Simplified SATB Choir SKU: WD.080689062278 Composed by Mark Mcclure. Arra...(+)
Simplified SATB Choir
SKU:
WD.080689062278
Composed by Mark Mcclure.
Arranged by Mark McClure
& Russell Mauldin.
Choral. Simply the Best
Series. Sacred Anthem.
Book. Word Music
#080689062278. Published
by Word Music
(WD.080689062278).
UPC:
080689062278.
With
the weekly demands of
providing music for
corporate worship, choirs
need an easy solution for
quality worship music.
Music ministries need
arrangements that provide
options for performance,
conserve rehearsal time,
and are consistent with
the same style and
integrity of the
selections already at use
in their program.
Simply...the
Best is that
solution: an easy-to-sing
booklet with three proven
anthems re-arranged to
maximize rehearsal
efficiency. The songs are
familiar and the parts
are easy enough to learn
in as little as one
rehearsal.
Simply...the
Best arrangements
are even crafted to work
when there are no men
available to sing,
creating flexibility and
the option for a
women's-only
choir.
An
exclusive benefit of the
Simply...the
Best series is
the Virtual Accompanist
trax (included on the CD
accompaniment trax.) The
Virtual Accompanist trax
includes the women's
parts being sung and
played on the left
channel and men's voice
parts being sung and
played on the right. By
panning the trax to
either side, you can let
each section hear its
parts separately.
Whether you
sing all three songs
together or on separate
occasions, with live
accompaniment or with the
split track accompaniment
CD, this series is a
simple solution to
encourage choirs to lift
their voices in praise.
No choir is too small or
too large to benefit from
the practical
arrangements and the new
trax features of
Simply...the
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Choral SATB Choir and Piano SKU: PR.312418800 No. 4 from Second April<...(+)
Choral SATB Choir and
Piano
SKU:
PR.312418800
No. 4
from Second April.
Composed by Eric Ewazen.
Octavo. Performance
Score. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41880.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312418800).
ISBN
9781491138151. UPC:
680160640225. 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 final
movement, 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
contrasts turmoil and
times of strife with a
return to championing the
idea of simply
overcoming, going forward
with hope and
determination, with the
closing music in major,
resonant and strong.
. SECOND 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.
.
By Robert King. Arranged by John Rutter. For SATB choir with keyboard/unaccompan...(+)
By Robert King. Arranged
by John Rutter. For SATB
choir with
keyboard/unaccompanied/ba
sso continuo. Mixed
Voices. Oxford Choral
Classics Collections.
Sacred, Choral
Collection. Vocal score.
384 pages. Published by
Oxford University Press
The Voice of God Chorale SATB SATB, Piano [Octavo] Lorenz Publishing Company
By Lloyd Larson. For SATB choir and piano (with optional Cello). Sacred Anthem: ...(+)
By Lloyd Larson. For SATB
choir and piano (with
optional Cello). Sacred
Anthem: All Saints Day,
General. Octavo.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
For SATB chorus, brass quintet and organ. Composed by Thea Musgrave (1928...(+)
For SATB chorus, brass
quintet and organ.
Composed by Thea Musgrave
(1928-). Choral. Octavo.
76 pages. Novello and Co
Ltd. #NOV165231.
Published by Novello and
Co Ltd. (HL.14047823).
Mixed choir SKU: FG.55011-857-7 Composed by ŽibuoklÄ— MartinaitytÄ...(+)
Mixed choir
SKU:
FG.55011-857-7
Composed by
Žibuoklė
MartinaitytÄ—.
Classical, contemporary.
Book. Fennica Gehrman
#55011-857-7. Published
by Fennica Gehrman
(FG.55011-857-7).
Žibuoklė
MartinaitytÄ— tells
about the background of
Aletheia (2022) for mixed
choir (SSSSAAAATTTTBBBB):
Aletheia is variously
translated from Greek as
unconcealedness,
revealing or
unclosedness. It is
uncovering of the Truth -
the one we are afraid to
face, the truth that can
only be expressed
directly through the
pre-verbal communication.
