Orchestra 2(2nd dPicc).1.2.1: 2.2.1.0: Timp.Perc(3): Harp.Clst: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set): Vocal soli (15 roles, SSSAATTBBBBBBBB)

SKU: AP.36-A538401

Arranged by Giacomo Puccini and ed./arr. by Ettore Panizza/ Libretto by Giovacchino Forzano after a story mentioned in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy. Light Opera, Orchestra Accompaniment, Conductor Score. Kalmus Opera Library. Score. LudwigMasters Publications #36-A538401. Published by LudwigMasters Publications (AP.36-A538401).

ISBN 9798892700825. UPC: 659359931277. English.

Gianni Schicchi is a one-act comic opera by Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924). The final and most popular opera in a trio known as Il trittico (The Triptych), each one dealing with the concealment of a death, the work premiered at the Metropolitan Opera on December 14, 1918. It tells the story of four family members anxiously discussing the contents of their very recently deceased family member, Buoso Donati, only to discover to their horror that he had left everything to a monastery. Gianni Schicchi, not related to the family, arrives and concocts a scheme to have a new will written as nobody but the family knows Buoso is dead. But when the notary arrives Schicchi, pretending to be a Buoso on the mend, dictates that his house, mule, and mills should be left to Gianni Schicchi, which allows him to offer marriage between his daughter Lauretta and Donati family member Rinuccio. Lauretta's soprano aria, O mio babbino caro (Oh, my dear papa), is among the most well known in opera and is frequently sung as an encore in recitals or concerts. Instrumentation: 2(2nd dPicc).1.2.1: 2.2.1.0: Timp.Perc(3): Harp.Clst: Str (4-4-3-3-3 in set): Vocal soli (15 roles, SSSAATTBBBBBBBB). This orchestra reduction is completed by Ettore Panizza. Reprint edition.

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Choir Secular (2-Part choir)

SKU: AP.47546

Composed by David Waggoner. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Secular; Winter. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-47546. Published by Alfred Music (AP.47546).

UPC: 038081542393. English.

The buoyant melody, light syncopations, and simple beginning harmonies nearly sing themselves in this sweet ballad about observing winter through a frosted windowpane. Vivid imagery evokes a chill, while tender music provides warmth. Nothing to do. Nowhere to go. I'm happy here, just watching it snow.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

Choir Secular

SKU: AP.45671

(A Song for Christmas). Composed by Greg Jasperse. This edition: SoundTrax CD. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Secular; Winter. CD. Alfred Music #00-45671. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45671).

UPC: 038081514109. English. Sal Sabella.

A heartfelt holiday love letter to the memories and special feelings that come only at Christmas. This contemporary ballad boasts a light groove and memorable hook that will bring warmth in winter. Invite your audience to sing along on the final full-voiced refrain. Recording provided by Western Michigan University's Gold Company, directed by Greg Jasperse.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

Chorus a cappella

SKU: BR.CHB-5381-00

Composed by Howard Arman. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Song; Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Choral score. 80 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5381-00. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5381-00).

ISBN 9790004413821. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. English.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.

Choir Secular (SATB choir)

SKU: AP.48885

Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Folk; Multicultural; Sacred; World. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-48885. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48885).

UPC: 038081562094. English. West Indies Folk Song.

A great fit for choirs of any age or ability! Harry Belafonte sang this joyful West Indies song on his 1956 album Calypso. Dr. Robinson's arrangement has just the right amount of repetition versus development, and will come together quickly with intuitive voice leading and some stylistic syncopation. One a cappella refrain just after the key change features the conga to keep the groove going, and a final descant adds a rhythmic counterline above. Build up the Jamaican vibe with our light SoundTrax accompaniment or the notated percussion part (available free online). The theme: build your house on solid ground.

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

SATB choir, piano

SKU: LO.10-5635L

Composed by Ruth Elaine Schram. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5635L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-5635L).

ISBN 9780787775339.

From her best-selling cantata, The Living Light, Ruth Elaine Schram's stunning Christmas ballad is now original in SATB and SAB editions. Led by an expressive soprano soloist, the lyrics are written through the perspective of Mary singing to the Christ child. Expressing the humanity of the small child and God made flesh, this beautiful work will touch your audiences and congregations in your Christmas concerts and worship services.

Choir Secular

SKU: AP.46436

Arranged by Andy Beck. This edition: SoundTrax CD. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Secular; Traditional. CD. Alfred Music #00-46436. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46436).

UPC: 038081528151. English. Old English Melody; words from the Traditional English Carol.

Words from the English carol, Good King Wenceslas are set to the melody of Hey, Ho, Nobody Home. Canonic writing ensures success, and the stately walking tempo suggests a processional. A light percussion accompaniment (including handbells or Orff instruments) adds a Renaissance feel. Ideal for developing choirs!

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

(Solo for Drumset and Band). Composed by Ted Huggens. For fanfare band. Little Solo concerts/Percussion Solo and Band/Original Works: Light Music Repertoire. Solo and Band Series. Grade 3. Score only. Duration 4 minutes, 50 seconds. Published by Molenaar Edition

Choir Secular

SKU: AP.48828

Composed by Katie O'Connor-Ballantyne. This edition: SoundTrax CD. Choral Octavo; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Novelty; Secular. CD. Alfred Music #00-48828. Published by Alfred Music (AP.48828).

UPC: 038081561523. English.

Have you ever heard of a bear with wings? Or a biffalo-buffalo-bison? How about a wallaboo? A. A. Milne, best-known as the author of Winnie the Pooh, penned this playful poem about amusing animals, both real and imagined, at a zany zoo. This clever children's choral offers plenty of musical moments (including independent counterlines and logical 2-part harmonies) in between giggles. Perform with a light, bright tone and crisp consonants on the patter-like words. Two likely results: hilarious rehearsals and a roaring crowd!

About Alfred Choral Designs

The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.

SAB choir, piano

SKU: LO.10-5636L

Composed by Ruth Elaine Schram. Choral. Sacred Anthem, Christmas. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #10/5636L. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.10-5636L).

ISBN 9780787775346.

From her best-selling cantata, The Living Light, Ruth Elaine Schram's stunning Christmas ballad is now original in SATB and SAB editions. Led by an expressive soprano soloist, the lyrics are written through the perspective of Mary singing to the Christ child. Expressing the humanity of the small child and God made flesh, this beautiful work will touch your audiences and congregations in your Christmas concerts and worship services.

Chorus a cappella

SKU: BR.CHB-5380-00

Composed by Howard Arman. Choir; stapled. Chor-Bibliothek (Choral Library). Song; Music post-1945; New music (post-2000). Choral score. 40 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #ChB 5380-00. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.CHB-5380-00).

ISBN 9790004413814. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German / Latin.

As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.