All about music!!

Before the year ends, I thought I’d share some stats from 2019 — something I usually do closer to January, but it slipped my mind this year. Top four sellers from 2019: We Three Kings 28% He Who Built the Starry Skies 17% Ding Dong! Merrily on High 13% Little Sonata in C 8% If…

Daniel Carter is best known for his hymns and choral music. He penned the sacrament favorite #169 “As Now We Take the Sacrament” as well as the Christmas favorite “Star of Bethlehem (Shine For Me Again).” Just as with other composers, he has plenty of other music that isn’t quite as known, but just as good.…

Let me tell you a story about how I came across Daniel Carter’s cantata on the Restoration: “A Dawning Light.” A few years ago when Daniel left the self-publishing business, he was practically giving away his music in one last fire sale. Not wanting his pieces to disappear unnoticed into the ether, I bought up…

I would like to introduce a newcomer to Melkim Publishing. Paul E. Anderson studied music at Brigham Young University and went on to pursue composition at other universities. After coming across a few of his pieces, I was desirous to add them to our library, and was surprised they hadn’t been published yet. Here is the first of…

For this Christmas, Daniel Carter has released two new versions of a popular hymn he composed a few decades ago — perhaps you may recognize the tune. “Guiding Star” is a hymn exploring the star that marked our Savior’s birth. It is now available for SAB Choir and also for Medium Voice Solo. These pieces feature an easy-to-intermediate accompaniment…

In one year’s time, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will celebrate the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith’s first vision. Daniel Carter’s miniature cantata, a setting of “Joseph Smith’s First Prayer (buy here),” is a perfect addition to any sacrament meeting. It is short, relatively easy to work up, and contains solos for…

2018 was a good year for Melkim Publishing. I thought I’d share some stats like I did for 2017 a year ago. Here are the top four sellers from 2018: It Is Well with My Soul 30% We Three Kings 22% He Who Built the Starry Skies 21% Ding Dong! Merrily on High 13% If…

Daniel Carter’s recently revamped setting of “Silent Night” for high voice, piano, and flute marks his third Christmas piece to appear here at Melkim Publishing. An earlier version of this appeared in the no-longer available collection “Hymn Duets” published in 2001. A month ago, when Dan asked me what I wanted to publish for our last piece…

“O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” a piano solo, is the second of Daniel Carter’s pieces of music to appear here at Melkim Publishing. It first appeared 2008 in Daniel’s collection “Hymns for Keyboard Performers II,” which is no longer available, but he has decided to resurrect this piece, and I didn’t hesitate to begin preparing it…

I am happy to announce that Daniel Carter has agreed to let Melkim Publishing a few of his pieces — some currently out of print, and some new pieces on the way. Daniel is mostly known for his hymn “As Now We Take the Sacrament” (LDS, #169) and his Christmas anthem “Shine for Me Again:…