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?
Choir Secular (Men's Choir) SKU: AP.48848 Composed by George Gershwin and...(+)
Choir Secular (Men's
Choir)
SKU:
AP.48848
Composed by
George Gershwin and Ira
Gershwin. Arranged by
Mark Hayes. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Pop Choral
Series. Great American
Songbook; Jazz; Secular;
Standard. Choral Octavo.
12 pages. Alfred Music
#00-48848. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.48848).
UPC: 038081561721.
English.
Now
available S.S.A.A. and
T.T.B.B. One of the most
charming songs from the
great era of American
popular song. The way you
wear your hat, the way
you sip your tea . . .
no, no, they can't take
that away from me. The
unhurried swing feel of
this arrangement is right
on target for the
sophisticated Gershwin
style. Strong voice
writing and supportive
piano accompaniment. A
classic!
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
A Musical Chorale TTBB TTBB, Piano Alfred Publishing
From the Musical Something Rotten!. Composed by Karey Kirkpatrick ...(+)
From the Musical
Something
Rotten!. Composed
by Karey Kirkpatrick and
Wayne Kirkpatrick.
Arranged by Andy Beck.
Choral Octavo. Alfred Pop
Series. Broadway;
Secular. 20 pages.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.45562).
Choral TTBB choir SKU: CF.CM9571 Eternal Life. Composed by Joseph ...(+)
Choral TTBB choir
SKU:
CF.CM9571
Eternal
Life. Composed by
Joseph P. Webster. Edited
by John Ratledge.
Arranged by Aaron Humble.
Sanford F. Bennett
(1836-1898). Jbc.
Performance Score. With
Standard notation. 12
pages. Duration 3
minutes, 47 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9571.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9571).
ISBN 9781491153659.
UPC: 680160911158. 6.75 x
10.5 inches. Key: Gb
major. English. Sanford
F. Bennett
(1836-1898).
Aaron
Humble's arrangement of
this beloved old favorite
from American hymnody is
appropriate for both
school and church. With
soaring obligato lines
and shimmering harmony,
when sung with a warm and
gentle tone,?The Sweet By
and By?is certain to
paint a picture of a
better time for us all to
look forward. Also
available for SATB Voices
(CM9572). I have great
memories of my family
gathering around the
piano to sing hymns. As
my sister and I learned
more about music through
lessons, band and choir,
we started adding harmony
and really making music.
The old American hymnody
really holds a special
place in my heart.
Webster set Bennett's
text in a time when
American theology had
taken a turn away from
earlier ideas where God
was a god of vengeance
and anger. With this in
mind, this arrangement
should be sung with a
warm and gentle tone
allowing the dissonances
to shimmer, the sweetness
of the harmonies to
bloom, and the obbligato
lines to soar.
4 male voices (CtenTTBar) (TTBB Choir) SKU: HL.49003214 For four male ...(+)
4 male voices (CtenTTBar)
(TTBB Choir)
SKU:
HL.49003214
For
four male voices.
Composed by Gavin Bryars.
Sheet music. Edition
Schott. Classical. Score.
Composed 1988. 16 pages.
Duration 15'. Schott
Music #ED12461. Published
by Schott Music
(HL.49003214).
ISBN
9790220117282. UPC:
888680784249.
8.25x11.75x0.052 inches.
Latin.
Glorious
Hill may be performed by
a male choir.Text by Pico
della Mirandola
(1463-1497) from De
Hominis
Dignitate.Glorious Hill
was commissioned by the
Hilliard Ensemble and
first performed by them
at its summer Festival of
Voices in Lewes, Sussex,
in August 1988. It was
the first piece I wrote
for the ensemble and I
focused on the singers'
unique ability to move
with ease from early
music to tonal music of
the present day. There
were techniques which I
asked for which I hardly
needed to notate - the
staggered breathing of
the two tenors to supply
a continuous unbroken
held note for example -
and the piece moves
between passages for solo
voices and sections of
highly chromatic
homophony, almost as if
the music were switching
between the 12th century
of Perotin and the 16th
century of Gesualdo. Each
of the four voices is
given its own solo
passage, sometimes
accompanied, sometimes
quietly supported by the
other voices.The title,
Glorious Hill comes from
the name of the
small-town Mississippi
setting of Tennessee
Williams' Summer and
Smoke. I wrote the music
for the 1987 production
of this play at the
Leicester Haymarket
Theatre, the first time I
had written any
incidental music for the
stage. Williams makes
very specific demands in
terms of music and there
is one particularly
powerful scene, the
penultimate one,
throughout which music
and atmospheric sound
effects are continuous.
