Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9608 Composed by Jamey Ray. Fold. Perf...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: CF.CM9608
Composed by Jamey Ray.
Fold. Performance. 12
pages. Duration 3
minutes, 33 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9608.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9608).
ISBN 9781491154304.
UPC: 680160912803. 6.875
x 10.5 inches. Key: E
major. English. Alfred,
Lord Tennyson
(1809-1892).
The
beauty in Alfred, Lord
Tennysons poem is
reflected by the music
with the use of text
painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m. 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word deep in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word dark in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word embark, which
is to be an ascent to
Heaven. The melody moves
between voice parts, even
as early as m. 14 where
the altos have the melody
for only a single
measure; it is then
handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 5764,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word when. Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing
Crossing the Bar
as much as I enjoyed
writing it. ~Jamey
Ray. The beauty in
Alfred, Lord Tennysonas
poem is reflected by the
music with the use of
text painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m.A 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word adeepa in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word adarka in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word aembark,a
which is to be an ascent
to Heaven. The melody
moves between voice
parts, even as early as
m. 14 where the altos
have the melody for only
a single measure; it is
then handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 57a64,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word awhen.a Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing
Crossing the Bar
as much as I enjoyed
writing it. ~Jamey
Ray. The beauty in
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
poem is reflected by the
music with the use of
text painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m. 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word deep in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word dark in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word embark, which
is to be an ascent to
Heaven. The melody moves
between voice parts, even
as early as m. 14 where
the altos have the melody
for only a single
measure; it is then
handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 57-64,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word when. Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing
Crossing the Bar
as much as I enjoyed
writing it. ~Jamey
Ray. The beauty in
Alfred, Lord Tennyson's
poem is reflected by the
music with the use of
text painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m. 19,
providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word deep in m. 27
gives another instance of
text painting. Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word dark in m. 38 in
order to achieve a
feeling of suspense. The
entrance at m. 41 is
full, and while still
minor, the text gives us
hope for a change. The
change comes in m. 45
with the staggered
entrances creating a
sense of building and
ascent until the climax
of this moment at m. 47
on the word embark, which
is to be an ascent to
Heaven. The melody moves
between voice parts, even
as early as m. 14 where
the altos have the melody
for only a single
measure; it is then
handed back to the
sopranos. From mm. 57-64,
the altos trade the
melody back and forth
with the sopranos. Take
note that the alto melody
should be brought out,
but the line does not
actually begin until the
word when. Lastly, be
intentional with syllabic
stress (no two eighth
notes or quarter notes
alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter. I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing Crossing
the Bar as much as I
enjoyed writing it.
~Jamey Ray. The beauty
in Alfred, Lord
Tennyson’s poem is
reflected by the music
with the use of text
painting. The piano
creates the sound of
moving water in m.Â
19, providing the first
instance of text
painting. When the men
enter, they continue this
idea of the ocean tide
while the descent into
the word
“deep†in m.
27 gives another instance
of text painting.Take
advantage of the minor
second suspension on the
word “darkâ€
in m. 38 in order to
achieve a feeling of
suspense. The entrance at
m. 41 is full, and while
still minor, the text
gives us hope for a
change. The change comes
in m. 45 with the
staggered entrances
creating a sense of
building and ascent until
the climax of this moment
at m. 47 on the word
“embark,â€
which is to be an ascent
to Heaven.The melody
moves between voice
parts, even as early as
m. 14 where the altos
have the melody for only
a single measure; it is
then handed back to the
sopranos. From mm.
57–64, the altos
trade the melody back and
forth with the sopranos.
Take note that the alto
melody should be brought
out, but the line does
not actually begin until
the word
“when.â€Lastly
, be intentional with
syllabic stress (no two
eighth notes or quarter
notes alike) and to give
direction to any note
longer than a quarter.I
hope you enjoy learning
and performing Crossing
the Bar as much as I
enjoyed writing it.~Jamey
Ray.
