By I. Reed Payne, German Folk Tune And Traditional English Carol. Arranged by Bonnie H. Egbert. Text: Bessie Saunders Spencer, Aaron R. Jackman and Traditional English carol. For SSATB Choir. Christmas. Duration 4:30. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.
Level: Medium.

By Craig F. Brown. Text: Craig F. Brown/Laura Mabbott (adapted from Cecil F. Alexander). For SSATB Choir. Level: Medium / Medium-Difficult (accompaniment). Duration 4:30. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

By William J. Kirkpatrick / Arr. Lyon. Arranged by A. Laurence Lyon. Text: Anonymous. For SSATB Choir. Level: Medium. Duration 3:00. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

Composed by Samuel A. Ward / Arthur Sullivan / arr. Lyon. Arranged by A. Laurence Lyon. For SSATB choir. Patriotic, Choral. Medium / Difficult (accompaniment). Octavo. Published by Jackman Music Corporation

By Sylvanus Billings Pond, adapted by A. C. Smyth / arr. Cornwall. Arranged by J. Spencer Cornwall. For SSATBB choir. Medium Difficullt. Octavo. Published by Jackman Music Corporation

By Robert S Lowry; Matthew Culloton. Arranged by Matthew Culloton. For SSATBB choir (a cappella). Matthew and Michael Culloton Choral Series. Concert. Octavo. Published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing

By Old Spanish Melody. Arranged by A. Laurence Lyon. Text: James H. Wallis. For SSATB Choir. Level: Medium. Duration 2:00. Published by Jackman Music Corporation.

By Richard Kingsmore. Christmas and Sacred. 12 pages. Published by Lillenas Music.

SSATBB choir a cappella - Late Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-1137

Composed by Matthew Culloton. Secular, Christmas, Advent, Christmas-Sacred, Lessons and Carols, 21st Century. Duration 2 minutes, 30 seconds. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-1137. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-1137).

UPC: 688670511370. English.

A lilting choral accompaniment evokes pizzicato sounds surrounding the tenor melody in verse one.  The other verses are set more conventionally but still reflect the goals of our Christmas with The Singers series: that the audience will enjoy the famliarity of the carol but be enchanted by the creativity of the arrangement. Challenging, but masterful in how Matthew Culloton treats the ensemble as a self-sufficient choral idiom. Duration 2:30.

Choir; Orchestra; Early Music

SKU: UT.TME-1

Composed by Giovanni Battista Bassani. Edited by Elisabetta Pasquini. Hardback (Cloth Hard Cover). Tesori Musicali Emiliani (Emilian Musical Treasures). Classical. Ut Orpheus #TME 1. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.TME-1).

ISBN 9790215316096. 9 x 12 inches.

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Thanks to its patron the Duke Francesco II, Modena became a capital city worldwide for the oratorio genre: renowned maestro di cappella in Ferrara, also Bassani wished to offer to the Duke his own work, setting aside for him the summit of his melodic and dramaturgical inventiveness.
Accordi ng to the documents that we have, the performance of Giona was Bassani's debut at the court of Francesco II. Born in Padua around 1650, the composer carried out the main part of his activities in Ferrara, where he was organist (probably from 1667), and maestro di cappella at the Accademia della Morte (from 1683), and subsequently also at the Cathedral (from 1686); he also became a member of the Accademia Filarmonica of Bologna (in 1677) and was committed to Alessandro II Pico, Duke of Mirandola and Marquis of Concordia. In 1712 he moved to Bergamo, where he was maestro di cappella at S. Maria Maggiore; he died there on 1st October 1716. Before his commission in Modena, the <> - as he was often called at that time - had already printed seven instrumental and vocal works as well as a few operas and oratorios.

SSATB Choir, Piano

SKU: CA.926400

Composed by Camille Saint-Saens. Arranged by Denis Rouger, Denis Rouger. Carus digital: Extra digital products. Full Score. Composed 1862. Op. 13, No. 1. Duration 5 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.926400).

ISBN 9790007261870. French. Text: Victor Hugo.

