Books and Scores
We have been preparing books and score publications for eventual release. The first score publications that Don created were hand drawn and date from about 1972. At the bottom of the page, we list our own Musical Kaleidoscope World One through World Four publications and our catalogue. We have not yet provided a list of the many book reprints and other publications that are in the queue to be republished.
Don and Mary Ellen
Music Scores
“I have been preparing music scores for publication since 1972, when I stood over copy machines in major university libraries copying from rare editions of music that I later transcribed by hand from the original no-longer-used music notation. I made a big leap forward during the period of 2009-2016, as digitized scores became available online. Mary Ellen and I maintained book cases filled with binders that contained the scores for the volumes that are listed below.
“Our goal is to publish score editions in four formats: digital, spiral bound (for study), perfect bound (for libraries) and some in video ‘follow-along’ versions.”
Don Robertson
Our Binder Room in Nashville (2018)
15th Century - Sacred Choral Music of the 15th Century
ML001 Sacred Music of the 15th Century – Volume 1 (158 pages)
ML002 Sacred Music of the 15th Century – Volume 2 (186 pages)
ML003 Masses of the 15th Century – Volume 1 (205 pages)
ML004 Masses of the 15th Century – Volume 2 (215 pages)
16th Century - Sacred Choral Music of the Renaisance
Motets, Litanies, Psalms and Sacred Madrigals
MC001 – The Song of Songs (140 Pages)
MC002 – Sacred Madrigals (180 Pages)
MC003 – The Palestrina Offertories (270 Pages)
MC004 – The Litany Book (325 Pages)
MC005 – Three- and Four-Part Motets (264 Pages)
MC006 – Five-Part Motets (315 Pages)
MC007 – Six- and Seven-Part Motets (180 Pages)
MC008 – Sacred Music for Multiple Choirs Volume 1 (240 pages)
MC009 – Sacred Music for Multiple Choirs Volume 2 (210 pages)
MC010 – Sacred Music for Multiple Choirs Volume 3 (235 pages)
Vespers and Compline Services
MC101 – Volume 1 – The Divine Office (320 Pages)
MC102 – Volume 2 – The Psalmody Book Part One – Tones 1-5 (205 pages)
MC103 – Volume 3 – The Psalmody Book Part Two – Tones 6-9 (215 Pages)
MC104 – Volume 4 – Vesper Psalms – Full Settings (210 Pages)
MC105 – Volume 5 – The Magnificat Book – Tones 1 and 2 (225 Pages approx)
MC106 – Volume 6 – The Magnificat Book – Tones 3, 4 and 5 (214 Pages approx)
MC107 – Volume 7 – The Magnificat Book – Tones 6, 7 and 8 (212 Pages approx)
MC108 – Volume 8 – 12 Gregorian Hymns – Alternating Polyphonic settings Part 1 (230 Pages)
MC109 – Volume 9 – 12 Gregorian Hymns – Alternating Polyphonic settings Part 2 (240 Pages)
MC110 – Volume 10 – The Four Marian Antiphons Part 1 (230 pages)
MC111 – Volume 11 – The Four Marian Antiphons Part 2 (350 Pages)
Masses
MC201 – Volume 1 – Masses in Four Parts (240 Pages)
MC202 – Volume 2 – Masses in Five and Six Parts (200 pages)
MC203 – Volume 3 – Six Great Six-Part Masses by Palestrina (200 Pages)
MC204 – Volume 4 – The Requiem Mass (220 Pages)
MC205 – Volume 5 – Multiple Choir Masses (260 pages)
Holy Week
MC301 – Holy Week Vol. 1 – Palm Sunday (360 Pages)
MC302 – Holy Week Vol. 2 – Maundy Thursday and Holy Saturday Matins (300 Pages)
MC303 – Holy Week Vol. 3 – Good Friday Matins and Afternoon Service (320 Pages)
MC304 – Holy Week Vol. 4 – Maundy Thursday Lamentations & Miserere Settings (300+ Pages)
MC305 – Holy Week Vol. 5 – Good Friday and Holy Saturday Lamentations (360 Pages)
MC306 – Holy Week Vol. 6 – Lamentations from the First Half of the 16th Century (230 Pages)