Alms Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: PR.312418790 No. 3 from Second April<...(+)
Choral SATB Choir and
Piano
SKU:
PR.312418790
No. 3
from Second April.
Composed by Eric Ewazen.
Octavo. Performance
Score. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41879.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312418790).
ISBN
9781491138144. UPC:
680160640218. Second
April, by Edna St.
Vincent
Millay.
Second
April for S.A.T.B. Chorus
and Piano is a
four-movement set, based
on the poetry of Edna St.
Vincent Millay. Ewazen
has long been enamored
with her poetry's
wonderfully vivid and
descriptive imagery of
nature and emotions, and
its powerful and profound
meaning. The third
movement, ALMS is a fast
rondo, intense, bold, and
always dance-like. It is
about both tragedy and
resilience. This music is
primarily minor, yet with
moments of playfulness,
the recollection of happy
times takes over. This
seesaw between emotions
is heard throughout the
movement, and with
Millay’s summing up of
“reality being what it
is,” the piece ends
with strength, boldness,
and
finality. . Program
Notes by Eric
EwazenSECOND APRIL for
S.A.T.B. Chorus and Piano
is a four-movement set,
based on the poetry of
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
I have long been enamored
with the poetry of Millay
for its wonderfully vivid
and descriptive imagery,
and its often powerful
and profound meaning.
Millay’s descriptions
of nature, and of
feelings and emotions,
have always spoken to me.
SECOND APRIL consists of
four of her poems, each
with a distinctive mood,
message, and emotional
feel. They are vivid,
powerful, and beautiful,
inspiring me to capture
these descriptions of the
various scenes she
portrays. Song of a
Second April uses music
to underlie strong
feelings, passions, and
the tragedies of life.
The poem itself is
dramatic, detailing a
time of personal strife
and tragedy, perhaps the
end of a relationship or
even the end of a life.
The music is intense,
fast, in a minor key, and
with rapid, spinning
notes creating a feeling
of powerful, relentless
emotions. Melodies,
motives, and gestures are
tossed between the
voices, increasing the
feelings of intensity and
even desperation. Little
by little, the music
almost dies away, getting
quieter and quieter,
creating a feeling of
resignation, but with a
Picardy Third in the
final chord – maybe a
bit of hope! Mariposa
is a celebration of
nature, wandering through
a field with white and
blue butterflies
appearing almost
wondrously. But there’s
also a profound feeling
of poignancy, noting that
as one relishes such a
beautiful, magical sight,
they should embrace the
experience – the
fleeting, transient
nature of such a perfect
vision and of life
itself. The music
portrays the flying of
the butterflies: gentle,
beautiful, with rich
chords and arpeggios, but
stepping back, as the
fleeting nature of life
is the reality, with
gentle, but sombre chords
interspersed with the
magical flight of the
Mariposa.Alms is a fast
rondo, intense, bold, and
always dance-like. It is
about both tragedy and
resilience. This music is
also in minor, yet with
moments of playfulness,
as a recollection of
happy times or moments
takes over. This seesaw
between emotions is heard
throughout the movement,
as the music continues to
“dance.” And with
Millay’s summing up of
“reality being what it
is,” the piece ends
with strength, boldness,
and finality. Into the
Golden Vessel of Great
Song is an appassionato
call to overcome! The
poem exhorts us to
“sing out” with hope,
determination, and
strength. The music is
full of bright and
lilting energy; but as
the turmoil and times of
strife people can
sometimes feel or
experience, the music
becomes intense,
dramatic, in a minor key,
and with changing
rhythms. BUT, there is a
return to championing the
idea of simply
overcoming, going forward
with hope and
determination, and the
music is in major,
resonant and strong.
.
(No. 3 from The Deepness of the Blue ). Composed by William Averitt. For SATB c...(+)
(No. 3 from The Deepness
of the Blue ). Composed
by William Averitt. For
SATB choir, piano
4-hands. Secular. Octavo.
Published by E.C.
Schirmer Publishing
Eyesight Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.342402070 Composed by Steven Stucky. -. ...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.342402070
Composed by Steven
Stucky. -. Ars Nova
Chamber Singers, Boulder
CO. Performance Score.
