Tenor voice and piano - Intermediate Composed by Juliana Hall (1958-). Instrumental part. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #9152. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

By Fibich Zdenek. Czech title: Nalady, dojmy a upominky op. 41/III. Published by Praha (Czech import).

By Fibich Zdenek. Czech title: Nalady, dojmy a upominky op. 41/IV. Published by Praha (Czech import).

By Ruth H. Taylor. For Voice. (Low Voice). Vocal Collection. Book. 48 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Marty Parks. Resource. Book. Lorenz Publishing Company #9780787757441. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.9780787757441).

By Dvorak Antonin. Czech title: Smy covy kvartet 9 d moll op. 34. Published by Praha (Czech import).

Chamber Music String Quartet

SKU: PR.14440572S

Composed by Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. Sws. Premiere: South Mountain Concerts, Pittsfield, MA; Saint Lawrence String Quartet. Contemporary. Full score. With Standard notation. Composed 2012. 16 pages. Duration 12 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #144-40572S. Published by Theodore Presser Company (PR.14440572S).

ISBN 9781598066029. UPC: 680160617685. 9x12 inches.

When the family heirs to the legendary Galimir String Quartet (three sisters and a brother) gathered to commemorate the centenary birth years of these famed performers, they chose Ellen Taaffe Zwilich to commission for this honor. The composer, who has also worked professionally as a violinist, responded with a one-movement odyssey entitled Voyage, cross-breeding her own characteristic style with glimpses of Viennese waltzes and other Galimir flavor. There is a sweet, sad lyricism to this work, a hectic discord..., some wailing and moaning, these moods alternating with dancing klezmer rhythms of Jewish wedding music that take over and make things right in the end. (Stanley Fefferman, BachTrack.com).

Chamber Music Guitar, Piano, Violoncello, Voice

SKU: CF.V2505

Composed by Frederic Sharaf. Full score. With Standard notation. 24 pages. Carl Fischer Music #V2505. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.V2505).

ISBN 9781491144473. UPC: 680160901975. Text: Carlos de Olivera. Carlos Olivera.

The 1937 Spanish Civil War saw the bombing of the town of Guernica by combined German and Italian air forces, at the behest of the Spanish government. This was one of the first air raids on a defenseless civilian population, and the resulting devastation was so horrible that artists of all stripes sought to express their outrage through their crafts. Chief among these was the painting Guernica by Pablo Picasso, which, in turn, inspired the ten-part poem of the same name by author Carlos de Oliveira. Sharaf now brings this text to a new setting for voice and piano, with either cello or guitar, dedicated to the Ensemble for These Times. The music reflects the utter despair of the event, yet even then, humanity will find glimpses of hope for a return to better times. English translation of the text by Alexis Levitin.

In b Minor, Op. 58. By Frederic Chopin. Edited by E. Zimmermann. STUDY EDITION. Pages: 82. Study score-no details. Published by G. Henle.

SATB chorus - early intermediate

SKU: XC.HRMG1835.2

Composed by Lindsey Vachel and Michael John Trotta. Michael John Trotta. Octavo. Hampton Roads Music Group LLC #HRMG1835.2. Published by Hampton Roads Music Group LLC (XC.HRMG1835.2).

The grass has dried up and the flower has fallen... but you last forever. Therefore, I seek a faith that sets it right. The poignant text from Vachel Lindsey sets up the idea of relying on faith amid the darkness. Movement 2 from Light Shines in the Darkness establishes a dark tone with glimpses of forward certainty.

For Piano. Composed by Stacy Garrop. Sws. Duration 5 minutes. Theodore Presser Company #110-41832. Published by Theodore Presser Company

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.