| Take Him, Earth Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.342402020 In Memoriam John F. Kennedy...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.342402020
In Memoriam John F.
Kennedy, 1917-1963.
Composed by Steven
Stucky. Sws. Premiered by
ACDA National Conference,
Craig Jessop, cond.;
Meyerson Symphony Center,
Dallas, TX. Secular
choral. Performance
Score. With Standard
notation. Composed
November 3 2012. 24
pages. Duration 13
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #342-40202.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.342402020). ISBN
9781598064995. UPC:
680160616084. 8.5 x 11
inches. English. Text:
William Shakespeare;
Aurelius Prudentius
Clemens; Aeschylus.
Aurelius Clemens, William
Shakespeare, Aeschylus.
Texts from Aurelius
Prudentius Clemens,
Aeschylus, and William
Shakespeare. When
Tim Sharp, Executive
Director of the ACDA,
offered Stucky the Brock
Memorial Commission, it
was decided that the text
would commemorate the
50th anniversary of the
assassination of John F.
Kennedy, since the annual
convention would take
place in Dallas of that
year. To that end, Stucky
chose four different but
pertinent texts to honor
the occasion, although
never referencing JFK by
name. Take Him, Earth was
premiered at the ACDA
convention in March,
2013. Originally scored
for chorus and chamber
ensemble of nine
instruments (available on
a rental basis), Take
Him, Earth is presented
here in piano reduction.
For advanced choirs.
Duration: 13'. When
Tim Sharp, Executive
Director of the American
Choral Directors
Association, very
kindlyoffered me the
Raymond W. Brock Memorial
Commission for 2013, he
suggested that because
thepremiere would take
place at the national
conference in Dallas in
the 50th year since the
assassinationof John F.
Kennedy in that city, the
text might refer in some
way to that grim
anniversary. Hesuggested,
too, that I consider
using a chamber ensemble
or chamber orchestra to
accompany thechorus.I
took these suggestions to
heart, but at the same
time I wanted to write
something universal
enoughto be appropriate
on other occasions, in
other settings. Thus the
score is dedicated to
PresidentKennedy’s
memory, but otherwise he
is never referred to by
name. Instead, I
assembled a group oftexts
that are associated with
him in some way, but that
also stand alone as a
more general eulogy.As a
refrain, there are a few
lines from the early
Christian burial hymn
that begins “Take
him,Earth, for
cherishingâ€
— lines that were
earlier set to music by
Herbert Howells in his
classic motetcommissioned
for Kennedy’s
memorial service in 1963.
The lines of Aeschylus
“Drop, drop
— inour sleep,
upon the heart sorrow
falls†from
Agamemnon were quoted by
Robert F. Kennedy uponthe
death of Martin Luther
King in April 1968. The
celebrated “When he
shall die, cut him out
inlittle starsâ€
from Act III of
Shakespeare’s
Romeo and Juliet was
cited by RFK a few months
after hisbrother’s
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| The Star-Spangled Banner Chorale SATB Alfred Publishing
Choir Secular (SATB choir) SKU: AP.47550 Composed by John Stafford Smith....(+)
Choir Secular (SATB
choir) SKU:
AP.47550 Composed by
John Stafford Smith.
Arranged by Connor Smith
and Desmond Clark.
Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Choral Designs.
4th of July; Patriotic;
Secular. Choral Octavo. 8
pages. Alfred Music
#00-47550. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.47550).
UPC: 038081542430.
English. Francis Scott
Key. Here's a fresh
arrangement of the
national anthem that is
spot on for contemporary
a cappella singers! A
cool combination of the
traditional and the
creative, this unique
setting is sure to
inspire and impress.
Perform at concerts,
assemblies, games, and
events. Scattered divisi
in all voice parts
sharpens the fresh
sonorities.
About Alfred
Choral
Designs Th
e Alfred Choral Designs
Series provides student
and adult choirs with a
variety of secular choral
music that is useful,
practical, educationally
appropriate, and a
pleasure to sing. To that
end, the Choral Designs
series features original
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settings, spiritual
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| The Star-Spangled Banner Chorale SATB SATB A Cappella [Octavo] Alfred Publishing
By Francis Scott Key and John Stafford Smith. Arranged by Jamey Ray. For Choir (...(+)
By Francis Scott Key and
John Stafford Smith.
Arranged by Jamey Ray.
For Choir (SATB, a
cappella). Choral Octavo.
Choral Designs.
Patriotic. Choral Octavo.
8 pages
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