Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.990230

Composed by Jessie Thompson. Classical,Contemporary,Sacred. Octavo. 10 pages. Jessie Thompson #595909. Published by Jessie Thompson (A0.990230).

An atmospheric and dramatic choral setting of a moving poem by H.W.Longfellow. Set for SATB voices and piano, this piece tells the story of 3 singers at different stages of life who are sent to Earth to touch the hearts of men. This work will certainly move your audience. A great addition to any concert.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1028908

Composed by Klaus Breuninger. Contemporary,Romantic Period,World. Octavo. 1 pages. Klaus Breuninger #4405546. Published by Klaus Breuninger (A0.1028908).

4-part choral setting of the poem by Joseph von Eichendorff

Schlagzeug ad lib.: 4 Plattengl. [c, e, As, G] · 3 Tamt. · Sandbl. · Maracas · gr. Tr.) (1 Spieler, nur in Nr. VI u. IX, kann evlt. von Sänger/in übernommen werden) mixed choir (SATB) a cappella (and 1 percussion ad libitum) - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q17858

Motette nach Gedichten von Kurt Marti. Composed by Heinz Holliger. This edition: choral score. Schott Chamber Choir. Downloadable, Choral score. Duration 25 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q17858. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q17858).

German.

The writings of the Swiss pastor and poet Kurt Marti are characterised by a wide-ranging discussion on belief which frequently takes on a political dimension. This also applies to the poems which Heinz Holliger has selected for his work hölle himmel: a vision of life after death is accompanied by numerous other more worldly themes ranging from the unbridled avarice of multinational companies to the recognition that ’atomic waste will kill our grandchildren’.

Mixed choir (SATB) and orchestra - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q3162

Für gemischten Chor und Orchester. Composed by Hans Werner Henze. This edition: study score. Music Of Our Time. Downloadable, Study score. Duration 55 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q3162. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q3162).

German.

The theme of Henze’s Ninth Symphony is his German homeland as he remembers it during the days of his youth and during the war years. He has written this work in homage to all the people who fought back against the oppression of the Third Reich and sacrificed their lives for freedom of thought. Hans-Ulrich Treichel adapted the text from a poem by Anna Seghers. Henze has called the symphony ‘an apotheosis of the terrible and the painful’. The pinnacle of his prolific and varied œuvre, it is worlds apart from ‘Freude schöner Götterfunken’.

My Ninth Symphony deals with my German homeland – as it appeared to me when I was a young man, during the war, and even earlier. Instead of hymning joy, the beautiful divine spark, the men and women of my Ninth Symphony spend the evening conjuring up a world of horror and persecution that is still with us today and that continues to cast its shadows over us. Hans Werner Henze

3 (2. auch Picc., 3. auch Picc. u. Altfl.) · 3 (2. auch Ob. d'am., 3. auch Engl. Hr.) · Heckelphon · 3 (2. auch Kb.-Klar., 3. auch Bassklar.) · 3 (3. auch Kfg.) - 6 · 4 · 5 (1. Alt-, 2. u. 3. Tenor-, 4. Bass-, 5. Kb.-Pos.) · 1 (im 6. Satz Kb.-Tb.) - P. S. (3 hg. Beck. [h./m./t.] · Beckenpaar · 3 Tamt. [h./m./t.] · 3 Tomt. [h./m./t.] · 3 Bong. [h./m./t.] · Tamb. · kl. Tr. · gr. Tr. [mit und ohne Beck.] · Woodbl. · Metallbl. · hg. Glasplättchen · Kast. · Mar. · Guiros [normal und sehr groß] · Ratsche · Peitsche · Amboss · Donnerblech · Bronzeplatte · Polizeipf. [Trillerpf.] · Sir. · 3 Flex. [verschiedene Tonhöhen] · Tempelbl. · Crot. · Röhrengl. · chin. Gongs · Glsp. · Vibr. · Marimba) (7 Spieler) - Hfe. · Cel. · Klav. · Org. (nur im 6. Satz) - Str.

