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?

By Greg Gilpin. For TTBB choir, Descant, piano. Concert, Graduation. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press. (15/2457H)

By Orazio Vecchi. Arranged by William Powell. (TTBB A Cappella). Treasury Choral. Festival. 4 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

Composed by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Edited by Harald Wanger. For choir. This edition: Paperbound. Choral collections for men's choir. German title: Weltliche Musik fur Mannerchor rot. Choral collection. Published by Carus Verlag

(30 Songs - Men's Edition). By Andrew Lloyd Webber. Vocal Collection. Softcover. 162 pages

Composed by Robert Wadsworth Lowry. Arranged by Stephen Caracciolo. For TTB/TBB/TTBB divisi. Secular, 21st Century. Medium. Octavo. Text Language: English. Published by Galaxy Music Corporation

Composed by David Conte (1955-). Arranged by David Conte. Advanced/Collegiate. Secular, 21st century. Piano/choral score for TTBB version. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.8196).

Men's choir (TTBB) (Male choir (TTBB)) - Level 4

SKU: BA.BA07416

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.”

Mårten 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 “Carmen”, 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.

By John Sheppard. Arranged by Sally Dunkley. For SATTBB choir, a cappella. This edition: MDD. Mixed Voices. Musica dei Donum. Sacred Choral Leaflet. Vocal score. Duration 12'

Choral TTBB choir

SKU: PR.312416820

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.  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.

Arranged by Stephen Caracciolo. For TTBB choir, a cappella. Cantus series. Choral. Grade 1. Octavo. 7 pages. Duration 3 minutes 15 seconds. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company

Arranged by Stephen Smith. For TTBB choir and piano. Octavo. Published by Cypress Choral Music

Composed by Shelton Ridge Love. Beckenhorst Press #BP2249. Published by Beckenhorst Press

TTBB choir, piano accompaniment - Intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1926

Composed by Kyle Pederson. Walton Choral. Classical. Octavo. 12 pages. Walton Music #WW1926. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1926).

UPC: 785147036760. English. Text by Kyle Pederson.

The text of this work invites the listener to imagine a world without weapons of war, where the human experience is defined through the lens of mercy and compassion. Impactful with a supportive piano accompaniment. (Option al full score and parts for violin and cello accompaniment available for PDF purchase here.).

TTBB choir, piano reduction, fiddle, cello, guitar - Early intermediate

SKU: GI.WW1752

Composed by Stephen Foster. Arranged by Nicholas Johnson. Concert, School. Walton Choral. Classical. Octavo. 16 pages. Walton Music #WW1752. Published by Walton Music (GI.WW1752).

UPC: 785147014362. English. Text by Stephen C. Foster.

A simple expression of empathy for those less fortunate, Hard Times, offers a universal message that we can perservere through difficult times. This setting for men's chorus with guitar and strings is a dynamic and modern interpretation. The arrangement can be used with a soloist or with a section of tenors. Guitar lead sheet available for free download. Recording: University of Kentucky Men's Chorus, Jefferson Johnson, conductor, Eric Poore, soloist.

By Kenneth Jennings. For choir. (TTBB). Choral Octavos. Cantus. Secular. Choral Octavo. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

By Timothy Takach. For choir. (TTBB). Choral Octavos. Cantus. Sacred. Choral Octavo. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

(A Zimbabwe Greeting). Composed by Rosephanye Powell. Arranged by William C. Powell. Festival Choral. Festival, Male Voices, Multicultural, Concert, African. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hal Leonard (HL.147423).

Arranged by Erick Lichte. For TTBB choir, optional vocal solo, a cappella. Cantus (Music for Men's Voices). Sacred, Choral, Christmas. Octavo. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company . Octavo. Sacred, Choral, Christmas.

By Alan Dunbar. For choir. (Ttbb). Choral Octavos. Cantus (Music for Men's Voices). Sacred. Choral Octavo. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

By David Montoya. (TTBB a cappella). Pavane Choral. Sacred. Size 7x10.5 inches. 12 pages. Published by Pavane Publishing.