Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.955857 Composed by Jacques Offenbach. Arranged by Scott S. Stewart. Concert,Opera,Romantic Period. Octavo. 11 pages. Scott S. Stewart #6476035. Published by Scott S. Stewart (A0.955857). As in The Student Prince and Faust the main character arrives at a tavern packed with students who probably should be studying, but instead they are setting the scene for the real drama… In Les Contes d’Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann) a lively drinking song opens the scene at Luther’s tavern with a rowdy crowd of students teasing bartender Luther and calling for beer and wine.  Originally scored for principle cast members and 4-part men’s chorus, this arrangement of Scene IV of the Prologue: Luther’s Drinking Song ‘Drig! Drig! Drig! Drig!’ is adapted for 4-part SATB ensemble and piano accompaniment.  This exhilarating drinking chorus is a great opener for an evening of drinking songs – or an evening of light outdoor entertainment – or a recital for community engagement.  It is in original French language.  Performance time:2:40+- Bring us your beer, your wine; Fill our glass until morning! Your wine is ours!

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.955853 Composed by Sigmund Romberg. Arranged by Scott S. Stewart. 20th Century,Holiday,Musical/Show,Patriotic. Octavo. 7 pages. Scott S. Stewart #6453919. Published by Scott S. Stewart (A0.955853). Drinking Song (Drink, Drink, Drink) from Sigmund Romberg’s operetta The Student Prince has the distinguished honor of being among the 10 ten most traditional (or classic) drinking songs ever.  At the rustic Inn of Three Golden Apples students enthusiastically sing this tune celebrating the pleasures of drinking and youthful romance.  This arrangement expands the traditional men’s chorus setting to a 4-part SATB ensemble with piano accompaniment. Performance time: 2:15+  A perfect ensemble piece for the out-door beer garden, or a varied program of drinking music, or a community engagement run-out recital.

