SKU: HL.14011727

ISBN 9788759880678. 10.5x14.25x0.52 inches. Danish.

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen 's Four Madrigals From The Natural World for 6-12 part mixed chorus. This piece incorporates texts by Les Murray. ' FOUR MADRIGALS to texts by the Australian poet Les Murray are composed of two songs (Bats' Ultrasound and The Octave of Elephants) written for the Australian vocal group THE SONG COMPANY, and two songs (Cattle Egret and Comete) from my larger work SOUND / SIGHT, written for the Danish Radio Chamber Choir, but here arranged for six voices. The texts are pictures and situations from - or meditations over - THE NATURAL WORLD. Les Murray's way of approaching this world is not in the least sentimentalor nostalgic: the poems reveal a truebeing-out-there realism: so basically the approach is realistic, but the creating of form elevates the material to an abstractplay, a daring and exuberant poetic language. These poems asked to be set to music. I gave up old idiosyncrasies regarding descriptive music, and surrendered to the madrigal, with its special so-called madrigalisms, which entails also animal-imitations. You will hear this particulary inThe Octave of Elephants. ' - Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen.

SKU: ST.EM8

ISBN 9790220206320.

Well-known in his day as one of the most important contributors to East's Whole Book of Psalms (1592), Farmer was in the service of the Earl of Oxford who, more than any other nobleman, established the professional Elizabethan theatre. In the year that Burbidge opened the Globe Theatre, these 18 madrigals (the most famous is probably Fair Phyllis) gave the composer an attractive place in the history of English music.

CONTENTS
A little pretty bonny lass (SATB)
Cease now thy mourning (SAT(or A) B (or T))
Compare me to the child (SAT(or A) B)
Fair nymphs, I heard one telling (SSAT(or A) TB)
Fair Phyliss, I saw (SATB)
I thought, my love (SATB)
Now each creature joys the other (SATB)
O stay sweet love (SATB)
Soon as the hungry lion (SATB)
Sweet friend, thy absence (SAT(or A) B)
Sweet Lord, your flame still burning (SATB)
Take time while time doth last (SATB)
The flattering words (SATB)
Who would have thought that face? (SAAT)
You blessed bowers (SSATTTBB)
You'll never leave still tossing (SATB)
You pretty flowers that smile (SAT(or A) B.

SKU: ST.EM18

ISBN 9790220216930.

Though better known as a composer of church and keyboard music, Tomkins wrote secular vocal music that offers a compendium of all the various styles: canzonets, balletts, madrigals and 'sacred songs'. Each was dedicated to one of his relatives, a friend or a colleague. The names of these 28 dedicatees form a fascinating list at the end of the book.

CONTENTS
Adieu, ye city-poisoning towers (SSATB)
Cloris, whenas I woo (SSATB)
Come, shepherds sing with me (SSATB)
Fond men, that do so highly prize (SST (or A))
Fusca, in thy starry eyes (SSATB)
How great delight (SST)
It is my well-beloved's voice (SSATTB)
Love, cease tormenting (SSA (or T))
Music divine (SSATTB)
No more I will thy love (SATB)
O let me die for true love (SATB)
O let me live for true love (SATB)
Oft did I marle (SSAATB)
Our hasty life away dost post (SST)
Oyez! Has any found a lad? (SATB)
Phyllis, now cease to move me (SSATB)
Phyllis, yet see him dying (SSATB)
See, see the shepherds' Queen (SSATB)
Sure there is no god of love (SSA)
The fauns and satyrs tripping (SSATB)
To the shady woods (SSATB)
Too much I once lamented (SSATB)
Turn unto the Lord (SSATTB)
Was ever wretch tormented? (ST (or A) TB)
Weep no more, thou sorry Boy (SATB)
When David heard (SAATB)
When I observe (SSAATB)
Woe is me (SSATBB)
Yet again, as soon revived (SAT (or A) B).

SKU: ST.EM31B

ISBN 9790220205958.

