Railways 1846 Chorale TTBB TTBB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral TTBB choir, piano SKU: PR.312419270 From Terra Nostra. Comp...(+)
Choral TTBB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312419270
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Performance Score. 8
pages. Duration 2
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41927.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312419270).
ISBN
9781491137918. UPC:
680160692606. English.
Charles
Mackay.
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 TTBB choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9779 Composed by Jonathan Reid. Durati...(+)
Choral TTBB choir, piano
SKU: CF.CM9779
Composed by Jonathan
Reid. Duration 3 minutes,
52 seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9779. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9779).
ISBN
9781491164501. UPC:
680160923410. Key: E
major. Text: Rudyard
Kipling.
This
classic poem by Rudyard
Kipling can, at first,
sound like a series of
stipulations for manhood.
While it is all wonderful
advice, I chose to set
this text in a way that
gradually transitions
from if you can to
simply, you can!As the
choir moves into the
contrapuntal section at
m. 37, I imagine each
section of the choir
cheering the other
sections on as they
strive for their own
personal greatness. The
basses kick off the
cheers of you can at m.
45, with the whole choir
joining at m. 49, leading
into the rousing final
section of the result of
strong personal choices:
Yours is the earth, and
everything that's in
it.If optional text is
needed for your ensemble
from m. 58 to the end,
consider You'll know the
race is run or a text of
your choosing. .
Choral; Piano Accompaniment (TTBB Choir) SKU: HL.49045742 TTBB and Pia...(+)
Choral; Piano
Accompaniment (TTBB
Choir)
SKU:
HL.49045742
TTBB
and Piano. Composed
by Georg Kreisler. Edited
by Bernhard Hofmann.
Choral. Classical.
Octavo. 16 pages.
Duration 150 seconds.
Schott Music #C57904.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49045742).
Georg Kreisler
equals scathing, dark
black humour on the
piano! The Singphoniker
have arranged Georg
Kreisler's best known
songs for all-male
ensemble and recorded
them on CD. Schott now
publishesthe
corresponding music
edition for men's choir
TTBB with piano
accompaniment (Georg
Kreisler - Lieder und
Chansons, ED 22735). In
addition, all songs from
the sheet music album are
available in separate
editions: Mein Weib will
mich verlassen - Gott sei
Dank!-[My wife wants to
leave me - Thank God] The
wife's moving out in Mein
Weib will mich verlassen
cannot be too soon at
all. When the woman
finally went out of the
door, everything was only
a dream.Oi weh! [Oh
dear!] This pleasant
arrangement with
Kreisler's humorous text
most certainly creates an
exuberant atmosphere in
the concert.
Choral (TTBB Choir) SKU: HL.1197972 Composed by Bradley Ellingboe. Nation...(+)
Choral (TTBB Choir)
SKU: HL.1197972
Composed by Bradley
Ellingboe.
National/Emerson Fred
Bock. Octavo. 12 pages.
Duration 345 seconds. Hal
Leonard #NM1077.
Published by Hal Leonard
(HL.1197972).
UPC:
196288135128.
6.75x10.5x0.029
inches.
This
exciting new setting of a
text by the 13th-century
Persian poet Rumi sings
of the healing power of
singing itself. Bradley
Ellingboe's gift for
melody is once again on
full display, through
masterful vocal parts
complemented by lyrical
solo violin and a rolling
piano accompaniment that
conjures the sounds of
the sea. Suitable for
high school or college
ensembles, this piece is
sure to garner the
enthusiastic favor of any
audience.
By George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin. Arranged by Mark Hayes. Choir Secular. Men'...(+)
By George Gershwin and
Ira Gershwin. Arranged by
Mark Hayes. Choir
Secular. Men's Choir.
Choral Octavo. Pop
Choral. 12 pages.
Published by Alfred Music