Composed by James Pierpont (1822-1893). Arranged by Kay Thompson and Johnny Mand...(+)
Composed by James
Pierpont (1822-1893).
Arranged by Kay Thompson
and Johnny Mandel, choral
arr. Mark Hayes. Choir
Secular. Men's Choir.
Choral Octavo. Pop
Choral. Christmas;
Secular; Winter. 16
pages. Published by
Alfred Music
By Petering. For Men's Choir (TTBB, TTB, TBB, TB,CC, STB) with Organ and/or Inst...(+)
By Petering. For Men's
Choir (TTBB, TTB, TBB,
TB,CC, STB) with Organ
and/or Instruments.
Church Year. Collection
(Spiral-bound). Published
by Concordia Publishing
House.
From the Broadway musical Elf. Composed by Chad Beguelin and Matthew Sklar. A...(+)
From the Broadway musical
Elf. Composed by Chad
Beguelin and Matthew
Sklar.
Arranged by Andy Beck.
Performance Music
Ensemble;
Single Titles. Alfred Pop
Choral Series. Broadway;
Christmas; Holiday Pops;
Pop;
Secular. Choral Octavo.
16
pages. Alfred Music #00-
48362. Published by
Alfred
Music
(Crazy Little Thing Called Love with It's Still Rock and Roll to Me). By Billy...(+)
(Crazy Little Thing
Called
Love with It's Still Rock
and
Roll to Me). By Billy
Joel
and Queen. By Billy Joel
and
Freddie Mercury. Arranged
by
Tom Anderson. Pop Choral
Series. Classic Rock,
Show
Choir, Medley, Pop, Rock.
Octavo. Published by Hal
Leonard
Railways 1846 Chorale TTBB TTBB, Piano Theodore Presser Co.
Choral TTBB choir, piano SKU: PR.312419270 From Terra Nostra. Comp...(+)
Choral TTBB choir, piano
SKU: PR.312419270
From Terra Nostra.
Composed by Stacy Garrop.
Performance Score. 8
pages. Duration 2
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41927.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312419270).
ISBN
9781491137918. UPC:
680160692606. English.
Charles
Mackay.
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?
Choral TTBB choir, piano SKU: CF.CM9635 Composed by Victor Johnson. Fold....(+)
Choral TTBB choir, piano
SKU: CF.CM9635
Composed by Victor
Johnson. Fold.
Performance Score. 12
pages. Duration 3
minutes, 19 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9635.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9635).
ISBN 9781491157077.
UPC: 680160915637. 6.875
x 10.5 inches. Key: E
major. English, English.
Abram Joseph Ryan
(1838-1886).
Victor
Johnson captures the
mystery and nuance of the
bittersweet poem, Wake Me
a Song, by American poet,
Abram Joseph Ryan.
Nuance, text, and
Johnson's rich harmonies
paired with intertwining
textures make this a
noteworthy addition to
any program. Also
available for SATB Voices
(CM9561). About the
Author Abram Joseph Ryan
was born Matthew Abraham
Ryan on February 5, 1838
in Hagerstown, Maryland.
As a young man, Ryan and
his family moved west St.
Louis, Missouri, where he
was educated at the
Christian Brothers
School. He studied for
the priesthood at Niagra
University in New York
State and was ordained a
priest in the Vincentian
order on November 1,
1856. He taught theology,
first at Niagra
university and then at
the diocesan seminary in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
until the beginning of
the war between the
states. Father Ryan
enlisted in the army on
September 1, 1862, and
served as a chaplain
throughout the conflict,
carrying the wounded to
safety and performing
last rites on the
battlefield. His first
piece of poetry was
inspired by the death of
a younger brother while
serving in the army.
After the war, he
established a weekly
literary magazine in
which most of his poetry
was published. He also
put out several volumes
of poetry, including
Father Ryan's Poems and A
Crown for Our Queen.
