Newly revised! 260 chants. Composed by Various. Royal School of Church Music. Sacred. Book. 90 pages. GIA Publications #RAB529. Published by GIA Publications

(A Dramatic Christmas Musical). Arranged by David Clydesdale. For SATB choir. Christian, Christmas, Choral, Dramatic Adult Musical. Intermediate. Choral Book. Duration ca. 59 minutes. Published by Word Music

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“prizes” 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.”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.

112 Stucke fur gemischten Chor a cappella. Composed by Andreas Gopfert. Edited by Matthias Gopfert. The Mitteldeutsches Chorbuch, the official choirbook of the Deutsches Chorfest [German Choral Festival] 2020 in Leipzig, was compiled by Prof. Andreas Gopfert on commission of the Deutscher Chorverband [German Choral Society]. Breitkopf and Haertel #CHB 5365-00. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel

Ten Years of Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir. Composed by Eric Whitacre (1970-). Eric Whitacre Choral. Contemporary. CD. Published by Hal Leonard

Mixed choir

SKU: FG.55011-743-3

By Aleksis Kivi, Edith Södergran, Siegfried Sassoon, Viljo Kajava, and Walt Whitman. By Alex Freeman. Classical, contemporary. Book. Fennica Gehrman #55011-743-3. Published by Fennica Gehrman (FG.55011-743-3).

ISBN 9790550117433.

Alex Freeman’s Under the arching heavens: A Requiem (2018) was commissioned by Nils Schweckendiek and the Helsinki Chamber Choir to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the 1918 Finnish civil war. Structured around the Latin liturgy of the mass for the dead, the work has a duration of more than an hour and also incorporates poems in Finnish, Swedish and English, reflecting both the specific reason for the commission and the universality of human suffering caused by war. In the non-liturgical texts chosen by Freeman, birds are a recurring image, as is that of a mother and child. The work ends with lines by Walt Whitman from a poem written in the aftermath of the American Civil War; lines described by the composer as ‘some of the most comforting poetry in the English language.’ Also included on the disc is A Wilderness of Sea, another recent choral piece which draws on works by Shakespeare, and the poet’s images of the sea, and of mankind’s relationship with it.

Contents:
I. Sydämeni laulu (Aleksis Kivi)
II. Requiem aeternam
III. Sequentia
Dies irae
Thrushes (Siegfried Sassoon)
(Rex tremendae)
Fientliga stjärnor (Edith Södergran)
(Inter oves)
IV. Sanctus
V. Mikä lienee se lintu ollut? (Viljo Kajava)
VI. Agnus Dei
VII. O Years and Graves! (Walt Whitman)

Duration: c. 67’.

SATB choir and keyboard, with optional string quartet - Intermediate

SKU: MN.56-0009

Composed by Howard Goodall. 21st Century. Choral score. MorningStar Music Publishers #56-0009. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.56-0009).

UPC: 688670220098. English.

This seven-minute SATB setting of a section of the 1640 text from the Bay Psalm Book takes wing like the birds it first mentions. What would normally be a somber litany of affliction is set to music that hints at eternal things and the saving power of God. The middle section “I said, ‘In the middle of my days, O my God, do not take away me” is set, amazingly, in Latin, which gives a wonderful contrast to the more lyrical beginning. The beginning material returns as the Latin text is now sung in English, concluding “Thy years throughout all ages are.” This music is sublime and transcendent.

Choir Secular SATB choir (SATB)

SKU: PE.EP72954

Composed by Paul Phoenix. Choral Works (inc. Oratorios) Collection 1.5. Edition Peters. Book. 72 pages. Edition Peters #98-EP72954. Published by Edition Peters (PE.EP72954).

ISBN 9790577012421. 190 x 272mm inches. English.

Paul Phoenix’s Choral Workshop Collection is the first in a series of Edition Peters choral compilations selected by choral clinicians, primarily to support their programme of choral workshops. This edition focuses on performance practice, bringing together a variety of styles, languages and challenges in order to display the unique principles developed by Paul Phoenix as a world-renowned performance coach.

Paul Phoenix has extensive knowledge and experience of how vocal ensembles can unlock their best possible performance and engage with their audience. After seventeen years as tenor with The King’s Singers, Paul founded PurpleVocals, concentrating on educating, mentoring , lecturing, speaking and coaching. He offers new perspectives and advice on the career development of young and developing voices, as well as coaching choirs, ensembles and their conductors across the USA, Europe and Asia.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.14017079

Composed by Jorgen Jersild. Music Sales America. A Cappella, Classical. Choral Score. Composed 2002. 23 pages. Edition Wilhelm Hansen #WH29739. Published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen (HL.14017079).

ISBN 9788759859292. 8.25x11.75x0.119 inches.

