SSAA choir a cappella - Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-1132

Composed by Michael Cox. Christmas, Feast of the Holy Family, Christmas-Sacred. Duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-1132. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-1132).

UPC: 688670511325. English.

Michael Cox has arranged his madrigal-like carol for SSAA voices. Lilting Alleluia refrains contrast with introspective verses that are a perfect vehicle for the thought-provoking imagery of poet Paulann Canty. Repeated musical material makes the piece easy to learn, so that rehearsal time can be spent on a flexible and sensitive performance. SATB and TTBB voicings also available. Duration 2:30.

SSAA choir (a cappella) - Late Intermediate

SKU: MN.70-900

Composed by Marie Stultz. Multi-Movement/Large Choral Work. 21st Century. Octavo. MorningStar Music Publishers #70-900. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.70-900).

UPC: 688670709005.

Four poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley:The Invitation,Hymn of Pan, With Music Sweet as Love from To a Skylark, andMusic, When Soft Voices Die. Notable addition to repertoire for capable women's choirs. Added-note triads, and non-triadic constructions (such as sonorities built from seconds), create colorful harmonic base. Melodic writing basically lyrical. SSA a cappella.

(In Full Swing). By Stephen Hatfield. (SSAA A Cappella). CME INTERMEDIATE SERIES. 16 pages. Published by Boosey & Hawkes.

Composed by Traditional Folk Hymn. Arranged by Susan LaBarr. Andrew Crane Choral Series. Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages. Walton Music #WW1657. Published by Walton Music

Female choir (SSAA) a cappella - intermediate

SKU: HL.49043921

Composed by Johannes Eccard. This edition: Folding. Sheet music. Choral. Octavo. 4 pages. Schott Music #C56106. Published by Schott Music (HL.49043921).

ISBN 9790001197427. German.

The a cappella choral setting Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich for four-part women's choir written by the 1553-born composer Johannes Eccard from Muhlhausen in Thuringia is, indeed, a real pleasure. The German-language text is borrowed from an old Latin Christmas carol, singing of the miracle of Nativity in two verses. Eccard manages, in an engaging manner, to musically express the joyous atmosphere of this poem. All four female voices (SSAA) join imitatively in the angelic chant of joy one after the other, while central words like 'freudenreich' [joyful], 'Himmelreich' [kingdom of heaven], 'Jungfrau' [virgin] or 'Mutter' [mother] are particularly embellished. This is exhilarating and easy-to-perform utility music for Christmas church services.