SATB choir, Organ, Narration - Digital Download SKU: LX.65-1968LA A Christmas Celebration for Mixed Voices and Organ. Composed by Stephen Walters. Choral Cantatas. Christmas. 64 pages. Laurel Press #e65/1968LA. Published by Laurel Press (LX.65-1968LA). ISBN 9780893280475. UPC: 000308102468.With the narrations and text derived from notable Christmas poems and carols both ancient and modern, this seasonal music service makes its mark as a sophisticated, inspired and effective conveyer of the familiar Christmas story. This unique approach is reminiscent of the well-known Lessons and Carols format, but causes one to think anew about the meaning of Christmas through poetry rather than scripture. Accompanied by organ, Word Made Flesh incorporates familiar carols throughout, ending with a fully developed carol quodlibet as a finale.

Full Orchestra - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533179 Composed by Therese Brenet. Contemporary,Sacred. Score and parts. 33 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #1911519. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533179). This work is in three movements: the first and third, very animated and intense, form a sort of framing for the second movemnt which is in another orchestral color and another intensity. This second movement is inspired by a fragment from Masnavi by the poet Jallaleddin el Roumi. The text is recited to express the poetry and the beauty of the cosmos. This text has inspired Thérèse Brenet in several works.This is the orchestral score. The parts are available on rental from the publisher. Nos musiques sont l'écho des hymnes que les sphères chantent dans leurs révolutions Le chant des mondes qui évoluent, les hommes essaient de le reproduire en s'aidant du luth et de la voix. Nous avons tous entendu ces hautes mélodies dans le Paradis que nous avons perdu; Et bien que la terre et l'eau nous aient accablés nous conservons le souvenir des chants du ciel. Celui qui aime nourrit son amour en prêtant l'oreille à la musique, Car la musique lui rappelle les joies de sa première union avec Dieu. D'après JALLALEDDINE EL ROUMI, Masnawi, passim Scoring : piano solo, narrator, and orchestra (2(pic)222/4331/timp/2perc/vibraphone/harp/Ondes Martenot/strings I. L'INFINIE DENSITÉ, UNE PLÉNITUDE 3'40 II. LITURGIE CELESTE 5'20 III. NOCTURNE 5' total duration: 14'00.

Small Ensemble Harp,Voice - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799604 Composed by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 4 pages. Nicole Elyse DiPaolo #3417119. Published by Nicole Elyse DiPaolo (A0.799604). This short song was composed in 2012 during my doctoral coursework at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music. It was written for tenor, but given its accessible range (Db4 to G5 in the original key), it would work well for lighter voices in many fachs, including light lyric sopranos, baritones, and mezzos. The text, translated from a poem by Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912), is gender-neutral. This would be a great introduction to new music for an undergraduate singer with strong aural skills and a still-light voice (since young dramatics might overpower the harp).If you'd like to talk about commissioning a transposed score, please get in touch! Transposition options will be a bit more limited with the harp than with the piano, but I'm sure we could make something work.Poem text (in English translation, as it appears in the score)Setting sun, Drifting clouds, New moon, Evening twilight, What do they matter to me?Composer biography:Nicole Elyse DiPaolo is a versatile composer, teacher, collaborative pianist, and music theorist currently based in Bloomington, Indiana. Currently a PhD candidate in music theory at Indiana University, she recently completed a doctoral minor in composition, having studied with Claude Baker, Don Freund, P. Q. Phan, and David Schneider. She also holds a B.Mus. from the University of Michigan, where she studied composition with Bright Sheng and piano with Louis Nagel. Nicole's music has been heard across the world: along with numerous performances in the Midwest, her commissioned song settings of Muscogee poet laureate Alexander Posey's texts have been performed at Shorter College (GA) and Lincoln University (PA), and the Smithsonian Institution procured copies of two of these (Nature's Blessings and A Vision) to archive at the National Museum of the American Indian. Additionally, Nicole's viola duo Three Episodes was featured at Ball State University's 40th Annual New Music Festival in February 2010. Her early compositions have been garnering interest as well: music students in Kenya performed several of Nicole's such pieces in May 2013 through a pedagogical project spearheaded by IU faculty member Kimberly Carballo. Nicole's music also received its Mexican premiere in October 2013 with a performance of her Divertimento, written for the International String Quartet of Yucatán. In 2014, Nicole published a set of twenty short pedagogical pieces in uncommon keys, entitled Venturing Beyond, available on SheetMusicPlus. Also a sought-after teacher and adjudicator, Nicole frequently judges regional and divisional MTNA composition competitions at all levels, ranging from elementary to college-level Young Artists, and she also served as the composition department chair at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp in 2014. For more on Nicole DiPaolo and her varied musical pursuits, visit her website at http://ndipaolo.musicaneo.com !

