Hier kommt die etwas andere Fachliteratur für Chorleitung. Reiner Schuhenn und seine Co-Autoren sprechen Themen an, die über die künstlerischen Aufgaben des Dirigenten hinausgehen. Sinnvolles Zeitmanagement, rechtliche Fragen oder zeitgemäße Menschenführung - viele Chorleiter lassen diese Punkte außer Acht. Probleme mit dem Chor oder Chorvorstand sind die Folge. Dieser Ratgeber bearbeitet eher weniger beachtete Themen und gibt Chorleitern und Chormanagern Hintergrundwissen über ihre musikalische Arbeit hinaus. / Choeur

Ballade by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe-During the summer of 1799 Goethe wrote his ballad ?Die erste Walpurgisnacht ? and asked his friend Carl Friedrich Zelter to set the work to music. Zelter however felt unable to do this and so Goethe?s wish was only realised thirty years later by Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.The ?heavenly words? of the pagan ballads had impressed the composer so much after a visit to Weimar that he was inspired to set them to music. In 1832 the composition took shape and was performed a year later in the Sing- Akademie in Berlin.Mendelssohn was however unhappy with the first version of the work and held it back until he decided on a radical revision ofthe work ten years after its premiere. Die ?erste Walpurgisnacht? was first performed in 1843 in Leipzig in the presence of Robert Schumann and Hector Berlioz in the form in which the work is still performed today. The publication of this edition by John Michael Cooper Associate Professor of Music History at the University of North Texas (Denton) makes the work available in an Urtext edition for the first time in time for the 200th anniversary of the composer?s birth. The edition reflects the latest state of research and the volume includes a Critical Commentary.- One of Mendelssohn?s most important secular works in an edition reflecting the latest research findings.- Bärenreiter Urtext for the Mendelssohn anniversary year 2009.- Critical Commentary (Eng)- Full score (BA9072) and vocal score (BA9072-90) for sale; performance material (BA9072-72) available for hire.

From Peggy Lee's Christmas Carousel album comes this playful song based on Schumann's “The Happy Farmer” and celebrating the joy of finding and decorating the perfect Christmas tree! Charming! Availableseparately: 2-Part ShowTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:35.

Célébrons les vacances dans le monde entier! Après un titre de la chanson joyeuse, vos élèves seront ensuite profiter de la présentation de chants traditionnels et chants venus de 15 pays différents. Le script en option (10 narrateurs par chanson) décrit les coutumes et les traditions saisonnières qui se produisent dans chaque pays pendant la saison des fêtes. Pourquoi ne pas parcourir le monde à Noël? C'est un excellent choix pour les écoles-et groupes de jeunes de l'église, aussi. / Choeur