Contents of Soundings

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Volume 1, No. 1 (Autumn, 2007)

  • Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, A Biography - Part I, by Catherine Read

  • The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part I, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Towards a World Lyre Community: The Birth of an Idea Inspired by Lyre 2006, by Sheila P. Johns and Channa Seidenberg

Index of Titles in Music Supplement 1:

  • Michael Stands Now at Our Door - Channa A. Seidenberg

  • Michaelmas - Words by A.C. Harwood

  • Music by John Clark In Autumn St. Michael - Words by Anke Weihs & Morwenna Bucknall

  • Traditional Welsh melody Raise Up Thine Eyes - Verses 1 & 2 by Anke Weihs

  • Verse 3 by Merwin Lewis; Melody unknown; Arrangement by Merwin Lewis

  • Maria Walks Amid the Thorn (Maria durch ein’ Dornwald ging) - Traditional words; Traditional melody; Arrangement by Esther Schwedeler

  • In dulci jubilo - Original Latin & German words by Heinrich Suso; 14th century melody; Arrangement by Esther Schwedeler Limu leimen - Traditional Swedish Air

  • From the Suite in D, No. 3 for strings by J.S. Bach, adapted for lyres

  • Accompanying Those Who Have Died - Christof-Andreas Lindenber

Volume 2, No. 1 (Summer, 2008)

  • Christof-Andreas Lindenberg, A Biography - Part II, by Catherine Read

  • The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part II, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Therapeutic Lemniscates, by Robert Grace

Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 2, No. 1 - At The Threshold And Beyond (All by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg)

  • Musical “Verse” for Harmony in One’s Destiny

  • Approaching Death

  • For Serious Moments

  • For the Unconscious Active Listening

  • Tunes in Mindfulness of the Crossing the Threshold I

  • Tunes in Mindfulness of the Crossing the Threshold II

  • For a Child that Died at Age 12

  • Accompanying Those Who Have Died Reading for the Dead

  • When Reading for the Dead

  • The Friends Gone Before

Volume 2, No. 2 (Winter, 2008)

  • Where Do the Sound and the Tone of the Lyre Come From?, by Hajime Kira

  • The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 3, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Biography of Heinrich-Michael Derscheid, by Ingeborg Derscheid (trans. Channa A. Seidenberg)

  • At the Threshold and Beyond, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 2, No. 2 - At The Threshold And Beyond (All by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg)

  • Musical “Verse” for One’s Destiny When Facing Perhaps a Terminal Illness

  • A Gateway for an Elderly Dying, Lyre Music at Deathbed and Beyond

  • A Garden Gate for the Elderly For Octogenarians Who Long for the Interval of the Second

  • For Serious Moments II

  • Well Known Tune and Variations to “The Lord’s my Sheperd”

  • Aeolian Sun Scale and Scansions Suggestion for a Tune for a Young Child up to Age 11 Who Died

  • Suggestion for a Very Small Child Below Age 4 Who Returned to Heaven

  • For Those Who Died a Violent Death

  • A Mantle of Light For George C. to Accompany Veronica’s Soul-Spirit

  • Seeking Peace

  • For reading to the Dead

  • For the Dark Time of the Year

Volume 3, No. 1 (Spring, 2010)

  • Truth, Tone and Tuning, by Laura Langford Schnur

  • Describing the Indescribable: Reflections on Julius Knierim's Elaboration and Development of Lyre-playing Technique, by Gerhard Beilharz (trans. Mado Spiegler)

  • The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 4, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 3, No. 1

  • Seeking Peace (corrected) - Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Benedictus qui venit - Josquin des Prez

  • Plena est Terra - Josquin des Prez

  • Ciaconne - Gerhard Maasz

  • Trio-Piece - Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • He is the Star - Graham H. Jackson

  • Prayer - Channa A. Seidenberg

Volume 3, No. 2 (Spring, 2011)

  • The Erosion of Listening: A Contemporary Crisis of Childhood, by Sheila P. Johns

  • This Silver Lyre - (a poem from Slippery Characters), by Paul Matthews

  • An Introduction to the Musical Work of Manfred Bleffert, by David Adams

  • A Lyre Builder Shares His Story: Murray Wright, Australian Lyre Builder, Soundings Interview

  • The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 4 (revised), by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 3, No. 2

  • Nachspiel VI – Gotthard Starke

  • Winter Dance – Michael Brewer

  • Spring Song – Arnold Logan

  • Sinfonia 8 in F Major – J S Bach

  • Grail Music – Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Table Music – Composer Unknown

  • “Soul Mood” Melody – Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

Volume 4, No. 1 (Autumn, 2013)

  • Maria Schuppel - A Pioneer of Music Therapy, by Christina Porkert

  • Music in the Prebirth to Three-Year-Old Child, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • A Lyre Builder Shares His Story: John Bryan, English Lyre Builder, Soundings Interview

  • The Lyre: A Tutor for a New Instrument - Part 4 (revised), by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 4

  • Solo für Altleier—nach der dreigliedrigen Tonleiter (Pracht) – Maria Schüppel

  • Duo für Sopran und Altleier—in der dreigliedrigen Tonleiter von Edmund Pracht – Maria Schüppel

  • Pavane – Gabriel Fauré

  • Into the New Year and On – Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Sunstream – Channa A . Seidenberg

Volume 5 (Advent, 2014)

