Great Musicians Series
The Great Musicians Series represents a milestone in homeschooling music history/appreciation education. This growing line of textbooks and supplementary materials focuses on the foundational musicians and composers that have had the greatest influence on musical composition and performance. These great masters have composed some of the most memorable and timeless musical pieces that we enjoy today. The series pulls back the curtain to reveal the lives and times behind these great classical compositions. Explore the persons, places, and events that influenced the masters and the beautiful music they created. This series engages students of all ages, using all learning modalities, thereby providing the richest and most memorable learning experience for your children. We include a variety of materials that will help you deliver this wonderful musical education quickly and easily.
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101 Hymn Stories – 40th Anniversary Edition (Kenneth W. Osbeck)
$14.99This book shares the inspiring true stories behind 101 favorite hymns. With a collection of uplifting, informative hymn stories, 101 Hymn Stories includes each hymn’s full text and musical score, as well as information about the author, composer, and Scripture that inspired the song.
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40 Favorite Hymns Bundle (Leland Ryken)
$39.95A Closer Look at Their Spiritual and Poetic Meaning
Leland Ryken’s 40 Favorite Hymns series together in one bundle.
Includes:
- 40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Life
- 40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Year
- 40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith
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40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Faith (Leland Ryken)
$14.95Every hymn begins its life as a poem—and we can give our favorite hymns fresh life by returning to their poetic roots. This anthology of several centuries’ worth of great hymns invites us to experience these works as devotional poetry—to slow down and savor their well-turned phrases and evocative language. English professor Leland Ryken provides some historical background for each hymn, but his focus is on literary analysis. Combined with relevant Scripture texts, the result is a wonderfully devotional and poetic study of the Christian faith.
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40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Life (Leland Ryken)
$13.95We treasure hymns for their messages of comfort or conviction or for their associations with beloved believers and meaningful events. But many hymns are also powerful works of devotional poetry—displaying levels of artistry that we easily miss when we are simply singing through them.
This anthology of great hymns invites us to experience these works as poems—to slow down and savor their well-turned phrases, their surprising metaphors, and their evocative language. English professor Leland Ryken provides historical background and literary analysis for each hymn, finishing each with a Scripture reading to accompany it. The result is a wonderfully devotional and poetic study of the Christian life, drawing on hymns such as “Holy, Holy, Holy,” “Be Thou My Vision,” “In Christ Alone,” and many more.
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40 Favorite Hymns of the Christian Year (Leland Ryken)
$13.95For generations, Christians have celebrated holidays and seasons with special songs. We all have favorite Christmas carols or Easter hymns, and some of us associate certain hymns with events like Thanksgiving or the New Year. But often we overlook the fact that these familiar songs are also powerful works of devotional poetry.
This anthology of great hymns associated with the calendar year invites us to experience these works as poems—to slow down and savor their well-turned phrases, their surprising metaphors, and their evocative language. English professor Leland Ryken provides historical background and literary analysis for each hymn, finishing each with a Scripture reading to accompany it. The result is a wonderfully devotional and poetic study for the Christian’s year, drawing on hymns for the New Year, Good Friday, Easter, Christmas, and more.
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Great Musicians Series: Complete set of 16 books! (Opal Wheeler)
$215.99For the first time in decades, a treasure is back in print: the complete set of all 16 Opal Wheeler volumes on The Great Musicians — and now offered as a set for a terrific sale price!
Each volume is an enlarged, lay-open, beautifully illustrated paperback. Each book also contains a skillful biography of the composer, which young people from 4-15 will enjoy. Illustrations are found on almost every page, and many of the compositions of the composer.
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Our Hymn Writers and Their Hymns (Faith Cook)
$13.59The people of God have always had cause to sing, and who has more reason to sing than the one who knows the Lord Jesus Christ, the joy of sin forgiven and the certainty of a life to come?
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Psalms: Hymns for God’s People, MacArthur Bible Studies (John MacArthur)
$11.99In this study of Psalms, Dr. MacArthur reveals how the hymns contained in the book point to an all-powerful God who is to be respected, worshiped, and praised for his loving care of his people-and to whom we can turn to help in times of need. The MacArthur Bible Studies provide intriguing examinations of the whole of Scripture and continues to be one of the bestselling study guide series on the market today.
Each study includes a 7-step approach to studying the text, plus an introduction that provides background information, and a closing “Reviewing Key Principles” lesson to help cement the main themes of the study.
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The Accidental Voyage: Discovering Hymns of the Early Centuries (Douglas Bond)
$15.99Two American teens travel in Europe with David McCallum, an English organist known in his parish as Mr. Pipes. During a series of hair-raising adventures through time, Mr. Pipes introduces Annie and Drew to sixteen hymns from the early centuries and to hymnists Ambrose of Milan, Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Francis of Assisi, St. Patrick, and more.
Readers of The Accidental Voyage will come away with a new knowledge and appreciation of hymns from the early centuries. Homeschooling families will especially benefit from this resource.
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The Book of Psalms for Worship
$17.99A Psalter for the 21st Century! The newest American psalter offers many familiar tunes and new arrangements with language that is easily understood by the 21st century Christian, while remaining faithful to the Hebrew text.
