25 Choral Highlights for Upper Voices. Following the great success of the award-winning first volume of Reine Frauensache! (crowned Best Edition 2017 by the German Music Publishers Association), Edition Peters presents the longawaited second book in this series. As previously, the collection includes pieces at easy to intermediate level that are fun to sing and highly effective in performance. The selection represents a broad cross-section of choral repertoire, making it a treasure trove for any female choir. ? 25 easy to intermediate choral settings in three or four parts, particularly suitable for amateur choirs ? Effective and varied repertoire ranging from Pergolesi to ABBA ? Four categories of pieces: Secular, Sacred, Folksongs and Pop ? Mostly a cappella piano/instrumental accompaniments are available separately ? Appendix with translations of foreign-language lyrics

Brahms's deeply moving Alto Rhapsody is one of the glories of the choral repertoire. Though it was written as a wedding song for the daughter of his friend Clara Schumann, the work clearly seems a deeply personal one for Brahms. Perhaps, as some have suggested, a melancholy reflection on his own solitary life. This great concert favorite is based on portions of the text of Goethe's Harzreise im Winter (Winter Journey in the Harz Mountains), and set for alto solo, men's chorus, and orchestra. In addition to the Alto Rhapsody, this volume contains three other major Brahms choral works: the Song of Destiny, a setting of a poem by Hölderlin: Nänie, a dirge for Brahms's friend Anselm Feuerbach, set to a text by Schiller: and Song of the Fates, set to passages from Act IV of Goethe's Iphigenie auf Tauris. All four works have been reprinted from the authoritative edition published by Breitkopf

The five-part motets Nos. 1-12-The Five-Part Motets Nos. 1-12 (SWV 369-380)Reflects the latest in musicological research based on the New Schutz Edition.Includes a detailed foreword (Eng/Ger) on performance practice by a Schutz expertInstrumental parts (Strings Winds) available in transpositions.In 1648 Heinrich Schutz published a collection of 29 motets with five to seven parts titled ?Geistliche Chor-Music? (Sacred Choir Music). Here the term ?Chor? (Choir) refers not only to a (large) Vocal ensemble but more generally to a group of musicians vocal or instrumental. As explained by Schutz in the foreword he published withthe collection all parts of the motets can be performed vocally and/or instrumentally.This practice common in Schutz?s time has been incorporated into Bärenreiter?s new publication. The edition includes the twelve five-part motets at original pitch with Basso Continuo. In addition instrumental parts for String and Wind instruments can be purchased. These parts which include the text serve to support and complement the choral sound ?colla parte?. To enable varying tone-colour possibilities instrumental parts are available in different transpositions.Of great significance is the detailed foreword on performance practice by Manfred Cordes.Manfred Cordes is a specialist for the music of the 16th and early 17th centuries. He works as professor for music theory counterpoint and ensemble and is also rector of the ?Hochschule für Künste Bremen?. He performs internationally as the director of the ensemble ?Weser-Renaissance Bremen?.

One of Haydn's greatest choral masterpieces his oratorio The Creation was composed in 1795. The work is based jointly upon the Book of Genesis the Book of Psalms and on John Milton's Paradise Lost.

Choral score for Johannes Brahms' 35 Secular Choruses. Written for SATB choir and Piano reduction. includes the works Opp.42 62 93a 104 and 12 German Folksongs.

34 polyphonies de la Renaissance à nos jours, en complément du volume 1.80 pages. Format : 16 x 24 cm / Choeur Mixte / 80 pages / Partition

One of the most moving of all the musical settings of the Passion of Christ, and one of the most frequently performed of all religious choral works, relating and commenting upon Christ's crucifixion, death and resurrection.

This entertaining and straightforward arrangement for choirs was written by master arranger Philip Lawson and will be popular with choirs and audiences alike.