Saint-Saens originally began work on Samson and Delilah as an oratorio until persuaded by his librettest Ferdinand Lemaire to write it as an opera. The work is a synthesis of Wagnerian drama and French and Italian operatic forms containing skillful structures and eloquent melodies. As one of the brightest jewels of French opera the work is considered 'a dream of antique purity and modern orchestral experimentation ' which thoroughly demonstrates Saint-Saëns' compositional capabilities. This is the Schirmer edition of the Vocal Score and is in English and the original French.

A superb and comprehensive collection of gospels and spirituals for Gospel choirs, containing a selection of classic favourites and rarer treasures in this bright and soulful idiom. The Ultimate Gospel Book Volume 1 contains 30 lively, invigorating songs which are all in delightful settings for Mixed Choir SATB, arranged by Jeff Guillen. CONTENT: Amen, Balm In Gilead, Burden Down, By An By, Certainly, Come And Go, Deep River, Didn t My Lord Deliver Daniel, Down By the Riverside, Free At Last, Goin to Set Down, Good News, The Gospeltrain, He s Got the Whole World, Hold On, I Know the Lord, Joshua Fight the Battle of Jericho, Let Us Break Bread, Lord, Lord, Lord, Rocks on the Mountains, Roll Jordan, Somebody s Knocking, Sometimes I Feel, Steal Away, There s a Meeting, Trampin , Wade In the Water, Walk Together Children, Were You There, When the Stars Begin to Fall.

Building a Vocal Community-Includes Four CDsIndividuals friends choirs church camp and community groups of any background will enjoy participating in this uplifting singing tradition. Ysaye M. Barnwell a charter member of the great a cappella group Sweet Honey in the Rock teaches melodies harmonies rhythms and counter-melodies to 17 traditional songs from African American culture including spirituals hymns gospels and songs from the Civil Rights Movement.The CD's in this series contain songs which were originally taught in the context of a 5 day workshop. In a workshop often having between 40 and 60 people songs are taught without printed music or printedwords and without pitch pipes or musical instruments other than those which help create and maintain the rhythmic foundation and intensity of the songs. This method of passing on knowledge is very much in the oral/aural tradition. Here for the sake of clarity the words to all the songs have been provided but the music itself is presented in the form of an oral/aural score which must be listened to.

They sing - they dance - they'll make you laugh if you give them a chance! Here come the Dinostars - taking the stage to entertain you with heroic and Mesozoic acts of fun! With Raptors who rap stand-up comedians and even Tyrannosaurus Tex and his gang of line-dancing dinosaurs our panel of judges have a big job ahead of them! Young performers in the primary grades will love their time in the spotlight with this entertaining 20-minute musical featuring five original songs in a variety of musical styles clever rhyming dialog with over 35 speaking parts easily adaptable to casts of varying sizes simple movement and production tips to help stage a successfulperformance even when time is limited. Let's get on with the show! Available: Teacher Edition Reproducible Pak (vocals lyric sheets dialog) Preview CD (with vocals) Preview Pak (1 Preview CD and sample pages) Performance/Accompaniment CD and Classroom Kit (Teacher Reproducible Pak P/A CD). Duration: ca. 20 minutes. Suggested for grades K-3.

How To Blitz! Sight Singing is the perfect training for your eyes and ears - a fantastic start for vocalists who are learning to read and sing at the same time. Featuring listening and singing activities athorough introduction to pitch and rhythm notation as well as other resources this book is great for all choirs conductors music teachers and vocalists. Blitz! Sight Singing alsoincludes rounds and short two-part pieces composition and improvisation exercises activities based on pitch and rhythm and all presented in a wonderfully clear and logical order. Vocalists will move through rhythm and notevalues to melodies and scales before combining the two with tunes. Written by renowned educator and author Samantha Coates the BlitzBooks series has brought fun and laughter tomusic theory technique and sight reading making them more accessible and enjoyable for all. As the most popular range of theory and sight reading books in Australia this series is finally available in the UK perfectlysupporting students learning with the main exam boards.

Teaching Harmony with Multicultural Rounds and Canons-From the campfire to the concert hall singing in rounds and canons is one of the most enjoyable experiences for singers of all ages. As music teachers we know that successful harmony doesn't just happen. It occurs over time with lots of practice and encouragement.This collection of rounds and canons is a sequential repertoire of kid-tested no-fail songs to guide students through that developmental process of ?finding their voices? in successful harmony. It includes movement and percussion echoes rounds and canons; speech canons; call and response songs; and song rounds and canons. ROUND the World is also a multicultural collection so thatstudents can experience the music of their world brothers and sisters and have a greater understanding of their cultural stories and traditions.?The Teacher Edition features reproducible song melodies with chord symbols song background performance tips piano/vocal arrangements and a variety of reproducible classroom instrument parts for accompanying options. The Performance/Accompaniment CD is available separately or in a Classroom Kit with the Teacher Edition for more budget-saving value! Available separately: Teacher Edition (HL09971739) Performance/Accompaniment CD and Classroom Kit (HL09971741)?(Teacher and P/A CD). Suggested for grades 2-5.

