Choral (SSATB a cappella)

SKU: HL.1340670

Arranged by Philip Lawson. Sacred Christmas Choral. Christmas. Octavo. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.1340670).

UPC: 196288189558. 6.75x10.5 inches.

This 13th century melody is arranged for high school choirs looking to expand into polyphony for the Christmas season. Smoothy melodic lines give way to smart challenges in range, while the B section dabbles in counterpoint--a perfect opportunity for study of Medieval forms.

String Quartet

SKU: HL.14030979

Score. Composed by Bent Sorensen. Music Sales America. 20th Century. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #KP30120. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14030979).

Parts available: KP00248 The composer writes: The slow choral-like music which initiates Adieu was the result of an image or almost a dream that I had. Without being able to explain why, I imagined a procession of people, maybe medieval munks, wearing large gray mantles with Ku-Klux-Klan-like white cowls on their heads, something like a funeral procession. The title Adieu is partly a comment on this funeral procession, but also used because the piece is split up by three slow-ascending glissandi, a kind of farewell glissandi which removes the intervening music. The first absorbing glissando is soft and removes both the slow funeral choral and the agitating figures in the first half of the piece. The second glissando is given only to the cello and crawls out from the elegiac melodies in the middle part. The third and final glissando is intense and agitating, and prepares the way for the end of the piece. This end primarily deals with the relationship fast - slow. This relationship is turned topsy turvy: the music gets faster and faster until it is so fast that it suddenly becomes slow, so slow in fact that it is very quickly able to become extremely fast again.

Choral Bass, Finger Cymbals, Hand Drum, Piano, tenor voice

SKU: CF.CM9756

On This Day. Composed by Anonymous Elizabethan. Arranged by Austin Hunt. Mjts. Duration 2 minutes, 21 seconds. Carl Fischer Music #CM9756. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.CM9756).

ISBN 9781491162446. UPC: 680160921195. Key: E minor. Latin, English.

Personent Hodie is a medieval Christmas carol from the larger work Piae Cantiones—a published collection of songs intended for cathedral schools in 16th century Finland. The original tune uses modality and plainchant to evoke the mysterious character of Christmastide.This rhythmic setting of Personent Hodie expresses the tune in compound meter, resulting in a joyful energy. The optional hand drum and finger cymbals complement the melody with an exciting, dance-like pulse.“Ideo, gloria in excelsis Deo!”Therefore, glory be in the highest to God!Ideas for study and reflection: How might word stress be used to enhance overall musicality? What syllables should be stressed vs. unstressed? What dynamic markings are indicted in the score, and where do they occur? Listen to a recording of the original “Personent Hodie” written in 4/4 time. How are the two settings different? .

Soprano voice solo, SSS and organ or piano, with optional cello - Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0094

Composed by Howard Goodall. Advent, Advent Candlelighting, Lessons and Carols, 21st Century. Choral score. Duration 5 minutes, 9 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0094. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0094).

UPC: 688670221033. Latin.

Originally conceived for the ensemble Enchanted Voices, these carols for SSA voices and organ (or piano) represent the composer’s desire for the tunes and texts to be heard in a new and fresh way. Largely contemplative, sometimes set against a gently-undulating foundation, these work well for concert and church use. Sometimes ethereal, sometimes other-worldly, the pieces succeed in bringing together the ancient purity of the medieval past and the here and now. Duration 5:09.

Soprano voice solo, SS and organ or piano, with optional cello - Early Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0092

Composed by Howard Goodall. Annunciation, Advent, Advent Candlelighting, Lessons and Carols, 21st Century. Choral score. Duration 3 minutes, 48 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0092. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0092).

UPC: 688670221002. English.

Originally conceived for the ensemble Enchanted Voices, these carols for SSA voices and organ (or piano) represent the composer’s desire for the tunes and texts to be heard in a new and fresh way. Largely contemplative, sometimes set against a gently-undulating foundation, these work well for concert and church use. Sometimes ethereal, sometimes other-worldly, the pieces succeed in bringing together the ancient purity of the medieval past and the here and now. Duration 3:48.

SS and organ or piano - Beginning

SKU: MN.56-0104

Composed by Howard Goodall. Secular, Christmas-Secular/Holiday, 21st Century. Duration 1 minute, 17 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0104. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0104).

UPC: 688670221200. English.

Originally conceived for the ensemble Enchanted Voices, these carols for SSA voices and organ (or piano) represent the composer’s desire for the tunes and texts to be heard in a new and fresh way. Largely contemplative, sometimes set against a gently-undulating foundation, these work well for concert and church use. Sometimes ethereal, sometimes other-worldly, the pieces succeed in bringing together the ancient purity of the medieval past and the here and now. Duration 1:17.

