PARTITIONS GRATUITES : CHœUR SATB
- Tread Softly

String quartet

SKU: HH.HH389-FSP

Composed by Litha Efthymiou. Two Violins, Viola, Violoncello. Full score and parts. Duration 10 minutes. Edition HH Music Publishers #HH389-FSP. Published by Edition HH Music Publishers (HH.HH389-FSP).

ISBN 9790708146032.

The inspiration for Tread Softly came from two contrasting sources: the religious music of early medieval Spain, and Debbie Locke’s work of art ‘Retracing Your Steps - Bristol I’. Although over a thousand years apart, these two sources share a common feature - a powerful sense of movement enclosed within a static form. In early Spanish music this manifests in the use of extended melisma, and in Locke’s work it is depicted through the seemingly moving, web-like form of the central image. Tread Softly explores the idea of movement within stasis through the use of a main melodic gesture that transforms very slowly, but constantly, throughout.

High voice and piano - Late Intermediate

SKU: EC.9278

Composed by Joseph Stillwell. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #9278. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.9278).

UPC: 600313311185. English.

Songs of Love and Solace traces a young man's journey of love and heartbreak. The cycle of four texts by Irish poet William Butler Yeats begins with Brown Penny. This short poem depicts a young man infatuated with the idea of falling in love, and then becoming awestruck as he contemplates the depths of love’s power. In the second poem, He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven, the poet, speaking to his beloved, realizes he has nothing of value to offer but his dreams. Tread softly, he implores, because you tread on my dreams.” In When You Are Old, we find our poet heartbroken. In his grief he peers into the future and foresees his beloved, in old age, remembering the depth and purity of their forsaken love: “But one man love the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.” In the final song, The Lake Isle of Innisfree,” the poet, saddened but wiser, wistfully resolves to escape the struggles and heartbreaks of his modern existence, and seek solace in the beauty and calm of nature. Songs may be performed separately.

Composed by Jeffrey Van. Christmas, Sacred. Octavo. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #9119. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing

SSA/SSAA choir, 2 flutes - Intermediate

SKU: MN.50-1551

Composed by Richard Horn. Christmas, 21st Century. Octavo. MorningStar Music Publishers #50-1551. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-1551).

UPC: 688670515514.

Delic ate with treble voices interspersed with brief ritornello for two flutes (old Austrian style). Lends itself to verses ofAway in a Manger. Especially effective when children sing upper parts. Flute parts included.