Par TEMPERLEY N.. Both a dedicated carol singer and an authority on the history of English music, Nicholas Temperley here offers a unique book of 37 carols dating from the fifteenth century to the present. For over fifty years he has sung, edited and composed carols each Christmas, and in Christmas is Coming the fruit of his enthusiasm is combined with his wealth of knowledge to produce an outstanding and original new collection. As John Rutter observes in his Foreword, the book does not pointlessly duplicate what can be found in many other carol books, but has a personality and purpose of its own. Twenty-two fresh and practical arrangements include carols from Austria, France, Germany, Mexico, Poland and the USA, alongside music both rare and familiar from the rich heritage of the English carol tradition. As well as eight of his personal favourites, from J. S. Bach to Charles Ives, the author includes seven new compositions of his own, settings of medieval and traditional texts that reveal his skill as a choral composer whose command of style ranges from the humorous to the profound. In addition to sample programmes and translations, there are invaluable notes on the performance and history of individual items, plus an historical summary of the genre as a whole: everything in fact to make Christmas is Coming an indispensable companion for singers who wish to enrich the seasonal repertoire for concerts, churches and traditional Yuletide carolling./ Recueil / Chorale

Par THOMAS KURT / A.WAGNER. Editeur(s) d'origine: Wagner, Alexander/ Méthode / Chorale

Par STANDFORD PATRIC. (KS3/GCSE:A1/AL) Listening, composing and performing are the foundation of Projects, Patric Standford’s exciting new composition manual that meets the varied demands of ‘A-level’ and undergraduate courses. Former head of Composition at Bretton College of Higher Education, respected composer and tireless advocate of new music, Standford begins unashamedly with melody. Through a study of historical examples, students quickly learn to write their own, then master rhythm, harmony and the construction of canons before creating original pieces for melody instruments, keyboard, and percussion ensemble. With a wealth of illustrations and full of good sense, Standford’spractical text ensures a constant helping hand for the young composer, showing how music of the past and present, carefully observed, can unlock the novice’s imagination. Beautifully produced, Projects combines a sound respect for the fundamentals of music-making with the one element essential for its success - enjoyment./ Livre / Livre

Par PURCELL HENRY. Matching skilfully contrived music with topical and often scabrous texts, Purcell’s Catches offer vivid glimpses of 17th-century life which also appeal to a more modern sense of humour. Reissued to celebrate the tercentenary of the composer’s death, this complete collection is edited by Michael Nyman, who provides an extensive preface that tells the history of the genre. For 3-part and 4-part mixed voices./ Répertoire / Chorale

Ed. Marte. Par VIVALDI ANTONIO. Vivaldi's classic work, arranged for Solo Voices, mixed chorus and orchestra. Edited by Mason Martens. Lost soon after the composer's death, little if anything was known of this spectacular choral setting until it's rediscovery in 1920, with the first modern performance finally happening in the autumn of 1939. Since then the work has become a proven favourite with choral societies, choirs and gala performances across the world. This vocal score includes a full Piano reduction of the orchestral material. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / Chorale

Par TAG CHRISTIAN GOTTHILF. Bläserchor, choralgebundene Orgelmusik, Instrumentalmusik zu Kirchenliedern, Kirchenlieder, Sätze - Verwendung / Kirchenjahr: Ostern und nachösterliche Freudenzeit - / Hymnes et chorals / Répertoire / Chorale

Par CHARPENTIER MARC-ANTOINE. Through the well-known first theme of its opening Prelude , Charpentier's spectacular Te Deum has become the best-known of all French baroque grands motets. Prepared by the distinguished French baroque scholar Lionel Sawkins from the composer's original manuscript, this is the first authoritative performing edition of the work. / Niveau : Assez Facile / Répertoire / Chorale

Par BRITTEN BENJAMIN. Paramètre de Britten du poème de Edith Sitwell ' Louange nous grands hommes ', a été laissé inachevé à sa mort. Elle a été étant écrite pour Mstislav Rostrpovich d'inclure dans sa première saison avec le National Symphony Orchestra de Washington D.C, en 1977. Le mauscript brise d'après 118 barres, près de la fin de la cinquième une sections dix prévu. Le fragment équivaut donc au plus de la moitié du travail, mais il est entièrement composée. Deux autres bars ont été trouvés esquissé dans l'un des ordinateurs portables de Britten et ont été ajoutées à ce score en 1985, quand elle a été révisée par le compositeur, Colin Matthews, avant de son premier spectacle./ Répertoire / Chorale