Soprano voice,Vocal Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1257352 Composed by Phil Rawle. Chamber,Classical,Contemporary. 4 pages. Phillip Rawle #850685. Published by Phillip Rawle (A0.1257352). In this poem, 'The Greenwood Tree', the poet William Shakespeare describes the charms of forest life and asks people to come and join him in the forest. The poet invites any enthusiastic friends to come and take time to relax under the greenwood tree and turn any melodious note of the heart into the sweetest song that the sweetest bird can ever sing. The friend is free to sing like a bird. So anyone can come immediately towards the greenwood tree. Here one shall find no enemies but only the rough and cold weather of winter. For Soprano solo and Piano.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.824439 Composed by Phil Rawle. Concert,Contemporary. Octavo. 11 pages. Phillip Rawle #3619929. Published by Phillip Rawle (A0.824439). In this poem, 'The Greenwood Tree', the poet William Shakespeare describes the charms of forest life and asks people to come and join him in forest. The poet invites any enthusiastic friends to come and take time to relax under the greenwood tree and turn any melodious note of the heart into the sweetest song that the sweetest bird can ever sing. The friend is free to sing like a bird. So anyone can come immediately towards the greenwood tree. Here one shall find no enemies but only the rough and cold weather of winter.

Brass Ensemble Horn,Trombone,Trumpet,Tuba - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.726093 Composed by Ludvig M. Lindeman. Arranged by Todd Marchand. Christian,Sacred. Score and parts. 17 pages. Con Spirito Music #4967607. Published by Con Spirito Music (A0.726093). Built on the Rock is a proclamation, through scripturally anchored words and sturdily architected music, of the nature and eternity of the Church whose foundation is Jesus Christ. Long a favorite of Scandinavian Christians and Lutherans, the hymn was written by Danish theologian, cleric, and poet Nicolai F.S. Grundtvig (1783-1872), whose criticism of the rationalist philosophy then predominant in the Danish Lutheran church, and his argument for Christianity as a revealed, inspired, and sacramental religion, led to the revitalization of that church. The text was translated to English by Carl Doving (1867-1937).The tune accompanying the text, known as KIRKEN DEN DER ET, was the first hymn tune written by Danish organist, composer, and folk music collector Ludvig Mathias Lindeman (1812-1887). It is an austere, arching, and folk-like melody in the Dorian mode. This arrangement begins with individual voices of the brass quintet, like individual members of the Church, joining together in various combinations and as a whole to introduce the tune. Verses 2 and 3 (measure numbers 33 and 65) present the tune in additional combinations. Verse 4 (measure 101) introduces alternate harmonizations and features a soaring descant in Trumpet 1, powerful unison statements by the entire ensemble, and majestic final chords.©2019 Todd Marchand / Con Spirito Music. This video is a demo of the sheet music available from Con Spirito Music. Visit www.conspiritomusic.com

Choir,Piano - Digital Download SKU: A0.1069503 Composed by Joanna Mills. Arranged by Based on the poetry of Josiah G Holland. Children,Christian,Christmas,Pop,Sacred. Accompaniment. Duration 183. Joanna Mills Music #5371555. Published by Joanna Mills Music (A0.1069503). Use this piano accompaniment track for rehearsals or performances of The Manger of Bethlehem. This contemporary Christmas anthem sets updated lyrics (adapted from the traditional poem/hymn 'There's a Song in the Air' by Josiah G Holland) into a stirring, pop/gospel-feel melody. Perfect for Christmas concerts, Advent, Lessons & Carols, or Christmas pageants and services. Arranged for 2-part and unison choirs, it is set in an accessible key for most voices and features easy-to-learn harmonies. It also includes guitar chords, with an approximate performance time of 3 minutes.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1017425 Composed by Leigh Andressen. 20th Century,Contemporary. Score and parts. 7 pages. Leigh Andressen #6205409. Published by Leigh Andressen (A0.1017425). This quartet is inspired by the poetry cycle Crow by Ted Hughes. It also has resonances with the current climate crisis.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773335 Composed by Folk. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Christian,Jewish,Sacred,World. Score and parts. 10 pages. Yoel Epstein #4286157. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773335). This song has become an icon of remembrance of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. It is traditionally played on Holocaust Day, which is on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan in Israel, or January 27th in the rest of the world. Ani Maamin (I Believe): The words to this simple song are of the Jewish prayer I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah. The tune is attributed to Azriel David Festig, a leading Warsaw hazzan (cantor) who died in the Holocaust. The song was performed after the war by Rabbi Shaul Yedidia Eliezer Taub, the Admor (Rabbinical leader) of the Modzitz Hassidic sect, and has become the iconic song of the remembrance in the Hassidic community.  This is one of four songs for Holocaust Remembrance Day that I have arranged for string quartet. The set of songs is available for download at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/four-songs-of-the-holocaust-arranged-for-string-quartet-digital... The other songs are  Unter Dyne Vyse Shteren (Under the Starry Sky) was written by Avraham Sutskover, a leading Yiddish poet, while trapped in the ghetto of Vilna, in July 1943. Shtiller Shtiller (Hush Hush) was written by Alexander Volkovitzky, then a 12-year-old boy, in the Vilna Ghetto in the spring of 1943.  Hatikva (the Hope) is Israel's national anthem. The words are by Naftali Zvi Imber, and the tune is a traditional eastern European tune. You are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged and distribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa. If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com.  Hope you enjoy.

