Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus divisi - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1465704 Composed by Stanley M Hoffman. Arranged by Stanley M Hoffman. 21st Century,Classical,Patriotic. 16 pages. Stanleymhoffman.com #1044314. Published by stanleymhoffman.com (A0.1465704). Based on one of only several poems written by my mother, Jewish Holocaust survivor Rita Hoffman of blessed memory (1927–2018), Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow echoes the words of Hatikvah (The Hope), the national anthem of Israel. I have to believe that she wrote this poem around 1948 because of how it is worded. I of course knew the source of inspiration for this poem when I reread it not long ago—something I had not done since the 1990s—but its having been inspired by Hatikvah was really driven home to me by a Facebook comment. That comment inspired me to compose a piece in which the opening and closing sections are based on the opening melody of Hatikvah, but in which the middle section is newly composed. “Israel was not created in order to disappear - Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and the home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy, and it honors the sword of freedom.” —John F. KennedyMy mother’s brief memoirs are housed at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.  https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502129—Stanley M. Hoffman, 25 June 2024—Only from Blood Does Freedom Grow For so many years a voice sounded in Jewish hearts saying,“We want to have a home, we want to have a life again.”Enough blood has already streamed through rivers,the blood shed by our brothers *[and sisters],they, who for freedom of strangers and nation died.Now, the dream we dreamt for a long time has been awakened in us.We want to ?ght for our state, our country.The moment that we have been waiting for and been praying fortwo thousand years has brought us a spark of hope.We must not despair, for we are nevertheless Jews.We must and must want to persevere.A time will come which itself will become a symbol of our tragedy,and which will remain forever in our hearts -a burning ?ame, and a joyful feast.   —Rita Hoffman (1927–2018)Words: © Copyright 1948 by The Estate of Rita Hoffman.All rights reserved. Used by permission.—Instrumentation 2 Flutes (2 Piccolos)2 Oboes2 Clarinets in Bb2 Bassoons 4 Horns in F2 Trumpets in Bb2 TrombonesTubaTam-tamTimpaniStringsDurationca. 2:30.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB divisi) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1109087 By Kevin Longley. By Kevin Longley. Arranged by Kevin Longley. A Cappella,Christian,Praise & Worship,Religious,Sacred. 10 pages. Kevin Longley #711630. Published by Kevin Longley (A0.1109087). Inspiration While I have recited the Nicene Creed countless times, in July 2021 something changed. The church had cleared the return of the choir, post pandemic, and it was my first Sunday of singing in well over a year. That Sunday as I recited the creed something happened when I reached the line “And His Kingdom Will Have No End�. Was it louder? Was it spoken with greater conviction? Something was different! Maybe it was just me. I'm not sure but all I know is that every Sunday thereafter it had the same impact on me. Within a few weeks I decided to compose a choral piece about that very line. I had to! The Music For the most part the harmony and structure are traditional but do contain harmonic structures with a contemporary flair. The arrangement is refrain, verse, refrain, verse, bridge and then refrain. The first and 3rd refrains are highly similar while the second refrain contains a soprano section descant while featuring the bass's carrying the main melody. The overall intent of the music is that on every return to the refrain, it is louder than the previous refrain. This signifies the singers confidence growing, in the existence of God's Kingdom, after each verse. With that said the piece starts quietly, almost being heard from a distance. The refrain lyrics speak to the hope that we carry for God's kingdom while the verses speak to God and Jesus in a more intimate way. The bridge speaks to the strength of the Kingdom and then leads back to the opening refrain, now in double forte. The high point in the piece is reached where volume, emotion and a significant ritard occur at the phrase “we'll be together�. From there the piece decreases in volume ending in a quiet confidence repeating “No end, no end, no end�.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.932276 Composed by Ben Fielding and Matt Crocker. Arranged by S McLoughlin. Contemporary. Octavo. 6 pages. Stephen McLoughlin #5222565. Published by Stephen McLoughlin (A0.932276).

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.905175 Arranged by Pete Deshler. Contemporary,Folk,Holiday,Patriotic. Octavo. 16 pages. Pete Deshler #5305919. Published by Pete Deshler (A0.905175). This arrangement of America (My Country 'tis of Thee) contains quotes from America, the Beautiful, The Star Spangled Banner and When Johnny Comes Marching Home.  It also has a newly composed piano part and a new ending with many choral flourishes.  This piece was originally created for a large choir with elementary school, middle and high school voices.  It is also appropriate for an SSATB choir.

Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1000239 Composed by Lou Reed. Arranged by Ben Batt. A Cappella. Octavo. 16 pages. Ben Batt #3867525. Published by Ben Batt (A0.1000239). This SSATB arrangement of Perfect Day by Lou Reed is both demanding and rewarding.  Using a capella and polyphonic sections, and splitting the soprano section to introduce a descant in the final choruses (along with modulation), this is truly a climactic concert showpiece.  Arranged by Ben Batt, who has over 20 years of musical directing and writing arrangements for choirs.Please note that this is rated as requiring an advanced level (or a lot of rehearsal time!).

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1404938 By Patrick Watson. By Lou Reed. Arranged by Andrew Emmet. A Cappella,Pop,Rock. 10 pages. Andrew J Emmet #987974. Published by Andrew J Emmet (A0.1404938). SATB A Cappella arrangement with Bass or Tenor solo.Also available with the solo in the Tenor clef.Sung by Lou Reed.

