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| Twentieth Century Art Songs for Recital and Study
Medium voice, Piano
Schirmer
Medium Voice. By Various. Vocal Collection. Size 9x12 inches. 116 pages. Publish...(+)
Medium Voice. By Various. Vocal Collection. Size 9x12 inches. 116 pages. Published by G. Schirmer, Inc.
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| Looking Up
Choral SATB
SATB, Piano
St Rose Music Publishing
Choir, Piano Accompaniment (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.277282 SATB and Piano ...(+)
Choir, Piano Accompaniment (SATB Choir) SKU: HL.277282 SATB and Piano Vocal Score. Composed by Nico Muhly. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 60 pages. St. Rose Music #SRO10015201. Published by St. Rose Music (HL.277282). UPC: 840126915006. 6.75x10.5 inches. Program note:
Looking Up is a piece for large chorus and orchestra, and is in three sections, played without pause. In the 16th century, a variety of psalters in meter were printed in England, with the idea of making psalm-singing something that could happen easily at home, with the rhyming meter being an aid to memorization. These translations are wonderful exercises in brevity and sometimes clumsy rhymemaking, and were usually prefaced by a lengthy explanation as to their merits; the title of one of the first such volumes in English is: The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. I thought it would be appropriate to set one of these introductions, and the first section of Looking Up sets the preface to Thomas Ravenscroft's psalter (1621), in which he writes: “The singing of Psalmes (assay the Doctors) comforteth the sorrowfull, pacifieth the angry, strengtheneth the weake, humbleth the proud, gladdeth the humble, stirres up the slow, reconcileth enemies, lifteth up the heart to heavenly things, and uniteth the Creature to his Creator.”
It begins meditatively, but eventually grows agitated and fervent, with a vision of the “quire of Angels and Saints” “redoubling anddescanting” - an ecstatic and terrifying vision of the skies opening up. Ravenscroft then encourages the use of instrumental musicfor worship, at which point, a long, acrobatic orchestral interlude with jagged edges antagonizes the choir, who sing a kind of private, anxious meditation on two pitches.
One of the most delicious biblical texts is an Apocryphal prayer known as the Benedicite or the Prayer of the Three Children (the same who were rescued by an angel after King Nebuchadnezzar tried to have them burnt in an oven for not bowing to his image). The text is repetitive, obsessive, and a gift to composers - each line is an invocation of an element of the natural world, followed by the phrase, “blesse ye the Lord, praise him & magnify him for ever.” In Looking Up, the setting begins with three solo voices, and then grows to include the whole choir, itemizing the whole of creation. The idea that these boys are spared from the furnace and then five minutes later are saying, “O ye the fire and warming heate, blesse ye the Lord...” has always felt very loaded to me, and the orchestra plays with this conflict between joyful praise and a more terrible (in the 16th-century sense) awefor the divine.
The text for the third, and shortest, section is taken from Christopher Smart's (1722-1771) A Song to David, purportedly written during his confinement in a mental asylum. This ode to King David points out how David, as the author of some of the Psalms, observes the whole world from the “clustering spheres” to the “nosegay in the vale.&rdquo. $7.95 - See more - Buy onlinePre-shipment lead time: 24 hours - In Stock | | | |
| Five Psalms of Praise and the Responsorium from the Becker Psalter [Reduction] - Easy
GIA Publications
By Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Daniel G. Reuning. For Voices: SATB, unison. Instr...(+)
By Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Daniel G. Reuning. For Voices: SATB, unison. Instruments: not specified (instruments optional). Piano reduction. English text interlined; German provided. Ars Antiqua Choralis Series Sacred. 12 pages. Published by GIA Publications.
Level: easy.
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| My God, My God
Choral SATB - Easy
GIA Publications
By Liam Lawton. Arranged by John; Flute: Daigle Mccann. For Voices: SATB, cantor...(+)
By Liam Lawton. Arranged by John; Flute: Daigle Mccann. For Voices: SATB, cantor, assembly. Instruments: C instrument, string quartet (2 violins, viola, cello) (instruments optional). Keyboard accompaniment. Celebration Series Sacred. Level: easy. 4 pages. Published by GIA Publications.
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| Alma i Vida i Korason
OR-TAV Music Publications
Voice,guitar SKU: OT.28104 Composed by Daniel Akiva. Sephardic Anthology ...(+)
Voice,guitar SKU: OT.28104 Composed by Daniel Akiva. Sephardic Anthology for voice and guitar. Classical,Jewish. Performance score. OR-TAV Music Publications #28104. Published by OR-TAV Music Publications (OT.28104). ISBN 9789655051100. 8.27 x 11.69 inches. Daniel Akiva
Alma i Vida i Korason
Sephardic Anthology for voice and guitar
The 18 songs of the collection Alma i Vida i Korason include romansas, cantigas, life cycle songs and original music composed to poems by Avner Perez, a journey in Ladino song from the Middle Ages through the 21st century. Alma i Vida i Korason was recently recorded by Sivan Goldman, soprano and Daniel Akiva, guitar, together with a special series of short videos filmed at the Ralli Museum in Caesarea, Israel. For further information, please visit the YouTube and Spotify channels of the composer.
Contents:
1. A la una Naci yo
2. Kisa Agora el Amor
3. Durme Durme Mi Andjeliko
4. Morena me Yaman
5. La Serena
6. Durme Durme Mi Alma Donzeya
7. Noches Noches
8. Mama Yo no Tengo Visto
9. Ya Abasha La Novia
10. Esta Noche
11. Ya Viene El Kativo
12. Komo La Roza
13. Ay Linda Amiga
14. El Prisionero
15. Kantiga de Kune Para Selanik
16. Puncha Puncha
17. Durme Hermozo Hiziko
18. Sirkiji
Daniel Akiva is a composer, performer, and educator whose performances on guitar and lute have earned international acclaim. Mr. Akiva graduated from the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem in 1981, where he studied classical guitar with Haim Asulin and composition with Haim Alexander. In 1987 he completed his studies of lute with Jonathan Rubin and composition with Jean Ballisa at the Geneva Conservatorium in Switzerland. In 1986 he founded the Music Department at the WIZO High School for the Arts in Haifa which he headed for over thirty years. As part of his work at WIZO High School, he developed a method for teaching free improvisation which has been incorporated into the music program at the school. He also served as the Artistic Director of the Guitar Gems Festival from 2006-2018.
Mr. Akiva has performed in concerts as a guitarist and lutenist and given master classes in Israel, Europe, Russia, the United States, and Latin America. Daniel Akiva’s compositional output includes works for solo instruments, chamber ensembles, choir, voice and guitar, piano, and chamber orchestra. His works have been recorded on twelve CDs, the latest of which, Malchut, was issued by OR-TAV in 2014. Akiva's work Psalms for guitar solo was awarded the ACUM prize for composition in 1990, and his string quartet Ciclos was awarded the ACUM prize for composition in 2002. In 2006 his CD Hope, recorded with Laurel Zucker (flute) and Ronit Widmann-Levy (soprano) was awarded the Amazon prize. In 2017 Akiva was awarded the Prime Minister's Prize for composers in Israel.
A native of Haifa whose family has lived in Israel for over five hundred years, he was steeped in the Sephardic (Jewish-Spanish) tradition from his youth. A large part of his oeuvre has been devoted to a dialogue with the music of the Sephardic Jews. Daniel Akiva has also maintained a creative dialogue throughout the years with poets and writers Amnon Shemesh, Rivka Miriam, and Avner Perez.
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