Richard Rodney Bennett presents a set of delightful yet simple Piano pieces based around the traditional song of the Twelve Days Of Christmas. This particular title contains pieces seven to twelve and the full set has been recorded by the composer on his My Keyboard Friends CD release.

Written for the soprano Laura Wright this is an arrangement of the traditional folk song The Ash Grove.The Ash Grove by Patrick Hawes is from the album The Last Rose which went to No. 1 in the classical charts.

Collection. Whether you have a developing choir, elementary choir or even a beginning high school choir, music educators need quality and exciting choral literature for both male and female singers and the ever-changing vocal challenges of this age group. Two-part chorals are excellent tools to build bridges to the art of choral singing for young and inexperienced singers. They can also be valuable assessment tools for more experienced singers or at the beginning of the school year for new choirs. Let Music Live! Energetic and Inspiring Chorals for 2-Part Singers is designed to add energy, excitement and inspiration to rehearsal and performance. Ten gospel, Christmas/holiday, Latin settings, novelty, original and inspirational texts and folk and traditional songs fill this REPRODUCIBLE collection that can be used all year long. Rehearsal suggestions with warm-ups are included for each piece along with choreography and additional instrumentation for selected chorals. The online access to Full Performance and Accompaniment Only audio recordings and Singer PDF parts makes this collection a real budget stretcher!

Easy Music for Strings - Grade 2. Par . This iconic traditional Irish medley shines in this accessible arrangement by Larry Moore. Moore's cut-time version begins in G major and modulates to A major for the final section, providing much-needed experience with C-sharps and G-sharps! / Date parution : 2022-12-12/ Répertoire / Ensemble de Cordes

The melodies of MAURICE RAVEL (1875-1937) span the entire chronology of his creative output, from his earliest song BALLADE DE LA REINE MORTE D`AIMER (1893), written during his student years at the Paris Conservatory, to the cycle DON QUICHOTTE À DULCINEE (1932-33), his last compositions in any genre. In his songs, Ravel's text settings display a meticulous attention to detail. Ravel´s melodies are elegant and refined, classical in their phrase structure. In his treatment of rhythm, Ravel finds subtlety within traditional meters, and dance forms-minuet, waltz, folk dances (especially Spanish dance) -also shape the rhythm in many of his songs. / Voix Moyenne(s) Et Piano

Embark on a voyage of discovery with this captivating collection of 14 new Pacific Preludes from the creator of Microjazz inspired by traditional music from the shores of the world’s largest ocean. Explore the rich and varied musical landscape of the Pacific Rim as each Prelude weaves together native themes from countries including Australia Canada China Costa Rica Japan Peru New Zealand and the United States of America with Christopher Norton’s characteristically innovative popular music styles. Ideal for intermediate to advanced-level keyboard players these pieces are perfect for the concert platform as well asproviding excellent teaching material. An accompanying CD puts each Prelude on the map with stylish demonstration performances by Iain Farrington.

The merger of the first Nation and modern Albertan cultures-Drums of the Saamis was commissioned by the Medicine Hat Concert Band Society of Medicine Hat Alberta Canada. The piece chronicles the merger of the First Nation (first natives) and modern Albertan cultures.The opening tribal drums followed by the haunting melody simulating the traditional wooden flute comprise two themes that are the foundation for the entire piece. Both elements are developed varied and enhanced throughout as the listener senses the increasing influence of modern day Alberta through the use of modern sounding chords and rhythms.By the end the marriage of the old and the new is complete. This powerful work closesas it began; a restatement of themes representing the musical and historical foundation of the region. Dur: 5:00

Joan Boytim has selected some of the easisest songs in English from The First Book of Solos series and transposed them for a different voice type for many of the selections in Introduction to Art Song, making the songs available to more students. Additionally, other suitable songs, not found in other Boytim collections, have been included. Each voice type has a unique song list. These books may be used by students in traditional voice lessons or by voice classes. / Baryton

The Holly And The Ivy is a work by Julian Marshall for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. A setting of the traditional poem a performance lasts around 2 and a half minutes. 'Not an arrangement but a newly composed tune to familiar words this is fun. With its jazzy rhythms and blue notes choirs and audiences will enjoy this setting – but in order for it to sound effortless and natural much preparation will need to be given to the details not least the chromaticism starting in the first bar!' 'Sunday By Sunday' December 2017

“Nordic Polska” is a combination of traditional Swedish and Finnish folksongs arranged for performance by LEVELELEVEN a combination of The Real Group and Rajaton. Using scatting and nonsense syllables the sound of the folksongs shines through. A beautiful and other-worldly sound. Available for mixed voices and men's chorus.

