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The Passion-Hymns are Icelandic poet Hallgrimur Petursson's 1657 masterpiece, the Easter Saga told in song. He set his work to stately Moravian hymn-tunes. Hallgrimur combined the Moravian singing-service tradition with the Icelandic Saga rimer tradition to create The Passion-Hymns.Librettist and author Dall Wilson first adapted The Passion-Hymns to English in 2004, when the work premiered at

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Stumped as to where to find Moravian anthems?You might want to try J.W. Pepper and SheetMusicPlus.com. We have ordered anthems for the lending library from both companies. SheetMusicPlus.com even has a great budget shipipng rate of $2.99 regardless of how much is ordered. The only downside is that the $2.99 shipping option might take a few extra days to get to your doorstep. You can always go

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NPR did a segment about the Bach Choir of Bethlehem on All Things Considered last night. The Moravian love of music sparked the love of Bach in the Bethlehem area. The Bach Choir has been singing Bach's music in 1898, and the Bethlehem Bach Festival is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year.You can listen to it at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10094368This past

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The Moravian Music Foundation is the home of the only known complete set of extant Confederate band books from the Civil War. This set belonged to the musicians of the 26th NC regiment band, which was made up of Moravian men from Salem, NC. The MMF has part-books from other bands as well, and researcher Philip Dunnigan is working to identify which bands are represented by these books. Some

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(Condensed from the article of the same title by James Boeringer in the Winter 1981 issue of the Moravian Music Journal)We receive many inquiries from members of many different denominations about how to carry out a lovefeast. Dr. James Boeringer, director of the MMF from 1980-84, put together this information as a guide to those who are interested in holding a lovefeast.The requisites for all

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On Thursday, April 12, Gwynne Taylor delighted lunch lecture attendees with the inside scoop on Salem Academy and College's restoration of the Single Sisters House. Gwynne is an Alumna Trustee for the college. She brought in copies of the Our State magazine article about the Single Sisters House; copies of Salem College librarian Susan Taylor's booklet on the history of the Sisters House;

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All around the country people are preparing for their Easter celebrations. For many that includes attending a service, some new clothes, an egg hunt, and a family dinner. For a few, Easter includes a trip to God's Acre to clean and decorate family headstones. For some, Easter includes hauling a tuba around town to play by the headlights of a bus or a lone streetlight in the wee hours of Easter

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We occasionally run across the well-meaning question of "I can't find this anthem anywhere. Can I just make copies of it?" We completely understand the plight of choir directors who have a well-loved piece that they can't find anymore for their growing choir. But, unfortunately we can't "just make copies of it".The Music Publisher's Association has a great resource page about the Church

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You see our names on the MMF's letterhead and on the "Contact Us" page of the website. You might even see Albert singing with Unitas Chorale or see Nola presenting a workshop on hymn-writing. But what does the staff of the MMF do on a day-to-day basis? We are all involved with many different on-going projects and daily tasks every day. Here's a sampling of what we do most of the time:Nola (

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The Moravian Music Foundation's headquarters is in Winston-Salem, NC with a satellite office in Bethlehem, PA. But Moravians, and non-Moravians who like to listen to our music, are scattered across the whole United States.We need your help to identify local Public Radio/classical music stations in your area. We've got contact information for the stations in NC, but we need info (or at least the

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Here are some websites and articles that you might find interesting to peruse at your leisure:Bethlehem Digital History Project's page about musichttp://bdhp.moravian.edu/music/music.htmlThe Orlando Sentinel's article about the Bach Festival Society's February 25 concerthttp://www.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment/music/orl-moravians2407feb24Extensive liner notes for "The Water Journey" CD which

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Here's a nice review of a recent concert given by Two-Part Invention (Nora Suggs, Flute and John Arnold, Guitar) in Berryville, Virginia.http://www.timescommunity.com/site/tab3.cfm?newsid=17791753&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506078&rfi=6In 2006, Nora and John gave three concerts entitled "Morning Star - Music in Moravian America" in conjunction with the Moravian Music Foundation's 50th Anniversary.

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Welcome to the weblog spot for the Moravian Music Foundation.This blog will include posts about current MMF projects, new recordings and publications, little known facts about Moravian music, and other interesting tidbits of information about the musical life of American Moravians from the mid-18th century to today's Moravians.Please feel free to post comments to any of our posts. What would you

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