MC307 – Holy Week Vol. 7 – Lamentations for Non-Specified Days plus Music for Easter (330 Pages)
MC308 – Holy Week Vol. 8 – Holy Week Settings (ca 300 Pages)
MC309 – Holy Week Vol. 9 – Responsories (270 Pages)
Matins
MC401 – Christmas Matins with Both Polyphonic Music and Chant (200 Pages)
Study Scores
MT001 – Study Scores in Closed Notation (240 pages)
17th Century - Music Treasures from the Lost Century
Instrumental Music
MI001 – Instrumental Music in the 17th Century Volume 1 (230 Pages)
MI002 – Instrumental Music in the 17th Century Volume 2 (185 Pages)
Sacred Music from Italy
MB001 – Emilio de’ Cavalieri – Lamentations (125 pages)
MB002 – Sacred Music of Lodovico da Viadana (210 pages)
MB003 – Lodovico da Viadana – Vespers for Four Choirs (180 Pages)
MB004 – Claudio Monteverdi Vocal and Choral Music (300 pages)
MB005 – Claudio Monteverdi – Vespers of 1610
MB006 – Sacred Music from 17th Century Italy Volume 1 (290 pages)
MB007 – Sacred Music from 17th Century Italy Volume 2 (312 pages)
MB008 – Maurizio Cazzati – Sacred Music (210 pages)
MB009 – Maurizio Cazzati – Masses a4 and a5 (160 pages)
MB010 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Sacred Choral Music (334 pages)
MB011 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Vespers Op. 112 Volume One (257 pages)
MB012 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Vespers Op. 112 Volume Two (228 pages)
MB013 – Sacred Choral Music of Francesco Cavalli (285 pages)
MB014 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna – Two Masses (225 pages)
Sacred Music from Germany
MB015 – German Sacred Choral Music Volume 1 (234 pages)
MB016 – German Sacred Choral Music Volume 2 (230 pages)
MB017 – German Sacred Choral Music Volume 3 (160 pages)
MB018 – Dieterich Buxtehude – Sacred Choral Music (300 pages)
Sacred Music from France
MB019 – Sacred Music from 17th Century France Volume 1 (200 pages)
MB020 – Sacred Music from 17th Century France Volume 2 (206 pages)
MB020 – Sacred Music of Michel-Richard Delalande (242 pages)
MB022 – Sacred Music of Marc-Antoine Chapentier Volume 1 (305 pages)
MB023 – Sacred Music of Marc-Antoine Chapentier Volume 2 (310 pages)
MB024 – Holy Week Music of Marc-Antoine Chapentier (315 pages)
Multiple Choirs and Marian Antiphons
MB025 – Italian Sacred Music for Two Choirs (280 pages)
MB026 – The Four Marian Antiphons (240 pages)
MB027 – Sacred Music for Multiple Choirs (170 pages)
18th Century - The Century of Reason
Instrumental Music
ME001 – The Great String era – Concerti Grossi – Volume 1 (232 pages)
ME002 – The Great String era – Concerti Grossi – Volume 2 (265 pages)
ME003 – The Great String era – Sonate a Tre
ME004 – The Great String era – Sinfonie and Sonate per Solo (250 pages)
ME005 – The Great String era – Concerti (260 pages)
ME006 – The Music of Christian Bach
Sacred Music
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Study Scores - Counterpoint
MD001 – Fugue Studies- Buxtehude, Corelli, Haydn, and J.S. Bach
MD002 – J.S. Bach – The Countrapuntalist
MD003 – J.S. Bach Fugue Studies Volume 1 – “Real” Answers
MD004 – J.S. Bach Fugue Studies Volume 2 – “Tonal” Answers
MD005 – J.S. Bach Choral Fugue Studies – Cantatas Volume 1
MD006 – J.S. Bach Choral Fugue Studies – Cantatas Volume 2
MD007 – J.S. Bach Choral Fugue Studies – Various Works
MD010 – J.S. Bach Advanced Fugue Studies
MD011 – Double and Triple Counterpoint and Fugues
Study Scores - Instrumental Music
MY001 – Arcangelo Corelli Opus 1 with fugues Marked (80 pages)
MJ004 – Great String Era Concerto Study (210 Pages)
Study Scores - Sacred Music
MD008 – J.S. Bach Choral Music Studies – The A Major Mass
MD009 – J.S. Bach Choral Music Studies – The B Minor Mass
