Small Ensemble Handbell,Organ - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.972670

Composed by James Siddons. Christian,Christmas,Contemporary. Score and parts. 9 pages. James Siddons Music and Writings #6593557. Published by James Siddons Music and Writings (A0.972670).

This score is for two Readers, handbells (3 octaves) and organ.

A medieval folk belief of old Europe was that of all the animals miraculously starting to speak at the birth of the Christ Child. In about 1630, William Austin, a poet and lawyer in London, drew on this traditional belief to write one of his Carrols, for Christmas-day, in which he imagined what the most Stentorian animal of all, the rooster, might say about the new-born Holy Infant in Bethlehem.

In setting William Austin’s carrol to music, James Siddons has given the organ the role of creating a soundscape to underpin the drama of Chanticleer’s proclamation. Following each of Austin’s three stanzas (in dramatic recitation by the Readers), an adaptation of the old French tune O Come, Emmanuel is played by handbells in a harmonic style that recalls the pealing of church bells on Christmas morning.

This work is appropriate for the beginning of Advent and Christmas day worship, and in a service or program of Christmas music; for example, a service of lessons and carols.

The purchase price includes permission to make 14 copies of the score (2 Readers, 8-10 handbell players, organist, and conductor) and permission to video-record a performance for posting on school or church websites and in streaming broadcast.

Small Ensemble Alto Recorder,Bass Recorder,Harpsichord,Tenor Recorder - Level 3 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.799476

Composed by Roy D. Ayer and Roy D. Ayer. Arranged by Drake Mabry. 20th Century,Broadway,Jazz,Pop,Ragtime. Score and parts. 27 pages. Drake Mabry #3010723. Published by Drake Mabry (A0.799476).

King Chanticleer is a Broadway-style ragtime piece composed in 1910, first as a song and later as a piano solo. It is still a staple of many ragtime and stride pianists. This arrangement for recorder ensemble (with optional harpsichord) remains faithful to the beauty and vitality of the original while adding a few surprises. Note the soft-shoe section, the quote from the Dies Irae and the surprise ending. If needed, the instrumentation may be moved up beginning with sopranino recorders. The harpsichord part adds no new material but just adds harmonic support to the recorders. This arrangement was commissioned by Kathleen Arends for The Big Byrds recorder ensemble in Seattle. The duration is 3'50.

Choral Choir (4-Part) - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201038

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Octavo. 44 pages. William Hawley #799375. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201038).

This is the autograph manuscript score of William Hawley's Seven Madrigals, composed in 1986 for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer. This score, in the original keys for ATBar.B voices, formed the basis for the 1996 publication of Six Madrigals by Hinshaw Music, which is the current standard performing edition constituting the first six of the original madrigals arranged by the composer for SATB ensemble in higher keys. The audio sample is the complete World Premiere live recording of Chanticleer performing the first madrigal, Vita de la mia vita. All seven live recordings of the World Premiere are available from this site as separate downloads, by title.  ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201040

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 91. William Hawley #799477. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201040).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Ore, fermate il volo from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perche voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201044

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 165. William Hawley #799581. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201044).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Io son la primavera from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201043

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 167. William Hawley #799572. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201043).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Dolcissimi colori from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201045

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 206. William Hawley #799586. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201045).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Mentre angoscia e dolore from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201042

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 100. William Hawley #799567. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201042).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Siepe, che gli orti vaghi from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201041

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 296. William Hawley #799531. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201041).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choir - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.1201039

By Chanticleer. By William Hawley. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 138. William Hawley #799401. Published by William Hawley (A0.1201039).

This is the World Premiere live recording of William Hawley's madrigal Vita de la mia vita from Seven Madrigals, in the original key for ATBar.B voices, composed for the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. All seven live recordings from the World Premiere are available individually on this site as separate downloads by title, as is the original complete autograph ms score. The ms score and World Premiere recordings are distinct from Hawley's Six Madrigals, published in 1996 in the standard Hinshaw Music octavo edition by title, which constitute arrangements by the composer for SATB voices of the first six of the original seven madrigals. All seven madrigals are settings of the lyric poetry of the 16th-Century Italian poet Torquato Tasso.

This is the original order of madrigals in performance:

I. Vita de la mia vita
II. Ore, fermate il volo
III. Io v'amo sol perchè voi siete bella
IV. Siepe, che gli orti vaghi
V. Dolcissimi colori
VI. Io son la primavera
VII. Mentre angoscia e dolore

The Audio Sample is the first half-minute of the recording. 
ASCAP  https://williamhawley.net.

Choral Choir (Mixed) - Level 5 - Digital Download

SKU: A0.889692

Composed by William Hawley. Contemporary. Octavo. 11 pages. William Hawley #3513607. Published by William Hawley (A0.889692).

The madrigal Mentre Angoscia e Dolore by William Hawley is the final piece in the original set of Seven Madrigals, commissioned and premiered by the vocal ensemble Chanticleer in 1986. The first six madrigals of the set were subsequently published by Hinshaw Music in separate octavos under their Italian titles, as arranged for SATB voices by the composer. Mentre Angoscia e Dolore is here presented in a new engraving of the original ATBarB voicing, prepared and revised by the composer from the original manuscript. The audio clip is of the full madrigal, from the live recording of Chanticleer's World Premiere of the Seven Madrigals in the Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, May 17, 1986. Duration: 3 1/2 minutes. ASCAP http://williamhawley.net

SATB choir divisi a cappella - Digital Download

SKU: MQ.7348-E

Composed by David Conte. African American Heritage. 12 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #7348-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.7348-E).

Commissioned by Chanticleer for the 40th anniversary of the assasination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Piano and voice (solo and 4-part chorus) - Digital Download

SKU: LV.14552

Composed by E. W. Lake. Sailing ships, Seamen, Ship equipment & rigging, Fishing. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.14552).

The Mackerel Catchers. Song & Chorus. Words, Melody, and Accompaniment By Rev. E.W. Lake. Published 1849 by Keith's Music Publishing House, 67 & 69 Court St. in Boston. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and 4-part chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Sailing ships, Seamen, Ship equipment & rigging, Fishing. First line reads Awake, awake, 'tis growing late, loud Chanticleer is crowing, The sea is calm, the sky is clear..

About The Lester S. Levy Collection

The 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.