SATB choir - Digital Download SKU: LX.15-1116 Arranged by Julie Gardner Bray. Octavo. 12 pages. Heritage Music Press #e15/1116. Published by Heritage Music Press (LX.15-1116). UPC: 000308028706.Marvelous gospel/jazz style arrangement of this traditional Underground Railroad map song. Distinctively fresh and different. Dynamic accompaniment. Opportunity for Optional Solo work. A most welcome addition to choral repertoire. Perfect change of pace/contrasting selection. Educational. A winner! Also available for three part mixed 15/1115.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.5005 Composed by William A. Huntley. Gardens, Dining tables, Eating & drinking, Servants, African Americans, Couples, Aged persons, Courtship, Marriage proposals. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.5005). Say But That Tender Word, Yes. Words by Ernest Hardenstein. Music by William A. Huntley. Published 1885 by Chas. F. Escher, Jr., 1242 Girard Ave. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Gardens, Dining tables, Eating & drinking, Servants, African Americans, Couples, Aged persons, Courtship, Marriage proposals. First line reads As to the idol fondly kneels, the pagan at its shrine.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1264673 Composed by Orlande De Lassus. Arranged by Jasper Swank. A Cappella,Historic,Religious,Renaissance. Octavo. 28 pages. Jasper Swank #857504. Published by Jasper Swank (A0.1264673). About the composer Orlando Lasso, Orlande de Lassus, Orlando di Lasso or Orlandus Lassus was born in Bergen (Dutch) or Mons (French) in Henegouwen, Belgium – which was a place in the Habsburg Netherlands at the time – in 1532, and was highly regarded as the best composer of his time. Temopraries appointed him titles like ‘ruler of music’ and ‘master of motets’. The roman-catholic composer was also one of the most productive composers of all times. Among his works are 53 masses for four to eight voices, and 1250 works for two to twelve voices in the form of motets, requiems, madrigals, chansons and songs for choir. Later in life, he wrote German drinking songs, as well as Dutch songs. From the latter category, none have been preserved. One of his drinking songs ‘Un jour vis un foulon qui fouloit’ was translated to English by William Shakespeare, after which it was used in his theatre play ‘Henry IV part 2’. About this work Prophetiae Sibyllarum is a motet in Latin for four voices. Posthumously published in 1600, it sets 12 prophecies attributed to the Sibyls (priestesses of Apollo later adopted by Christians) with a prologue.The movements are catalogued in order under separate opus numbers LV 1048 to 1060. About this edition This edition was notated from the composer’s manuscript (published around 1600), Das Chorwerk (Wolfenbüttel, 1937) and an anonymous reading score. The note values were halved for easier sightreading by modern singers. Recordings by De Labyrintho were studied for interpretation. On the base of these recordings, small checkmarks are added at places where collective breathing moments are suggested. These are not part of the manuscript.Great care has been put in the correct notation of the original work, as well as in solving apparent inconsistencies in the source materials. However, this edition was made purely to acommodate singers to study the melodic lines and should not be used for historic purposes.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.18246 Composed by H. S. Thompson. Families, Celebrations, Eating & drinking, Clothing & dress, Preparedness. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.18246). Cousin Jedediah. Song and Chorus. By H.S. Thompson. Published 1863 by Oliver Ditson & Company in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Families, Celebrations, Eating & drinking, Clothing & dress, Preparedness. First line reads Oh! Jacob, get the cows home and put them in the pen.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.20664 Composed by Stephen Foster. Toasting, Alcoholic beverages, Wine, Friendship, Eating & drinking. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.20664). Foster-Hall Reproductions. When the Bowl Goes Round. Song & Chorus. Words by George Cooper. Music by Stephen C. Foster. Published 1870 by John J. Daly, 179 Eight [sic] Avenue in New York. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Toasting, Alcoholic beverages, Wine, Friendship, Eating & drinking. First line reads In the bosom dwells no sigh, While the goblet's brimming high.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.933611 Composed by John Stafford Smith. Arranged by Thomas Coker. Folk,Patriotic. Octavo. 4 pages. Thomas Rembert Coker Jr #3503513. Published by Thomas Rembert Coker Jr (A0.933611). In 2009 when Sanctuary Choir of South Main Baptist Church in Houston where I served as Music Minister was scheduled to sing the National Anthem for the Houston Astros baseball game, I carefully examined the several arrangements in our library and other resources. Finding nothing which met the simple, straight-forward criteria I was searching for, we created this simple arrangement. Since its addition to the music library it has proven very useful on numerous occasions for a variety of groups. About the National Anthem:The lyrics for The Star-Spangled Banner were written on September 14, 1814 from a British ship in the Baltimore Harbor where attorney Francis Scott Key had waited anxiously through the night as the twenty-five hour bombing of Ft. McHenry progressed. He had been sent to negotiate the release of an American civilian and then was held on board the ship.  At the dawn’s early light when the flag could still be seen indicating the British had not taken the fort, he jotted down this poem which on March 3, 1931 finally became the National Anthem of the United States. Interestingly, it was Robert Ripley who in November of 1929 drew a panel in his syndicated cartoon, Ripley’s Believe It or Not stating Believe It or Not, America has no national anthem. With the encouragement of John Philip Sousa, President Herbert Hoover signed into law the adoption of The Star-Spangled Banner to rectify this situation. According to the Smithsonian, the melody, written by John Stafford Smith, was originally titled Anacreon in Heaven. Anacreon was an ancient Greek poet known for his love of wine and love. The song had become the constitutional song of a London gentlemen’s club called the Anacreontic Society. Could this explain the wide range of the melody? By utilizing this tune to the moving text, this once merry drinking song took on a bold new and powerful meaning. Thomas Coker, August 27, 2015  

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.955864 Composed by Pietro Mascagni. Arranged by Scott S. Stewart. Concert,Opera. Octavo. 9 pages. Scott S. Stewart #6504211. Published by Scott S. Stewart (A0.955864). The Brindisi (drinking song), Viva il vino spumeggiante (Hail to the bubbling wine), from the one Act Italian opera Cavalleria Rusticana (1890), by Pietro Mascagni is sung by Turiddu (tenor), a young villager who recently returned from the army, on Easter Sunday in the main square of a Sicilian village.  He sings praising wine that makes one’s thoughts turn only to happiness.  This arrangement is scored for 4-part SATB ensemble with piano accompaniment. it is in the original Italian text.  The performance time: 2:40+