With Standard notation.
Composed 7-Feb. 8 pages.
Duration 3 minutes.
Theodore Presser Company
#342-40207. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.342402070).
ISBN
9781491111253. UPC:
680160643226. Octavo
inches. Text: Archibald
R. Ammons. Archibald
Ammons. Text by A.R.
Ammons.
To benefit
Chorus America, Stucky
allowed himself to be
auctioned off as a prize
- the high bidder would
receive a new work from
the composer. After a few
years and not really
hearing anything, Stucky
suddenly found himself up
against a deadline. He
reached back to a
favorite poem by A.R.
Ammons, Eyesight, which,
he says, Won't let...his
reader rest till the very
last word...one of those
sudden insights that
leave us
breathless.. This
piece has an odd history.
A few years ago, I agreed
to be one of
the“prizesâ€
in an auction to benefit
Chorus America: the
highest bidder wouldget a
new piece from me, while
their money went to the
organization. Thewinning
bid came from a
collection of several
professional choruses
anddirectors. But I was
always a little vague
about the details, and,
hearingnothing more about
it for a few years,
forgot the whole
thing.One day I received
a message from Thomas
Edward Morgan, directorof
the Ars Nova Chamber
Singers in Boulder: they
had scheduled thepremiere
of my new piece for a few
weeks later, and could
they have themusic,
please? I needed a text,
quickly, and (as usual) I
was in a Los Angeleshotel
room, not at home with my
books. So I turned to the
internet andsoon tracked
down my favorite poet,
A.R. Ammons
(1926-2001).Once I
stumbled on
“Eyesight,†I
remembered having loved
the poemyears before.
Archie must have loved
it, too, because he
included it bothin his
Collected Poems 1951-1971
and in the later Selected
Poems. It haseverything
you want in an Archie
Ammons poem: what Edward
Hirschcalled his
“offbeat, sideways,
unpredictable
radiance,†his
“homespunglory.â
It has one of his
trademark conversations
with a mountain
(perhapsfrom his native
North Carolina), it has
the fluid motion from one
line tothe next
(enjambment, if you want
to get technical) that
won’t let him
orhis reader rest till
the very last word of the
very last line, and it
has in thatlast line one
of those sudden insights
that leave us breathless:
“some thingsthat go
are gone.â€I miss
Archie, but he’s
not gone. I’m
grateful for the
wonderful poems heleft
us, and I’m
grateful that he was
always generous and kind
when I hadthe chutzpah to
add my music to his.
((1932) SATB and Piano, Complete Edition). By Benjamin Britten (1913-1976). For ...(+)
((1932) SATB and Piano,
Complete Edition). By
Benjamin Britten
(1913-1976). For Choral
(SATB). BH Secular
Choral. 24 pages. Boosey
and Hawkes #M051481941.
Published by Boosey and
Hawkes
SATB choir and Piano - Intermediate SKU: MN.56-0051 Composed by Howard Go...(+)
SATB choir and Piano -
Intermediate
SKU:
MN.56-0051
Composed
by Howard Goodall. Lent,
Triduum/Three Days,
Tenebrae, 21st Century,
Heaven,
Lament/Grief/Sorrow.
Duration 3 minutes, 7
seconds. MorningStar
Music Publishers
#56-0051. Published by
MorningStar Music
Publishers (MN.56-0051).
UPC: 688670220548.
English.
Arranged
for SATB choir, two
keyboards, strings, and
optional harp, with
soprano, tenor (optional)
and baritone soloists,
this fresh and unorthodox
interpretation reflects
on the words of the Latin
Mass by juxtaposing them
with poems in English.
Set entirely for a
soloist (soprano, tenor,
or baritone) above choir
accompaniment, this
movement has no Latin
text; the English text is
a poem by Ann Thorp
(“I have to believe
That you still exist
Somewhereâ€). This
movement stands entirely
on its own as a beautiful
anthem of comfort and
assurance. Duration
3:07.
