Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.881123

Composed by Rafael Isaza / Ricardo Perez. Arranged by Cesar Alejandro Carrillo. A Cappella,Christmas,Romantic Period,World. Octavo. 12 pages. Cesar Alejandro Carrillo #3860075. Published by Cesar Alejandro Carrillo (A0.881123).

In Venezuela, the word aguinaldo has two meanings. It is synonymous with a gift that is given at Christmas, but also refers to a very popular musical genre in our own country of the Christmas season. This genre represents the quintessential musical expression of Venezuelan Christmas. Modesta Bor, our composition teacher, always instilled in us the cultivation of this genre in the repertoire of our choirs and as creative work, in order to preserve it from its disappearance before the overwhelming invasion of other musical genres strange to our traditional Christmas holidays.

Purísima and A ti te cantamos, they are part of the musical heritage of the 19th century in Venezuela. Out of the creative genius of Rafael Isaza and Ricardo Pérez, respectively, are two of the most beautiful aguinaldos collected, among many others, by the Maestro Vicente Emilio Sojo, and are part of our Christmas tradition. They are two praises to the Virgin Mary, mother of the Child Jesus. Either can be sung a cappella, although they can also be accompanied by our traditional cuatro.

Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella - Digital Download

SKU: S9.Q7182

Composed by Viktor Ullmann. This edition: choral score. Schott Choral Music. Downloadable, Choral score. Duration 5 minutes. Schott Music - Digital #Q7182. Published by Schott Music - Digital (S9.Q7182).

Hebrew.

Viktor Ullmann composed his choral arrangements of Hebrew, Yiddish and Chassidic songs in the ghetto of Theresienstadt in 1943/1944. In the function of “Head of the Studio for New Music�, Ullmann made a significant contribution to the so-called “leisure activities� in the ghetto. The works were evidently intended for the repertoire of the various choirs at Theresienstadt, including children’s choirs such as the Karel Vrbas Youth Choir in which Ullmann’s son Max also sang. There is no evidence to confirm that Ullmann’s choral works were actually performed in Theresienstadt, for example in one of the frequent concerts given by Rafael Schächter’s choir of up to a hundred voices (cf. Milan Kuna, Musik an der Grenze des Lebens, 21998. p.313). The German translations below first appeared in the song book Makkabi-Liederbuch published in Berlin in 1930 (2nd edition 1935) which was available to Viktor Ullmann as a source for the melodies and text orthography for his choral arrangements in Theresienstadt.