Mixed choir (STBar) and instruments (4 Tr. (od. 4 Sopranblockfl.) * 2 Pos. (od. Gamben od. Bratschen) * Fg. ad lib. - 4 P. S. (Glsp. [Sopr., Alt, mehrfach besetzt]) * Trgl. * Beck. [Cymb.] * gr. Tr. * Schellentr. (10 Spieler) - 2 Git. (mehrfach besetzt) - Violoncelli * Kontrabasse) - easy

SKU: HL.49006273

Sumer is icumen in. Composed by Carl Orff. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Score. Composed 1972. 32 pages. Duration 4'. Schott Music #ED 6412. Published by Schott Music (HL.49006273).

ISBN 9790001068086. 9.0x12.0x0.135 inches. Old English.

The first known canon of European art music, now in the British Museum in London, is preserved in a thirteenth-century manusript from the English abbey in Reading: This is the so-called summer canon, whose verses greet the advent of summer. An accompanying note elucidates the artistic layer-like construction of the sound structure: a two-voice foundation of bell-like, swinging pendulum tones supports an upper structure of four voices which enter at equal time intervals. The note terms the canon rota * round -, which makes reference to the turning, circling movement of the constantly pulsating sound. The circular figure originates in a vital, ages-old moving force in music-making, and it demands a dance-like execution. But the canon is also, through the interaction of the strictly ordered voice entries, convivially bound musical form. Carl Orff was able to choose no better fitting musical form for the Greetings to Youth at the Olympic Games 1972 in Munich than the medieval rota. In the connexion of the singing voices with the Orff instruments, today in world-wide use, a testimony of European tradition sounds in a living present.

Coro SMsA, 2 Fl, Git, Perc

SKU: CA.336560

Arranged by Jesus Albert Hernandez. Separate edition with choral collection. Secular choral music. Full score. 5 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 03.365/60. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.336560).

ISBN 9790007244033. Language: Spanish.

This song is a popular 'Cueca brava,' also known as 'Cueca Chilenera.' The 'Cueca' was designated a na tional dance in Chile since 1979 and it has been danced throughout this country since the early 19th century, both in the countryside and in the cities. The styles of the 'Cuecas' are different according to the nature of the texts and to traditions of each region. The origin of the 'Cueca' is unclear, but certainly it developed in the Viceroyalty of Peru, fi rst as a dance called the 'zamacueca,' which in turn originated from the 'jota' and the 'fandango.' It is danced in couples who dance apart from each other while waving red scarves and moving in circles. The musicologist Carlos Vega writes: it is possible to consider the 'Cueca' as a parody of courtship between a cock and a hen: the scarves could symbolize feathers or ridges within a choreography that is characterized by loose interdependent partners. In describing the 'Cueva' another musicologist, Samuel Claro, explains that the choreography recalls the ancient or medieval tournaments and derives from the pantomime of love ... It is a festive and cheerful dance, accompanied by guitars, harp, accordion and percussion instruments, although it is written mostly in minor keys. The rhythm combines measures of 6/8 and 3/4.

Choral/Vocal. Published by Alfred Publishing. (23505) ISBN 0739036602. The newest addition to our Alfred Vocal catalog, Singer's Library of Song features 37 of the world's best-loved songs from the Medieval era though the 20th century, presented with historical information and performance suggestions that are designed to enhance and educate developing vocalists. Art Songs, Arias, Folk Songs, Spirituals, and Lieder-they're all here, and they're all beautifully laid out in this comprehensive 200-page anthology for vocal study. English, Latin, Italian, German, French, Spanish, and Hebrew texts are included, and accurate translations and IPA pronounciation guides pave the way for serious singers. Available in low, medium, and high editions with optional accompaniment CDs (set of 2), Singer's Library of Song is a must-have for every voice teacher and student.

By C. Griffith Bratt. For SA choir, organ. Parish. Choral, Advent, Chant, Hymn. Easy. Choral octavo. Published by Paraclete Press

Mixed choir (STBar) and instruments (TRGL/GRTR) - easy

SKU: HL.49006281

Sumer is icumen in. Composed by Carl Orff. Sheet music. Edition Schott. Classical. Individual part. Composed 1972. 4 pages. Duration 4'. Schott Music #ED 6412-17. Published by Schott Music (HL.49006281).

ISBN 9790001068161. Old English.

The first known canon of European art music, now in the British Museum in London, is preserved in a thirteenth-century manusript from the English abbey in Reading: This is the so-called summer canon, whose verses greet the advent of summer. An accompanying note elucidates the artistic layer-like construction of the sound structure: a two-voice foundation of bell-like, swinging pendulum tones supports an upper structure of four voices which enter at equal time intervals. The note terms the canon rota * round -, which makes reference to the turning, circling movement of the constantly pulsating sound. The circular figure originates in a vital, ages-old moving force in music-making, and it demands a dance-like execution. But the canon is also, through the interaction of the strictly ordered voice entries, convivially bound musical form. Carl Orff was able to choose no better fitting musical form for the Greetings to Youth at the Olympic Games 1972 in Munich than the medieval rota. In the connexion of the singing voices with the Orff instruments, today in world-wide use, a testimony of European tradition sounds in a living present.