How do you find words for
the horrors of the war,
for all unimaginable
global atrocities? How do
you even allow yourself
to feel it out? Solely
through art, through
music that offer a safe
space and a formalized
framework for processing
these accumulated complex
emotions and sharing them
with others in a moment.
This piece has no verbal
text and it is based on
various combinations of
vowels and consonants,
thus connecting us on a
deeper level through the
immediate emotional
experience.
The
war in Ukraine in spring
of 2022 had an impact on
all of us and shattered
my deeply rooted
Lithuanian identity. When
the freedom is threatened
and innocent people are
dying, it is hard to make
sense out of the reality.
Yet there is poetry even
in the worst nightmares.
I was imagining that the
only instrument people
have even in situations
of destruction, in the
midst of the war, is
their VOICE. It brought
back memories of my youth
when Singing revolution
was taking place in the
Baltic countries. Human
voice was the only weapon
that people used to
express their
determination for freedom
and independence. Voice
is our first and the very
last instrument we have
in our lifetime. Thinking
in these terms brings
almost a sacred dimension
to the voice as an
expression of the life
itself - from the very
first baby's scream until
the last breath and
whisper.
Duration
c. 15'
The works
of New York -based
Lithuanian composer
Žibuoklė
MartinaitytÄ— (b.
1973) have been lauded as
breathtaking and
profoundly moving. Her
stimulating music
bristles with energy and
tension and revolves
often around the subject
of beauty, which she
calls both a guiding
principle and an
aesthetic measure for
sonic quality.
SATB Choir SKU: BT.MUSM570200641 Composed by Anne Boyd. Classical. Vocal ...(+)
SATB Choir
SKU:
BT.MUSM570200641
Composed by Anne Boyd.
Classical. Vocal Score.
64 pages. University of
York Music Press
#MUSM570200641. Published
by University of York
Music Press
(BT.MUSM570200641).
English.
Jesus
Reassures His Mother is a
setting of medieval lyric
poetry written
anonymously in the 14th
century. The poet
recounts a vision of the
young Mary rocking the
infant Christ to sleep.
The child requests his
mother to sing a lullaby
but, alas, knowing her
child’s fate she is too
sad to sing. Jesus tells
her that all mothers
worry about their
children’s futures and
insists that she should
sing nevertheless. Mary
recounts the visit of
Gabriel and the events of
Christ’s birth but
reflects how sad it is to
have delivered a child to
such a fate. Jesus
reassures his mother that
he will be with his
father in heaven where
Mary will come to join
Him at the end of time,
there to livein eternal
bliss. At this point Mary
is persuaded by and
echoes her child’s
reassuring words, and she
is joined in this by the
choir (now representing
us all). The vision fades
away in the voice of the
narrator whose loneliness
and longing return. We
learn that it is
Christmas Day. This
setting grows from the
visionary mystical world
inhabited by Julian of
Norwich whose Revelations
of Divine Love provided
the inspiration for a
work Anne Boyd composed
in 1994. The medium has
been expanded from the
Song Company’s six solo
voices used in the
Revelations to the double
motet choir of the Sydney
Philharmonia who
commissioned this work
for their 75th
anniversary. The parts of
the infant Jesus, Mary,
the Narrator and the
angel Gabriel are taken
by choir soloists:
soprano, alto, tenor and
bass. The work is
situated in the context
of Boyd ’s personal
musical aesthetic which
she describes as the
intersection of Christian
Love with Buddhist
silence.
SATB choir with some divisi, organ - Medium SKU: PL.9628 Composed by Dr. ...(+)
SATB choir with some
divisi, organ - Medium
SKU: PL.9628
Composed by Dr. George
Guest. Cathedral/Parish.
Choral, General, Lent.
Octavo. Paraclete Press
#9628. Published by
Paraclete Press
(PL.9628).
These
penitential anthems were
transcribed by Dr. George
Guest from the Gostling
Manuscript. John Gostling
was renowned for his
extraordinary bass voice
an held positions in the
Church of England,
eventually becoming
Sub-Dean of St. Paul's
Cathedral. Gostling was
also a prolific copyist
and his manuscript
contains over 60 anthems
of Blow, Purcell, Locke
and others.Save me, O God
of John Blow is a
splendid example of the
use of simple means to
convey the meaning of a
text. Mostly homophonic
in texture, the subtle
shifts of voicing and
harmony all support the
penitential nature of the
text. The organ doubles
the voice parts,
discreetly supporting
them in a continuo
fashion. Dr. Guest has
placed suggested tempi
and dynamics throughout,
further enhancing the
practical nature of this
edition. The voice parts
are moderate in range,
placing this piece within
the scope of most
choirs.