In his poem Soiree en mer, Victor Hugo describes how the sea can be perceived very differently by two lovers at the same time in the same place. While the man perceives the deepening shadows on the dancing waves, the woman marvels at the stars shining ever brighter in the firmament. In nature, as in the words of the poem, the painful ambiguity that represents life at its core can be experienced. Like no other poet, Hugo captures this almost unbearable simultaneity of living and dying, of love and suffering. Saint-Saens translates this into music - probably the most ephemeral and contemporary of all art forms. His balanced musical form leaves plenty of room for the poetry and his subtle variations in timbre, which also inspired Denis Rouger to his choral arrangement, create a seething motion under the surface of the sea.

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 Ztronen bluhn (Carus 83.514).

Choir; Orchestra; Early Music

SKU: UT.TME-1R

Composed by Giovanni Battista Bassani. Edited by Elisabetta Pasquini. Paperback (Soft Cover). Tesori Musicali Emiliani (Emilian Musical Treasures). Classical. Vocal Score. 188 pages. Ut Orpheus #TME 1R. Published by Ut Orpheus (UT.TME-1R).

ISBN 9790215322646. 7.7 x 10.6 inches.

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[S olo: SAATB - Str - Bc]

Thanks to its patron the Duke Francesco II, Modena became a capital city worldwide for the oratorio genre: renowned maestro di cappella in Ferrara, also Bassani wished to offer to the Duke his own work, setting aside for him the summit of his melodic and dramaturgical inventiveness.

SSATB Choir, Piano

SKU: CA.924400

Composed by Peter Cornelius. Arranged by Denis Rouger. Secular choral music. Separate edition with CD. Lieder, Secular choral music. Full score. Op. 15, No. 1. Duration 2 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.244/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.924400).

ISBN 9790007244392. Key: B flat major. Language: German. Text: Cornelius, Peter.

Sei mein! was written and composed by Peter Cornelius in 1865 for his future wife Bertha Jung. The composer set the poem in short rhyming lines using the scheme aaabcccb, recounting with loving humor what his beloved means to him. 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).

SSATB Choir, Piano

SKU: CA.924100

Composed by Charles Francois Gounod. Arranged by Denis Rouger. Lieder. Secular choral music. Lieder, Secular choral music. Full score. Duration 4 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.241/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.924100).

ISBN 9790007244361. Language: French. Text: Gounod, Charles.

In Charles Gounod's L'absent, composed in 1873, the absent one asks at night time whether the beloved remembers him in the light of the moon and at the sound of the evening prayer bells. 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).

SSATB Choir, Piano

SKU: CA.924000

Composed by Claude Debussy. Arranged by Denis Rouger. Lieder. Secular choral music. Lieder, Secular choral music. Full score. Duration 2 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.240/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.924000).

ISBN 9790007244354. Language: French. Text: Bourget, Paul.

Claude Debussy's romance L'ame evaporee et souffrante is a setting of Paul Bourget's Romance from the collection Les aveux (1882). The song was first published in 1891 with Les cloches, but had probably been composed earlier in 1885. 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).

SSATB Choir, Piano

SKU: CA.924500

Composed by Hugo Wolf. Arranged by Denis Rouger. Secular choral music. Separate edition with CD. Lieder, Secular choral music. Full score. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.245/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.924500).

ISBN 9790007244408. Key: E flat major. Language: German. Text: Morike, Eduard.

Hugo Wolf composed over 250 songs to texts by the greatest poets of his day. One of the best-known of these is Verborgenheit. In Denis Rouger's arrangement it reveals its own momentum which does not conflict with the original masterpiece, but presents new facets alongside it, inviting us to discover something new in the old. 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).

SSATB choir, unaccompanied (SATB) - Moderately Difficult

SKU: OU.9780193361713

Composed by Gabriel Jackson. Sacred choral - mixed voices. New Horizons. Vocal score. 16 pages. Duration 7'. Oxford University Press #9780193361713. Published by Oxford University Press (OU.9780193361713).

ISBN 9780193361713. 12 x 8 inches.

For SSATB unaccompanied Commemorating the martyrdom of St Catharine, this reflective piece sets the Antiphon at First Vespers, Feast of All Saints alongside a thought-provoking contemporary poem by Colin Tan, full of vivid imagery. Melodic lines reminiscent of plainchant enhance the contemplative mood.

