Choral (2-Part)

SKU: HL.345711

Composed by George L.O. Strid and Mary Donnelly. Shawnee Press. Christmas, Concert, Holiday, Orff, Winter. Octavo. 12 pages. Duration 135 seconds. Published by Shawnee Press (HL.345711).

ISBN 9781540092359. UPC: 840126920420. 6.75x10.5x0.029 inches.

A humorous original expressing the anticipation of Santa's arrival, is set up-tempo in style with both unison and harmonic writing throughout. Student-friendly pitched Orff instrumental parts included.

By Douglas Nolan. For SATB choir and cello (SATB W/ CELLO). Shawnee Press. Sacred, Advent, Christmas. 16 pages

(Newly Composed Fiddle Tunes). Edited by Paul Stewart Cranford. For Fiddle and Violin. Transcribed Solos. Cranford Publications. Fiddle Tunes. Intermediate. Book/CD Set. 112 pages

Edited by Patrick Sky. For fiddle. All styles. Level: Multiple Levels. Book. Songbook. Size 8.75x11.75. 176 pages. Published by Mel Bay Pub., Inc.

For C instrument and voice. Format: fakebook (spiral bound). With chord names, vocal melody and lyrics. Jazz. Series: Hal Leonard Fake Books. 448 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Hal Leonard.

By Traditional. Arranged by Jerry Brubaker. Traditional. For Full Orchestra. Full Orchestra. Belwin Concert Full Orchestra. Level: 4 (grade 4). Conductor Score and Parts. 228 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689044687

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Accompaniment trax (split) with narrator & with narrator and little girl (sarah). Word Music #080689044687. Published by Word Music (WD.080689044687).

UPC: 080689044687.

Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689785023

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. CD practice trax. Word Music #080689785023. Published by Word Music (WD.080689785023).

UPC: 080689785023.

Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689037689

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Accompaniment CD (split). Word Music #080689037689. Published by Word Music (WD.080689037689).

UPC: 080689037689.

Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689613777

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Bulletins (100-pak). Word Music #080689613777. Published by Word Music (WD.080689613777).

UPC: 080689613777.

Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689666094

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Accompaniment DVD. Word Music #080689666094. Published by Word Music (WD.080689666094).

UPC: 080689666094.

Moderately Easy

SKU: WD.080689873140

Composed by Marty Parks. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Stem mixes. Word Music #080689873140. Published by Word Music (WD.080689873140).

UPC: 080689873140.

(Low Voice). Composed by Various. For Voice. Fake Book. Softcover. 472 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-455-5

Composed by Matthew Whittall. Score. Fennica Gehrman #55011-455-5. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-455-5).

ISBN 9790550114555.

This cycle of carols, to the poetry of Christina Rossetti, was assembled piecemeal over a number of years, gradually acquiring a larger dramatic and harmonic arch shape as new settings were added. I was particularly attracted to Rossetti's conflation of the dark, fallow winter landscape with that of the soul waiting for salvation. The cycle traces the long nights of watchfulness before Christmas, with the great event constantly deferred, only glimpsed periodically in different visions before the music turns inward again to contemplation. The opening carol embodies this spirit, with passages of diffuse, roving harmony interspersed with meditative, lyrical pedals, calling out the night watch and dreaming of a far-off summer of the spirit. Earth Grown Old is a kind of double carol, setting two complete poems, their lines at first presented separately as a still, expectant chorale and a jubilant dance, then progressively interwoven toward a fervent climax before once again receding into quiet. In the bleak mid-winter, which sets a highly compressed version of Rossetti's original poem, presents an enfeebled landscape frozen in time, in dire need of deliverance. A gentle melody weaves its way through static drones, broken by an angels' chorus announcing the joy to come. Love Came Down at Christmas ends the waiting, with its gently falling, overlapping lines building to a final revelation, the mystery of Christmas at last made real.