Mixed choir (SATTB)

SKU: M2.MOS-80062

Composed by Ludwig Senfl. Das Chorwerk. Sacred. 32 pages. Möseler Verlag #MOS 80062. Published by Möseler Verlag (M2.MOS-80062).

ISBN 9790203790624.

Mixed choir a cappella - intermediate

SKU: HL.49044068

Composed by Andreas Pieper. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Choral. Octavo. 6 pages. Duration 13'. Schott Music #C55915. Published by Schott Music (HL.49044068).

ISBN 9790001195508. 7.5x11.0x0.045 inches. German.

The practising church musician Andreas Pieper knows with heart and soul how to adapt the level of difficulty of his choral compositions to the qualitative possibilities of a committed church choir and create simple, yet tonally beautiful choral settings. This shows in his Zwei deutsche Marienmotetten for mixed a cappella choir (SATB). Both sacred motets pay homage to the Mother of God. The composition Maria ist aufgenommen in den Himmel celebrates in song the 'Feast of the Assumption of Mary', the solemnity of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated on 15 August. Not bound to the church's liturgy, the Marian motet Hymnus von der seligen Jungfrau Maria is based on the text of an unknown poet from the 14th century which invokes the help and protection of Mary.

Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella and Interlude for Organ or String Quintet - intermediate

SKU: HL.49044237

Assumpta est Maria - Benedicta es tu, virgo Maria. Composed by Andreas Pieper. This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Choral. Octavo. 8 pages. Duration 13'. Schott Music #C55914. Published by Schott Music (HL.49044237).

ISBN 9790001195492. Latin.

With Zwei lateinische Marienmotetten for mixed a cappella choir (SATB) and interlude for organ or string quintet, Andreas Pieper has created two gems of Marian devotion which are perfect for being used in church services. The two four-part chants pay homage to the Virgin Mary and refer to two different solemnities of the Roman Catholic Church celebrated in her honour. Whereas Assumpta est Maria is a motet for the Feast of the Assumption of Mary on 15 August, Benedicta es tu, virgo Maria refers to the Feast of the Immaculate Conception celebrated every year on 8 December. Both choral settings can be easily mastered by ambitious church choirs, and the interlude and postlude for organ or string quintet of Assumpta est Maria, the easier one of the two motets, can be easily performed even by amateur musicians.