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1404941 By Patrick Watson. By Lou Reed. Arranged by Andrew Emmet. A Cappella,Pop,Rock. 10 pages. Andrew J Emmet #987978. Published by Andrew J Emmet (A0.1404941). SATB A Cappella arrangement with Tenor or Bass solo.Also available with solo in the Bass clef.Sung by Lou Reed.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1026724 Composed by Jesse Holan. Baroque,Folk,Gospel,Renaissance,Spiritual. Octavo. 11 pages. Jesse Holan Enterprises #6359517. Published by Jesse Holan Enterprises (A0.1026724). Maya Angelou's work inspires me, so I set her poem Caged Bird to music with divisi SATB choir and English horn, which represent the cage and the bird, respectively. The longing call of the solo reed instrument tries to escape the clutch of the choir narrating its predicament with voice. It was nice not having to write my own text, but I did choose this poem intentionally at the dawn of the Covid-19 pandemic. My aim was to embody the hollow feeling of living in a society that offers freedom with one hand but firmly directs people with the other. The PDF download includes the score followed by the English Horn part. The piano reduction, not audible in the recording, is nice for rehearsal but optional for the performance. 

Choral Choir,Choral,SATB Chorus - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1438335 By Patrick Watson. By Lou Reed. Arranged by Scott S. Stewart. 20th Century,Contemporary,Rock,Singer/Songwriter,Standards. 12 pages. Scott S. Stewart #1018360. Published by Scott S. Stewart (A0.1438335). “Perfect Day” (1972) by Lou Reed, was originally introduced on the album Transformers. Inspired by a romantic day in Central Park with his fiancée, “Perfect Day” is simply that says Reed “a perfect day…”and yet it seems to mean different things to different people – even the Vatican’s culture minister Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi connected with its poetry.  This arrangement is scored for 4-part SATB ensemble with piano accompaniment.  Performance time: 3:20+- Take a stroll in the park…

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.978050 Composed by Lou Reed. Arranged by Alex Silverman. Contemporary. Octavo. 11 pages. Red Star #5296305. Published by Red Star (A0.978050). Additional String and Soprano Sax parts for Perfect Day, to accompany Alex Silverman's arrangement of Lou Reed's masterpiece. Laconic and chilled-out, this is a favourite with audiences and performers. Very accessible string parts;  the (entirely optional) Sop Sax part is the cherry on top, recalling Courtney Pine's solo on the classic BBC recording, and adding spice and texture. Parts for 2 Violins, Viola, 'Cello, Soprano Sax and FULL Score.  Whole arrangement is for Choir SSAATB with Piano, Strings and Sop Sax. - Vocal Score available on this site, and from alexsilverman.co.uk

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.767971 Composed by Lou Reed. Arranged by Martin Jones. Contemporary. Octavo. 8 pages. Mr Martin Jones #3537351. Published by Mr Martin Jones (A0.767971). A relatively easy SATB/piano arrangement by Martin Jones who leads two large community choirs, Ashton Sings and the Broughton Community Choir, and has a wealth of experience writing and arranging for them.The arrangement follows the Lou Reed song closely, but with an extra final chorus for a more upbeat finish.It is suitable for community choirs, or for choirs who would like to sing an authentic sounding arrangement that is rewarding but not too involved.

Mixed choir (SATB) - intermediate - Digital Download SKU: S9.Q6623 (Silent Songs). Composed by Peteris Vasks. This edition: choral score. Schott Choral Music. Downloadable, Choral score. Duration 10 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q6623. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q6623). Latvian.It is particularly the choral music of Peteris Vasks that reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of his musical settings. He carefully incorporated modern techniques of choral music. Alternating with traditional, or even archaic singing, a very colourful, impressive tonal image develops in front of the listener. The four short homophonous movements are easy to sing, thus having a folksong-like character. We have added to this edition German and English translations for better understanding as well as phonetic transcriptions of the Latvian language.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3375 Composed by L. Louis. Arranged by L. Louis. Love, Friendship, Families, Death, Human life cycle, Comfort. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3375). Departed Days. Song & Chorus. By Wurzel (G.F. Root). Music arranged from the celebrated serenade by L. Louis. Published 1857 by Russell & Tolman, 291 Washington St., Successors to G.P. Reed & Co. & N. Richardson in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Love, Friendship, Families, Death, Human life cycle, Comfort. First line reads Sweet voices from the spiritland I hear, now breathing pure and holy lays.. 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 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.981225 Composed by Judith Cloud. 20th Century,Christmas. Octavo. 8 pages. Judith Cloud #6690569. Published by Judith Cloud (A0.981225). A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG for Chorus, SATB, divisi with piano accompanimentLizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935)The little Jesus came to town;The wind blew up, the wind blew down;Out in the streets the wind was bold;Now who would house Him from the cold?Then opened wide a stable door;Fair were the rushes on the floor;The Ox put forth a horned head:Come, little Lord, here make Thy bed.Uprose the Sheep were folded near:Thou Lamb of God, come, enter here.He entered there to rush and reed,Who was the Lamb of God indeed.The little Jesus came to town;With ox and sheep He laid Him down;Peace to the byre, peace to the fold,For they that housed Him from the cold!