Father Ryan died on April
22, 1886 at a Franciscan
monastery in Louisville,
Kentucky. About the Song
Wake Me A Song is an
inspired and sensitive
setting of the
19th-century poem by
Abram Joseph Ryan. It
features sweeping melodic
lines, rich harmonies,
and a flowingly beautiful
accompaniment. To master
a performance of this
selection, singers must
perform very
expressively, paying
close attention to such
musical aspects as phrase
shaping, the rise and
fall of the melodic line,
blending and proper
intonation between
sections. One strategy
that could be used to
ensure proper phrasing is
the idea of Painting the
Phrase. The singer should
make a motion as if they
have a paintbrush in
their hand and paint the
melodic line and phrase
shape as if they are
painting with a nice,
flowing brush stroke. One
could think about
painting a rainbow or an
arch to show the rise and
fall of the line and/or
phrase. The director can
also show this gesture
while conducting to
reinforce this
concept. About the
AuthorAbram Joseph Ryan
was born Matthew Abraham
Ryan on February 5, 1838
in Hagerstown, Maryland.
As a young man, Ryan and
his family moved west St.
Louis, Missouri, where he
was educated at the
Christian Brothers
School. He studied for
the priesthood at Niagra
University in New York
State and was ordained a
priest in the Vincentian
order on November 1,
1856. He taught theology,
first at Niagra
university and then at
the diocesan seminary in
Cape Girardeau, Missouri,
until the beginning of
the war between the
states.Father Ryan
enlisted in the army on
September 1, 1862, and
served as a chaplain
throughout the conflict,
carrying the wounded to
safety and performing
last rites on the
battlefield. His first
piece of poetry was
inspired by the death of
a younger brother while
serving in the army.
After the war, he
established a weekly
literary magazine in
which most of his poetry
was published. He also
put out several volumes
of poetry, including
Father Ryan's Poems and A
Crown for Our Queen.
Father Ryan died on April
22, 1886 at a Franciscan
monastery in Louisville,
Kentucky.About the
SongWake Me A Song is an
inspired and sensitive
setting of the
19th-century poem by
Abram Joseph Ryan. It
features sweeping melodic
lines, rich harmonies,
and a flowingly beautiful
accompaniment.To master a
performance of this
selection, singers must
perform very
expressively, paying
close attention to such
musical aspects as phrase
shaping, the rise and
fall of the melodic line,
blending and proper
intonation between
sections.One strategy
that could be used to
ensure proper phrasing is
the idea of
“Painting the
Phrase.†The singer
should make a motion as
if they have a paintbrush
in their hand and
“paint†the
melodic line and phrase
shape as if they are
painting with a nice,
flowing brush stroke. One
could think about
painting a rainbow or an
arch to show the rise and
fall of the line and/or
phrase. The director can
also show this gesture
while conducting to
reinforce this
concept.
Choral (TTBB choir a cappella) SKU: HL.275104 From Carousel. Compo...(+)
Choral (TTBB choir a
cappella)
SKU:
HL.275104
From
Carousel. Composed by
Oscar Hammerstein and
Richard Rodgers. Arranged
by Kirby Shaw. Secular
Christmas Choral.
Broadway, Concert,
Festival, Inspirational,
Male Voices, Musicals,
Show Choir. Octavo. 12
pages. Published by Hal
Leonard (HL.275104).
UPC: 888680742775.
6.75x10.5
inches.
Reminiscent
of Kirby's powerful
arrangement of
“Bridge Over
Troubled Water,”
here is the inspirational
climax from
Carousel. With the
12/8 gospel groove, the a
cappella setting and the
contemporary harmonies,
this new arrangement of
the Rodgers and
Hammerstein classic will
close any show.
By Vijay Singh. For Recorder (Flute) and Guitar or Opt. Piano. (TTBB). Choral O...(+)
By Vijay Singh. For
Recorder (Flute) and
Guitar or Opt. Piano.
(TTBB). Choral Octavo.
Belwin Festival Series.
Level: Moderate (grade
III). Choral Octavo. 12
pages. Published by
Alfred Publishing.