This treasury of duets includes seven works, including new settings of the familiar texts to “The Silver Swan” and “Ave Maria,” as well as the composer’s own comic scene “Divas of a Certain Age” depicting two operatic divas sitting at New York City’s Russian Tea Room, humorously reflecting on reaching age 50. For advanced vocalists.
Theodore Presser Company
411-41123 • $14.95 Add to Cart
Various Spirituals In His Hand: Seven Spirituals
Arranged by Margaret Bonds
Voice and Piano
A frequent collaborator with poet Langston Hughes and one of the first black women to break into the world of classical composition and performance, Margaret Bonds studied with Roy Harris at Juilliard and worked as a composer and educator until her unexpected death in 1972. Theodore Presser Company is honored to present In His Hand, a collection of Bonds’ arrangements of well-known spirituals, especially featuring the version of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand” that pioneering black American opera soprano Leontyne Price was fond of singing at her orchestra concerts in the 1950s and 1960s.
Theodore Presser Company
451-40015 • $12.95 Add to Cart
Includes:
Go Tell It On the Mountain
Ezek'el Saw the Wheel
Didn't It Rain!
Hold On
Joshua Fit da Battle of Jericho
I Got a Home in that Rock
He's Got the Whole World
in His Hand
Carl Fischer Music has an exciting website offering for choir members - Part by Part. Here you will find complete (non-printable) PDF scores for all of their new choral titles, along with full recordings, accompaniment tracks, and individual voice tracks in MP3 - all downloadable for FREE.
This has proven to be an invaluable resource, and Theodore Presser Company is pleased to have four of our new choral works featured in their 2010 package! Below is a sampling of the Part by Part offering, which also includes all new 2010 chorals from BriLee Music, as well.
Try it out!
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Click any of the MP3 tracks to listen to or download.
DeLeigh L. Wilson Text Our Friends Two-Part Voices with Piano
“Text Our Friends!” is a quirky, fun piece for two-part chorus, aimed to bring the audience up to speed with the abbreviations and slang used when text messaging on a cell phone. Duration: 3:00
Theodore Presser Company
312-41857 • $1.65 Add to Cart
Adolphus Hailstork When Storms Arise SATB Chorus, a cappella
“When Storms Arise” is the first of three installments in Adolphus Hailstork’s Three Dunbar Hymns, featuring text by Lawrence Dunbar, the first known African-American author of hymn texts. “When Storms Arise” honors Crispus Attacks, widely known as the first African-American to give his life in the black struggle for independence. Duration: 3:00
Theodore Presser Company
312-41849 • $1.65 Add to Cart
Adolphus Hailstork Lead Gently, Lord SSA Chorus, a cappella
“Lead Gently, Lord” is the second of three installments in Adolphus Hailstork’s Three Dunbar Hyms, featuring text by Lawrence Dunbar, the first known African-American author of hymn texts. This soulful SAB octavo is a testament to the hope inspired by the Lord and the guidance He provides. Duration: 3:00
Theodore Presser Company
312-41850 • $1.50 Add to Cart
Adolphus Hailstork Little Lamb SATB Chorus, a cappella
“Little Lamb” is the third of three installments in Adolphus Hailstork’s Three Dunbar Hyms, featuring text by Lawrence Dunbar, the first known African-American author of hymn texts. A playful piece for SATB a cappella chorus, “Little Lamb” tells the story of a lost sheep and his reunion with his master. Duration: 3:00
Theodore Presser Co. 312-41851 • $1.50 Add to Cart
Theodore Presser Company releases Bel Canto Songs, new settings of six poems by William Blake, written by esteemed opera composer (The Seagull, Frau Margot) and film orchestrator Thomas Pasatieri. This collection includes "The Lamb” and “To the Evening Star.” For the advanced singer. Duration: 19’
Theodore Presser Company
411-41122 • $12.95 Add to Cart
Morten Lauridsen Be Still, My Soul, Be Still High Voice, Bb Clarinet, Cello, and Piano
Peermusic presents an earlier Lauridsen work, in anticipation of the release of a new CD, "Voce Sings Lauridsen — Sure On This Shining Night." Dating back to 1977, Be Still is Lauridsen's musical statement on the Viet Nam conflict, incorporating the text of A. E. Housman to powerful effect. Its premiere recording is part of the new CD, which also features excerpts from his very popular choral cycles, Les Chansons des Roses and Madrigali, along with the complete Nocturnes, and more. Lauridsen spent a good amount of time with the young choir Voce, becoming more and more impressed with their skills, and is even heard playing piano on the recording. For advanced performers. Dur.: 8' 10"
Peermusic Classical
61648-224 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Various Composers A Celebration of Song Art Songs of the 20th Century High Voice and Piano
Universal Edition looks back to Vienna in the early 20th century to select some of the most intriguing examples of the art song. This excellent sampling includes works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Alban Berg, Anton Webern, Arnold Schönberg, and more! Notes on the composers are included, along with helpful, literal English translations of the texts. For advanced singers.