SATB Chorus & Piano - Digital Download

SKU: IZ.VMF221

Composed by Richard Sorce. Octavo. 13 pages. Imagine Music - Digital #VMF221. Published by Imagine Music - Digital (IZ.VMF221).

8.5 x 11 inches.

The poem A Psalm of Life by H.W. Longfellow is a testament to viewing life in the most positive way, and not by dwelling on its hardships or past crises. Nowhere is it written that this life journey should or must be viewed in any negative way.

Modulations that occur in several areas are meant to emphasize critical ideas of the poem, and the performers should take note of the melodic stress that occurs among the various parts (See measures 33 and 41). Dynamics are important in relaying the meaning of the text and should be observed, although the conductor should feel free to augment these whenever she or he deems it necessary. As always, relaying the meaning of the words through the music should always be considered the primary goal of the performance.

Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1272527

By A.A. Milne. By H. Fraser-Simson. Arranged by Christopher Santanelli. 20th Century,Film/TV. 6 pages. Christopher Santanelli #864752. Published by Christopher Santanelli (A0.1272527).

Halfway Down the Stairs

Based on the poem by A.A. Milne
Music by H. Fraser-Simson

Arranged for SATB voices with Piano

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.916725

Composed by Mikael Carlsson. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Spiritual. Octavo. 11 pages. Soundtracks Live #3480475. Published by Soundtracks Live (A0.916725).

Composed by Mikael Carlsson, lyrics by H.P. Lovecraft. Composition year: 2014. Secular.  

A colourful and dramatic a cappella setting of H.P. Lovecraft's mystic poem from the 1918 short novel 'Polaris'. SATB divisi writing infused with an abundance of expressive harmony and great dynamics brings the lyrics to life:

Slumber, watcher, till the spheres,
Six and twenty thousand years
Have revolv’d, and I return
To the spot where now I burn.
Other stars anon shall rise
To the axis of the skies;
Stars that soothe and stars that bless
With a sweet forgetfulness
Only when my round is o’er
Shall the past disturb thy door. 

Choral score with piano reduction for rehearsal purposes. 9 pages. Duration: 5:30.

Suitable for concert programs concerning themes such as night, evening, sleep, death, sorrow, loss, spirituality, faith, stars, forgiveness, space, time, universe.

Discover more music by Mikael Carlsson at http://www.mikaelcarlsson.com

SSATB chorus a cappella - Digital Download

SKU: BJ.1481

Composed by HÃ¥kan Svensson. Secular. 12 pages. Bo Ejeby Forlag - Digital #1481. Published by Bo Ejeby Forlag - Digital (BJ.1481).

8.27 x 11.7 inches.

In 'The peace of wild things', the American poet Wendell Berry (born 1934) deals with existential anxiety. Though published in 1968, the message is just as urgent today. Our news feeds shower us with reports about war, climate and environmental catastrophes, and about authoritarian regimes advancing their positions. What will become of us? What kind of world are we passing on to our children?
This poem gives me a ray of hope in the midst of despair, offering a moment’s rest while my own – and all mankind’s – smallness is revealed. It also allows me to sense the presence of something greater.
My musical interpretation is based on these reflections. The conflict between anxiety and peace, dissonance and consonance, open textures versus clusters. The piece and its phrases are well-suited to interpretation, and to being performed with a great deal of freedom. – Håkan Svensson.

SATB choir unaccompanied - Medium - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.8704-E

Composed by Alice Parker. Instrument parts. 8 pages. Duration 2 minutes, 45 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8704-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8704-E).

English.

Commissioned by Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to celebrate the service of William H. Mathis, Minister of Music and Fine Arts. It was first performed on June 11, 2017. The noble spaciousness of this wonderful poem by Catherine Cameron is set to original music expressed in the nature of an arpeggio, which can take us to the heights in just an instant. Trumpet calls echo through this arrangement: you'll find them in all the parts. For SATB chorus, sometimes in unison, sometimes in two parts, the piece moves to its soaring conclusion, “Great Creator, give us guidance, Till our goals and yours are one.� Duration 2:45.