Tristesse Chorale SSATB SSATB, Piano [Conducteur] Carus Verlag
SSATB Choir, Piano SKU: CA.927600 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Arranged by ...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano
SKU: CA.927600
Composed by Gabriel
Faure. Arranged by Denis
Rouger. Carus digital:
Extra digital products.
Full Score. Op. 6,2.
Duration 3 minutes.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.927600).
ISBN
9790007296117. French.
Text: Gautier,
Theophile.
A
prevailing melancholy
mood is characteristic of
Theophile Gautier's
(1811-1872) poetry; a
melancholy mood which
inspired composers such
as Hector Berlioz and
Gabriel Faure to compose
settings. Tristesse
(Sadness) is taken from
the 1838 collection La
Comedie de la Mort (The
Comedy of Death). With
over 50 poems this is
regarded as Gautier's
major Romantic work.
Although the narrator in
the poem is conscious of
the joy and zest for life
of spring coming into
bloom around him, he
cannot share this: Helas!
j'ai dans le coeur une
tristesse affreuse.
(Alas, in my heart I bear
a terrible grief.).
Faure's setting portrays
this effect less as a
dramatic sigh than a
melancholic unworldliness
with peaceful piano
accompaniment in the
minor key. This
art song was originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted it
to suit the requirements
and expressive
possibilities offered by
a larger ensemble,
without losing any of the
qualities of the original
in the process. Each part
in the choir has a
melodic line drawn from
the harmonic and rhythmic
framework. In the
process, the variety and
refinement of the choral
language combines with an
enormous flexibility in
form and expression, as
French melodies or German
art song demand from a
soloist and
pianist.The songs
have been recorded by the
figure humaine chamber
choir on the CD ... Wo
die Zitronen bluhn (Carus
83.514).
SSATB Choir, Piano - Level 3 SKU: CA.925200 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Ar...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano -
Level 3
SKU:
CA.925200
Composed by
Gabriel Faure. Arranged
by Denis Rouger. Separate
edition to the CD.
Secular choral music.
Full Score. Op. 2, No. 1.
Duration 2 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 09.252/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.925200).
ISBN
M-007-24914-4. Key: A
major. Language: French.
Text: Hugo,
Victor.
The
exuberant amorousness of
a newly-wed couple
pulsates in every note of
Gabriel Faure's Dans les
ruines d'une abbaye (In
the ruins of an abbey).
In this piece, the
reverent silence of
prayer no longer
prevails, but within the
venerable walls various
shouts of joy and
sparkling laughter are
now heard. The old graves
have long been overgrown
by stinging nettles, and
a new dawn of spring and
of love fills the air.
Napoleonic
post-revolutionary
France, which drove the
author of the poem,
Victor Hugo, into exile,
is also building a new
world on the ruins of
olden days. Although the
setting by the composer,
40 years younger than the
poet, uses the
romanticized backdrop of
the old abbey, with its
6/8-meter it reflects the
uninhibited happiness of
the two lovers, who do
not look back. These art
songs were originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted
them to suit the
requirements and
expressive possibilities
offered by a larger
ensemble, without losing
the any of the qualities
of the original in the
process. Each part in the
choir has a melodic line
drawn from the harmonic
and rhythmic framework.
In the process, the
variety and refinement of
the choral language
combines with an enormous
flexibility in form and
expression, as French
melodies or German art
song demand from a
soloist and pianist. The
songs have been recorded
by the figure humaine
chamber choir on the CD
Kennst du das Land ...
(Carus 83.495).
Put Memory Away Chorale SATB SATB, Piano [Octavo] Oxford University Press
Put memory away by Bob Chilcott. For SATB choir and piano/brass and percussion (...(+)
Put memory away by Bob
Chilcott. For SATB choir
and piano/brass and
percussion (piano,
electric or string bass,
5 trumpet (1
flugelhorn), 2 trombone,
1 bass trombone, tuba, 2
percussion). Mixed
Voices. Christmas, Choral
Leaflet. Vocal score. 8
pages. Duration 3.5'.
