SKU: PR.312414530
UPC: 680160048267. Text: Bruce Vantine. Bruce Vantine.
SKU: AP.50151
UPC: 038081573212. English.
Immortalized by Rolling Stone as one of the greatest songs of all time, this gospel-influenced Curtis Mayfield classic has remained relevant since its release in 1965. Part of a long tradition of African American freedom songs that use train imagery, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. considered this the unofficial anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. Kyle's groovy arrangement captures the musical style with bluesy vocals and a riff-filled piano part.
SKU: HL.1311455
UPC: 196288177319. 6.75x10.5x0.036 inches.
Looking for a fantastic setting of Langston Hughes' poem “In Time of Silver Rain”? Look no further. This poem was featured in Hughes' 1947 poetry collection Fields of Wonder. With everything happening in our world today, this poem portrays an optimistic outlook on life. Although there is no consensus on the meaning of “silver rain,” here it represents the idea that, as in life, something good can come from both gentle and heavy rain. It also symbolizes winter's end and the spring rain's arrival. For all who are navigating the ups and downs of life in every season, take comfort in knowing that spring will come, bringing new beginnings. Like no one else can do, André Thomas has written a fantastic setting honoring the words of Hughes. This piece come highly recommended for your mixed choral ensembles of various levels.
SKU: AP.48897
UPC: 038081562216. English. Traditional Spanish Carol.
Victor's arrangement of this gentle nativity carol from Spain is sung entirely in the original language (a pronunciation and translation are included). This sensitive treatment captures the lullaby mood and adds a light rhythmic undercurrent in moderate 3/4 time. The tonality shifts seamlessly between D minor and D major to reflect a text that moves from quieting the baby to a rushing fountain and singing birds. While the words do return, no two verses are set in the same manner, creating an ever-evolving arrangement. Piano fingers dance over the keys with triplet turns and easily grasp the bigger chords in the supportive and stylistic accompaniment. A nice contrast on holiday programs.
SKU: PR.312419050
ISBN 9781491137895. UPC: 680160692583. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English. Psalm 137.
Hailstork’s setting of this familiar text mixes unsettling harmonies and unstable rhythms, enriched with a broad palette of choral textures, to evoke a mood of separation from one’s homeland. A beautiful and haunting work for advanced choirs.
SKU: PL.9202
Based upon texts from the office of Compline, these anthems offer three meditative choices for the benedictory response in evening worship. The organ accompaniments (numbers 1 and 3) richly enhance the choral parts through subtle harmonic colors and reflect Betteridge's love for the organ.
SKU: PL.0408
Bruce Saylor is well-known for his exceptional sacred music and particularly his large-scale anthems. Blessing is a sensitive mixture of texts from the Scriptures and Jasper Keith, Jr. The anthem is scored for choir, trumpets, trombones, timpani and organ. It demands a great deal of sensitivity on the part of all the musicians and is especially gratifying for the exciting results that ensue. A quiet, rather sinuous line from the organ opens the work and is slowly transformed into more rhythmic and fiery figurations. A march-like section commences at the text, Hast thou not known? This subsides into more lyrical turns from the choir and organ and eventually a return to the opening music. The work concludes with an exuberant Amen from all forces. This is a real tour-de-force and should find its way into performances by large church and college choirs.
SKU: HL.1189821
UPC: 196288131311. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
If Shakespeare provides the textual foundation for a composition, the demands upon the musical setting become uncommonly high. John Milne has proved he is up to the task many times before, and he does not fail us now. His madrigal writing always honors the many centuries the genre embraces, yet it also embodies the present day. A love song with romance and deeper meaning -- what concert cannot benefit by including such as this?
SKU: AP.46959
UPC: 038081536088. English.
Originally popularized by Chuck Berry in 1958, some say this was the very first rock 'n' roll Christmas song. Since then, it's been covered by everybody from Bryan Adams and Billy Idol to Kelly Clarkson, Conan O'Brien, and The Muppets! Kirby Shaw kicks off his arrangement with that characteristic guitar lick and builds from there. The optional SoundPax allows you to assemble your own rock band, or use the live-instrument SoundTrax CD.
