Men's
Chorus (10 Copies).
Composed by Chen Yi.
Choral part(s). With
Standard notation. 480
pages. Duration 17
minutes. Theodore Presser
Company #312-41682.
Published by Theodore
Presser Company
(PR.312416820).
UPC:
680160050376. 8.5 x 11
inches.
Chen
Yi’s most
performed and most
beloved choral music is a
series of 10 Chinese folk
songs adapted for
S.A.T.B. Chorus
(published in 3 volumes:
312-41731, 312-41732,
312-41733). This special
version is a setting of
the familiar collection,
adapted for
children’s chorus
and
strings. Remembering
when I studied
composition in the
Central Conservatory of
Music in Beijing, I
learned to sing hundreds
of Chinese folk songs
collected from more than
twenty provinces and
fifty ethnic groups, and
went to countryside to
collect original folk
music every year. I
got to know that the folk
songs are a mirror of
people’s daily
lives, their thoughts and
sentiments, local customs
and manners. They are
sung in regional dialects
and use the idioms of
everyday speech with
their particular
intonations, accents and
cadences. This
correlation between
speech and music
distinguishes folk songs
of one region from
another. I learned
all songs by heart and
sang them back in the
exams every week.Â
They melted in my blood
and became my natural
music language. The
more I walk into the
music life,the more I
treasure the rich culture
I have learned from my
homeland. When I
became the
Composer-in-Residence of
Chanticleer and was
invited to write the
first work for its
concert program, as well
as another version for
its
Singing-In-The-Schools
program, I decided to
introduce A Set of
Chinese Folk Songs to my
American audiences, and
add a new flavor to
Chanticleer’srich
repertoire. The work
includes ten folk songs,
taken from eight
provinces (Anhui,
Shaanxi, Yunnan, Shanxi,
Taiwan, Sinkiang, Jiangsu
and Guizhou) and five
ethnic groups (Han,
Hasake, Uighur, Miao and
Yi). I arranged them
for choirs (men’s
or children’s
chorus) with various
combinations in voices,
to be sung mostly in
Chinese, some in
English.  From the
mysterious mountain songs
originally sung in the
open air with high and
long notes that can carry
over great distances, the
sweet and delicate
melodies of young love
compared with nature, the
humorous antiphony by
little children, and the
lively dancing tune by
villagers, you may get an
idea of various music
styles in Chinese folk
songs according to
geographic, ethnic and
linguistic differences,
and appreciate the beauty
of the Chinese folk
music. The pure choir
sound and the
sophisticated singing by
Chanticleer, in terms of
pitches, language and
musical expressions,
really attract and
inspire me to create some
more new works in the
years to come. In
thisedition of A Set of
Chinese Folk Songs for
standard SATB mixed choir
(with piano rehearsal
score), I divided these
ten songs into three
volumes. They are
Fengyang Song, The
Flowing Stream, Guessing,
Thinking of My Darling,
Mayila, Jasmine Flower,
Riding on a Mule,
Awariguli, Diu Diu Deng,
andMountain Song and
Dancing Tune.—Chen
Yi.
(For Church, Home or Community Singing) Arranged by Gladys Pitcher. For TTBB cho...(+)
(For Church, Home or
Community Singing)
Arranged by Gladys
Pitcher. For TTBB choir.
Format: vocal songbook.
With vocal score and
lyrics. Christmas. 32
pages. 6.7x10.5 inches.
Published by G. Schirmer,
Inc.
Choral (TTBB a cappella) SKU: HL.370176 Composed by Irving Berlin. Arrang...(+)
Choral (TTBB a cappella)
SKU: HL.370176
Composed by Irving
Berlin. Arranged by Mark
Hayes. Shawnee Press.
Concert, Festival,
Patriotic. Octavo. 12
pages. Duration 150
seconds. Published by
Shawnee Press
(HL.370176).
ISBN
9781705146453. UPC:
840126993493.
6.75x10.5x0.024
inches.
Mark Hayes
is one of our finest
arrangers and now he has
used his expertise in
vocal arranging on this
Irving Berlin treasure
from the American Song
Book. A cappella voices
richly present the
well-known lyric,
capturing its emotional
patriotism. Beautiful and
dynamic musical
interpretation weaves
throughout the piece,
building to a glorious
final home sweet home.
For game day
performances, the piece
can be shortened by
simply beginning at meas.
24. No matter the event
or concert, this is a
fantastic selection to be
sung all year long!
Dynamic Praise for
Men. Arranged by
Russell Mauldin. Choral.
Multicultural and Sacred.
Score and parts.
Published by Lillenas
Publishing Company
(LP.OR-9269).
UPC:
765762128507.
Twelv
e arrangements with a
mildly contemporary feel
have received a fresh
treatment from arranger
Russell Mauldin. High
energy praise - All Ye
People; Psalms of Praise
Expressive songs of
worship - Holy You Are
Holy; In the Presence of
Jehovah A little southern
gospel - Hard Trials Will
Soon Be Over; Call Home
Joyous songs of the
kingdom - Singin' with
the Saints; Jesus Lifted
Me All this and six more
arrangements make Singin'
with the Saints a usable
energetic compilation
that men's choirs
ensembles and quartets
will love. In a word
it's...well DYNAMIC .
Composed by Marten
Jansson. Stapled. Choral
score. 6 pages.
Baerenreiter Verlag
#BA07416_00. Published by
Baerenreiter Verlag
(BA.BA07416).
ISBN
9790006559206. 27 x 19 cm
inches. Text Language:
Latin.
Based on the
well-known bible text
“Sing unto the Lord
a new song†(Psalm
96:1-3), this upbeat
composition with strong
dynamics and flowing
block chords alternating
with fast-paced polyphony
brings across this joyful
message and enthuses
singers.
“My
music is my own and I
have never tried to be
original. That has always
been my motto and I have
only tried to use music
to express all the
feelings which life has
to offer. This has led
people to describe my
music as ‘so sad
that it sounds like birds
who have lost their
wings‘ but also as
‘the happiest
classical music that we
have ever
heard’. My
compositions are almost
all sacred. They express
not only my own faith but
also my appreciation and
respect for the timeless
texts that have been used
for centuries and
centuries.â€
MÃ¥rten Jansson (b.
1965), elected member of
the Föreningen svenska
tonsättare (the
Society of Swedish
Composers), graduated
from the Royal College of
Music, Stockholm (KHM)
with an MFA degree in
Music Education, Dalcroze
Eurhythmics and Voice.
For more than ten years
he was the music director
and conductor of
“Carmenâ€, one
of the most prominent
womens’ vocal
ensembles in Sweden. He
currently teaches choral
conducting and music
theory as well as giving
vocal tuition at the
Bolandgymnasiet and
Musikskolan in his home
town of Uppsala.