Published by Oxford
University Press
(Two
Canons). Composed by
Gyorgy Ligeti. This
edition: Folding. Sheet
music. Schott Chorverlag
(Choral Music). Beide
Kanons sind im strengen
Stil gehalten, wirken
aber ganz
unterschiedlich: Wahrend
der erste das Stromen des
Flusses in tonaler
Harmonik illustriert,
versinnbildlicht der
zweite (fur Frauenchor
gedachte) Kanon wildes
Tratschen durch
Klangballungen und.
Classical. Choral Score.
Composed 1947-1952. 4
pages. Duration 3'.
Schott Music #C47267.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49001420).
ISBN
9790001128063. UPC:
884088085261.
7.5x10.75x0.012 inches.
Hungarian - English -
German.
Beide
Kanons sind im strengen
Stil gehalten, wirken
aber ganz
unterschiedlich: Wahrend
der erste das Stromen des
Flusses in tonaler
Harmonik illustriert,
versinnbildlicht der
zweite (fur Frauenchor
gedachte) Kanon wildes
Tratschen durch
Klangballungen und
Akzentverschiebungen. Die
ungarischen, deutschen
und englischen
Sprachvarianten haben
jeweils einen ganz
eigenen sprachlichen
Reiz.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9764 Two Poems by Emily Dickinson(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: CF.CM9764
Two Poems by Emily
Dickinson. Composed
by Meredith Tompkins.
Duration 3 minutes, 51
seconds. Carl Fischer
Music #CM9764. Published
by Carl Fischer Music
(CF.CM9764).
ISBN
9781491162521. UPC:
680160921270. Key: Eb
major. English. Emily
Dickinson.
Emily
Dickinson's two poems
entitled Ending and
Dawn provide the ideal
backdrop for an
experience that begins in
darkness and ends in a
burst of light and
mystery. Meredith
Tompkins' interpretation
of the two texts centers
on the multi-faceted
meanings of each poem,
exploring themes of lost
youth, leaving home,
mortality, destiny and
hope. Audiences and
choirs alike will
experience Dickinson's
poignant words through
haunting melodies, vivid
text-painting, dynamic
contrast, minimalist
soundscapes and melodic
layering that gradually
builds to intense and
thought-provoking
conclusions.Ending:That
is solemn we have ended,
—Be it but a
play,Or a glee among the
garrets,Or a holiday,Or a
leaving home; or
later,Parting with a
worldWe have understood,
for betterStill it be
unfurled. Dawn:Not
knowing when the dawn
will comeI open every
door;Or has it feathers
like a bird,Or billows
like a shore?
SATB choir, piano SKU: MN.CH-1297 Composed by Ralph Swickard. Multi-Movem...(+)
SATB choir, piano
SKU:
MN.CH-1297
Composed
by Ralph Swickard.
Multi-Movement/Large
Choral Work. Choral
score. Laurendale
Associates #CH-1297.
Published by Laurendale
Associates (MN.CH-1297).
Includes
movements: 1. Entre lo
que veo y digo 2. Fuegos
Ldricos 3. Cancion
esentonada Texts of these
vocal compositions were
written by Mexican poet
and Nobel Prize winner,
Octvio Paz. The poetical
texts are from his book
Arbol adentro -
translated as A Tree
Within. The English
translation, by Eliot
Weinberger, is published
by New Directions Books,
New York, NY 1988, and is
usedby permission The
first performance of this
music took place in
Saranac Lake, NY in 1991.
Subsequently, the music
was performed by the
Gregg Smith Singers in
New York City, and by the
Coro de Madrigalistas de
Bellas Artes in Mexico
City. Part of the Gregg
Smith Singers Legacy
Composers Series.
Nell Chorale SATB SATB, Piano [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Carus Verlag
SSATB Choir, Piano - Level 3 SKU: CA.925500 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Ar...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano -
Level 3
SKU:
CA.925500
Composed by
Gabriel Faure. Arranged
by Denis Rouger. Separate
edition to the CD.