CONTENTS
But let all those SSAAT (verse) SSAATB (chorus)
Come shepherd swains (SS (verse) SSATB (chorus))
Dear love, be not unkind (SSAT)
Fair Daphne, gentle shepherdess (SS (verse) SSATB (chorus))
Farewell, sweet woods (SSAT)
Fly away, Care (SSAT (or A) T (or B) B)
God is gone up (SSTTB (verse &chorus))
Haste thee, 0 God (SSAATB (verse & chorus))
I did woo her (SSAA)
I heard three virgins (SSATB)
No haste but good (SSAA (or T) B (or T) B)
O clap your hands (SSTTB (verse and chorus))
O Lord of whom I do depend (SS (verse) SSATB (chorus))
Quick, quick, away, despatch! (SSAA (or T) B (or T) B)
Thyrsis, sleepest thou? (SSAA (or T) B)
To hear men sing (SSATB)
Weep not, dear love (SSATBB)
What heart such doubled force? (SSATB)
When David heard (SSATTB)
When I lament (SSAT)
Whenas I glance (SSAT (or A))
Why are our Summer sports? (SSAT (or A))
You meaner beauties (S (verse), SSATB (chorus))
Your shining eyes (SSAB)
Your shining eyes (SSATBB).

SKU: BA.BA07464

ISBN 9790006499601. 37 x 27 cm inches. Text: Erika Burkart.

World Premiere 22/10/1996, Detmold.

SKU: ST.EM42

ISBN 9790220223136.

This is the first ever complete published edition of a major madrigal collection that is essential to our understanding of the fruitful interaction of Renaissance Italian and English music.

In four, five and six voices, the 57 pieces of Musica Transalpina include 51 madrigals by Marenzio, Palestrina and others, the two parts of Byrd's 'La virginella', and four French chansons. Uniquely, the anthology also features singing translations of the original poems from the Italian into the vernacular, for which it was widely admired and circulated. As a printed source from which composers could learn the madrigal style and aesthetic, it was hugely influential in inspiring the 'golden age' of Tudor and Jacobean vocal music.

An important addition to The English Madrigalists series, Musica Transalpina of 1588 is not only of great scholarly interest but is also an outstanding addition to the repertoire that will delight contemporary singers no less than it enthralled those Elizabethans who first responded with such enthusiasm to its fine music and accessible 'Englished' texts.

Individual titles from this volume are available as Adobe PDF files...

SKU: ST.EM13

ISBN 9790220218019.

CONTENTS
Alas! tarry but one half hour (SST )
As deadly serpents lurking (SA (or S) T )
As Vesta was descending (SSATTB )
Ay me, alas, hey ho (SST )
Come lets begin to revel At out (SSA (or T) )
Come sirrah, Jack ho (SSA (or T) )
Death hath deprived me (SS (or A) T (or A) TBB )
Donna il vostro bel viso (SSA (or T) )
Fa la. Now weep and sing (SA (or S) T (or B) )
Four arms, two necks, one wreathing (SSA )
Ha ha! this world doth pass (SST (or A) )
I bei ligustri e rose (SSA )
Jockey thine horn-pipeAs dull (SSA (or T) )
Late in my rash accounting (SSA (or T) )
Lord when I think (SSA (or T) )
No, though I shrink still (SSA )
Say, wanton, will you love me? (SSA (or T) )
Since Robin Hood (SA (or S) T )
Some men desire spouses (SSA )
Strike it up, Tabor (SST )
Tan ta ra cries Mars (SSA (or T) )
The Ape, the Monkey and Baboon (SSA )
The gods have heard my vows (SSA )
The nightingale, the organ of delight (SSA (or T) )
Though my carriage be but careless (SSA )
Tomorrow is the marriage day (SSA (or T) )
Upon a hill the bonny boy (SSA ).

SKU: BT.HU-4349-250

9x12 inches. German.

The poetry on which this composition is based is the Ballad of External Life (the Ballade des äußeren Lebens) from the pen of Viennese author Hugo von Hofmansthal (1874-1929). He is known for, amongst other things, his libretti for the works of Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra) and as founder of the Salzburg Festival. Von Hofmansthal was one of the last of the German Symbolists. Central to this literary movement was the unification of the internal and external worlds. The search for meaning was a cornerstone of this fin-de-siècle movement.In the Ballade des äußeren Lebens (Ballad of External Life), the meaninglessness ofexistence is expressed in restricting, oppressive metaphors—an ambience that is reflected in the music. Ultimately, man is capable of establishing order from seeming chaos. The poet expresses this powerfully in a non-rhyming line of poetry: ‘And yet, he who says “evening” says much, A word, from which profundity and sorrow flow’.This composition follows the overall structure of the ballad, which is written in terza rima—interlocking three-line rhymes.The choral work can be performed by a chamber choir, but also by a much larger ensemble. The parts are mainly in four voices (SATB), although there are also six parts (SAATBB). One chord is arranged for eight voices.The composer conducted this work at its première, to open the 2013 International Choir Biennial in Aachen. The choir was comprised of four chamber choirs: Aachen Youth Choir, Carmina Mundi, Aachen Chamber Choir and Aachen Madrigal Choir.