String Quartet String Quartet - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.773332 Composed by Sutskover / Brodna. Arranged by Yoel Epstein. Christian,Jewish,Sacred,World. Score and parts. 10 pages. Yoel Epstein #4286147. Published by Yoel Epstein (A0.773332). This song has become an icon of remembrance of the six million Jews who died in the Holocaust. It is traditionally played on Holocaust Day, which is on the 28th day of the Hebrew month of Nissan in Israel, or January 27th in the rest of the world. Unter Dyne Vyse Shteren (Under the Starry Sky) was written by Avraham Sutskover, a leading Yiddish poet, while trapped in the ghetto of Vilna, in July 1943. Days before the ghetto was destroyed and all the Jews murdered, Sutskover escaped to the forest with his wife. He reached Russia, and in 1947 moved to Palestine. He died in Israel in 2010 at the age of 96. The poem was set to music by Avraham Brodna, a simple laborer in the Vilna ghetto who died in a concentration camp. This is one of four songs for Holocaust Remembrance Day that I have arranged for string quartet. The set of songs is available for download at https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/four-songs-of-the-holocaust-arranged-for-string-quartet-digital... The other songs areAni Maamin (I Believe): The words to this simple song are of the Jewish prayer I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah.  Shtiller Shtiller (Hush Hush) was written by Alexander Volkovitzky, then a 12-year-old boy, in the Vilna Ghetto in the spring of 1943. Hatikva (the Hope) is Israel's national anthem. The words are by Naftali Zvi Imber, and the tune is a traditional eastern European tune. You are welcome to try some of my other arrangements. In addition to the songs offered on this site (you can see them at http://www.sheetmusicplus.com/search?Ntt=Yoel+Epstein ), I have arranged three songs from the Holocaust, which I arranged and distribute for free on IMSLP. You can find them at http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Ravpapa. If you need arrangements of any of these songs for special combinations of instruments, feel free to contact me, and I will try to accommodate. Write me at yoelepst@gmail.com.  Hope you enjoy.

Small Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.990149 Composed by Don Bowyer (Sunway University). Contemporary. Score and parts. 1 pages. Dolphin Don's Music School #6434141. Published by Dolphin Don's Music School (A0.990149). For any instrument.This composition is entirely improvised. The performer improvises a commentary on a short poem chosen and read by a member of the audience. The performer is expected to respond between stanzas to the imagery of the poetry in either subtle or dramatic ways.An accompanying PowerPoint template is available for free download from the composer's website.The piece was created as part of my Rooftop Trombone v2.0 series during the second lockdown in Malaysia due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Improvisatory Images is a companion piece involving images submitted by the audience.

Small Ensemble - Digital Download SKU: A0.990148 Composed by Don Bowyer (Sunway University). Contemporary. Score and parts. 1 pages. Dolphin Don's Music School #6434143. Published by Dolphin Don's Music School (A0.990148). For any instrument.This composition is entirely improvised. The performer improvises a commentary on a short poem chosen and read by a member of the audience. The performer is expected to respond between stanzas to the imagery of the poetry in either subtle or dramatic ways.An accompanying PowerPoint template is available for free download from the composer's website.The piece was created as part of my Rooftop Trombone v2.0 series during the second lockdown in Malaysia due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Improvisatory Images is a companion piece involving images submitted by the audience.

Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download SKU: A0.1007509 Composed by R. LaBanca. Contemporary. Octavo. 14 pages. R. LaBanca #4801000. Published by R. LaBanca (A0.1007509). The text for this piece comes from one of my favorite American poets, Kenneth Patchen, who has been the inspiration for several of my compositions. The sense imagery that is illiciated from his words resonate with me. The sounds of musical waves become the bases for the piece. The women’s voices are used as the vehicles of the text while the men’s voices service as a lilting musical ebb and flow. The idea that life and love float along like petals on the ocean, blowing ashore with no ability to change anything - just along for the ride, is a powerful thought. The poet also suggests that even with a long life, our understanding of pleasure is like that of snow, fleeting and temporary. And life keeps blowing rose petals from the ocean to the land in a seemingly random but perhaps divine pattern. This piece utilizes flute and ocean drum to create the atmosphere of the coastline and waves.

Instrumental Duet,Low Voice,Violin - Digital Download SKU: A0.984264 Composed by Alexander Campbell, arranged by Karen E McAulay. Arranged by Karen E McAulay. Contemporary,Folk. 4 pages. Dr Karen E McAulay #3680015. Published by Dr Karen E McAulay (A0.984264). A bit of background: the poet of this tragic song was Anon (maybe the tune-collector Alexander Campbell himself?), and he set it to an ancient Lowland melody that he had collected on his song-collecting travels. The lyrics tell the story of a girl who went out of her mind with grief, when her fiance was taken from her on their wedding day. The theme is strongly reminiscent of a very popular song, Crazy Jane.