"Child of Light" by Michelle Sadler was published in The New Era magazine in June 1979. It is a lovely piano/vocal piece that I find especially appropriate for a baptism. The original song can be found here: https://www.lds.org/new-era/1979/06/child-of-light?lang=eng
Anziano Bringhurst, serving in Napoli, has translated the song into Italian. Here is his translation:
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwO-8879L-yhaUtrdEV5RmY2Ukk/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, May 17, 2013
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Hymn Arrangements
Latter-Day Saint music leaders are counseled to primarily use hymns and "hymnlike" songs in sacrament meeting. (See the Church Handbook of Instructions for more info.)
The quickest, easiest, and most appropriate way to provide special music in any language for sacrament meeting is to use hymn arrangemets. Why? Because the translating has been done for you. Choose a hymn arrangement that you love, and you can usually find the hymn already translated in your ward/branch hymnbook. Pencil in the translated lyrics and the hard part is done.
If you are a vocal soloist, I highly reccommend "Sabbath Song II" -- a compilation of relatively new arrangements. (By Various. Arranged by Compiled by Clayne Robison. High Voice or Low Voice versions available. Varied. Book and accompaniment CD. Published by Jackman Music Corporation (JK.01200), (JK.01213). These arrangements are quite vocally challenging, but I find most of them exceptionally beautiful. And having a piano accompaniment CD can be very helpful when pianists are in short supply.
Another great source for arrangements is Sally Deford. She has written lots of beautiful music that she generously gives away for free on her website. She has done several hymn arrangements, and there are some free MP3s there as well.
Any suggestions? Please feel free to add them in the comments!
The quickest, easiest, and most appropriate way to provide special music in any language for sacrament meeting is to use hymn arrangemets. Why? Because the translating has been done for you. Choose a hymn arrangement that you love, and you can usually find the hymn already translated in your ward/branch hymnbook. Pencil in the translated lyrics and the hard part is done.
If you are a vocal soloist, I highly reccommend "Sabbath Song II" -- a compilation of relatively new arrangements. (By Various. Arranged by Compiled by Clayne Robison. High Voice or Low Voice versions available. Varied. Book and accompaniment CD. Published by Jackman Music Corporation (JK.01200), (JK.01213). These arrangements are quite vocally challenging, but I find most of them exceptionally beautiful. And having a piano accompaniment CD can be very helpful when pianists are in short supply.
Another great source for arrangements is Sally Deford. She has written lots of beautiful music that she generously gives away for free on her website. She has done several hymn arrangements, and there are some free MP3s there as well.
Any suggestions? Please feel free to add them in the comments!
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
"Little Baby" (Bel Bambino) by Traci Law -- in Italian
Traci Law's insanely gorgeous Christmas song called "Little Baby" was published in the December 2008 New Era magazine. I taught it to English-speaking children who sang it beautifully, and then just last Christmas we translated it into Italian. It turned out really nice.
The original sheet music be downloaded here:
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=a37db62c630dd110VgnVCM100000176f620a____
Here is the sheet music with Italian lyrics hand-written in, plus a lyrics-only sheet:
http://sdrv.ms/NW0RMv
You can download a free demo of the song with English vocals here:
http://broadcast.lds.org/Handheld/Magazines/2008/NE_2008Dec/NE_2008_12_00__LittleBaby__.mp3
You can download a free MP3 of the piano accompaniment here:
http://broadcast.lds.org/Handheld/Magazines/2008/NE_2008Dec/NE_2008_12_00__LittleBaby_Piano_.mp3
And here are the lyrics in Italian:
The original sheet music be downloaded here:
http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=a37db62c630dd110VgnVCM100000176f620a____
Here is the sheet music with Italian lyrics hand-written in, plus a lyrics-only sheet:
http://sdrv.ms/NW0RMv
You can download a free demo of the song with English vocals here:
http://broadcast.lds.org/Handheld/Magazines/2008/NE_2008Dec/NE_2008_12_00__LittleBaby__.mp3
You can download a free MP3 of the piano accompaniment here:
http://broadcast.lds.org/Handheld/Magazines/2008/NE_2008Dec/NE_2008_12_00__LittleBaby_Piano_.mp3
And here are the lyrics in Italian:
Bel Bambino
"Little Baby" di Traci Law -- Pubblicato in The New Era - Dicembre 2008
Bel bambino in una stalla
Vieni per salvare il mondo.
Bel bambino in una stalla, vieni a salvarmi.
Una stella danze in cielo.
Re e pastori onor gli danno.
Una stella danze per il bel bambino.
Alleluia.
O venite, veneriamo.
O venite, adoriamo.
O venite, veneriamo il bel bambino.
Alleluia.
Vieni a salvarmi.
Vieni per salvare il mondo.
Bel bambino in una stalla, vieni a salvarmi.
Una stella danze in cielo.
Re e pastori onor gli danno.
Una stella danze per il bel bambino.
Alleluia.
O venite, veneriamo.
O venite, adoriamo.
O venite, veneriamo il bel bambino.
Alleluia.
Vieni a salvarmi.
Sunday, July 8, 2012
Italian / English LDS Hymn Index
Ciao, my sisters and brothers!
I am an American living in Italy. Our branch is bilingual and our meetings are conducted in English and Italian simultaneously. I am the pianist in our branch.
