George Stuart (pictured) is the author of all the material on this Website.   This material includes :-      

• samples of the hundreds of new lyrics available     
• papers about some theological Biblical issues    
• information about a series of studies entitled 'Towards an Understanding of the Bible'      
• some meditations     

Click on the appropriate link below and follow the prompts to access other material on this Website.   

Contact Me      Papers      Meditations      Towards Understanding      Costs

It is not necessary to have a copyright licence to use any of the material on this  Website.   All the material on this website has no attached copyright restrictions except that of reproducing any of it for the purposes of re-sale or other commercial purposes.   All the material may be printed out and subsequently copied for public use.  It can also be stored electronically or be used to create Power Point Presentations for projection.  

I refer to the Singing a New Song volumes of my new lyrics as 'my hymnbooks'.

The new lyrics, both on this website and printed in my hymnbooks, are set to traditional well-loved tunes, the vast majority of which can be found in the Australian Hymnbook (AHB) and its second edition, Together in Song (TiS).   Some of the tunes that are printed in my hymnbooks and not found in AHB or TiS can be found in the older Presbyterian Hymnary and/or the Methodist Hymnbook.   References, in my hymnbooks, are made to these church hymnbooks where it is appropriate.  Some tunes, particularly those used for children's songs, are not in any hymnbook but are printed in my hymnbooks.   These include nursery rhyme melodies.   A few musical scores are not printed in my hymnbooks because of copyright limitations.   These tunes can be accessed in other relevant church hymnbooks.

Personal contact can be made with me by using my e-mail address.  Click on george.stuart@exemail.com.au

Singing a New Song

    There are 5 different products associated with each volume of Singing a New Song.  

                1.   Harmony Edition -  This edition has the full musical manuscripts of the tunes chosen for the new lyrics. The only exceptions occur when the music is still in copyright ownership.   For these one or two exceptions, a 'suggested' tune is identified and reference is made to a church hymnbook where it can be accessed.  This Harmony Edition is most useful for people who like to read music as they sing, choir members and musicians.  

                 2.   Lyrics Only Edition -  This edition has no musical scores printed but it has all the new lyrics printed in it.  This edition is the same in every other respect as the Harmony Edition.   It can be used by singers who do not read music.  It can also be used to follow the lyrics by individuals while listening to the musical accompaniments on the set of CDs.  (See 3 below)

                 3.   Musical Accompaniments -  This set of 4 CDs has the instrumental accompaniments for the new lyrics.   The tunes used are those printed in the Harmony Editions.  There are one and two exceptions where the music could not be recorded because it is still in copyright ownership.  These CDs can be played on a CD player or through a computer with the appropriate capacity.    They can be played to accompany congregational singing.  They can also be used by an individual listening to them while singing along 'silently' during private devotions or a personal quiet time.   Each set of CDs contains about 6 hours of music.   The sound is instrumental and not vocal.  The quality of the music has been limited by the computer software which was used to generate it and thus the recordings may not be suitable for some applications.

                  4.  Lyrics Only CD -  This CD has on it all the lyrics in the particular volume, as Word Documents.   These can be used to print from a computer and then for subsequent copying.  Each set of lyrics has on its own Word Document.

                  5.  Power Point Presentation CD -  This CD has on it all the lyrics in the particular volume, as Power Point Presentations. There are 3 different presentations from which you can choose.   One is white printing on a black background.  Another is black printing on a white background.  A third has the lyrics presented as 'plain text' which can be used easily to produce a customized Power Point Presentation.  

If you wish to purchase any or all of the products available please go to Costs to obtain relevant information.

For information about the contents of each volume of Singing a New Song, click on the appropriate link below.

                                                           Volume 2

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