Michael Haydn's Gloria has been arranged here as a wonderful 2-part canon with optional flute or C instrument. A flowing and light piano accompaniment supports the vocal lines that sing the familiar Latin text. A beautifulselection for concert and festival. Available separately: 2-Part with flute or C instrument; PianoTrax CD (35027473). Duration: 2:30.

Ludwig Ernst Gebhardi's Noel Canon (Gloria Patri) arranged by Donald Moore for 2-Part choir.

Discovery Level 1-Younger choirs will develop tone part-singing ability and important performance skills with this accessible original canon. Opening with a unison statement of the theme the voices then sing in canon alternating with acontrasting B section. Excellent for concert or contest! Available separately: SAB 2-Part VoiceTrax CD. Duration: ca. 2:45.

Christina Rossetti's adorable text is smartly set with interesting harmonies chromaticism and a brief canon written above a bright piano accompaniment. A terrific concert work for your novelty 2-part selection. Available: 2-Part; PianoTrax CD.

For medium children's choir or easy adult choir _x000D_'This setting is an excellent way of continuing the study of two part harmony with treble choirs since with few exceptions this piece is a canon. Psalm 100 works equally well both as a Sunday morning anthem and as a work for a large festival involving many children's choirs. It is also very appealing if sung with the children's voices on part II and adult women on part I if the_x000D_director is able to distance the two choirs effectively.'-Ruth Watson Henderson and Jean Ashworth Bartle

Based on a canon by Thomas Tallis this delightful setting for younger choirs maintains the beautiful melody and adds an accessible piano accompaniment and lyrics that speak of the beauty of music and singing. An excellent choicefor contest or festival! Performance Time: 2:10.Available separately: SAB and 2-Part.

In the canon of American song no name comes ahead of Stephen Foster. The 19th century composer wrote nearly 300 songs creating some of the US’s best-known songs among them Camptown Races Swanee River My Old Kentucky Home Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair. These iconic tunes have been performed recorded mined for television and film scores and advertisements so much that many Americans recognize them without knowing their author. BeautifulDreamer one of Foster’s many sentimental ballads was published after his death. In this arrangement the song’s sentimentality has been honoured without exaggeration.

This rousing triple meter choral is infused with traditional gospel harmonies, rhythms, and articulations, and the uplifting text conveys an urgent message for peace. The classic 'Dona Nobis Pacem' canon is quoted in three parts in the middle of the piece. An inspirational powerhouse! / 2 Parties Mixtes

Les Fables de La Fontaine ont depuis longtemps attire? les compositeurs, Rythme?es et hautes en couleurs, beaucoup de ces petites sce?nes appellent irre?sistiblement la mise en voix comme autant de petites sce?nes the?a?trales, C'est du moins dans cet esprit que j'ai traite? Le Rat de ville et le Rat des champs, selon une ve?ritable mise en sce?ne miniature, Le piano joue alors un ro?le majeur, commentant l'action et comple?tant le discours musical autant qu'il ' accompagne ' les voix,Divers e?pisodes narratifs alternent qui collent au plus pre?t a? la narration (sans refuser parfois un certain figuralisme re?cre?atif), Cette structure en e?pisodes nettement diffe?rencie?s, mais condense?s en une dure?e assez bre?ve (4 mn environ), explique le sous-titre de ' micro-cantate ', Le premier motif chante? par le choeur revient, apre?s les pe?ripe?ties centrales, vers la fin de l'oeuvre, qui se termine enfin par un fugato entre les deux voix en canon strict,D'une e?criture largement tonale et fonde?e sur des carrures claires pour en faciliter l'apprentissage, l'oeuvre a e?te? pense?e a? deux voix, Celles-ci sont la plupart du temps impe?ratives (notamment pour le final) mais il est possible, le cas e?che?ant, de re?duire plusieurs se?quences a? une seule voix : les parties vocales qui pourraient e?tre alors supprime?es sont signale?es entre crochets, De me?me, certains passages peuvent e?tre confie?s a? des voix solistes, soit pour varier les textures, soit pour alle?ger l'apprentissage pour l'ensemble des enfants, Enfin, les petites notes de la partie de piano (mes, 49-50) ne doivent e?tre joue?es que s'il s'ave?re indispensable de soutenir les voix en cas de difficulte? d'intonation - dans l'ide?al, on ne les jouera pas, / Choeur D'Enfants Et Piano

A very nice addition to the youth choir repertoire a bit of canon adds interest at the end

For two-part treble voices Festive Hodie! is a delightfully joyous way to announce the birth of Christ. Both the Latin text and canonic melody lines are repetitive making the piece easy to learn. Instructions for incorporatingAmerican Sign Language are included in the choral.

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 A Dream of Christmas Holstset a medieval carol in Dorian mode modulating to D for the words of Christ manifesting his fascination medieval English music. Harmonies in the refrain are all in thirds and the piece is well within the abilities of amateursingers or Choruses.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 The Planets.