SATB choir

SKU: WD.080689655173

Composed by Daniel Semsen. Choral, cantatas. Christmas. Book. Word Music #080689655173. Published by Word Music (WD.080689655173).

UPC: 080689655173.

Dove Award winning songwriters Joel Lindsey and Jeff Bumgardner, with Dove Award winning arranger/ orchestrator Daniel Semsen, have, once again, brought to life an astoundingly appealing new musical for Christmas, Love Was Born a King. With a slew of critically acclaimed dramatic musicals for Christmas under their belt, this highly awarded creative team has done it again, this time with a twist! Their newest offering, Love Was Born a King, is actually 2 musicals in one! Fully developed as a dramatic musical in the vein of their previous successes (How to Have the Best Christmas Ever, An Unexpected Christmas, Welcome to Bethlehem, Under a Starry Sky), Love Was Born a King certainly doesn’t disappoint those in search of their next, new, dramatic musical. For others, who love the music heard in those previously released musicals but aren’t looking for a dramatic musical, Joel and Jeff have delivered an amazing choir with narrator musical option that fully utilizes all the songs found in the drama version… literally, 2 musicals in 1! The option with drama deals poignantly and sensitively with the plight of the homeless, drawing on the responsibility of God’s people to minister and care for those in need. And in the course of helping others, finding that we just might find ourselves being ministered to in the process! If instead you’re looking for a choir with narrator option, you’ll discover the same brilliantly written songs wrapped in a beautifully expressed narrative highlighting the traditional Christmas story focusing on the power and beauty of God’s Love come down to earth, manifested in the birth of the Christ Child.

Berklee Guide. Composition, Instruction. Softcover Audio Online. 168 pages. Published by Berklee Press

Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ8162

Composed by Franz Liszt. EMB Liszt Works. Book Only. Composed 1977. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ8162. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ8162).

English-German.

Though he grew up in Vienna and Paris and spoke German as his native language, Ferenc Liszt's Hungarian patriotism was aroused by a natural disaster. ''Oh my wild and distant country! Your cry of pain has brought me back to you. I bow my head, ashamed that I have forgotten you for so long,'' he reacted to the news of the 1838 Danube floods that demolished much of Pest, and he announced a charity concert for the benefit of the victims. When he visited Hungary the following year, he was embraced by his compatriots with an unexpected enthusiasm that defied all description. This highly emotional encounter set his entire career onto a new track Hungarian motifs began to appear inhis music. This marked the beginning of the genesis of his 19 Hungarian Rhapsodies that spanned many decades. The opening theme of Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2, a piece that has acquired extraordinary popularity, was written down by Liszt in his sketchbook in 1847 in Ia i, Romania. The piece was published in 1851, later with separate cadenzas and ad-libitum variants added for two of Liszt s pupils. This revised (2020) edition, based on the New Liszt Edition, is distinguished by the inclusion of these, as well as a preface summarizing the latest findings of research, facsimile reproductions, and critical notes.

By David Shaffer. Concert band. Young Concert Band. Command Series. Audio recording available separately (items CL.WFR333 and CL.WFR344). Grade 2.5. Extra full score. Composed 2004. Duration 2 minutes, 45 seconds. Published by C.L. Barnhouse

By David Shaffer. Holiday. Young Concert Band. Command. Level: Grade 2.5. Score and set of parts. Composed 2004. Duration 0:02:45. Published by C.L. Barnhouse.

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689498770

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. Bulletins (100-pak). Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689498770. Published by Word Music (WD.080689498770).

UPC: 080689498770.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689581090

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. Accompaniment DVD. Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689581090. Published by Word Music (WD.080689581090).

UPC: 080689581090.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689637148

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. Stem mixes. Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689637148. Published by Word Music (WD.080689637148).

UPC: 080689637148.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689963124

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. Accompaniment CD (split) with narration. Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689963124. Published by Word Music (WD.080689963124).

UPC: 080689963124.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689497773

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. Eastertide. Posters (12-pak). Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689497773. Published by Word Music (WD.080689497773).

UPC: 080689497773.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689614392

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. DVD preview pak. Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689614392. Published by Word Music (WD.080689614392).

UPC: 080689614392.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

SATB choir - Easy

SKU: WD.080689850721

Dawn of Love's Pure Light. Composed by Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews & Steve W. Mauldin. Arranged by Steve W. Mauldin. Choral, cantatas. Simply Word. Bulk CD (10-pak). Duration 39 minutes. Word Music #080689850721. Published by Word Music (WD.080689850721).

UPC: 080689850721.

