Chorus (SATB) . Par JACKSON / RICHIE. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Choeur (SATB) et Orchestre à vent

incl. Chorus SATB. Par VERDI GIUSEPPE. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Choeur (SATB) et Orchestre à vent

incl. Chorus SATB. Par EBB F. / KANDER J.. / Niveau : Difficile / Répertoire / Choeur (SATB) et Orchestre à vent

Ode à la Musique (1961)for Baritone 4-part mixed chorus trumpet two horns three trombones piano and double bass Frank Martin (1890-1974) Frank Martin was born in Geneva Switzerland on 15 September 1890. He was the tenth and youngest child of a clergyman’s family. He played and improvised on the piano even before he went to school. By the age of nine he had composed charming children’s songs that were perfectly balanced without ever having been taught musical forms or harmony. A performance of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion heard at the age of twelve left a lasting impression on the composer for whom J.S. Bachremained the true master. He attended classical languages high school and to please his parents went on to study mathematics and physics at the University of Geneva for two years. Simultaneously he started studying piano and composition with Joseph Lauber who initiated him in the “craft” especially in instrumentation. Between 1918 and 1926 Frank Martin lived in Zurich Rome and Paris working on his own searching for a personal musical language. In 1926 he founded the “Société de Musique de Chambre de Genève” which he led as pianist and harpsichord player for ten years. He taught improvisation and theory of rhythm at the “Institut Jacques-Dalcroze” and chamber music at the Geneva Conservatory of Music. He was artistic director of the “Technicum Moderne de Musique” from 1933 to 1940 and president of the Swiss Association of Musicians between 1942 and 1946. In 1932 he became interested in the 12-tone technique of Arnold Schönberg. He incorporated certain elements into his own musical language creating a synthesis of the chromatic and twelve-tone techniques without however abandoning the sense of tone – that is the hierarchical relations between notes. Le Vin Herbé (1941) was the first important work in which he completely mastered this very personal idiom. Together with the Petite Symphonie Concertante (1944-45) it established his international reputation. Martin’s many musical activities in Switzerland interfered with the peace and

The Vocal Score for Swiss composer Carl Rütti's De Virgine Maria is arranged here for SATB divisi chorus and Organ accompaniment. This piece was commissioned by the College for 'A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols 2014' and lasts around 3 and a half minutes. De Virgine Maria is dedicated to composer Stephen Cleobury and the Choir of King's College Cambridge. The works of?Carl Rütti has been an output of consistently beautiful choral works that are largely religious in theme. His compositions are well-known for introducing elements of jazz and blues into the English choral tradition that he traditionallyworks within. The lyrics for De Virgine Maria are in Latin. In the September 2015 issue of Organists' Review Michael Overbury writes that this work 'is most attractive for the listener celebratory fun and serious intensely joyful and lyrical.'

Arrangeur: Jean-François Michel. Par BUXTEHUDE DIETRICH. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Répertoire / 2 Cornets, Cor en Mib et Tuba

Par NORTH ALEX / ZARET HY. / Niveau : Intermédiaire / Répertoire / Brass Band