SATB Choir, Piano - Level 2

SKU: CA.926000

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Arranged by Denis Rouger. Separate edition to the CD. Lieder, Secular choral music. Full Score. Composed 1870. CG 449. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.260/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.926000).

ISBN 9790007249229. Key: F major. Language: French. Text: Barbier, Jules.

The three verses of Aimons-nous, separated by piano interludes, are cheerful and amorous, an invitation to everlasting mutual love. The text portrays this almost as a law of nature: rivers and streams combine, the sun embraces the earth, and the birds snuggle close to each other in their nest. Light, rippling syncopations in the piano accompany Gounod's typical catchy melodic writing in the vocal parts. The writer Jules Barbier was Gounod's favored opera librettist (Faust, Romeo et Juliette), but many other 19th century opera composers also set his texts, including Camille Saint-Saens, Giacomo Meyerbeer, and Jacques Offenbach. This art song was originally composed not for chamber choir, but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted it to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble, without losing the any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process, the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression, as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD Kennst du das Land ... (Carus 83.495).

Vocal and Piano

SKU: HL.50565230

Composed by Camille Saint-Saë and ns. MGB. Classical. Score Only. Composed 2001. Editions Durand #DF3113. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50565230).

8.25x11.75x0.053 inches.

The Vocal Library Low Voice. Composed by Various. Edited by Carol Kimball, Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. French, Classical. CD. 8 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Selected and edited by SERGIUS KAGEN. Voice and piano. Published by International Music Co.

Vocal and Piano (Voice and Piano)

SKU: HL.50572738

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Editions Durand. Classical. Score Only. Composed 2001. Editions Durand #DF4532. Published by Editions Durand (HL.50572738).

Book/Pronunciation Guide/Accompaniment Audio Online The Vocal Library. Composed by Various. Edited by Carol Kimball, Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. French, Classical. Softcover Audio Online. 400 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Jacqueline Bonnardot. For tenor and piano. Bonnardot Jacqueline. Classical. Score