SKU: CA.925300
ISBN M-007-24915-1. Key: E minor. Language: French. Text: Verlaine, Paul.
Paul Verlaine spent 555 days in prison because he had shot his fellow poet and companion Arthur Rimbaud with a revolver whilst in a drunken state. This spell in prison evidently fostered his artistic inspiration, so at least it did his literary career some good. The world of French literature even gave Verlaine the unofficial title Prince des Poetes. In the poem Prison the author was able to draw on his very own experiences: the monotony behind bars (expressed musically in Gabriel Faure's setting through the repeated target note of b), the inner rebelling against this monotonous stillness (surprising forte dynamic), and the reproachful self-questioning: Was hast du getan? ... Was hast du mit deiner Jugend getan? [What have you done? ... What have you done with your youth?] (diminishing piano). Denis Rouger, founder and director of the figure humaine chamber choir, has arranged art songs for solo voice and piano for his ensemble, in the process carefully adapting these to the needs and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble. Music edition for the successful CD Kennst du das Land... (Carus 83.495).
SKU: HL.288472
ISBN 9788759841150. UPC: 888680911348. 8.5x11 inches.
Maja S. K. Ratkje's A Dismantled Ode To The Moral Value Of Art for 6 Part Chorus.
It was performed under the direction of Leonard Bernstein at a concert to mark the fall of the Berlin Wall, it appears in Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. Hitler celebrated his birthdays with it, and the government of Rhodesia made it their anthem. And the prisoners in German concentration camps played it. It also figured prominently at Mitterand's 1981 investiture. In 2012, we celebrate the Ode to Joy's 40 years anniversary as National Anthem of the EU.
SKU: HL.48024388
9.0x12.0x0.086 inches.
Ilse Weber (1903-1944) played these songs composed and composed by her with children in ghetto Theresienstadt to the guitar. She went to the infirmary with children of the infirmary in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Prisoners testify that she tried to console the children in the gas chamber with their lullaby Wiegala. Winfried Radeke has already presented Ilse Weber's song collection Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt in 2008 in an edition for voice and piano. It is now also making choirs available in versions for three-part women's choir and four-part mixed choir in German and English editions. In her simplicity and intimacy Ilse Weber's songs are among the most touching testimonies from Theresienstadt. They keep the memory of the Nazi-persecuted author sounding alive.
SKU: HL.48024386
9.0x12.0x0.102 inches.
SKU: CF.CM9740
ISBN 9781491161203. UPC: 680160919789. Key: Bb major. English. Siegfried Sasson.
Everyone suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned birds must find in freedom... These opening lines to Everyone Sang by the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon feel as relevant today as they did when the poem was first published in 1919. It was after the end of World War I and these words capture so much of the collective exhilaration, relief, and pure joy about the Great War finally coming to an end. And yet Sassoon himself felt none of that when he wrote this poem. In his own words, he was feeling dull-minded and depressed. Perhaps his time in the trenches was still too recent. One of the reasons the creative arts are so powerful is that a poet like Sassoon (or a painter like Van Gogh or a composer like Mahler) can take their own feelings of deep sadness or pain and transform them into something beautiful, even uplifting. Everyone Sang is a celebration of the promise that things can get better, that there are things worth looking forward to. The poem itself has so much rhythm and musicality. The appearance of suddenly in the first line of each verse gives those verses a rush of energy. Attention to the crescendo in measure 7, and again in measure 37, from mf to f will help the listener experience that rush. There are expressive opportunities with so many of the poet's bold choices of action words - burst, winging, and shaken. Then there's alliteration - a poetic device that can be overdone, but Sassoon strikes a wonderful balance. Suddenly/singing (measures 6-7 and 10-11) Find/freedom (measure 21-22) Winging/wildly (measure 23) Setting/sun (measures 47-49) Was/wordless (measures 65-75) Give these alliterations just a hint of emphasis (without overdoing) to bring out the natural rhythm of the text. And just as O is set apart in the poem by punctuation, I wanted the musical setting - in measure 57 - to honor that feeling of wonder - ...O, but Everyone Was a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing will Never be done. Friends, there is so much good ahead, so much to be excited about. May the singing never be done.Everyone suddenly burst out singingAnd I was filled with such delightAs prisoned birds must find in freedom…These opening lines to Everyone Sang by the British war poet Siegfried Sassoon feel as relevant today as they did when the poem was first published in 1919. It was after the end of World War I and these words capture so much of the collective exhilaration, relief, and pure joy about the “Great War†finally coming to an end. And yet Sassoon himself felt none of that when he wrote this poem. In his own words, he “was feeling dull-minded and depressed.†Perhaps his time in the trenches was still too recent.One of the reasons the creative arts are so powerful is that a poet like Sassoon (or a painter like Van Gogh or a composer like Mahler) can take their own feelings of deep sadness or pain and transform them into something beautiful, even uplifting. Everyone Sang is a celebration of the promise that things can get better, that there are things worth looking forward to. The poem itself has so much rhythm and musicality.The appearance of “suddenly†in the first line of each verse gives those verses a rush of energy. Attention to the crescendo in measure 7, and again in measure 37, from mf to f will help the listener experience that rush.There are expressive opportunities with so many of the poet’s bold choices of action words – burst, winging, and shaken.Then there’s alliteration - a poetic device that can be overdone, but Sassoon strikes a wonderful balance.Suddenly/singing (measures 6-7 and 10-11)Find/freedom (measure 21-22)Winging/wildly (measure 23)Setting/sun (measures 47-49)Was/wordless (measures 65-75)Give these alliterations just a hint of emphasis (without overdoing) to bring out the natural rhythm of the text. And just as “O†is set apart in the poem by punctuation, I wanted the musical setting – in measure 57 - to honor that feeling of wonder –…O, but EveryoneWas a bird; and the song was wordless; the singing willNever be done. Friends, there is so much good ahead, so much to be excited about.May the singing never be done.