Jorgen Jersild's music is always marked by a timbral refinement with a certain inspiration from Cesar Franck and a persistently seamless musical timing. His early works sit in the intersection between the Danish and French traditions, whose inspirations he later synthesized into his own personal style, as can be heard in Three Romantic Songs for Chorus , composed in 1971. Jorgen Jersild (1913-2004) was a Danish composer and pedagogue. He studied in Paris and at the University of Copenhagen, before becoming a teacher at the Royal Danish Academy of Music for over thirty years. During this time he wrote several successful textbooks on solfege and musical theory.

Mixed choir

SKU: CA.210300

Composed by Various. Edited by Stefan Schuck. Sacred vocal music, Psalms, German, Psalms, Latin. Choral collections. Conductor's score, with CD. Sacred vocal music, Psalms, German, Psalms, Latin. Choir Book. Carus Verlag #CV 02.103/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.210300).

ISBN 9790007244668.

The Choral Collection Psalms contains over 50 settings for mixed unaccompanied choir from six centuries. It is a true treasure-trove of compositions in various styles and levels of difficulty: with some unknown new discoveries and some classics of the choral literature, the selection will enrich both worship and concerts. The 150 psalms of the Old Testament express rejoicing, joy, confidence, but also lament, grief, anger, and even doubt. The psalms are present throughout Christianity and Judaism to this day, and are sung worldwide in countless settings. The Choral Collection Psalms displays the whole stylistic and linguistic variety ranging from contemplative, simple Anglican chant through Russian Orthodox homophony to virtuoso motets with jazzy echoes. The linguistic spectrum is equally broad: English, French, German (some with added singable English translation), Estonian, Icelandic and, of course, Latin psalm settings are represented, as well as works in Church Slavonic and Hebrew (both accompanied by transliterations and a singable German text). The foreword (German / English) offers many hints regarding the performance of the psalm settings, and a detailed index will help with choosing appropriate pieces for the liturgical occasion according to the Anglican, Protestant, or Catholic calendar. Over the last ten years editor Stefan Schuck has performed two psalm compositions every week in his NoonSong series in Berlin. From the resulting 800 works, he has selected the most interesting compositions arranged according to level of difficulty. The choral director's volume includes a CD with recordings of selected works, sung by sirventes and conducted by the editor, which will help with learning and rehearsing the repertoire. over 50 psalm settings from six centuries for worship and concert use stylistic variety and mixed levels of difficulty: from Anglican Chant to virtuoso motets for four-part mixed choir, some with organ/piano accompaniment transliterations and German singing texts help with practising cross-cultural repertoire liturgical classification of all settings for Catholic, Protestant, and Anglican lectionary includes many unknown jewels such as Boze, Boze moj (Cesar Cui), Jauschew be seser eljaun (David Rubin), and Schubert's setting of Psalm 23 in the first Hebrew version CD recording (sirventes berlin, cond. Stefan Schuck) with a selection of settings helps with getting to know the pieces economical choral edition (editionchor) available.

SATB choir, a cappella - Easy

SKU: PL.9230

Composed by Alwyn Humphreys. Parish. Choral, American, Lent. Octavo. Paraclete Press #9230. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.9230).

Kingwood, preserved in several nineteenth-century shape-note tunebooks, has been traced to Asabel's Nettleton's Village Hymns of 1824. It is a swinging tune in 6/8 meter with a cautionary text of considerable quality. Although the air is in the tenor, there are interesting parts for all in keeping with Kingwood's singing-school origins. This is music of, for and by the people and may be sung heartily in the vernacular tradition.

Vocal soli, SATB choir, orchestra (solos: TTB - choir: SST(A)TBB - 2.0.0.0. - 0.0.0.0. - vl.2va.vc/db)

SKU: BR.EOS-8047-15

Requiem. Composed by Andre Campra. Edited by Jean-Paul Montagnier. Choir; Softcover. Eulenburg Orchestral Series. Mass; Requiem; Baroque. Part. 24 pages. Duration 55'. Breitkopf and Haertel #EOS 8047-15. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.EOS-8047-15).

ISBN 9790004789735. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.

Among Campra's Latin works, the ,Messe de mort' is perhaps one of the more successful and today it is one of the more frequently performed. It is also the most enigmatic score of his entire output. Despite extensive researches, no evidence of any sort has yet been brought to light to document its origin, purpose, date of composition, first performance or reception. A stylistic analysis indubitably supports the contention that the ,Messe de mort' is a late work, composed perhaps between 1722 and 1729.
The present edition is based on the manuscript from the Bibliotheque Nationale de France (Paris). It it the oldest known source of the work. The very few errors have been corrected.
(Jean-Paul Montagnier) Vokalensemble Stuttgart und den Kammerchor des Kopernikus-Gymnasiums Wasseralfingen. Fur diese beiden ganz unterschiedlichen Chorformationen hat Martin Smolka 2012 auch gezielt seine Partitur angelegt. Biografisch ist das Agnus Dei eine Art kleines Requiem fur seinen kurz zuvor verstorbenen Vater. Das liturgische Agnus Dei rahmt den deutschen Text Eh das Madchen entschlief ... der bei Auffuhrungen in anderen Landern durch eine Ubersetzung ersetzt werden soll.

