SKU: HL.49018142

UPC: 884088566418. 9.0x12.0x0.08 inches.

Ballade' was taken unaltered from Bohuslav Martinu's film opera 'Die drei Wunsche oder Die Wechselfalle des Lebens' - as a quartet like the original with piano accompaniment only. The mainly homophonic and traditionally harmonic piece full of vigour cannot only be sung as a solo, but is also ideal for male choir. In addition to the original French text, this first edition also contains the Czech and German translations.The 28 August 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of the Czech composer's death.

SKU: HL.14028209

Great Is Jehovah, The Lord (Die Allmacht; D 852) is a song, written by Franz Schubert in 1825 as the second half of his opus 79. It has been arranged for Tenor solo with Piano, Organ and Male Voice Choir accompaniment by Franz Lizst. The words have been taken from a poem by Campbell Clarke.

Franz Schubert (1797-1828) was an Austrian composer working in the early Romantic era. He is best remembered for his ever-popular Ave Maria, which was memorably adapted by Walt Disney for his 1940 film, Fantasia.

SKU: PR.312416820

UPC: 680160050376. 8.5 x 11 inches.

Chen Yi’s most performed and most beloved choral music is a series of 10 Chinese folk songs adapted for S.A.T.B. Chorus (published in 3 volumes: 312-41731, 312-41732, 312-41733). This special version is a setting of the familiar collection, adapted for children’s chorus and strings.
Remembering when I studied composition in the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing, I learned to sing hundreds of Chinese folk songs collected from more than twenty provinces and fifty ethnic groups, and went to countryside to collect original folk music every year.  I got to know that the folk songs are a mirror of people’s daily lives, their thoughts and sentiments, local customs and manners.  They are sung in regional dialects and use the idioms of everyday speech with their particular intonations, accents and cadences.  This correlation between speech and music distinguishes folk songs of one region from another.  I learned all songs by heart and sang them back in the exams every week.  They melted in my blood and became my natural music language.  The more I walk into the music life,the more I treasure the rich culture I have learned from my homeland. When I became the Composer-in-Residence of Chanticleer and was invited to write the first work for its concert program, as well as another version for its Singing-In-The-Schools program, I decided to introduce A Set of Chinese Folk Songs to my American audiences, and add a new flavor to Chanticleer’srich repertoire.  The work includes ten folk songs, taken from eight provinces (Anhui, Shaanxi, Yunnan, Shanxi, Taiwan, Sinkiang, Jiangsu and Guizhou) and five ethnic groups (Han, Hasake, Uighur, Miao and Yi).  I arranged them for choirs (men’s or children’s chorus) with various combinations in voices, to be sung mostly in Chinese, some in English.   From the mysterious mountain songs originally sung in the open air with high and long notes that can carry over great distances, the sweet and delicate melodies of young love compared with nature, the humorous antiphony by little children, and the lively dancing tune by villagers, you may get an idea of various music styles in Chinese folk songs according to geographic, ethnic and linguistic differences, and appreciate the beauty of the Chinese folk music.  The pure choir sound and the sophisticated singing by Chanticleer, in terms of pitches, language and musical expressions, really attract and inspire me to create some more new works in the years to come.  In thisedition of A Set of Chinese Folk Songs for standard SATB mixed choir (with piano rehearsal score), I divided these ten songs into three volumes.  They are Fengyang Song, The Flowing Stream, Guessing, Thinking of My Darling, Mayila, Jasmine Flower, Riding on a Mule, Awariguli, Diu Diu Deng, andMountain Song and Dancing Tune.—Chen Yi.

SKU: HL.346279

UPC: 840126923438. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.

Taken from his very popular Magnificat, is this first movement setting for TB voices. Performable with piano alone, it is best experienced with piano, brass and percussion. A great Christmas selection of medium difficulty.

SKU: XC.TTBB2101

UPC: 812598038385. 6.75 x 10.5 inches.

Marshall Webb has taken this classic text and set it with his original music in a beautiful and contemporary way. This will be a rewarding challenge for men's choir, and can be used in a variety of holiday or concert settings.

SKU: HL.49042614

ISBN 9784890663415. UPC: 884088500184. 9.0x12.0x0.062 inches.

SKU: HL.147432

UPC: 888680073817. 6.75x10.5x0.024 inches.

Your pianist takes an equal role in this exquisite ballad that is tinged with melancholy. A superb selection for a more mature or community ensemble. Here's to life, here's to love and here's to you..