Vocal soli, SATB choir, orchestra (solos: TTB - choir: SST(A)TBB - 2.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.0. - vl.2va.vc/db)

SKU: BR.EOS-8047-15

Requiem. Composed by Andre Campra. Edited by Jean-Paul Montagnier. Choir; Softcover. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Mass; Requiem; Baroque. Part. 24 pages. Duration 55'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EOS 8047-15. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EOS-8047-15).

ISBN 9790004789735. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.

Among Campra's Latin works, the ,Messe de mort' is perhaps one of the more successful and today it is one of the more frequently performed. It is also the most enigmatic score of his entire output. Despite extensive researches, no evidence of any sort has yet been brought to light to document its origin, purpose, date of composition, first performance or reception. A stylistic analysis indubitably supports the contention that the ,Messe de mort' is a late work, composed perhaps between 1722 and 1729.
The present edition is based on the manuscript from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Paris). It it the oldest known source of the work. The very few errors have been corrected.
(Jean-Paul Montagnier) Vokalensemble Stuttgart und den Kammerchor des Kopernikus-Gymnasiums Wasseralfingen. Fur diese beiden ganz unterschiedlichen Chorformationen hat Martin Smolka 2012 auch gezielt seine Partitur angelegt. Biografisch ist das Agnus Dei eine Art kleines Requiem fur seinen kurz zuvor verstorbenen Vater. Das liturgische Agnus Dei rahmt den deutschen Text Eh das Madchen entschlief ... der bei Auffuhrungen in anderen Landern durch eine Ubersetzung ersetzt werden soll.

Der SWR-Redakteur Hans-Peter Jahn schreibt dazu im Programmheft: Die fur Smolka typischen minimalistischen Taktzellen schaffen eine archaische Sinnlichkeit. Eine einfache und zugleich streng gebaute Vokalmusik mit Tiefenwirkung.

Nach der Urauffuhrung war die Esslinger Zeitung hellauf begeistert: Smolka ist ein Meister der Stimmbehandlung und der chorischen Klanggestaltung. Im Zentrum des Stucks gerat die Musik zum Stillstand: im leisen gleichmassigen Summen uber dem plotzlich fortissimo ein tschechisches Kinderlied erklingt eines das der Vater seinen Kindern haufig vorgesungen hat. Das alles war sehr beruhrend. Und eigentlich noch mehr als das. My father PhDr. Jaroslav Smolka (1933-2011) was a leading Czech musicologist author of books Czech Cantata and Oratorium Fuga in Czech Music Smetana's Orchestra Music Smetana's Vocal Music monography of Jan Dismas Zelenka and many others. He was a legendary teacher of Music History at Prague Music Academy critic recording producer composer; for almost 50 years he was an important and highly respected personality of Prague musical life.
My father devoted a lot of time and energy to musical education and activities of my sister and me using often quite original methods such as teaching of intervals and counterpoint through Bartok's Microcosmos ear training filling all imaginable moments of everyday life or lessons of harmony analysis starting with Overture to Tristan and Musorgsky's Catacombs. The Martinu song Wondering Maiden was his solo number in our home vocal productions which he used to sing with amazing devotion while his huge voice was audible in several neighboring streets.
My Agnus Dei is closely bound to all this history e.g. by using canon and preferring beauty of dissonant seconds like Bartok or quoting Martinu and his refined neoclassical harmony. Father would be probably a bit critical about the minimalistic monotony of the main body of the piece. Nevertheless firstly he would improvise a short lecture of history of Agnus Dei in Requiem in Czech Music naming by heart many dates and all examples of changes of order of the traditional text by composers. Examples would be sung probably.
(Martin Smolka).

Choral SATB choir

SKU: CF.CM9572

Eternal Life. Composed by Joseph P. Webster. Edited by John Ratledge. Arranged by Aaron Humble. Sanford F. Bennett (1836-1898). Jbc. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 12 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 50 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9572. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9572).

ISBN 9781491153666. UPC: 680160911165. 6.75 x 10.5 inches. Key: Gb major. English. Sanford F. Bennett (1836-1898).

Aaron Humble's arrangement of this beloved old favorite from American hymnody is appropriate for both school and church. With soaring obligato lines and shimmering harmony, when sung with a warm and gentle tone,?The Sweet By and By??is certain to paint a picture of a better time for us all to look forward. Also available for TTBB Voices (CM9571).
I have great memories of my family gathering around the piano to sing hymns. As my sisters and I learned more about music through lessons, band, and choir, we started adding harmony and really making music. The old American hymnody really holds a special place in my heart. Webster set Bennett's text in a time when American theology had taken a turn away from earlier ideas where God was a god of vengeance and anger. In this new era of optimism, God became more familiar, more loving, and more reassuring. With this in mind, this arrangement should be sung with a warm and gentle tone allowing the dissonances to shimmer, the sweetness of the harmonies to bloom, and the obbligato lines to soar.

Composed by Eric Whitacre (1970-). Eric Whitacre Choral. Concert. Octavo. Duration 300 seconds. Published by Hal Leonard

SATB choir

SKU: ST.EM21

Composed by Thomas Bateson. Edited by Edmund H Fellowes. Library Volumes. Edited Edmund Fellowes. Revised Thurston Dart. Paperback. Madrigals. Choral Score. Stainer & Bell Ltd. #EM21. Published by Stainer & Bell Ltd. (ST.EM21).

ISBN 9790220200854.

CONTENTS
Adieu, sweet love (SSA(or T)B)
Alas, where is my love? (SSA(or T)TB)
And must I needs depart? (SSATB)
Ay me, my mistress scorns (SST)
Beauty is a lovely sweet (SAT)
Come, follow me, fair nymphs (SAT)
Dame Venus hence to Paphos go (SSAT)
Dear if you wish my dying (SSATTB)
Down from above falls Jove (SATB)
Fair Hebe, when dame Flora (SST(or A)T(or A)TB)
Hark, hear you not? - Oriana's farewell (SSATB)
If love be blind (SATB)
Love would discharge (SST)
Merrily my love and I (SST(or A)T(or A)B(or T)B)
Music some think no music is (SSATTB)
O fly not, love (SSA(or T)A(or T)T)
Phyllis, farewell (SATB)
Phyllis, farewell (SSA(or T)A(or T)TB)
Sister, awake (SSATB)
Strange were the life (SAATB)
Sweet Gemma (SSATB)
The nightingale so soon as April (SST(orA))
Those sweet delightful lilies (SSATB)
Thyrsis on his fair Phyllis' breast (SSAA(or T)TB)
When Oriana walked (SSATTB)
Who prostrate lies (SSAT(or A)B)
Wither so fast? (SATB)
Yet stay alway (SSA(or T)TB)
Your shining eyes (SAB).

SATB chorus, piano (opt. guitar) - intermediate

SKU: BP.DF1022

Composed by Dan Forrest. Choral, School, Church, Community, Collegiate. Justice. Octavo. The Music of Dan Forrest #DF1022. Published by The Music of Dan Forrest (BP.DF1022).

6.88 x 10.5 inches.

From the composer: Written as a statement of support for, and allyship with, our Black brothers and sisters (as well as all people of color). Too often, in any aspect of life, we explain away other people’s experiences instead of seeking to understand experiences that differ from our own; we’re so busy talking about our own viewpoints that we fail to listen to the voices we most need to hear. I asked Tony Silvestri to write a text that could function as a personal statement from me to people I need to listen to—especially to my friends of color. This the text that resulted—words that speak powerfully for any situation where we need to listen to those who have been marginalized or mistreated, not heard or believed. For SATB or SSAA choir with piano and optional guitar.