SKU: CA.221000
Composed by Various.
Edited by Jan Schumacher.
Choral collections,
LIEDERPROJEKT. Lieder for
choir, Sacred vocal
music, Secular choral
music. Choir Book. Carus
Verlag #CV 02.210/00.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.221000).
ISBN
M-007-24681-5.
A
compact multi-themed
choral collection for
unaccompanied mixed
chorus - and in the best
sense, a best of current
song arrangements! With
35 contemporary song
arrangements, the choral
collection offers the
right song for many
occasions: for concerts,
weddings, and other
celebrations, for
Christmas time, or even
for ending a choir
rehearsal with a
nocturne. The focus of
the collection lies in
folk songs, love songs,
nocturnes, and Christmas
carols. All the song
arrangements were
composed in the last
fifteen years, and were
mainly commissioned for
Carus choral collections
published as part of the
LIEDERPROJEKT - the
charitable project
supporting singing with
children. the works of
around 30 highly
experienced arrangers are
brought together in the
volume, including Matt
hias E. Becker, Ludwig
Bohme, Wolfram
Buchenberg, Thomas
Gabriel, Gunther Martin
Gottsche, John Hoybye,
Veit Hubner, Burkhard
Kinzler, Giacomo
Mezzalira, Vytautas
Miskinis, Vic Nees, Peter
Schindler, Robert Sund,
Christoph Schonherr,
Jozef Świder and
Alan Wilson. Their
arrangements
reflect the variety
of styles - from
contemporary arrangements
in classic harmonisations
to pieces from jazz, pop,
folk, and dance music -
with which today's
composers can breathe new
life into traditional
melodies and texts. The
song repertoire is also
distinguished by its wide
variety: classics of the
German folk song and
Christmas carol
repertoire (Kein schoner
Land, Leise rieselt der
Schnee, etc.) are
included in the choral
collection as well as
excursions into the song
repertoire of other
countries (La vie en
rose, Twinkle, twinkle,
little star, etc.) All
the arrangements are of
easy to medium
difficulty, so
making this new music,
with its wide range of
styles, accessible to as
many choirs as possible.
Audio samples of most of
the arrangements are
available at
www.carus-verlag.com/2210
to get to know the works.
Complete recordings are
available as a separate
digital album under the
title LIEDER - folksongs
for choir on all the
popular music platforms.
In short, a
beautiful-sounding
musical treasure trove of
outstanding song settings
for all sorts of
occasions - at an
attractive bargain price!
35 song arrangements for
unaccompanied mixed choir
by leading choral
composers well-known
tunes in contemporary,
fresh styles for
concerts, Christmas,
weddings and other
celebrations, for the end
of rehearsals, or as an
encore recordings
available as a digital
album attractive price
The many specially
commissioned song
arrangements underline
Carus-Verlag's promotion
of new choral music, as
impressive an endeavor as
the nurturing of the
traditional song
repertoire. Jan
Schumacher.
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