SKU: HL.14042701
Orlando Tenebrae by James Weeks includes: Latin motets/texts by Adonis (from 'The Desert'), 'Love' by Visar Zhiti, 'The True Prison' (by permission of Ayebia Publishing Ltd), 'The Agreement' by Dinyar Godrej. Orlando Tenebrae by James Weeks includes: Latin motets/texts by Adonis (from 'The Desert'), 'Love' by Visar Zhiti, 'The True Prison' (by permission of Ayebia Publishing Ltd), 'The Agreement' by Dinyar Godrej.
SKU: HL.2050300
UPC: 797242255793. 6.75x10.5x0.283 inches.
The chosen ones of God have been waiting for centuries for a righteous deliverer. Where is the One who will bind up the broken-hearted? Where is the One who will proclaim liberty to the captives? Where is He who will open the prison to them that are bound?Now listen as never before! Disappointment and disillusion are about to be eclipsed by a single word. That word is Hope. The greatest news they could imagine is about to descend on them. The glory is soon to be revealed, for Hope is not lost. Hope is not out of reach. Hope is not gone. Hope is Born...Emmanuel.
SKU: CA.116400
ISBN 9790007001315. Key: A minor. Language: German.
SKU: HL.14006694
ISBN 9780853604822. 7.0x10.0x0.428 inches.
Bach's Cantata No. 4 for SATB soli, SATB chorus and orchestra, edited by John E. West. This version is in English (translated by Paul England) and is arranged for all voice parts and piano.
SKU: WD.080689674235
UPC: 080689674235.
Where would we be without the goodness and love of the Lord? Where would we be without Christ’s ultimate sacrifice on the cross? Hallelujah for the Cross is a powerful new song, made popular by Chris McClarney, that reminds us of the mercy, glory, and power of the cross…the cross that broke our prison chains and paid our ransom. Arranged by Luke Gambill and orchestrated by Cliff Duren, this anthem will become a new favorite for your choir and congregation.
SKU: BA.BA04050
ISBN 9790006443598. 33 x 26 cm inches. Language: German. Text: Feustking, Friedrich Christian.
“Almiraâ€, Handel’s first opera, was well received when premiered in 1705 at the Theater am Gänsemarkt in Hamburg. The director was Reinhard Keiser, who, remarkably, had himself already set Friedrich Christian Feustking’s text to music. The role of Fernando was sung by Johann Mattheson. The translation used by Handel leaves several Italian arias in their original language, resulting in a delightful mixture of German and Italian.The opera which, after sundry entangled romances, ends in the wedding of three couples, is characterised by exuberant scenes: the procession at Almira’s crowning ceremony, a duel, a prison scene and a masked-ball involving the three continents Europe, Africa and Asia. The vocal score to “Almira†by George Frideric Handel brings about a small sensation: Whilst conducting a reenactment of this work in 1732, Georg Philipp Telemann removed the Aria no. 28 “Ingrato, spietato†from his conducting score. Since then this aria has been deemed lost. Due to necessity only the edited vocal text devoid of any music was presented in the 1994 volume of the “Halle Handel Editionâ€. Thanks to a recently discovered contemporary manuscript copy from the beginning of the 18th century which was found in the music library of the Mariengymnasium in Jever, this aria has now been made available to performers for the first time in this new vocal score edition. Previous to this the corresponding pages could only be seen as a facsimile in an article of the “Göttinger Händel-Beiträgeâ€.Now the aria can be performed again. Furthermore, with the help of this new source, missing measures in the basso continuo which had initially been completed by the editor of the “Halle Handel Edition†volume, could be reconstructed from the basso continuo part of the Bellante aria “Ich brenne zwar†(no. 71).
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