Der SWR-Redakteur Hans-Peter Jahn schreibt dazu im Programmheft: Die fur Smolka typischen minimalistischen Taktzellen schaffen eine archaische Sinnlichkeit. Eine einfache und zugleich streng gebaute Vokalmusik mit Tiefenwirkung.

Nac h der Urauffuhrung war die Esslinger Zeitung hellauf begeistert: Smolka ist ein Meister der Stimmbehandlung und der chorischen Klanggestaltung. Im Zentrum des Stucks gerat die Musik zum Stillstand: im leisen gleichmassigen Summen uber dem plotzlich fortissimo ein tschechisches Kinderlied erklingt eines das der Vater seinen Kindern haufig vorgesungen hat. Das alles war sehr beruhrend. Und eigentlich noch mehr als das. My father PhDr. Jaroslav Smolka (1933-2011) was a leading Czech musicologist author of books Czech Cantata and Oratorium Fuga in Czech Music Smetana's Orchestra Music Smetana's Vocal Music monography of Jan Dismas Zelenka and many others. He was a legendary teacher of Music History at Prague Music Academy critic recording producer composer; for almost 50 years he was an important and highly respected personality of Prague musical life.
My father devoted a lot of time and energy to musical education and activities of my sister and me using often quite original methods such as teaching of intervals and counterpoint through Bartok's Microcosmos ear training filling all imaginable moments of everyday life or lessons of harmony analysis starting with Overture to Tristan and Musorgsky's Catacombs. The Martinu song Wondering Maiden was his solo number in our home vocal productions which he used to sing with amazing devotion while his huge voice was audible in several neighboring streets.
My Agnus Dei is closely bound to all this history e.g. by using canon and preferring beauty of dissonant seconds like Bartok or quoting Martinu and his refined neoclassical harmony. Father would be probably a bit critical about the minimalistic monotony of the main body of the piece. Nevertheless firstly he would improvise a short lecture of history of Agnus Dei in Requiem in Czech Music naming by heart many dates and all examples of changes of order of the traditional text by composers. Examples would be sung probably.
(Martin Smolka).

SATB solo voices, SSAATTBB choir

SKU: C4.9790-902250467

Composed by George Henschel. Edited by Daniel Mitterdorfer and Harold Fabrikant. Score. Crescendo Music Publications #9790-902250467. Published by Crescendo Music Publications (C4.9790-902250467).

ISBN 9790902250467.

Our source for the present edition of his Missa ad octo voces inaequales, Op. 65 is that issued in 1920 by the London firm of Bayley & Ferguson. This was not the work's first outing, however. In 1918, Bailey & Ferguson published a setting of this mass in English (Communion Service: Mass in C, for Eight Voices a Cappella, Op. 65, also published by Crescendo Music Publications), with movements ordered according to the Prayer Book. Perhaps to allow the work a larger audience, Henschel slightly modified the music to fit the Latin syllabification and reordered the movements, but essentially the work is as it was two years earlier.

Our edition includes a full list of editorial changes and corrections. Also available is a version which omits the Credo, for churches where it is sung congregationally.

SATB solo voices, SSAATTBB choir

SKU: C4.9790-902250474

Composed by George Henschel. Edited by Daniel Mitterdorfer and Harold Fabrikant. Score. Crescendo Music Publications #9790-902250474. Published by Crescendo Music Publications (C4.9790-902250474).

ISBN 9790902250474.

Our source for the present edition of his Missa ad octo voces inaequales, Op. 65 is that issued in 1920 by the London firm of Bayley & Ferguson. This was not the work's first outing, however. In 1918, Bailey & Ferguson published a setting of this mass in English (Communion Service: Mass in C, for Eight Voices a Cappella, Op. 65, also published by Crescendo Music Publications), with movements ordered according to the Prayer Book. Perhaps to allow the work a larger audience, Henschel slightly modified the music to fit the Latin syllabification and reordered the movements, but essentially the work is as it was two years earlier.

Our edition includes a full list of editorial changes and corrections. Also available is a version which omits the Credo, for churches where it is sung congregationally.

SATB Choir and Piano (SATB)

SKU: HL.14004952

Composed by Rory Boyle. Music Sales America. Post-1900. Book Only. Composed 2002. Chester Music #CH58818. Published by Chester Music (HL.14004952).

Prex Lausque has been composed by Rory Boyle, for SATB Chorus and Piano.

Scottish composer Rory Boyle has won several important musical awards, notably the BBC Scottish Composers' Prize(1971), two Royal Philharmonic Society Prizes (1973 and 1975), and the Zaiks Prize (1987) for his orchestral score 'Winter Music'.

His list of works covers most genres and has been performed and broadcast widely in Britainand abroad. He has been commissioned by many festivals, societies and leading performers including Evelyn Glennie, Nicholas Daniel, Peter Seivewright and the Fine Arts Brass Ensemble, and he has also written extensively foryounger players, including four children's operas; he was the first Composer Laureate for Schools with the Scottish Chamber Orchestra, a position he held for three years.