SSAA chorus, piano (opt. guitar) - intermediate

SKU: BP.DF1023

Composed by Dan Forrest. Choral, School, Church, Community, Collegiate, Revoicing. Justice. Octavo. The Music of Dan Forrest #DF1023. Published by The Music of Dan Forrest (BP.DF1023).

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.

Chorus (with soloists) and piano (solos: S. A. 7T. Bar. 4B - choir: SAATTBB - picc.2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp.perc(2) - hp - str)

SKU: BR.EB-2066

Comic Opera in 2 Acts. Composed by Peter Cornelius. Edited by Max Hasse. Arranged by Waldemar von (KA) Baussnern. Choir; Softbound. Edition Breitkopf. Opera; Music theatre; Romantic. Piano/Vocal Score. 240 pages. Breitkopf and Haertel #EB 2066. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EB-2066).

ISBN 9790004160770. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.

Text by the composer Translation: engl. (M. E. Browne) Place: Bagdad Characters: Der Kalif (baritone) - Baba Mustapha, ein Kadi (tenor) - Margiana, seine Tochter (soprano) - Bostana, eine Verwandte (alto) - Nureddin (tenor) - Abul Hassan Ali Ebn Bekar, Barbier (bass) - 1. Muezzin (bass) - 2. Muezzin (tenor) - 3. Muezzin (tenor) - Ein Sklave (tenor) - Vier Bewaffnete (2 Tenore, 2 Basse) Corneliuss opera got off to a bad start, to say the least: the scandal provoked at the first performance in Weimar in 1858 led to protests and ultimately to the resignation of Franz Liszt as court opera director. It was not until 1904 that the opera was played again in that city and proved that the scandal had not been caused by the work but by Liszts aesthetic views. The score was long considered as the ideal example of a musical comedy with a far too complicated plot. Today, however, many prominent commentators beg to differ: This is one of the sunniest scores ever written. Music in the spirit of Mozart and Mendelssohn: a highly delicate mixture of classical formal rigor and romantic irony, heightened with just a touch of exquisite sensuality that has just wafted in from the Orient. It is practically incomprehensible how Cornelius could have been regarded as a composer of the Wagner school for practically a century. With its intricate fusing of comedy, lyricism and sentimentality, it is precisely the opera that Schubert, Schumann, E.T.A. Hoffmann and Mendelssohn were unable to write. (Hans Zender).