(For SATB Voices with Keyboard Accompaniment). By David Eddleman. Arranged by Da...(+)
(For SATB Voices with
Keyboard Accompaniment).
By David Eddleman.
Arranged by David
Eddleman Anonymous. SATB
chorus. For SATB,
Keyboard. Choral.
Piano/Vocal Score.
Standard notation. 8
pages
Composed by Alan Bullard (1947-). For Soprano voice solo, SATB choir, and op...(+)
Composed by Alan Bullard
(1947-). For Soprano
voice
solo, SATB choir, and
optional
organ. Sacred. Octavo.
Duration 4 minutes.
Published
by Oxford University
Press
Composed by Mary McDonald. For SATB choir, piano (with optional 2 trumpets, cong...(+)
Composed by Mary
McDonald. For SATB choir,
piano (with optional 2
trumpets, congregation,
trombone, horn,
percussion, children's
choir and organ). Sacred
Anthem, Ascension,
Eastertide, General.
Octavo. Lorenz Publishing
Company #10/4701L.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
Composed by Bob Chilcott. For tenor voice solo and SATB choir, unaccompanied...(+)
Composed by Bob Chilcott.
For
tenor voice solo and SATB
choir, unaccompanied.
Christmas. Octavo.
Duration 4
minutes. Published by
Oxford
University Press
This
festive call to praise
affirms the voice of
worship and invites the
world to sing along.
Solid writing permeates
the piece, giving choirs
much to work with as they
seek a full confident
sound. The inclusion of
the beloved tune LANDAS
with the text of How Can
I Keep from Singing is a
moving moment, making
this an excellent choice
for choirs returning to
the loft.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.312419280 From Terra Nostra. Comp...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312419280
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Performance Score. 12
pages. Duration 5:30.
Theodore Presser Company
#312-41928. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.312419280).
ISBN
9781491137925. UPC:
680160692613.
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?
SATB choir SKU: LO.E259 Composed by Edward Broughton. Choral. Exaltation ...(+)
SATB choir
SKU:
LO.E259
Composed by
Edward Broughton. Choral.
Exaltation Series. Sacred
Anthem, Lent. Octavo.
Lorenz Publishing Company
#E259. Published by
Lorenz Publishing Company
(LO.E259).
UPC:
000308009071.
A
strong text and a
favorite early American
melody combine for a
powerful anthem.
Choral SATB choir, piano SKU: PR.362033390 The Fugitives. Composed...(+)
Choral SATB choir, piano
SKU: PR.362033390
The Fugitives.
Composed by Samuel Adler.
Classical. Part. With
Standard notation.
Duration 2:45. Theodore
Presser Company
#362-03339. Published by
Theodore Presser Company
(PR.362033390).
UPC:
680160059355.
Two
Shelley Songs were
composed in 1981 on a
commission from Ithaca
College and published by
Elkan-Vogel, Inc. in the
Ithaca College Choral
Series in 1982. The two
poems by Shelley used
here are To- and The
Fugitives. Both of these
pieces, published
separately, are scored
for mixed chorus with
piano accompaniment. In
order to perform them
well, an excellent
pianist is essential, for
the accompaniment to the
second poem The Fugitives
is quite difficult,
though quite pianistic.
The style of the first
poem is in a somewhat
romantic idiom while the
second contrasts it with
rather wild harmonic
writing utilizing large
skips, clusters and other
dissonant chordal
devices. Great care is
taken throughout to make
these difficult sounding
portions as easy as
possible to perform by
taking great care of the
voice leadings. The two
pieces should be done as
a pair, but could
conceivably be done
separately.
Anthem
for mixed voices (SATB) &
keyboard. Composed by
Gilbert M. Martin.
Choral. Exaltation
Series. Sacred Anthem.