I find that gathering hymn names, page numbers and simplified piano accompaniments for Sacrament Meeting takes far longer than it needs to. And with all of that data, it's really easy to make a mistake that can cause distractions during the meetings. To solve this problem I have created a spreadsheet that coordinates all of this data. I will share it with you here!
http://sdrv.ms/OlTr25
For best results, download a copy of the spreadsheet to your computer. Then you can set a "print area" and print just the worksheet page at the beginning, which is the portion you will want to print out each Sunday. (If you print the whole document it will be many pages long!)
You only need to enter your songs once, in the yellow "Pianist" cells at the top. The lower "Bishopric" and "Chorister"copies are formatted to display whatever you put into the yellow "Pianist" cells.
The spreadsheet will usually self-populate if you type the first few words of the song title in English. If it doesn't, just use "control/F" to look up the song title in either language. Then you can just copy and paste the cell contents.
And the spreadsheet is sortable! You can sort by topic, page number in either language, song title in either language, etc.
I spent hours on this, so I had to share. I hope it makes your life easier!
Ciao, i miei fratelli e sorelle!
Io sono un americano che vive in Italia. La nostra filiale è bilingue e le nostre riunioni si svolgono in inglese e italiano contemporaneamente. Io sono il pianista nel nostro settore.
Trovo che la raccolta di inni nomi, numeri di pagina e accompagnamenti pianistici semplificate per la riunione sacramentale richiede molto più tempo del necessario. E con tutti questi dati, è davvero facile commettere un errore che può causare distrazioni durante gli incontri. Per risolvere questo problema ho creato un foglio elettronico che coordina tutti questi dati. Io lo condivido con voi qui!
http://sdrv.ms/OlTr25
Per ottenere i migliori risultati, scaricare una copia del foglio di calcolo al computer. Quindi è possibile impostare una "area stampa" e stampare solo la pagina del foglio di lavoro all'inizio, che è la parte si vuole stampare ogni Domenica. (Se si stampa l'intero documento sarà molte pagine!) Hai solo bisogno di inserire le tue canzoni, una volta, nel giallo "pianista" cellule in alto. Le inferiore "Vescovado" e "cantori" copie sono formattati per visualizzare tutto ciò che mettere in giallo "Pianista" cellule. Il foglio di calcolo di solito auto-popolare, se si digitano le prime parole del titolo del brano in lingua inglese. In caso contrario, basta usare "controllo / F" per cercare il titolo della canzone in entrambe le lingue. Poi si può semplicemente copiare e incollare il contenuto della cella. E il foglio di calcolo è ordinabile! È possibile ordinare per argomento, il numero di pagina in lingua del titolo, la canzone in entrambe le lingue, ecc
Ho trascorso ore su questo, quindi ho dovuto condividere. Spero che rende la vita più facile!
I am an American living in Italy. Our branch is bilingual and our meetings are conducted in English and Italian simultaneously. I am the pianist in our branch.
I find that gathering hymn names, page numbers and simplified piano accompaniments for Sacrament Meeting takes far longer than it needs to. And with all of that data, it's really easy to make a mistake that can cause distractions during the meetings. To solve this problem I have created a spreadsheet that coordinates all of this data. I will share it with you here!
http://sdrv.ms/OlTr25
For best results, download a copy of the spreadsheet to your computer. Then you can set a "print area" and print just the worksheet page at the beginning, which is the portion you will want to print out each Sunday. (If you print the whole document it will be many pages long!)
You only need to enter your songs once, in the yellow "Pianist" cells at the top. The lower "Bishopric" and "Chorister"copies are formatted to display whatever you put into the yellow "Pianist" cells.
The spreadsheet will usually self-populate if you type the first few words of the song title in English. If it doesn't, just use "control/F" to look up the song title in either language. Then you can just copy and paste the cell contents.
And the spreadsheet is sortable! You can sort by topic, page number in either language, song title in either language, etc.
I spent hours on this, so I had to share. I hope it makes your life easier!
Ciao, i miei fratelli e sorelle!
Io sono un americano che vive in Italia. La nostra filiale è bilingue e le nostre riunioni si svolgono in inglese e italiano contemporaneamente. Io sono il pianista nel nostro settore.
Trovo che la raccolta di inni nomi, numeri di pagina e accompagnamenti pianistici semplificate per la riunione sacramentale richiede molto più tempo del necessario. E con tutti questi dati, è davvero facile commettere un errore che può causare distrazioni durante gli incontri. Per risolvere questo problema ho creato un foglio elettronico che coordina tutti questi dati. Io lo condivido con voi qui!
http://sdrv.ms/OlTr25
Per ottenere i migliori risultati, scaricare una copia del foglio di calcolo al computer. Quindi è possibile impostare una "area stampa" e stampare solo la pagina del foglio di lavoro all'inizio, che è la parte si vuole stampare ogni Domenica. (Se si stampa l'intero documento sarà molte pagine!) Hai solo bisogno di inserire le tue canzoni, una volta, nel giallo "pianista" cellule in alto. Le inferiore "Vescovado" e "cantori" copie sono formattati per visualizzare tutto ciò che mettere in giallo "Pianista" cellule. Il foglio di calcolo di solito auto-popolare, se si digitano le prime parole del titolo del brano in lingua inglese. In caso contrario, basta usare "controllo / F" per cercare il titolo della canzone in entrambe le lingue. Poi si può semplicemente copiare e incollare il contenuto della cella. E il foglio di calcolo è ordinabile! È possibile ordinare per argomento, il numero di pagina in lingua del titolo, la canzone in entrambe le lingue, ecc
Ho trascorso ore su questo, quindi ho dovuto condividere. Spero che rende la vita più facile!
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