Lieder, Secular choral
music. Full Score.
Duration 2 minutes. Carus
Verlag #CV 09.255/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.925500).
ISBN
M-007-24917-5. Key: G
flat major. Language:
French. Text: Leconte de
Lisle, Charles.
The
writer Charles Marie Rene
Leconte, born on the
French island of La
Reunion, published his
literary works under the
nom de plume Leconte de
Lisle (the Count of the
island). His poem Nell, a
poetic vow of eternal
fidelity to the beloved,
was written in 1852 and
set to music by Gabriel
Faure in 1878. Long vocal
phrases unfold over
continuous sixteenth-note
figurations in the piano,
which combine emphatic
depictions of nature and
affirmations of love both
in text and music. These
art songs were originally
composed not for chamber
choir, but for solo voice
and piano. Denis Rouger
has carefully adapted
them to suit the
requirements and
expressive possibilities
offered by a larger
ensemble, without losing
the any of the qualities
of the original in the
process. Each part in the
choir has a melodic line
drawn from the harmonic
and rhythmic framework.
In the process, the
variety and refinement of
the choral language
combines with an enormous
flexibility in form and
expression, as French
melodies or German art
song demand from a
soloist and pianist. The
songs have been recorded
by the figure humaine
chamber choir on the CD
Kennst du das Land ...
(Carus 83.495).
Composed by Colin Brumby. Text: 13th C English poem. Easy macaronic carol to Our...(+)
Composed by Colin Brumby.
Text: 13th C English
poem. Easy macaronic
carol to Our Lady.
Marian. Octavo. Published
by CanticaNOVA
Publications (C5.5123).
0.49
Composed by Howard Goodall (1958-). Multi-Movement/Large Choral Work. Lent, T...(+)
Composed by Howard
Goodall
(1958-).
Multi-Movement/Large
Choral Work. Lent,
Triduum/Three Days,
Tenebrae,
21st Century, Heaven,
Lament/Grief/Sorrow.
Vocal/choral score.
MorningStar Music
Publishers
#56-0002. Published by
MorningStar Music
Publishers
SATB Choir a Cappella SKU: HL.14023411 3 Hymnic Dispositions. Comp...(+)
SATB Choir a Cappella
SKU: HL.14023411
3 Hymnic
Dispositions.
Composed by Per Norgard.
Music Sales America.
Hymns & Chorals. Vocal
Score. 22 pages. Music
Sales #KP01343. Published
by Music Sales
(HL.14023411).
ISBN
9788759866191.
10.25x14.5x0.083 inches.
Danish.
3 Hymniske
Ansatser (3 Hymnic
Dispositions) for mixed
choir SATB was composed
by Per Norgard in
1985-86. The work
consists of music
composed to 3 poems,
e.g. Gunnar Ekelof
'Komposition
(Composition),
Thoger Larsen
'Strandvalmue'('Beach
Poppy') Rainer
Maria Rilke 'Die
Parke'('The Parks')
Programme note
Just as the three
movements in their
succession move from the
sea (Ekelof), across the
beach (Larsen) and into
the country, to the parks
(Rilke), in an analogous
way each of the three
movements in their point
of departure is hymnic in
character - but later on
moves into the more
varied and complex tone
paths of the inner
regions of themind.
3 Hymniske Ansatser (3
Hymnic Dispositions) is
sung in Swedish (1.
Komposition”,
Gunnar Ekelof), in Danish
(2. Strandvalmue”,
Thoger Larsen) and in
German (3. “Die
Parke”, R.M.
Rilke). The work could be
performed in a programme
with 'Prelude to
Breaking', performed
after this instrumental
piece. Per
Norgard .
Au bord de l'eau Chorale SATB SATB, Piano [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Carus Verlag
SSATB Choir, Piano - Level 3 SKU: CA.925400 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Ar...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano -
Level 3
SKU:
CA.925400
Composed by
Gabriel Faure. Arranged
by Denis Rouger. Separate
edition to the CD.