Ottone HWV 15; Opera in three acts.Version of the first performance 1723.Handel completed his opera ?Ottone? in August 1722 but the first performance did not take place until January 1723 in the Haymarket Theatre London; the composer had waited so long for the famous soprano Francesca Cuzzoni who he had in mind for the role of Teofane.?Ottone? was an immediate success from the beginning not only for its top-class cast but also because of its formal and musical structure. It received numerous revivals until 1733.Stylistically ?Ottone? follows in the Neapolitan operatradition with emotionally charged arias as the principal vehicles of expression whilst the plot is carried forward in the secco recitatives.The dramatic action is interpreted and intensified through the choice of arias and keys.The Vocal score is based on volume II/12 of the ?Halle Handel Edition? (BA 4077) which contains the complete critical musical text of the opera for the first time.- First critical edition based on the Urtext of the Halle Handel Edition.- Additional numbers from later performances included in the appendix.- Foreword (Ger/Eng).- Full score (BA4077) & Vocal score (BA4077-90) available for sale.- Performance material (BA4077-72) available for hire.

William Boyce’s Te Deum And Jubilate In C was written for four Voices (SATB) with Bass continuo (Piano) accompaniment and first published in 1790. The lyrics of the two sacred pieces are both in English translation an early Christian hymn of praise (Te Deum) and Psalm 100 (Jubilate). As morning canticles they are usually sung at Morning Prayer in the Anglican tradition. Duration if performed together is approximately 6:15 minutes.William Boyce is widely regarded as one of the most important English-born composers of the 18th century however he remains little-performed today. The beauty of his sacredcompositions is proof of his lifelong involvement with various aspects of Church music (as a choirboy organist and composer) since the age of 9.

Antonin Dvorak Requiem Mass, scored for soprano, alto, tenor and bass solists, SATB choir and orchestra. Vocal Score edition, edited by Michael Pilkington. This new edition follows the layout of the previous edition (NOV070088) which it supersedes. / Voix

Elgar's part songs, written in 1914 to be sung by choirs across England. Includes op. 71, 72 and 73 for SATB with divisions. Piano for rehearsal only. / Voix

200 Exercises for Chorus and Solo Singers-What choral conductor or soloist has not looked around for new ideas for warming up the voice? Here are 200 suggestions all at once!And these creative exercises do more than just warm up the voice: they help to relax the body train the ear and develop an awareness of dynamics and rhythm.Klaus Heizmann's collection is a wonderful new resource of ideas and techniques: practical varied challenging relaxing and stimulating. I am always looking for new ideas as I like to use a different set of warm-ups at every rehersal with my choirs and I tend to choose specific exercises to suit the repertoire for the day. This collection gives us 200 excellent tools-of-the-trade; they areclearly lebeled intelligently set out well-designed and extremely useful. (Simon Carrington Director of Choral Activities New England Conservatory since 2001; Director of Choral Activities The University of Kansas 1994-2001; Founder and co-director of the King's Singers 1968-1993)

8 Shakespeare settings for upper voices-Hark Hark The Lark is a collection of eight exquisite settings for upper voices specially commissioned to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. The volume pays tribute to Britain's greatest writer presenting a selection of his finest texts set to music by some of today's most accomplished choral composers. Variety of composers including Bob Chilcott Alan Bullard Stephen Hatfield and Andrea Ramsey Two or three vocal parts (SA/SSA) Accompanied and unaccompanied settings Well-known Shakespeare texts including 'When icicles hang by the wall' 'Blow blow thou winter wind' and'And will he not come again?' Moderate difficulty - ideal for adult and youth choirs

CHANGING VOICES CHRISTMAS is an exciting collection of Christmas carols and popular songs specifically arranged for changing or ‘cambiata’ male voices. These arrangements are intended to be sung by boys aged approximately 11 years and upwards; precisely the time when many boys give up singing as their changing voices cease to fit comfortably within traditional vocal ranges. Progressive in difficulty and ranging from classic carols to more contemporary Christmas hits the pieces in this collection are suitable for performance in both sacred and secular settings. Together they provide a dynamic and festive selection of music for boys’choral groups of all abilities. As well as the printed score this book is supported by SoundWise: eBook: a digital edition of your music to read on any device. Audio: full demonstration recordings of each piece plus accompaniment-only solo-only and rehearsal backing tracks. 'The arrangements by Ian Crawford are freely imagined bot most distinctive and novel here is the desire to provide a repertoire for teenage boys.' - Geoffrey Webber of choirandorgan.com