This is a new edition of Béla Bartók's popular Romanian Folk Dances in its original scoring for Solo Piano. With fascinating background notes and unique imagery, this publication is essential for pianists interested in the work of the Hungarian composer.When Bartók was just 23 years old, he visited the Transylvanian town of Gerlicepuszta. Overhearing a lullaby sung by a teenage servant girl named Lidi Dósa, he quizzed her about it and noted it down. This was the beginning of a passion for folk music that would go on to change the course of the composer's life and work.Romanian Folk Dances remains one of Bartók's most popular and enduring works, evoking the folk melodies combined with his own idiosyncratic harmonies and textures. Each of the six short pieces here is based on a traditional melody which Bartók penned during his travels. Including newly engraved masterpieces Stick Dance, Waistband Dance, In One Spot, Dance From Butschum, Romanian Polka and Fast Dance, this sheet music collection features editorial revisions guided by recordings of Bartók's own performance. The notation also includes fingering guidance throughout.Romanian Folk Dances also features a specially-written introduction as well as some fantastic photographs that both tell the story of the young composer and the intriguing backstory of this work. One of the most important 20th century composers and, along with Liszt, one of Hungary's finest musical minds, Bartók held a strong fascination for folk music. Through his studies, recordings and arrangements, he composed some incredible music like these Romanian Folk Dances, while simultaneously initiating the field of ethnomusicology. / Piano

Par SMITH PAUL. Written for SATB choir and piano, with optional audience participation, Pas de deux is a work consisting of five movements by Paul Smith, the co-founder of VOCES8 and author of The VOCES8 Method. The movements can be performed individually or as one complete work. Pas de deux is inspired by the dance duet found in ballet, and the music takes the duet element of the dance to create a relationship between the performers and audience, enabling interaction between them and giving the option for performers and audience to make music together. Suitable for all ages, this piece offers opportunities both to create and to perform, informed by Paul Smith’s expertise in leading participatory music events with hundreds of thousands of people around the world. A five-movement work inspired by the dance, pas de deux Incorporates a wide range of musical styles, from contemporary classical to traditional Zulu Encourages a musical interaction between performer and audience Suitable for singers (and audiences) of all ages Incorporates well-known themes from the ballets of Tchaikovsky Paul Smith’s Pas de deux is part of the Edition Peters Choral Workshop Series. / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes SATB et Piano

Par MACMILLAN JAMES. A setting of passages from the Book of Revelation, with particular reference to the angels who appear with seven trumpet blasts, heralding a series of apocalyptic scenes. Commissioned by Jeffrey Skidmore, director of Ex Cathedra, and first performed by them at Birmingham Town Hall in 2015. The composer states, ?There is a vividness and strangeness in these dramatic texts, which are endlessly fascinating and disturbing. The instruments used here are based on the various instrumental types mentioned throughout scripture ? trumpets, harp, bells, cymbals, tabor, rebec.? These are scored for mostly in their modern forms, but shofars (Jewish ritual temple trumpets) and early trumpets are also used. The choral writing shows a similar contrast between traditional and contemporary scoring, with polyphony and homophony alongside extended vocal techniques, including Sprechstimme. Leading choral director Paul Spicer comments, ?This is an extremely dramatic work which draws the listener into the apocalyptic story line ? The ending is cataclysmic.? / Niveau : Difficile / Date parution : 2022-11-08/ Répertoire / Choeur SATB et Piano

At The Boar's Head (Op. 42) is an opera by Gustav Holst described by the composer as 'A Musical Interlude In One Act'. The libretto also by Holst is taken from Shakespeare's plays Henry IV Part 1 and Henry IV Part 2. It was written in 1924 based on folk songs and traditional country dance tunes and first performed in 1925.Gustav Holst (1874-1934) was an English composer and teacher. Having studied under Stanford and Parry he became a close friend of Vaughan Williams they would often critique each other’s work and influenced composers such as Tippet and Britten. He is best remembered for hisPlanets suite.

The traditional Catalan carol Fum Fum Fum has here been arranged by William Llewellyn for SA chorus with Piano accompaniment. Originally published in Merrily on High (NOV032121).