SKU: CA.1001805
ISBN 9790007164751. Text language: German.
Johann Wendelin Glaser was born in 1731 in Ostheim vor der Rhon, Bavaria. In 1751 he became music director in Wertheim, a position he held until his death in 1783. The 300 cantatas by this exceptionally productive composer were long unknown, and were only rediscovered by chance in 1910. The Christmas cantata Daran ist erschienen die Liebe Gottes comprises five movements, beginning with an opening chorus, followed by alternate arias and recitatives. A simple four-part chorale concludes the work. The cantata is easy-to-perform for choral singers and also because of its small instrumental scoring for just two flutes (or other melody instruments) and basso continuo. Score available separately - see item CA.1001800.
SKU: HL.1152178
UPC: 196288119371. 6.75x10.5x0.062 inches.
Poet Langston Hughes writes, “A long time ago, an enslaved people heading toward freedom made up a song: Keep Your Hand on the Plow! Hold On! The plow plowed a new furrow across the field of history. Into that furrow, the freedom seed was dropped. From that seed a tree grew, is growing, will ever grow. That tree is for you, and me and everybody.†This is for an advanced choir with an accomplished accompanist.
SKU: CA.320560
ISBN 9790007156909. Key: F major.
SKU: AP.50258
UPC: 038081574288. English.
Greet the season with this festive a cappella arrangement of a true holiday favorite! Both sopranos and basses take the jazz waltz melody for a spin while the other voices provide an a cappella scat-syllable accompaniment. This versatile setting is fitting for the stage or for door-to-door caroling.
SKU: HL.288591
UPC: 888680912130. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.
The Goddess of Pop, Cher, after starring in 2018's smash-hit sequel Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again, decided to make an entire cover album of ABBA's best-known hits entitled Dancing Queen, in turn becoming her highest-ranking debut album in the US ever. Snyder captures “S.O.S.â€' signature groove and infuses the arrangement with Cher's powerful vocality!
SKU: HL.35030447
UPC: 888680069896. 6.75x10.5 inches.
A regal hymn of the faith is adorned with an auspicious treatment featuring festive brass and solid traditional choral textures. The divine characteristics of the eternal God are exalted in this classic hymn, and the scope of the arrangement reflects the lofty ideals of the poetry. The rich alleluias are great moments, and the piano, brass and percussion are a brilliant support system, undergirding the theatre of this noble anthem. Score and Parts (hn, tpt 1-3, tbn 1-2, bells/chm, perc, timp) available as a digital download.
SKU: PL.9701
SKU: MN.56-0014
UPC: 688670220159. English.
Commissioned for the congregation and choir of St. Francis Church, Simon’s Town, South Africa, this beautiful choral work by Howard Goodall sets a moving text attributed to St. Francis of Assisi. Combining Goodall’s trademark lyricism with a striking trumpet countermelody and accessible organ accompaniment, Promises of grace exhibits all the features that Goodall’s music is so loved for. This work is an ideal choice for both professional and amateur choirs and is suitable for services and concerts.B-flat Trumpet part is provided in the choral score.
SKU: HL.1269587
UPC: 196288160779. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches. Luke 2:8-14.
A beloved scripture-based text is reimagined in this Neoclassic anthem for Christmas. The angelic acclamation is presented with brilliance and majesty. Wonderfully crafted for success, this anthem is a splendid addition to your holiday concert or Lessons and Carols presentations.
SKU: HL.1220116
ISBN 9781705195765. UPC: 196288142089.
Austrian-American composer and music critic Hans Ewald Heller (1894-1966) wrote this cantata in 1942, in the height of World War II. The text calls the men fighting to remember the role that their mothers, sisters, and wives have in creating them and asks the soldiers to consider the pain of these women if they die in battle.
SKU: CA.320320
ISBN 9790007156701. Key: G minor. Language: Greek.
SKU: WD.080689048234
UPC: 080689048234.
Written from the perspective of the Magi, this well-crafted choral offering focuses on the incarnation of Jesus and redemption of humankind.
SKU: PL.0904
* lovely, lyrical setting of the traditional responses for evening * could be sung with baritones only * excellent introduction to the traditional choral prayers of evensong.
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