SATB chorus, Unison chorus - Digital Download

SKU: C7.CGA938

Composed by Thomas H Troeger. General. With Organ, handbells (4 octaves), 2 Bb trumpets, 2 trombones, and French horn. Sacred Anthem. Full score. 40 pages. Chorister's Guild - Digital #CGA938. Published by Chorister's Guild - Digital (C7.CGA938).

UPC: 749193007662.

Using the text of a beautiful poem by Shirley Erena Murray, this anthem for intergenerational choirs (children, youth, and adults) features a gently flowing melody that later joins a secondary tune. The piece culminates as both melodies occur simultaneously, leading to a quiet, reflective ending. Adults singers can be substituted in the absence of children and youth choirs. This anthem was commissioned by Choristers Guild for the 2002 Choristers Guild Summer Seminars in Kansas City, Missouri and Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Soprano Voice, Choir, SATB - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Joy DeCoursey- Porter. 21st Century, 20th Century. Score. 9 pages. Published by Joy DeCoursey- Porter

SATB - Advanced Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Jonathan Adams. 21st Century, Secular. Octavo. 21 pages. Published by Jonathan Adams

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 1 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.841363

Composed by Felix Bartholdy Mendelssohn, Samuel Arnold, and William H. Cummings. Arranged by Michele Galvagno. Christian,Christmas,Praise & Worship,Sacred. Octavo. 18 pages. Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele #6098159. Published by Artistic Score Engraving di Galvagno Michele (A0.841363).

This year's Christmas publication choice fell on a song very dear to me: Hark! The herald angels sing. The text, inspired by Luke’s Gospel (2:14), appears for the first time in a collection of Christmas carols called Hymns and Sacred Poems in 1739, jointly written by Charles Wesley (1707-1788 ) and George Whitefield (1714-1770), two of the founding members of the Methodist movement.

The version we know today is the one adapted by William H. Cummings (1831-1915) from the section Vaterland, in deinen Gauen of the Festgesang zum Gutenbergfest, WoO 9, by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (1809-1847). The story, however, is more complex and articulated than that.

The original version of the text, written by Wesley, bearing the title Hymn for Christmas-Day, had received only slow and solemn music for its verses, music now almost completely discarded. Also, his original opening lines were Hark! How all the welkin rings / Glory to the King of Kings .

The version that has been passed to us is the result of alterations made by different hands, especially those of Whitefield, who changed the initial couplet into the one we know today.

In 1840-one hundred years after the publication of Hymns and sacred Poems-Mendelssohn composed a cantata commemorating Johann Gutenberg’s invention of movable-type printing. The English musician William H. Cummings finally adapted Mendelssohn’s music around 1855 in order to fit the music to the verses and give it its present look.

In this edition we propose the version that every listener expects to hear when reading the title on the programme and, immediately after, one of the few original versions that have reached us in their entirety, that is the one set to music by Samuel Arnold (1740-1802) and available today in The British Minstrel, and Musical and Literary Miscellany, vol. 3, published in 1843.

The proposed instrumentations are those of the classical string quartet and the cello quartet. Both variants are very simple to perform and are certainly suitable for small string ensembles formed in musical schools. In the cello quartet version, the only relatively complex part is that of the first cello, which should be left to the teacher or to a student able to play up to the 7th position without excessive troubles.

I hope this music can bring you the serenity that made me prepare it.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1032082

Composed by Daniel H. Dodson, with text by Walt Whitman. Contemporary. Octavo. 5 pages. Dan Dodson #4360863. Published by Dan Dodson (A0.1032082).

A lush SATB setting of one of Walt Whitman's most notable poems, When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer is fitting for choirs that are comfortable with mixed meter and close harmony. .