About Oxford New Horizons

N ew Horizons showcases the wealth of exciting, innovative, and occasionally challenging choral music being written today. It encompasses the whole gamut of small-scale choral genres, both secular and sacred, and includes pieces for upper-voice and mixed choirs. With titles by some of the most accomplished choral composers active in Great Britain and abroad, the series introduces new repertoire and fresh talent to a broad spectrum of choirs. New Horizons features composers with growing reputations for quality composition reflecting a strong individual voice. The series is continually expanding and should be the first place to look for attractive and performable contemporary choral music.

SSATB choir (a cappella)

SKU: GH.CG-6982

Composed by Hans Alfredson / Tage Danielsson / Lars Fernlof. Arranged by Anders Jalkeus. With Language: Swedish. Gehrmans Musikforlag #CG 6982. Published by Gehrmans Musikforlag (GH.CG-6982).

ISBN 9790070002790. 185 x 262 mm inches. Text: Hans Alfredson / Tage Danielsson.

Music and melody: Alfredson, Danielsson, Farnlof. SSATB a cappella. Swedish lyrics only. (The original version of the song was sung solo by Swedish jazz singer Monica Zetterlund.).

By Jewish Melody. Arranged by David Buley. For Voices: SAATB (SSATB). Piano reduction. Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Music Series Sacred. Level: easy. 9 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

SSATB a cappella

SKU: GI.G-008817

Easter, Triduum, OT 16 Year A. Tune Name: Picardy, Traditional French Carol, 17Th Century. Sacred. Octavo. 4 pages. GIA Publications #008817. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-008817).

UPC: 641151088174. English.

Orlando composer Bob Schaefer always brings out the best in choirs with his musically compelling liturgical works. The images he portrays in each unique composition serve to support the particular liturgical day or ritual action. In this eucharistic anthem he makes use of staggered vocal entrances, creating a wash of sound as the melody first emerges from the lower voices.

Choral (SSATB choir) - intermediate to advanced

SKU: HL.125013

This edition: Saddle stitching. Sheet music. Pavane Choral. Anthem, Concert, Sacred. Score and parts. Composed 1924. 1490. 8 pages. Duration 13'. Pavane Publishing #P1490. Published by Pavane Publishing (HL.125013).

UPC: 884088986506. 6.75x10.5 inches.

A well-known text set by a veteran composer who knows how to make it singularly superior. The melody is immediately entrancing, a middle section introduces a high church chant-like, liturgical sound, then the melody resumes and brings us home. The passionate lyrics, although from scripture, make it appropriate for church and concert use.

SSATB choir

SKU: CA.966600

Composed by Paul Ayres. Edited by Stefan Schuck. CARUS CONTEMPORARY. Itis Winter Now. Sacred vocal music, Advent, Christmas. Full score. 4 pages. Duration 3 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 09.666/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.966600).

ISBN 9790007167714. Language: English.

This is a short, skilful song setting, a typical English Christmas carol with an Advent text: the cold winter as symbol of the frozen world, waiting for Christ. The setting, through-composed in verses, in five-four time, captivates through its sparse use of diatonic formations of dissonances, cantabile imitations and wide-arching melodic lines. This little gem encourages a beautiful, expressive legato interpretation and makes an excellent counterpart to Deilig (Carus 9.664) in an Advent concert program.

SSATB Favorit-Chor (Antiphonal/Chamber Choir), 2 Violins, Bassoon, Melody Instruments, Alto Instruments, Contrabass, Organ

SKU: CA.2041200

Aus: Symphoniae Sacrae III. Composed by Heinrich Schutz. Edited by Paul Horn. Arranged by Paul Horn. This edition: urtext. Cycles: Schutz: Symphoniae sacrae III SWV 398-418. Stuttgart Urtext Edition: Schutz. German title: Siehe, wie fein und lieblich ist. Sacred vocal music, Psalms, German, Peace and justice, Wedding, Psalms. Full score. Composed 1650. SWV 412. 28 pages. Duration 6 minutes. Carus Verlag #CV 20.412/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.2041200).

ISBN 9790007035617. Key: G dorian. Language: German/English.

Composed by Craig Courtney. For SSATBB choir (a cappella). Te Deum Choral Series. Sacred Anthem. Octavo. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company