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.981192 Composed by Judith Cloud (b. 1954). 20th Century,Contemporary. Octavo. 44 pages. Judith Cloud #4621775. Published by Judith Cloud (A0.981192). An Anacreontic poem is a drinking song or light lyric. Lyrics for this piece that won 1st prize in the Sorel Medallion Contest in 2009 are by Abraham Cowley: Love--I'll Sing of Heroes and of Kings; Wallace Stevens excerpt from Canto VII/VIII and and excerpt from Homer's Odyssey. The guitar part uses alternate tunings in the last movement. There are a few places with divisi, but it is minimal. SATB and guitar.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.723486 Composed by Traditional French. Arranged by Garrett Breeze. A Cappella,Christmas. Octavo. 9 pages. Lagom Music #6664657. Published by Lagom Music (A0.723486). This arrangement of Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella draws its character from the story of the text, as well as the melody's historical roots as a drinking/dance song. Generally upbeat and uptempo, the mood of the music tracks closely to the story of Jeanette and Isabella, two young farmhands who have discovered the baby Jesus and rush to inform the whole town and bring them to the manger. Scored for evenly divided SSAATTBB a cappella voices, this powerful setting is a challenging but accessible concert number for more advanced choirs.Find more Christmas music at https://holidaychoirmusic.comVisit https://garrettbreeze.com for a cappella music, blog, and choral commissionsBring a torch! Jeanette, Isabella. Bring a torch, come quickly and run! Christ is born, tell the folk of the village. Mary has laid Him in a manger. Ah! Ah! Beautiful is the mother. Ah! Ah! Virtuous is the father. Ah! Ah! Wonderful is The Child. At the stable who now comes knocking? Who comes knocking upon the door? Grant us entrance, 'tis gifts we come bearing. All of our finest we shall give Him. Toc! Toc! Grant us entrance, gifts we bring. Toc! Toc! Celebrate now the Son!It is wrong when the baby is sleeping, it is wrong to speak so loud. Silence now as you gather around, lest your noise should waken Jesus. Hush! Hush! See how The Baby slumbers. Hush! Hush! See how He smiles in dreams! Hasten now, good folk of the village, hasten now, the Christ Child to see. You will find Him asleep in a manger, look at Him there, His cheeks are rosy! Haste! Haste! Follow Jeanette and run! Haste! Haste! Come, Isabella, come! Haste! Haste! Bring a torch and run!

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1030220 Composed by Edward Woodall Naylor. Arranged by Sarah J. Talbot. Classical,Instructional. Octavo. 4 pages. Sarah J. Talbot #6109015. Published by Sarah J. Talbot (A0.1030220). Originally composed as a 16th Century drinking song. This arrangement would suit a junior choir, or as a warm up for general choral groups. This piece also illustrates the musical 'round' as a musical device. 

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.960301 Composed by Cornish traditional. Arranged by Stephen Smith. Christmas. Octavo. 6 pages. Stephen Smith #6480313. Published by Stephen Smith (A0.960301). St. Day is the name of a village near Redruth in Cornwall, England, where a version of this carol was transcribed from the singing of a local man in the early 1900s. The text is a CliffsNotes version of the life of Christ, relating each event to a different feature of the holly-tree -- blossom, prickle, bark, and berry.  But the tune is a rollicking drinking-song, rousing and fun. The arrangement is inspired by, and dedicated to, one of my musical idols, the great American composer and teacher Alice Parker; hopefully it exemplifies some of the choral-arranging principles she has sought to instill in her students (and anyone else who will listen!) for the past half-century or so. Thank you, Alice!

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB divisi) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1094371 Composed by David Rain. Arranged by David Rain. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary,Renaissance. 6 pages. David Rain, Choral Composer #698441. Published by David Rain, Choral Composer (A0.1094371). “How heavy lies the heart� has drawn inspiration from the traditional French Christmas carol, “Quelle est cette odeur agréable�, which John Gay also set as a boisterous drinking song in the Beggar’s Opera, “Fill every glass, for wine inspires us!� The song also draws inspiration from Josquin’s Missa Pange Lingua. I dedicate this piece to my friends in the composer/singer collective, the Ad hoc Chorale, who tested out this piece in one of our informal workshops and offered valuable comments. Optional endings. Note that choirs have been given the option to choose which of the 3 endings they would like to sing, depending on how they feel the “story line� in the song should best reach its conclusion: (1) The “happy� ending appears to indicate that the narrator has been reunited with the friend or lover who departed. (2) The “less happy� ending plants a seed of doubt that no such reunion has happened; it may be in the narrator’s head. (3) The “even less happy� ending leaves listeners in even more doubt. NB: One day I woke up to the realization that I had independently written four choral works, each of which had evoked a different season, and so it seemed natural to group them together into a choral suite that I have called The Ottawa Four Seasons Suite. “How heavy lies the heart� seemed to work perfectly as the musical representative of an autumnal spirit.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.979971 Composed by Traditional. Arranged by Larry Triplett. A Cappella,Christmas,Classical. Octavo. 5 pages. Larry Triplett #6246679. Published by Larry Triplett (A0.979971). A cappella harmony in the barbershop style for mixed voices.A rousing English seasonal drinking song, associated with Christmas