performance and do not require a copyright fee be paid to the music industry. They also ruled that the download of a game is not a public performance of the music in that game and doesn’t require a second payment. The court chastised the music industry for trying to double-dip. See the full story here.

A Modest Proposal

Came across this tongue-in-cheek proposal for “eternal copyright” discussing the “benefits”, implications, etc. The real purpose, of course, is to showcase how ridiculous the current copyright laws are.

You’ll find it at NEWSgrist.

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