Ten best-selling choral arrangements by Various Writers

The 4th volume in our successful series of best-selling choral arrangements by Jack Schrader, collected in accessible two- and three-part settings. A Rehearsal/Performance CD with accompaniment tracks for each title is available, as well as a Preview Pack which includes a book and a listening CD.

Christmas Is Coming\|Come, Now Is the Time to Worship\|Holy Ground\|Joy in the Morning\|Lord of the Dance\|More Precious Than Silver with I Stand in Awe\|Name of All Majesty\|Seek Ye First\|There Is None Like You with I Worship You, Almighty God\|What the Lord Has.

Since the time of his childhood in Transylvania, Ligeti had been familiar with both Hungarian and Romanian folk music. He makes reference to approximately fifty folk song arrangements similar to Né.gy lakodalmi tá.nc which he had completed in the early phases of his compositional career. .
The four individual song texts highlight a wide range of aspects of a wedding. The first poem describes the bride's happiness and how beautifully she will be dressed, but also displays her hesitance, insecurity and fear of a future as a ".bird in a cage".. In the second poem, the bride is unwilling to enter into marriage. she fears that the preparations which have been undertaken are insufficent. The young girl in the third poem is full of pride and wishes to be the bride, ".the most seemly, to look at with pride"., but also naturally hopes that she ".will yield a flower, not just a dry stalk".. The subject of the final poem is the bridgeroom whose thoughts on his wedding are full of optimism if his uncle plays the violin at the ceremony.

Hungarian - English - German.

Ligeti wrote this piece during his studies, influenced by the style of his role models Bela Bartok and Zoltan Kodaly. Time, dynamics and tempo changes provide delightful contrasts in the both modern and folk-song choir. The work is performable in Hungarian, German and English.