Thomas Pasatieri The Daughter of Capulet Voice and Piano
Prolific vocal composer Thomas Pasatieri gives us a new monodrama for voice and piano, based on Juliet’s most famous soliloquys from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. The piece follows Juliet from her famous lament of Romeo’s relation to the Montagues (“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”) to the tragic end of her life (“O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die”). A lovely, passionate work that truly showcases both technical and expressive skills.
Theodore Presser Company
411-41124 • $12.95 Add to Cart
Thomas Pasatieri Frau Margot Libretto by Frank Corsaro
Piano-Vocal Score
From one of the leading composers of opera in the United States, Thomas Pasatieri, Theodore Presser Company presents the complete piano-vocal score of Frau Margot, based on an original play by director Frank Corsaro. This masterpiece tells the story of a jealous widow who denies the public the consumption of the final work of her deceased husband, fictional composer Erich Künstler. Commissioned by the Fort Worth Opera, Frau Margot premiered in June of 2007. (Orchestral score and parts available on rental.)
Theodore Presser Company
411-41117 • $40.00 Add to Cart
Stacy Garrop In Eleanor's Words Mezzo-Soprano and Piano
Garrop uses six of Eleanor Roosevelt's articles from her "My Day" column (1935-1962) as texts in her new vocal settings.
Theodore Presser Company
111-40224 • $29.95 Add to Cart
Thomas Pasatieri Lady Macbeth Soprano Voice and Piano
Lady Macbeth is a new monodrama for soprano voice and piano by Thomas Pasatieri, best known for his many operas that have become standards in American vocal repertoire. The text draws its inspiration from the monologues of Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Heartfelt, dramatic, and at times artfully atonal, Pasatieri brings the words of Shakespeare alive in a ravishing new setting. For the advanced vocalist. Duration: 18’
Theodore Presser Company
411-41118 • $11.95 Add to Cart
Victoria Bond The Long-Haired Girl Narrator, Harp, and Strings
Commissioned by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, The Long-Haired Girl is Bond's musical setting of a Chinese folk tale, with text supplied by noted Indiana storyteller, Sue Grizzell. Well suited to children's concerts. Now available as Custom Print. Duration: 10'
Theodore Presser Company
Complete Set 111-40228 • $79.95 Add to Cart
Score 111-40228S • $27.95 Add to Cart
Set of Parts 111-40228M • $60.95 Add to Cart
Sydney Hodkinson A Pilgrim's Counsel High Voice and Piano
Commissioned for "maybe something simple for an old crooner," Hodkinson has penned a set of four ballads on traditional folk lyrics. Duration: c. 15'
Ronald Caltabiano A Red Shirt(Five Poems by Margaret Atwood) Soprano, Flute, Harp
Commissioned by the Mary Flagler Cary Trust for the Jubal Trio, who first performed the work in San Francisco, May, 2000. With text by Atwood, A Red Shirt effectively portrays a mother's reflection on her daughter's growth from childhood to maturity. For advanced performers.
Merion Music Custom Print edition
Complete 141-40070 • $59.95 Add to Cart
Score only 141-40070S • $34.95 Add to Cart
Parts only 141-40070M • $35.95 Add to Cart
Daniel Asia Sacred Songs Voice, Flute, Violoncello, and Piano
Originally written for guitarist Benjamin Verdery and featured on the album, Daniel Asia: Songs from The Page of Swords, Sacred Songs is here scored with piano, substituting for guitar. Two contrasting settings, Oseh Shalom and Shiru L'Adonai, show the breadth and power of the composer's evolving style and technique. Now available as Custom Print.
Theodore Presser Company
Complete Set 141-40073 • $56.95 Add to Cart
Score 141-40073S • $34.95 Add to Cart
Set of Parts 141-40073M • $31.95 Add to Cart
Jay Reise Satori
Set to a poem by Damien Kongressi, an Albanian monk and granduncle of the composer. Featured on the recording The Devil in the Flesh and Other Pieces (Albany TROY 665) by Marc-André Hamelin with soprano Jody Applebaum.
Voice and Piano version
Merion Music
141-40046 • $19.95 Add to Cart
Voice, Oboe, Violoncello, Piano
This version of Satori is dedicated to and for James & Dorothy Freeman, who premiered
this arrangement in 2006. Dur.: 11' See the program notes and first three pages here
(PDF, 577KB)
Merion Music
141-40071 • $40.95 Score and Parts Add to Cart
Score only 141-40071S • $21.95 Add to Cart
Instrument parts 141-40071M • $27.95 Add to Cart
Alban Berg Sieben Frühe Lieder Medium Voice and Piano
These seven compositions for voice were written in the early part of Alban Berg’s distinguished career, a period during which he was under the instruction of Arnold Schoenberg. Long available for soprano voice, Seven Early Songs has now been transposed for medium voice, due to popular demand. Bearing touches of Strauss and Mahler, this collection of songs in varying styles features texts by the likes of Carl Hauptmann, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Theodor Storm. For the advanced singer.