Lieder, Secular choral
music. Full Score. Op.
8,1. Duration 2 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
09.254/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.925400).
ISBN M-007-24916-8.
Key: C sharp minor.
Language: French. Text:
Prudhomme,
Sully.
In Au bord
de l'eau (By the water)
two lovers sit as in a
dream, removed from the
real world with all its
conflicts. They only take
themselves seriously, the
surrounding nature lies
as beneath a dream-like
veil: steadily like the
river flowing by, the
passing clouds, the
babbling brook, time also
passes. The poet Sully
Prudhomme, the first
Nobel prizewinner for
literature (1901), ends
the poem with the
assertion that only love
is immortal. With this
knowledge, Gabriel
Faure's setting turns
from a dreamy, deceptive
C sharp minor to a more
promising C sharp major.
These art songs were
originally composed not
for chamber choir, but
for solo voice and piano.
Denis Rouger has
carefully adapted them to
suit the requirements and
expressive possibilities
offered by a larger
ensemble, without losing
the any of the qualities
of the original in the
process. Each part in the
choir has a melodic line
drawn from the harmonic
and rhythmic framework.
In the process, the
variety and refinement of
the choral language
combines with an enormous
flexibility in form and
expression, as French
melodies or German art
song demand from a
soloist and pianist. The
songs have been recorded
by the figure humaine
chamber choir on the CD
Kennst du das Land ...
(Carus 83.495).
Prison Chorale SATB SATB, Piano [Conducteur] - Intermédiaire Carus Verlag
SSATB Choir, Piano - Level 3 SKU: CA.925300 Composed by Gabriel Faure. Ar...(+)
SSATB Choir, Piano -
Level 3
SKU:
CA.925300
Composed by
Gabriel Faure. Arranged
by Denis Rouger. Separate
edition to the CD.
Lieder, Secular choral
music. Full Score. Op.
83,1. Duration 2 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
09.253/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.925300).
ISBN M-007-24915-1.
Key: E minor. Language:
French. Text: Verlaine,
Paul.
Paul Verlaine
spent 555 days in prison
because he had shot his
fellow poet and companion
Arthur Rimbaud with a
revolver whilst in a
drunken state. This spell
in prison evidently
fostered his artistic
inspiration, so at least
it did his literary
career some good. The
world of French
literature even gave
Verlaine the unofficial
title Prince des Poetes.
In the poem Prison the
author was able to draw
on his very own
experiences: the monotony
behind bars (expressed
musically in Gabriel
Faure's setting through
the repeated target note
of b), the inner
rebelling against this
monotonous stillness
(surprising forte
dynamic), and the
reproachful
self-questioning: Was
hast du getan? ... Was
hast du mit deiner Jugend
getan? [What have you
done? ... What have you
done with your youth?]
(diminishing piano).
Denis Rouger, founder and
director of the figure
humaine chamber choir,
has arranged art songs
for solo voice and piano
for his ensemble, in the
process carefully
adapting these to the
needs and expressive
possibilities offered by
a larger ensemble. Music
edition for the
successful CD Kennst du
das Land... (Carus
83.495).
Die Flamingos Chorale SATB SATB divisi [Octavo] Schirmer
(No. 3 from Rilke Songs ). Composed by Julian Wachner (1969-). For SATB choir, ...(+)
(No. 3 from Rilke Songs
). Composed by Julian
Wachner (1969-). For SATB
choir, divisi. Secular.
Octavo. 20 pages.
Published by E.C.
Schirmer Publishing
God's World Chorale SATB SATB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.312418760 Composed by Eric Ewazen. -. Pe...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312418760
Composed by Eric Ewazen.
-. Performance Score.
With Standard notation.
12 pages. Duration 3:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#312-41876. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.312418760).
ISBN
9781491111062. UPC:
680160666096. Octavo
inches. English. Text:
Edna St. Vincent Millay.
Edna St. Vincent
Millay.
In 1990,
Ewazen wrote his Three
Lyrics of Edna St.
