Choir Sacred (Women's Choir)

SKU: AP.43618

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod and Johann Sebastian Bach. Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. Masterworks; Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Baroque; Masterwork Arrangement; Sacred. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-43618. Published by Alfred Music (AP.43618).

UPC: 038081491585. English.

Introducing Gounod's beloved Ave Maria, based on a prelude from J. S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, in an accessible choral arrangement. The melody passes through all voices, while well-written choral parts provide support. An excellent way to introduce not one, but two master composers!

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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, solo or solo section (medium range), piano - Beginning

SKU: GI.G-8115

Composed by Bob Moore. Christ the King. Celebration Series. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. GIA Publications #8115. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-8115).

UPC: 785147811503. English. Text Source: Sei Lob und Ehr' den höchsten Gut; Translation: Frances Elizabeth Cox. Text by Johann Jacob Schütz.

This lesser-known, yet solid, text may be from times passed, but the tune is fresh and jaunty. A soloist or unison voices take the first stanza along with piano accompaniment, the second stanza adds the choir singing oo to support the soloist. For the third stanza, the choir divides into two parts, then all join together for the final stanza. A coda builds from unison to SAB, ending in a final outcry from the choir, “To God all praise and glory!”.