The principle character
Alma argues passionately
about the vital
importance of human
choice with the man to
whom she has, too late,
admitted her love. I
watched this section
every night throughout
the 4 week run of the
play watching the
different ways in which
the actress, Frances
Barber, played the scene.
There is a powerful
emotional and
philosophical connection
between the imagery of
this scene and a passage
from the Renaissance
philosopher Pico della
Mirandola's Oration on
the Dignity of Man which
forms the text of
Glorious Hill. This
passage has been
described as one of the
few passages in
Renaissance philosophy to
treat human freedom in a
modern way. The text,
which is sung in Latin,
is addressed by God to
Adam before the fall from
grace.Gavin Bryars.
I Got Rhythm Chorale TTBB TTBB, Piano Alfred Publishing
Choir Secular (Men's Choir) SKU: AP.48481 Composed by George Gershwin and...(+)
Choir Secular (Men's
Choir)
SKU:
AP.48481
Composed by
George Gershwin and Ira
Gershwin. Arranged by
Mark Hayes. Performance
Music Ensemble; Single
Titles. Alfred Pop Choral
Series. Great American
Songbook; Jazz; Secular;
Standard. Choral Octavo.
16 pages. Alfred Music
#00-48481. Published by
Alfred Music (AP.48481).
UPC: 038081553047.
English.
No one but
Mark Hayes could take
this Gershwin masterpiece
and make it into an
absolutely rip-roaring,
no-holds-barred choral
work. You want rhythm?
You'll get it, in more
ways than you can count
in this outstanding
arrangement of one of
America's great songs. A
classic, by any
standard.
About Alfred
Pop Choral
Series
The
Alfred Pop Series
features outstanding
arrangements of songs
from the popular music
genre. These publications
provide exciting,
contemporary, and
educationally-sound
arrangements for singers
of all ages, from
elementary through high
school, to college and
adult choirs.
Arranged by
Thomas Fettke and Thomas
Grassi. Performance Music
Ensemble; Single Titles.
Alfred Choral Designs.
Sacred; Spiritual;
Traditional. Choral
Octavo. 16 pages. Alfred
Music #00-46970.
Published by Alfred Music
(AP.46970).
UPC:
038081536194. English.
Traditional
Spiritual.
Wow! A
fast swing intro
punctuated by piano,
bass, drums, and finger
snaps leads into a jazzy
arrangement of the
traditional spiritual
unlike any you've ever
heard. The excitement
grabs your ear right away
and doesn't let up,
building to an impressive
climax at the end. Add
your own rhythm section
(parts are free online)
or our smokin' SoundTrax
CD for extra effect.
About Alfred
Choral
Designs
Th
e Alfred Choral Designs
Series provides student
and adult choirs with a
variety of secular choral
music that is useful,
practical, educationally
appropriate, and a
pleasure to sing. To that
end, the Choral Designs
series features original
works, folk song
settings, spiritual
arrangements, choral
masterworks, and holiday
selections suitable for
use in concerts,
festivals, and
contests.
Soprano, SSAATTBB Choir SKU: CA.921100 Composed by John Hoybye. Secular c...(+)
Soprano, SSAATTBB Choir
SKU: CA.921100
Composed by John Hoybye.
Secular choral music;
Carus sheet music series:
Contemporary choral
music. Contemporary Choir
Music. Secular choral
music. Full score.
Duration 15 minutes.
Carus Verlag #CV
09.211/00. Published by
Carus Verlag (CA.921100).
ISBN 9790007188498.
Language:
English.
John
Hoybyes This Human Life!
for solo voice and mixed
choir deals with thoughts
about life and death,
worries and speculations
that occupy our minds.
Described in serious,
humorous, grotesque and
promising words by R. H.
Stoddard, William Blake,
Edward Broadbridge and
Woody Allen. The music is
classical yet
contemporary - and as
always with Hoybye -
coloured by a touch of
jazz.
