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The Best of Village Harmony: A 25th Anniversary Collection (book+CDR)

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The Best of Village Harmony:
A 25th Anniversary Collection

Traditional & Composed Polyphonic Songs
From America, The Balkans, Caucasus Georgia,
Ukraine, Corsica & More

Book with accompanying CDR with mp3 files
Published 2014 by Northern Harmony Publishing Co.
186 pages

Price: $40.00

Compiled and edited by Village Harmony co-directors Larry Gordon and Patty Cuyler to commemorate Village Harmony’s 25th anniversary in 2014, this mammoth undertaking includes nearly 100 songs from around the world for a cappella choral ensemble. The accompanying mp3 CDR has sample recordings for nearly all the songs in the book, with performances by Village Harmony, Northern Harmony and associated ensembles.

American Shape-Note & Hymnody
All is Well (arr. Peter Amidon)
Babylonian Captivity (William Walker)
Certainty (Katie Shimizu)                 
Fairplay (Tobias Tenenbaum)
Fount (arr. Malcolm Dalglish)
Hazel (Megan Henderson)
Hollister Hill (Don Jamison)
Lamentation (M. Henderson)
Massadona (T. Tenenbaum)
Muhayadeen (Chandler York-Hall)
Night Thought (Jeremiah Ingalls)
Parting Friends (W. Walker)
Selwyn (M. Henderson)
Snake Island (Will Thomas Rowan)
Squier (W. Rowan)
The Traveler (Anna Patton)
Wheels of Nature (M. Henderson)

American Folk, Civil Rights & Jubilee (Gospel Quartet) Songs
Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me ‘Round (arr. Mollie Stone)
Been in the Storm Too Long (arr. Patty Cuyler)
Better Day A-Comin’  (arr. John Harrison)
Bid You Goodnight  (arr. P.Amidon)
Bright Morning Star (arr.P.Amidon/Emily Miller)
Daisies White (arr. Suzannah Park)
From Psalm 26 (Mary Alice Amidon)
I Will Guide Thee (arr. P. Amidon)
In My Time of Dyin’ (arr.Nathan Morrison)
Nobody’s Fault But Mine (arr. P. Cuyler)
O Sing To Me of Heaven (arr. Val Mindel/E. Miller)
Parting Glass (arr. P. Amidon)
Stormy Weather (arr. P. Cuyler)
Sweet is the Day  (M.A. Amidon)
Swing Down Chariot (Northern Harmony)
Titles (arr. Kenny.Shimizu/Aurelia Shrenker/Jessica Wolfe/ L. Hoffman) Trouble All About My Soul (arr. Luke Hoffman)
Vineyard Medley (arr. E. Miller/K. Shimizu)
Woke Up This Morning (arr. S. Park)

Songs from Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia & Macedonia
Dobro doshli mushtulutsi (Bosnia)
Kad ja podzhoh (Bosnia)
Selo, selo moje (Bosnia)
Sjajna svjesda (Bosnia)
U Stambolu na Bosforu (Bosnia)
Udadoh se i postadoh mlada (Bosnia)
Begala e Vena (Bulgaria)
Mori, ajda, ajda (Bulgaria)
Ot dole idu shareni koltsa (Bulgaria)
Ovdovjala lisichkata (Bulgaria)
Pohvali se bjala Rada (Bulgaria)
Severino (Bulgaria)
Stojne (Bulgaria)
Tebe poem (Bulgaria)
Teften Kate (Bulgaria)
Vila moma zelen venets (Bulgaria)
Gore, gore sonchetse (Croatia)
Mala moja (Croatia)
Plovi barko (Croatia)
Sinju grade (Croatia)
Aj izniknami badem durvo (Macedonia)
Belo litse (Macedonia)
Eleno kjerko (Macedonia)

Songs from Corsica
O ciucciarella (lullaby)
Tantum ergo sacramentum (Franciscan)
Tota pulcra es Maria (Franciscan) 
Agnus dei (village chant)
Bernardinu (paghjella)
È muntagne d’Orezza (comp. JE Langianni)
Paghjella di Ponte Novu (paghjella)
Sanctus (arr. Barbara Furtuna)
Stabat mater (chant from Nebbiu)
U fattore (trad. paghjella)
Un vi vantate (arr. Tavagna)

Songs from the Caucasus Republic of Georgia
Arkhalalo namgalo (K’akheti)
Bat’onebis nanina (Samegrelo)
Brolis qelsa (Imereti)
Dideba maghalta shina (Orthodox chant)
Ielialrdei (Svaneti)
Imeruli mkhedruli (Imereti)
Kuchkhi bedineri (Samegrelo)
Lechkhumuri maqruli (Lechkhumi)
Meureme (Samegrelo)
Qanuri (Samegrelo)
Tsaiqvanes Tamar kali (Kartl-k’akheti)
Uts’inares mas vadidebt (Guria)
Veengara (Samegrelo)

Songs from Ukraine
Divnaya hodina (trad)
Letila zozula (trad)
Oy tam na hori (trad)
Oy ziydy, ziydy (trad)
Yarava pshanitsa (trad)
Zeleneye zhyto, zelene (trad)

Miscellaneous Songs
Lou Bouié (trad. Occitan)
Se canto (trad. Occitan)
Vem kan segla (trad. Sweden, arr. Helle Thun)
Lyetat utki (trad. Russia)  
Munotuma Aniko (trad. Zimbabwe)
April (T. Tenenbaum)
Two Rounds: Give Me Light/I Pray for Rain (T. Tenenbaum)