I have self-published a number of small, yet not insignificant, books in the last ten years. I am particularly interested in bringing music that has passed into the public domain to the attention of collectors, readers, and performers in the computer age. These are some of the projects that have captured my imagination...
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Folk and Populist Music for Christmas: some markers for finding music for the Christmas season derived from oral transmission, popular tradition, or an intent for participation rather than performance
• Saddle-stapled booklet, ©1998: 16 pages, published under artist's name.
• Contents: Topical lists of titles (e.g., dance tunes, plainsongs, rounds, spirituals); Recommended reading list; Appendix of carols attributed to traditional sources in the Oxford Book of Carols (1928).
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Slave Songs, Jubilee Hymns, and Spirituals as they appeared in early published sources 1867-1918
• Comb-bound book, letter-sized pages, ©1998: 36 scores, published under Taurus Moon Editions imprint.
• Contents: bibliography, scores.
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Songs for All Souls from a Shaker Hymnal
• Comb-bound book, letter-sized pages, ©1998: 19 scores, published under Taurus Moon Editions imprint.
• Contents: scores, notes on Shakerism and Universalism.
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Where the Deer and the Jackalope Play: Music of Wyoming's History
• Comb-bound book, halflegal-sized pages, ©1998: 28 scores and one poem, published under artist's name.
• Contents: notes on the origin of the jackalope; introduction; scores; six sidebars; notes on all songs.
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Worldberry Jam: a multi-cultural batch of songs for jamming at the first annual Central Ohio Dulcimer Festival (co-written with Sandi Vitek)
• Saddle-stapled booklet, halfletter-sized pages, DAA and DAD editions, ©1993: published under Worldberry Jam imprint.
• Contents: lyrics with numbered fretted-dulcimer tab.
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A UU/Pagan Hymn Sourcebook: A guide to hymn selections from Singing the Living Tradition suitable for Earth-centered UU Worship
• Saddle-stapled booklet, halflegal-sized pages, ©1997: published under the author's name. Copyright assigned ©2000 to the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans, Inc.
• Contents: key to charts; six pages of charts for selecting hymns according to any of 11 criteria; notes.
• Distributed by the Covenant of Unitarian Universalist Pagans. Copy this address and paste it into your browser to reach their web site: http://www.cuups.org
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Improve Your Singing Today: The Khrysso Method for people who "can't sing" and intimidated would-be singers
• Saddle-stapled book, 44 pages, ©1998: published under Worldberry Jam imprint.
• Contents: 10 chapters, appendix, illustrations by Mary M. Lautzenheiser.
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Christmas Carols, Independent of Claus: a collection of song [lyric]s in celebration of the Christmas season and thereabouts, with nary a Santa Claus song in the lot (bah, humbug!)
Four French Folk Carols excerpted from Sixty Folk-Songs of France
I'll Have My Chants This Time A Round: A Songbook for Everyday Mystics (scores to accompany the cassette album of the same name)
Nativity Carols from Piae Cantiones
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a UU Hymnal: a guide for lay and professional UU worship leaders for expanding your use of Singing the Living Tradition.