19th Century - The Romantic Era
Chamber Music Scores
MS001 – Romantic String Quartets (200 Pages)
MS002 – An Album of French Song
Choral Music Scores
MC001 – An Album of French Choral Music
Orchestral Music Scores
MO001 – Russian Fantasy (215 Pages)
MO002 – Light Classical Music
MO003 – Scriabin Symphonies No. 1 and 4 (230 Pages)
MO004 – Scriabin Symphony No. 2 and Reverie (200 Pages)
MO005 – Scriabin Symphony No. 3 Divine Poem (207 Pages)
MO006 – Schubert Unfinished Symphony and Mass in G and Ab (216 Pages)
MO007 – Banquet francais Volume 1 (230 pages)
MO008 – Banquet francais Volume 2
MO009 – Ropartz – 1st Symphony (145 Pages)
MO010 – César Franck Rédemption
MO011 – César Franck Les Beatitudes
MO012 – César Franck Ruth (211 Pages)
MO013 – Bruckner Mass No. 3 (200 pages)
MO014 – Two Romantic Piano Concertos (150 Pages)
Vocal Scores
MV001 – César Franck Hulda Vocal Score
MV002 – César Franck Ghiselle Vocal Score
Piano Scores
MP003 – Scriabin Piano Book (104 Pages)
MP004 – Scriabin “Wings of Flight” (165 Pages)
Score Studies - French
MF001 – César Franck Symphony Study (160 pages)
MF002 – César Franck Psyche Study
MF003 – Debussy Study (220 pages)
MF004 – Ravel and Ropartz Study (235 pages)
MF005 – Ropartz 2nd Symphony (157 pages)
Score Studies - German/Austrian
MG001 – Four Beethoven String Quartets
MG002 – Beethoven Symphony Nos. 5 and 6 Studies
MG003 – Beethoven Piano Sonata Studies
MG004 – Bruckner Symphony No. 4 and 7
Score Studies - Italian
MW001 – Tosca Act 1 Study
Books
In 2017, we began preparation on a set of five books about our Musical Kaleidoscope project. We printed copies of the first two books. We did not complete books 3 and 4 due to the necessity of beginning work on our show, class, score, and documentary videos. However, book 3 is complete except for final edits, and we hope to include it here soon.
Musical Kaleidoscope Books
The Musical Kaleidoscope World One Book (2017)
World One features an exploration of the great popular and folk-music genres of American music that have influenced music around the world. These traditions are reviewed in our publication The Musical Kaleidoscope Project: World One.
The Musical Kaleidoscope World Two Book (2017)
World Two takes us beyond the borders of the USA in directions both east and south, where we explore the popular and folk-music traditions of Europe, and south of the border to Mexico, Cuba, Jamaica, Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia.
The Musical Kaleidoscope World Three Book (2017)
World Three takes the music explorer into the exotic realms of music belonging to Africa, the Middle East, and the Far East. We discover the ancient music of China, investigating its many traditions, the music of Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia, the popular traditions of India, the music of Africa, and ancient music traditions from the Muslim world.
The Musical Kaleidoscope World Four Book (in progress)
It has been said that popular music is for the many, classical music for the few. We hope that is not true, and wish everyone would enjoy the rich rewards of the truly great classical music traditions of India and Europe, the latter minus the discordant musical experiments of the 20th Century.
The Musical Kaleidoscope Catalogue
An important aspect of Musical Kaleidoscope, which we first developed in the 1980s, is the interplay between music cultures, and the exploration of instruments and styles that span cultures. Our publication for multiple worlds will be a complete catalogue and description of the videos that we have been preparing for eventual use in the Musical Kaleidoscope project.