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Spurgeon’s Own Hymn Book
$34.50Formerly titled Our Own Hymn-Book: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public, Social, and Private Worship
Charles Haddon Spurgeon was passionate about congregational worship. Arising from devout affection, the frustration he found while using the the compilations of hymns available in his day spurred him to compile this selection of hymns for use in his congregation.
It contains over 1,000 psalms, hymns and spiritual songs – some of praise, and others of doctrine, experience and exhortation. These enable the saints to edify one another in their singing. Cross–references to Spurgeon’s other works ensure that this will be a valuable addition to any library.
This beautiful gift edition includes:
- a foreword by Spurgeon scholar Tom Nettles
- added Spurgeon essay ‘How Shall We Sing?’
- elegant hardback cloth bound cover 9.5″ x 7.5″
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Hymn Workouts: 100 Exercises to Set Your Heart Ablaze (Joe Barnard)
$11.50Spiritual fitness for Christians whose growth has stagnated
Many of us feel like our spiritual growth has stalled. Our routines have hardened into ruts. Around us, we see other Christians with the same struggles and we start to think that treading water is the basic rhythm of the Christian life. Often the problem of stagnating faith is down to one simple fact – we all have a bias towards ease. Our spiritual routines involve passively reading our Bibles, not lingering long enough to comprehend or retain what was read, and a few distracted minutes spent in prayer.
This book of spiritual workouts is meant to push complacent souls back out into the space of exertion and discovery. It will engage and sharpen the faculties of the mind – memory, imagination, intellect, conscience and will.
Each workout, thematically grouped, features a hymn, richly steeped in scripture. There is a Bible passage to read, a list of the scripture references made in the hymn, and three reflection questions to meditate on.
Scroll down for the entire Table of Contents, to see the many themes covered in Hymn Workouts.
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The Book of Psalms for Singing
$17.99The most popular English language psalter because of its comprehensiveness and singability. Originally published in 1973, The Book of Psalms for Singing has been used by congregations, families and individuals for nearly 40 years.
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Stephen Foster and His Little Dog Tray (Opal Wheeler)
$12.95Behind the gentle sadness of such songs as Old Black Joe, My Old Kentucky Home and Old Folks At Home, lies the dreaming, home-loving spirit of the man who wrote them—Stephen Collins Foster.
There is much more in this book than the engaging story of the young Stephen Foster, and his music. In this appealing, sensitive biography of the composer whose folk songs are our common heritage, is told one of the real stories of our own America.
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Arise, Shine! Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs (Judy Rogers)
$12.75A beautiful and reverent collection of favorite hymns, some in new arrangements. If you’ve never heard “How Sweet and Awful”, it’s worth the price of the album for that alone. Judy has a gift for taking traditional material and enhancing its beauty. Scroll down to see the full list of songs on this CD.
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Childhood’s Songs of Long Ago: Divine and Moral Songs (Isaac Watts)
$15.95With a Collection of Sonnets, Prayers, and Simplified Piano Arrangements
Includes a brief biographical account of the life of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. Piano accompaniments by Jacqueline Sprinkle. Spiral-bound for ease of use at the piano.
From the Introduction by Jacqueline Sprinkle to this 2007 edition:
“Contemporary Christian music is becoming a vast wasteland of fluff and the serious Christian finds himself being bombarded with vain repetitions, high decibel sounds, and heavy rock beats. These hymns by Dr. Watts were once standard literature for English and American children. The tunes we have chosen for the lyrics are also traditional hymn tunes which are very structured and easy to sing. The lyrics will be easily understood by children and will aid parents and teachers as they seek to apply biblical principles to every area of life.
We believe this volume will prove worthy as a children’s classic to be used alongside other volumes we now have in print, which are specifically selected for youth.”
Scroll down to see all the song titles included.
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Sebastian Bach: The Boy from Thuringia (Opal Wheeler)
$12.95Large, sturdy, oversized paperback in lay-flat binding. Illustrated by Mary Greenwalt. This is one of the volumes in a classic series from early in the 20th century. We are amazed how much history, biographical material, and music are included in each work.
This volume is the first complete work on the life of Bach ever written for children. Filled with vivid descriptions of Bach`s childhood: how he sat up many nights and copied music by the moonlight, how he walked 200 miles to choir school at Luneburg.
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Handel at the Court of Kings (Opal Wheeler)
$12.95Handel’s strange boyhood, clouded by the fact that his father did not want him to become a musician, makes for a story of absorbing reading. Soon he was playing before the greatest music lovers of Europe, dukes and kings included.
The selections of Handel’s music included here are those which are best understood and most apt to be mastered by young musicians who wish to follow in his footsteps. Opal Wheeler has once again given a highly satisfying and complete musical biography.
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Mozart, the Wonder Boy (Opal Wheeler)
$12.95Wheeler and Deucher’s series on famous musicians have been loved for decades. This classic children`s work on Mozart will be enjoyed by all family members, whatever their age, with a stunning amount of biographical material and music included in each work. Mozart, The Wonder Boy presents the musical genius of this child prodigy, the loving family in which he was reared, and the impact he had on the world around him and to generations beyond.
“Here is a book about the most musical boy that ever lived. Fortunately for us he wrote a great deal of music and this we can hear today even though we can never hear him play it. His music is always lovely and you will surely hear more of it as you grow up. Through his music, Mozart will always be to us a wonder child and a wonder man.” — Peter W. Dykema
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