Het dichtwerk waarop deze compositie is gebaseerd, de Ballade des äußeren Lebens (Ballade van het uiterlijke leven), is geschreven door de in Wenen geboren schrijver Hugo von Hoffmansthal (1874-1929), die onder meer bekend is als librettist van Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra) en medeoprichter was van de Salzburger Festspiele. Von Hoffmansthal behoorde tot de laatste vertegenwoordigers van het Duitse symbolisme. Deze stroming stelde zich ten doel de innerlijke en uiterlijke wereld met elkaar te verenigen. Zingeving vormde een van de hoofdthematieken binnen deze fin de siècle-cultuur.In de Ballade des äußeren Lebens wordt dezinloosheid van het bestaan verwoord in beklemmende metaforen - een atmosfeer die in de muziek wordt weerspiegeld. Uiteindelijk blijkt de mens toch in staat te zijn orde te scheppen in de schijnbare willekeur. De dichter benadrukt dit in zijn enige versregel zonder rijm: Und dennoch sagt der viel, der “Abend” sagt. De compositie volgt in hoofdlijnen de structuur van de ballade, die in terzinen is opgebouwd.Het werk kan worden uitgevoerd door kamerkoor, maar ook door een veel grotere bezetting. De zetting is voornamelijk vierstemmig (SATB), maar er zijn tevens zesstemmige delen (SAATBB). Een enkel akkoord is zelfs achtstemmig.Het werk ging onder leiding van de componist tijdens de Internationale Chorbiennale Aachen 2013 als openingswerk in première. Het koor was samengesteld uit vier kamerkoren: Der Junge Chor Aachen, Carmina Mundi, Aachener Kammerchor en Der Madrigalchor Aachen.

Die Dichtung, auf welcher diese Komposition basiert, ist die Ballade des äußeren Lebens aus der Feder des gebürtigen Wiener Schriftstellers Hugo von Hoffmansthal (1874-1929), der unter anderem als Librettist von Richard Strauss (Der Rosenkavalier, Ariadne auf Naxos, Elektra) und Mitbegründer der Salzburger Festspiele bekannt ist. Von Hoffmansthal gehörte zu den letzten Vertretern des Deutschen Symbolismus. Diese literarische Richtung machte sich zur Aufgabe, die innere und die äußere Welt miteinander zu vereinen. Sinngebung bildete eine der Hauptthematiken innerhalb dieser Fin-de-Siècle-Strömung.In der Ballade des äußeren Lebens wird die Sinnlosigkeitdes Daseins in beklemmenden Metaphern formuliert - eine Atmosphäre, die sich in der Musik widerspiegelt. Letztendlich scheint der Mensch doch imstande zu sein, Ordnung in der scheinbaren Willkür zu schaffen. Der Dichter betont dies nachdrücklich in der einzigen Verszeile ohne Reim: Und dennoch sagt der viel, der Abend“ sagt. Die Komposition folgt in ihren Hauptzügen der Struktur der Ballade, die in Terzinen geschrieben ist.Das Chorwerk kann von einem Kammerchor, aber auch von einem viel größeren Ensemble aufgeführt werden. Der Satz ist hauptsächlich vierstimmig (SATB), aber es gibt auch sechsstimmige Teile (SAATBB). Ein einzelner Akkord ist gar achtstimmig.Das Werk ging unter der Leitung des Komponisten während der Internationalen Chorbiennale Aachen 2013 als Eröffnungswerk in Premiere. Der Chor setzte sich aus vier Kammerchören zusammen: Der Junge Chor Aachen, Carmina Mundi, der Aachener Kammerchor und der Madrigalchor Aachen.