Vincent Millay for
soprano Jody Dall'Armi
with piano accompaniment.
About ten years later,
Ewazen created a version
for trumpet and piano,
and also for trumpet and
marimba. Answering a
commission by Cantabile
Chamber Chorale in
celebration of their 20th
anniversary season,
Ewazen set the first
poem, God's World, for
mixed chorus and piano.
The text celebrates the
wonder and beauty of our
world, but with an
understanding of the
fleeting temporal passing
inherent in each view.
Ewazen's lush melodic
lines are crafted to
match.
SATB Chorus & Piano SKU: SU.27040130 For SATB Chorus & Piano. Comp...(+)
SATB Chorus & Piano
SKU: SU.27040130
For SATB Chorus &
Piano. Composed by
Gregory J. Hutter.
Vocal/Choral, Secular
Choral. Accompanied by
piano. Choral Octavo.
Subito Music Corporation
#27040130. Published by
Subito Music Corporation
(SU.27040130).
This setting of
a well-known poem by
William Shakespeare
features a piano
accompaniment evocative
of the wind.
Secular,Winter/Seasonal.S
ATB Chorus & Piano
Duration: 3' Composed:
2013 Published by: Hutter
Music.
SSATB chorus and piano - Medium SKU: JK.00929 Composed by David Len Allen...(+)
SSATB chorus and piano -
Medium
SKU:
JK.00929
Composed by
David Len Allen. Choral
SATB, Difficulty Medium,
Piano Choir, Seasonal
Music Patriotic,
Patriotism. Christian,
Inspirational. Duration
3:00. Jackman Music
Corporation #00929.
Published by Jackman
Music Corporation
(JK.00929).
Patriotic
anthem for mixed chorus
(SSATB) and piano, with
text adapted from The New
Colossus, a poem by Emma
Lazarus graven on a
tablet within the
pedestal on which the
Statue of Liberty
stands. Composer:
David Len Allen
Lyricist: Text adapted
from The New Colossus by
Emma Lazarus
Difficulty: Medium
Performance time:
3:00.
SATB Choir, Piano SKU: CA.926620 From: Sonne, Mond und Sterne. Com...(+)
SATB Choir, Piano
SKU:
CA.926620
From:
Sonne, Mond und
Sterne. Composed by
Peter Schindler. Carus
digital: Extra digital
products. Full Score.
Duration 3 minutes.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.926620).
ISBN
9790007295592.
German.
Peter
Schindler's full-length
secular choral work
Sonne, Mond und Sterne
(Sun, Moon and Stars)
narrates a love story
based on old texts which
are given a new
interpretation through
these musical settings.
Some individual numbers
were published in spring,
and now more movements
with piano accompaniment
are available in print
and digitally.-
choral work of medium
difficulty- will
appeal to experienced
Brahms Requiem singers as
well as ambitious chamber
or youth choirs with a
gospel, pop or jazz
background-cross-over
between jazz, chanson,
and chamber music
Peter Schindler
about Gedanken uber die
Zeit:Paul Fleming was
one of the most important
lyric poets in German
Baroque literature. He
wrote his poem Gedanken
uber die Zeit in his
early twenties; it was
first published in 1634
as an epitaph. All the
nuances of the concept of
time are artistically
contrasted, and the motif
Zeit (time) is explored
and played with in a
dialectical
manner.The male
voices begin in unison at
an andante maestoso
tempo, followed by a
leisurely progress in
homophonic writing in a
slightly freer rhythm. A
lively middle section
follows which leads into
the opening motif again
in the last section. The
third section contains a
fugue, and the end is
unison once again. And so
the words are like a
manifesto by the poet.
By Kenneth Jennings. For choir. (SATB). Choral Octavos. Music for the Church Ye...(+)
By Kenneth Jennings. For
choir. (SATB). Choral
Octavos. Music for the
Church Year. Sacred,
Christmas and
Christmastide. Level:
Grade 3.5. Choral Octavo.
Published by Neil A. Kjos
Music Company.