Octavo. Lorenz Publishing
Company #10/1173.
Published by Lorenz
Publishing Company
(LO.10-1173).
UPC:
000308025194.
The
famous Hankey/Fischer
hymn, beloved by choirs
and congregations
everywhere, here receives
a lyrical and luxuriant
arrangement in a quietly
unhurried 3/4 meter. The
voices and accompaniment
flow effortlessly
throughout this memorable
setting. Sure to be
requested again and
again.
(from Chandos Anthem No. 6). Composed by George Frideric Handel (1685-1759). Arr...(+)
(from Chandos Anthem No.
6). Composed by George
Frideric Handel
(1685-1759). Arranged by
John Leavitt. For Choral
(SATB). Treasury Choral.
Published by Hal Leonard
SATB choir, SSAA choir, or TTBB choir SKU: GI.G-9692 Exercises to Buil...(+)
SATB choir, SSAA choir,
or TTBB choir
SKU:
GI.G-9692
Exercises to Build
Choral Musicianship.
Composed by Dean Luethi.
This edition: Director's
edition. Music Education.
Octavo. 54 pages. GIA
Publications #9692.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-9692).
ISBN
9781622773510.
This
book of versatile,
pedagogically based
choral warm-ups helps
conductors take full
advantage of this
important time in every
rehearsal, providing
tools for assessment,
musicianship, and
ensemble unity at the
same time singers are
warming up their voices.
The exercises in Aligning
Voices are organized into
nine chapters, each
focusing on a different
area of choral technique:
Rhythm Brilliance
Intonation Balance
Dynamics Consonants
Beginning Consonants
Diphthongs and Ending
Consonants Vowels Each
warm-up contains two or
more parts, allowing the
director to work toward
improving choral sound in
a texture similar to that
of the repertoire.
Moreover, author Dean
Luethi provides every
warm-up in three
voicings—SATB,
SSAA, and TTBB—and
sequentially organizes
them by difficulty level.
In addition, each section
begins by defining the
objective for each
exercise and offering
practical solutions for
many of the common
challenges choirs face in
each area. A companion
student edition that
contains only the music
notation for each warm-up
exercise is also
available (G-9692S).
These exercises go well
beyond simply warming up
the voice. This resource
is a must-have for all
choral directors looking
to make the most of their
warm-up time. Dean Luethi
is Associate Professor
and Director of the
School of Music at
Washington State
University. In addition
to his work at the
university, he is a
frequently sought after
conductor, adjudicator,
and clinician, and he has
been published in the
Choral Journal and Music
Educators Journal. Watch
this introductory video
on Dean Luethi's
(Lee-thee) book Aligning
Voices: Exercises to
Build Choral
Musicianship.
Composed by Gilbert and Sullivan, edited by Bryceson Treharne. Vocal score for S...(+)
Composed by Gilbert and
Sullivan, edited by
Bryceson Treharne. Vocal
score for SATB chorus,
piano accompaniment and
11 solo voices. Contains
all dialogue. With vocal
melody, piano reduction,
lyrics and introductory
text. 208 pages.
Published by G. Schirmer,
Inc.
Composed by Brad Croushorn. For SATB choir, medium voice solo, 2 unison small gr...(+)
Composed by Brad
Croushorn. For SATB
choir, medium voice solo,
2 unison small groups,
percussion (drum).
Easter,
Praise/Thanksgiving, 21st
Century. Medium. Octavo.
Scripture: Psalms 118:
1-2, 16-17, 22-24; Text
Language: English.
Published by MorningStar
Music Publishers
((from The Voices of Christmas)). By Joseph M. Martin. For Choral (SATB). Shawne...(+)
((from The Voices of
Christmas)). By Joseph M.
Martin. For Choral
(SATB). Shawnee Press.
Sacred. 16 pages. Shawnee
Press #A8899. Published
by Shawnee Press
Composed by J. Rosamond Johnson. Arranged by Heather Sorenson. Shawnee Sacred....(+)
Composed by J. Rosamond
Johnson. Arranged by
Heather
Sorenson. Shawnee Sacred.
Concert, General Worship,
Sacred. Octavo. 12 pages.
Duration 285 seconds.
Published by Shawnee
Press