PARTITIONS GRATUITES : CHœUR SSATB A CAPPELLA
- Four motets

SATB choir, a cappella or with organ - Difficult

SKU: PL.9606

Composed by Randall Giles. Cathedral. Choral, Concert, Lent. Choral score. Paraclete Press #9606. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.9606).

Four Motets and a Chorale are choral interpolations drawn from Randall Giles' Latin setting of St. John's Passion. Movements I, II and V have organ accompaniment, primarily derived from the choral parts. Perhaps the best-known of these texts is Crux fidelis--Faithful Cross--which is set as a traditional four-part chorale. In the other four movements, Dr. Giles blends chromatic voice leading and varied meters (often within wide tessituras) to augment the naturally expressive sense of the texts.

Easily the most difficult music of this lot is Randall Giles's stunning Four Motets and a Chorale. Quia id quod accidit and Vinea mea electa are unaccompanied pieces of uncompromising dissonance and difficulty; Attolite portas and Christus factus est are accompanied works with triadic harmony. In the former, the energy of the counterpoint gives off a glistening intensity, whereas in the latter unrelated major and minor chords are juxtaposed like primary colors to create sensuous vibrancy of a Gustav Klimt canvas. The original accompaniment of these movements is for organ and brass sextet, which may be rented from Paraclete Press. Mr. Giles was kind enought to submit the chorale, Crux fidelis, it's a beauty, and it's a keeper! - AAM Journal.

Tenebrae factae sunt. By Francis Poulenc. (SATB). Choral. Size 7x10.5 inches. 8 pages. Published by Salabert.

By Stephanie Martin. For SATB choir, a cappella. Sacred. Choral score. Published by Cypress Choral Music

Composed by Maurice Durufl�©. For Choral (SSA A Cappella). Editions Durand. 12 pages. Editions Durand #DF16080. Published by Editions Durand

SKU: CA.9114700

Composed by Johannes Kyrzinger. Edited by Konrad Ruhland. This edition: Paperbound. Sacred vocal music, motets. German title: Vier Motetten 1600801. Sacred, Motets. Full score. Composed 1695. 24 pages. Carus Verlag #CV 91.147/00. Published by Carus Verlag (CA.9114700).

ISBN 9790007120214.

Choral (SATB)

SKU: HL.48180116

Choral Mixed Accompanied. Composed by Marcel Dupré. Leduc. Classical. Softcover. Alphonse Leduc #AL15976. Published by Alphonse Leduc (HL.48180116).

Composed by Marcel Dupre, Laudate is the last of the Four Motets. Written for a mixed SATB and two organs, the lyrics are in Latin and the volume includes all the scores: female soprano and alto, male tenor and bass and the two organ scores. The piece is introduced by the two organs and the male voices are the first to start singing (tenor, followed quickly by the bass). The full SATB then sings together, sometimes alternated by the organs and the organ parts include an outstanding toccata. Laudate is an amazing way to finish this series with a triumphant and glorious celebration of God. The organ scores require some upper intermediate skills, with the knowledge of pedals and the vocal parts, quite demanding, evolve in polyphony and polyrhythm. Marcel Dupre is a French composer and virtuoso organist who won the Prix de Rome in 1914. He became famous when he played the works of Bach in its totality from memory in 1920. He later became the professor of many renowned students at the Paris Conservatoire such as Olivier Messiaen, Jean Langlais and Pierre Cochereau amongst others.