From the creative team that brought you the best-selling musical, Joy, Unspeakable Joy!... Kenna Turner West, Dale Mathews and Steve W. Mauldin...comes another uplifting, worshipful and inspiring seasonal musical for your Christmas choir. O Night Divine compels the listener to celebrate the joyful, glorious birth of our Lord and Savior. It encourages us to offer our highest praise to the One known by such magnificent names as Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, and Everlasting Father. And it invites us to come to the manger, bow down, and worship the King of Kings. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!
O Night Divine features inspired, new Christmas songs from Kenna West, threaded together by three powerful, well-known songs, such as
A Christmas Alleluia, made popular by Chris Tomlin; Ring the Bells, made popular by artists Travis Cottrell and Big Daddy Weave; and Hope Was Born This Night, popularized by Sidewalk Prophets. All of the songs are woven together with threads of a rich narration and the colorful, many-faceted arrangements and orchestrations of Steve W. Mauldin. O Night Divine, the perfect musical for your choir this Christmas!

Song Titles: Ring the Bells * Gloria (Emmanuel has Come) * Carol Hymn Medley (Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus with O Come, O Come, Emmanuel) * The Time has Come * Have You Heard the News * A Christmas Alleluia * O Night Divine with A Christmas Alleluia * Finale with Hope Was Born This Night and Ring the Bells (Reprise).

Choral Cello, Flute, Harp, Oboe, Percussion, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, alto voice, bass voice, soprano voice, tenor voice

SKU: PR.31241902S

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Full score. Duration 3:15. Theodore Presser Company #312-41902S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.31241902S).

UPC: 680160690589. English.

Commission ed by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

Choral SATB Choir and Piano

SKU: PR.312419020

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Performance Score. 12 pages. Duration 3:15. Theodore Presser Company #312-41902. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.312419020).

ISBN 9781491131862. UPC: 680160680474. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English.

Commission ed by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

Choral Cello, Flute, Harp, Oboe, Percussion, Piano, Viola, Violin 1, Violin 2, alto voice, bass voice, soprano voice, tenor voice

SKU: PR.31241902A

From Terra Nostra. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Set of Score and Parts. Duration 3:15. Theodore Presser Company #312-41902A. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.31241902A).

UPC: 680160690510. English.

Commission ed by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

Composed by David Barton. Text: 15th century texts. Medieval-flavor motet. Christmas. Octavo. Published by CanticaNOVA Publications (C5.5054).

By Greg Fishman. For Guitar. Play-Along (Book CD). Published by Greg Fishman Jazz Studios

By F Jackson. For Choral Collection: Mixed Choir. Published by Oxford University Press.

Chamber Music Piano

SKU: PR.140401330

Composed by R. Nathaniel Dett. Edited by Lara Downes. 32 pages. Duration 18 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #140-40133. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.140401330).

ISBN 9781491134412. UPC: 680160684939.

Natha niel Dett was among America’s leading composers in the early 20th century, and MAGNOLIA SUITE is a beautiful example of his rich, hybrid style. Deeply inspired by the music and mission of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Dett’s piano music springs from the late Romantic traditions of florid texture and embellishment, along with programmatic titles and raw emotion. It is notable for melody writing inspired by and paraphrasing African-American song. The 18-minute MAGNOLIA SUITE contains five movements, any of which may also be performed separately. This edition by Lara Downes provides a clean, new engraving that corrects the many errors and unclear indications appearing in the historical printing.
Robert Nathaniel Dett was born in a place that was built on freedom. The little village of Drummondville, Ontario was founded by enslaved Africans – Dett’s ancestors among them – who traveled the Underground Railroad out of the American South into Canada. Their journey brought them to a safe haven, a place where fortunes and futures could be transformed in the span of one generation, to lives full of new possibilities. You could call it “the place where the rainbow ends,” which is the title of the last movement of Dett’s Magnolia Suite.When Dett wrote these pieces, he was a young teacher at Lane College in Tennessee, a historically Black college that had been founded in 1882, the year of his birth. A place built on freedom, with the purpose of educating newly-emancipated slaves – a place designed to nurture the blossoming of ideas, the vibrant flowering of minds set free. This music is inspired by the gorgeous splendor of the magnolia blooms on that college campus, and also by the shared histories, experiences, and aspirations of the community that Dett found there.These five pieces pay affectionate tribute to lineage and legacy. They express gratitude for the bittersweet beauties of the present; nostalgia for the past (a bit romanticized, as the past always is); and an effervescent optimism for the future that awaits us in the place where the rainbow ends.

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