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HAROLD M. BEST
Dean Emeritus
Wheaton College Conservatory of Music
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND COMPOSITIONS
BOOK
Music Through the Eyes of Faith,
HarperSanFrancisco, March 1993.
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
- Musical Perception and Music Education.
Arts Policy Review, January/February 1995.
- Musical Diversity, Curriculum and NASM Standards.
NASM Annual Proceedings, 1995.
- Creative Diversity, Artistic Valuing and the Peacable Imagination.
Keynote speech/paper to the National Association of Schools of Dance, September
1993; also published in Arts Policy Review, May/June 1994.
- Music Curricula in the Future.
Arts Policy Review, November/December 1992.
- Performance and Composition. NASM Annual Proceedings,
1989.
- Arts Education: Culture, the Media and the Church. Design for
Arts in Education, September/October 1988.
- New Trends in Music Curricula: What Do They Need? NASM
Annual Proceedings, 1979.
- Educational and Curricular Proceedings, NASM Annual
Proceedings, 1984.
- Heritage, Culture and Curricular Policy. Design for Arts in
Education, March/April 1985.
- God's Creation and Human Creativity. The Reality of
Christian Learning (Christian University Press).
- Church Music Curriculum. NASM Annual Proceedings, 1981.
- Church Relatedness, Music and Higher Education. NASM Annual
Proceedings, 1976.
- Hymn Tune Writing. The Hymn, October 1977; reprinted
in May 1978 issue of the Hymn Society Bulletin (Great Britain
and Ireland).
- Music, Offerings of Creativity. Christianity Today,
May 1977.
- There is More to Redemption Than Meets the Ear.
Christianity Today, July 1974.
- Music, Musical Instruments. Zondervan Biblical Encyclopedia
.
- The Arts and Evangelicalish: Questions, Delimmas, Prospects.
Seattle Pacific University Review.
- Christian Responsibility in Music. The Christian Imagination
(Zondervan).
- Schaeffer on Art and Music. Reflections on Francis Schaeffer
(Zondervan).
- When is Worship Worship?
- Theology, Music, Seekers and Sensitivity
COMPOSITIONS
Published Compositions
- 7 Voluntaries on Early American Hymn Tunes for Organ,
Abingdon.
- 5 Hymn Tunes for Hymns of the Christian Life.
- Come Thou Fount, (Choral) Hope Publishing Company.
- What a Friend, (Choral) Hope Publishing Company.
- Leaning on the Everlasting Arms, (Choral) Hope Publishing Company.
- Just a Closer Walk, (Choral) Hope Publishing Company.
- Go, Tell it on the Mountain, (Choral) Hope Publishing Company.
- Jesus, Lover of My Soul, (Choral) Hope Publishing Company.
Unpublished Compositions
Organ:
- Toccata
- Chaconne (after the style of Alain)
- Chorale Toccata on "Arise, My Soul, Arise"
- Scherzo
Choral/Vocal:
- Oratorio: Concerning Our Lord (Chorus, SATB Solo, Orchestra)
- Jesus, the First and Last (SATB)
- Love Divine, All Loves Excelling (SATB, Piano)
- In the Bleak Midwinter (SATB)
- A Call to Service (SATB, Organ)
- Three Songs of the Divine Presence (Soprano, Piano)
- Lament for Good Friday on Blues Changes (SATB)
- Lament for the Exiled (SATB, Piano, Blues Guitar)
Choral/Vocal Arrangements:
- Amazing Grace (SATB, Piano)
- God is Working His Purpose Out (SATB, Organ)
- What Wondrous Love is This? (SSAA, Piano)
- I Wonder as I Wander (Alto, French Horn, Piano)
- Jesus Loves Me (TTBB, Piano)
- What Can Wash Away? (SATB, a capella)
- Just a Closer Walk (SATB, Piano)
- Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross (SATB, Piano)
- Blest Be the Tie (SATB/SSAA, Piano)
Instrumental:
- Chableux (Piano Solo)
- Concertino for Piano and Orchestra (also arranged for two
pianos)
- Four Voluntaries on Early American Hymn Tunes (String Quartet)
- Hymn Prelude: What Can Wash Away? (Chamber Orchestra)
To contact Dr. Best, write:
Dr. Harold M. Best
Dean Emeritus
Wheaton Conservatory of Music
Wheaton College
Wheaton, IL 60187 USA
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