  • Potential of the Unique Resonance of Lyre Tones, by Hajime Kira

  • Inner Balance and the Lyre, by Catherine Read

  • The Interval and Movement, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 5

  • In the Silence of Listening – Channa A. Seidenberg

  • Travels 1: The Breathing Sea – Jean Anderberg

  • Travels 2: A Dream of Land – Jean Anderberg

  • Into Advent – Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Advent Music for Two Instruments – Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Pastoral Symphony (From Messiah) – G. F. Handel (Arr. J. M. Brewer)

Volume 6 (Winter, 2015-2016)

  • Address Given at Lyre 2000, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • A Lyre builder Shares His Story, by Alan Thewless

  • New Impulses for the Future Direction of Music Arising out of Working with the Schlesinger Scales, by Bevis Stephens

Index of Titles in Music Supplement Volume 6

  • Canon for Lyres – Christian Giersch

  • Silent Stones – Colin Tanser

  • Andante for Two Instruments – Bohuslav Martinu

  • Courante – Georg Friederich Händel

  • Goldberg Variations, No. 2 – Johann Sebastian Bach

Volume 7 (Autumn, 2018)

  • Understanding the Shape of the Lyre, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • My Career Path in Becoming a Lyre Builder, by Gundolf Kühn

  • Determination Meets Expertise: The Lyre in China, by Vicky Deng

  • China Lyre Workshops: Step One, by John Billing

Index of Titles in Music Supplement 7

  • Sarabande: English Suite No. 5 – J. S. Bach

  • Canon with Ostinato – Julius Knierim

  • Study for Two Lyres – Lothar Reubke

  • Study – Wolfgang Friebe

  • Third Nocturne – Colin Tanser

  • Scherzo – Aram Khachaturian

Volume 8 (Winter, 2019)

  • A History of the Lyre, by Gerhard Beilharz

  • The Task and Purpose of the New Instruments, by Veronika Roemer

  • My Journey as a Lyre Builder, by Martin Nies

  • About Intuitive Pedagogy, by Thomas Pedroli

  • Sound Mythology, by Martin Tobiassen

Index of Titles in Music Supplement 8

  • Stillness – Thomas Pedroli

  • Boat Song – Colin Tanser

  • Ach Elslein – Alois Künstler

  • A Round for Christmas – Channa Seidenberg

  • Bright is the Sunshine – Maria Schüppel

  • Promenade – Alexander Gretchaninoff

  • Fragment B/A – Colin Tanser

  • Praludium – Jan Nilsson

  • Skarba – Martin Tobiassen

  • Equal #1 – Ludwig van Beethoven

Volume 9 - Special Commemorative Edition Dedicated to Julius Knierim (Winter 2020-2021)

  • Describing the Indescribable - Reflections of Julius Knierim’s Lyre-playing Technique, by Gerhard Beilharz

  • From “Rauschen” to “Strömendes Gestalten”, by Gerhard Beilharz

  • History of the Camphill Village Ensemble, by Channa Andriesse Seidenberg

  • Music, Mobility, and the Mood of the Fifth, by Sheila P. Johns

  • The Coming to Birth of the Lyre, Adapted by Sheila P. Johns from Mariana Bruehl’s Apollo’s Lyre

  • Julius Knierim, the Impulse Carrier, by Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

  • Sun and Moon, Heart and Soul — Personal Reflections of Julius Knierim, by Jeb Pronto

  • Recollections of Julius Knierim, by Kerry Virginia Lee

Index of Titles in Music Supplement 9 (All by Julius Knierim)

  • A Lovely Rainbow

  • We Are Hungry

  • Wie leicht wird erde sein

  • Tribute to J.S. Bach

  • 12-Tone Exercise

  • Playing with 12 Tones

  • Unveil to Us

  • Kleiner Kanon für zwei Leiern

  • Kanon zu Ostinato

  • Invention

  • Abendmusik

  • Zwischenspiel aus “Der treue Johannes”

  • Kanon

  • Klingen und Nachklingen

Volume 10 Music Supplement – Special Edition to Honor the Life and Work of Christof-Andreas Lindenberg on the Occasion of his 90th Birthday

  • Editor’s Letter - Sheila P. Johns

  • Michaelmas Round

  • Archangelos

  • Michaelmas Music

  • The Three Soul Forces

  • Call to Healing

  • In the Surrounding Circle

  • Trio Piece

  • Seeking Piece

  • Lyre Drum Dance

  • Michael, Hero of the Sun

  • Raise Up Your Eyes

  • Explore The Lyre I

  • From the 104th Psalm

  • Biographical Reflections of Christof-Andreas Lindenberg

Volume 10 - Dedicated to the development and use of the modern lyre as a musical instrument (Spring 2025)

  • Editor’s Letter - Sheila P. Johns

  • The Modern Lyre in Art, Education, and Healing – A Symposium, by Thomas Pedroli

  • What is a Lyre? Why and how can it be used in Waldorf Music Education? by Sheila P. Johns

  • The Lioness Lyre – An Account of Its Development, by Murray Wright

  • Ode to the West Wind, by Percy Bysshe Shelley

  • The Empyrean Lyre, by John Bryan

  • The Lyre and Etheric Aspects of Music: An Example of Counterpoint Variations for the Hebridean Folksong ‘A Fairy’s Love Song’, by Catherine Read

  • A Fairy’s Love Song, Accompaniment composed by Catherine Read and Victoria Voronyansky