The text is the first of Eighteen Elegies for Rog. The poet Paul Monette explains his dedication: ?Roger Horowitz my beloved friend died on 22 October 1986 after nineteen months of fighting the ravages of AIDS. He was fourty-four years old and the happiest man I ever knew.? The over-all title comes from Millay's verses: ... many a man is making friends with death even as I speak for lack of love alone.

In his use of authentic Englsh folksongs Gnostic texts and Vedic hymns one can discern Holst’s search for a compositional Voice beyond the constraints of the European canon in the early 1900’s. In 1916 hepublished Six Choral Folk Songs of which Cornish folk tune I Love My Love is the fifth number.The song is a tale of a girl ‘in Bedlam’ who awaits her love’s return from the sea. It moves into Dorian mode and outagain with a particularly effective sighing motif in the middle section. Gustav Holst has earned a place among the most revered of late 19th and early 20th century composers and is best known for his enduring Orchestral suite ThePlanets.

Nobody Does It Better sung by Carly Simon came from the James Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me . Marvin Hamlisch and Carole Bayer Sager's song marked the first time a bond song had not shared its title with that of the film - since the tradition started. It stood as an excellent pop song in its own right and has endured as Carly Simon's longest-charting hit and the title of her greatest hits album. This choral version has been arranged for male voice TTBB choir with Piano accompaniment by Thomas Lydon. / Choeur TTBB Et Piano

Help Me Rhonda (TTBB)-The Beach Boys at their best! This authentic doo-wop arrangement of their 1965 number 1 hit ‘sounds hard and sings easy’! Male groups (and everyone else) will love it! For TTBB choir. ShowTrax CD also available separately. Performance Time: Approx. 2:10

How Deep Is Your Love was the first in a string of six consecutive #1 hits for the Bee Gees in the late '70s and was featured in the soundtrack of the film Saturday Night Fever. It employs their iconic use of breathy vocals and high falsetto to achieve its disco vibe.The tune was more recently covered by UK band Take That for their greatest hits album.Arranged here for TTBB choir with Piano accompaniment.

Love-Promise?is the third movement of Czech composer Antonin Dvorak?s cycle?Five Choruses For Male Voice?.The cycle of five choruses is set to Lithuanianfolk texts translated by Frantisek Ladislav Celakovsky and is written for unaccompanied male choir (TTBB Voices). The title page of the autograph score bears the note: ?Composed on the journey from Prague to Vienna 12th ofDecember 1878?.The individual parts of the cycle present a vibrant palette of moods from the balladic ?Dwellers by the Sea? to the final light-hearted ?The Sparrow?s Feast?. The songs? melodies echo thespirit of folk songs and the composer used simple but colourful harmonies and chose a strophic form.

Your singers and audiences will love this barbershop arrangement with a bit of doo-wop flair! The #1 pop hit of 1980 by Queen will be a knock-out in performance!

Elton John's Can You Feel The Love Tonight from The Lion King. This breathtaking ballad is arranged here in a sonorous setting for a cappella ensembles. Available: SATB a cappella SSAA a cappella TTBB a cappella. Performance Time: Approx. 4:00.

Collection for Male Voices-This collection is a fantastic resource for introducing the music of the English Renaissance composer John Dowland to the male ensemble. The five well-known and representative works include Come Again Sweet Love Fine Knacks for Ladies His Golden Locks My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes Sleep Wayward Thoughts.