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A Month of Sundays: Thanksgiving and Praise: Piano Book

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A Month of Sundays: Thanksgiving and Praise: Piano Book

A Month of Sundays: Thanksgiving and Praise: Piano Book

Preludes, Offertories, and Postludes for Four Services

Arranged by Jan Sanborn

Level: Advanced

Item: 00-21329
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Jan Sanborn's vast experience as a church musician has inspired her love for the old hymns, whose messages powerfully address our life experiences. A Month of Sundays: Thanksgiving and Praise is an extraordinary collection for advanced pianists that includes time-honored hymns for all styles of worship. The pieces are grouped into four prelude-offertory-postlude combinations (one for each Sunday of the month). The arrangements are fresh and unique, conveying a wonderful spirit of thanksgiving.

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Series: Sacred Performer Collections
Publisher: Alfred Music
Page Count: 48
ISBN10: 0-7390-2874-X
ISBN13: 978-0-7390-2874-2
UPC: 038081204413
SKU: 00-21329

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About the Arranger: Jan Sanborn

Jan Sanborn's career in church music has given her deep familiarity with the hymn repertoire and the way these texts resonate across generations. Her arrangements reflect both respect for the source material and a contemporary sensibility that makes these familiar pieces sound fresh without losing their spiritual foundation.

Why we love this

Sanborn has structured this collection with liturgical intelligence. Four complete prelude-offertory-postlude combinations give you ready-made Sunday services, eliminating the usual scramble to find three contrasting pieces that work together musically and thematically. Her arrangements preserve the hymns' dignity while offering pianists genuinely interesting material to sink their teeth into.

What to expect

The music balances reverence with vitality. Sanborn's arrangements honor the meditative quality of hymn texts while infusing the harmonies and textures with harmonic sophistication and rhythmic interest. Each piece unfolds with purpose, whether gentle and introspective or jubilant and celebratory.

Who it's for

Advanced pianists who play in church settings, chapel services, or recital programs centered on sacred music. This book serves organists transitioning to piano as well as concert pianists seeking repertoire with spiritual substance. Solo recitalists looking for thematic programming around gratitude and praise will find substantial material here.

How to get the most out of it

  • Shape the harmonic progressions in the preludes to create clear structural arrivals; these arrangements reward attention to phrase architecture and voice leading.
  • Use the offertorios as opportunities to explore color and texture; Sanborn's voicings often create unexpected sonorities that deserve careful voicing and dynamic control.
  • Let the postludes breathe. These closing pieces are designed to send listeners out thoughtfully, so resist rushing through even the busier figurations.

How to use it

Use the four prelude-offertory-postlude groups as cornerstones for thanksgiving services throughout November, programming one complete set per Sunday. These pieces also work beautifully in mixed-repertoire recitals, particularly fall concerts, or as offerings in Thanksgiving eve services. The collection's length and thematic coherence make it ideal for a recital devoted entirely to gratitude and sacred themes.

Skills your students will build

  • Advanced voice leading and harmonic analysis in chromatic and extended progressions
  • Interpretation of hymn-based material with theological and emotional depth
  • Left-hand independence and harmonic texture control
  • Structural clarity in multi-movement liturgical groupings
  • Dynamic and tonal coloring to shape architectural phrases

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