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In honor of the upcoming Easter celebrations, this month’s tab is an arrangement of the Resurrection hymn entitled “Thine Be the Glory”. The lyrics were penned by the Swiss pastor, hymnist, and translator Edmond Budry in 1884. He wrote “A Toi la Gloire” after the death of his wife as a statement of the promise of victory over death through Jesus Christ.
Read MoreThis month’s free tab is an arrangement of the traditional Celtic bagpipe tune “Lord Lovat’s Lament”. It has been credited to both Ewen MacGregor and his pupil David Fraser. They were both pipers to Simon Lord Lovat, who was the 11th Scots nobleman to hold that title. Simon met an unfortunate end when he backed the wrong side in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745, and was subsequently beheaded.
Read MoreIn honor of the upcoming Valentine's Day observances, this month's free tab is an arrangement of the early 20th century parlor song “It’s Just Because I Love You So”, composed and first performed by Jessie Bartlett Davis in 1900.
Davis was born in Morris, IL in 1859, the oldest of 7 sisters. Their father Elias was a school music teacher, and encouraged all of his daughters to sing and/or play various instruments. The family started performing as a chorus at local events, which soon led to a number of engagements in nearby Chicago. Jessie had the most naturally gifted and powerful voice, and at one point she was approached with an opportunity to start touring with a stage company as a singer. That eventually led to more bookings, as well as an opportunity for formal voice training, and she soon became the premier operatic contralto of her day.