Universal Edition
UE033931 • $34.95 Add to Cart
Morten Lauridsen Sure on This Shining Night Mixed Vocal Duet and Piano
Morten Lauridsen’s Nocturnes have enchanted choirs and directors around the world, and he has now adapted Sure on This Shining Night, a movement based on a James Agee poem, for duet between a soprano/mezzo-soprano and a tenor/baritone. This particular arrangement of Sure on This Shining Night is dedicated to Dana Gioia, Chairman of the National Endowment of the Arts from 2003 until 2009. In his program notes, Lauridsen stresses that this setting is to be performed like “a song from the American musical theater stage.” Soloists will be thrilled by this adaptation of an already well-loved work.
Peermusic Classical
62332-210 • $12.95 Add to Cart
David Leisner Three James Tate Songs
Medium Voice and Guitar
Leisner's settings of James Tate poems was written for the brilliant guitarist David Starobin and the equally distinguished baritone Patrick Mason, a musical collaboration of four decades in performance and recording. The duo continues to program the Leisner, with a recent second New York performance in April. See sample pages of the performing score here in PDF. For advanced performers. Dur.: 11'
Merion Music Custom Print 141-40074 • $17.95
David Leisner Confiding A cycle of 10 songs to poems by women
Voice and Piano or Guitar
A more ambitious project is Leisner's Confiding, a 30-minute vocal cycle with piano or guitar. The composer says, "[Ten] poems by women, mostly Emily Dickinson and Emily Bronte, that trace the rise and fall of an intimate relationship and then turn to non-human elements (the guitar, imagination, God) for confiding. Guitar part of medium difficulty." Dur.: 10' Confiding is now available in three versions (below). See sample pages of all ten songs here in the voice and guitar version in PDF, and listen to an excerpt here from Leisner's website.
Merion Music
High Voice and Piano - 141-40077 • $36.95
Medium Voice and Piano - 141-40078 • $36.95
High Voice and Guitar - 141-40079 • $25.95
David Leisner To Sleep
Medium Voice and Piano
Leisner has selected three poems by Elizabeth Bishop dealing with sleep, and has composed three contrasting settings. I. Sleeping on the Ceiling; II. The Unbeliever; III. Sonnet. See sample pages here in PDF, and listen to an excerpt here from Leisner's website. Dur. 10'.
Merion Music
141-40076 • $17.95
Meira Warshauer A Time to Blossom Soprano/Mezzo Soprano, Flute, Cello and Piano
A reverent and introspective collection of three works by female poets set to music for soprano or mezzo soprano voice, flute, cello, and piano by Meira Warshauer, A Time to Blossom includes “A Song to Mary,” by Hildegard von Bingen, “Have You Got a Brook,” by Emily Dickinson, and “Caesaria,” by Hannah Senesh. For advanced singers and players.
Hildegard Publishing Company
491-00626 • $24.95 Add to Cart
Adolphus Hailstork Ventriloquist Acts of God Five Songs for Soprano on Poems of Ellen Wise Soprano and Piano
Hailstork's new set of art songs was written for friend and colleague Agnes Fuller, set to poems of Ellen Wise, a friend of Fuller's.The resulting musical poetry reflects, augments, and expands upon the text. The songs vary from the "rhythmic and bluesy" Sun to the delicate Luna Moth. Accomplished performers will enjoy this new cycle from Hailstork. Duration: 16'
Theodore Presser Company
111-40221 • $25.95 Add to Cart
Adolphus Hailstork Who Is Sylvia? Coloratura Soprano, Violin, Piano
Hailstork uses the famous Shakespeare text to great effect in this new soprano solo, with a bit of swing to the beat. See a 2-page spread
Theodore Presser Company
111-40223 • $29.95 Add to Cart
Abingdon Press
Barenreiter
Breitkopf
Carus-Verlag
Coronet Press
E. Henry David
Elkan-Vogel
Hildegard Publishing
Peermusic Classical
Presser
Thorpe Music
Tritone/Tenuto
Universal Edition
...and more!
Through www.presser.com, you have immediate access to almost 10,000 choral works from a variety of publishers! Certainly, we have something for every occasion.
While this page is designed to acquaint you with the very latest publications, we encourage you to download our PDF catalog, which includes over 5,000 titles from Presser, Carl Fischer Music, and our Affiliates.
Two Carols By Elinor A. Armsby
SATB Voices, a cappella
After performing Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols with her choir, choral director and composer Elinor A. Armsby was inspired to set one of the texts from this collection, “I Sing of a Maiden,” to a more hushed, lullaby-like melody. In addition, she wrote music for “Tidings True” to accompany the first song as a gift to her choir, a joyous and lively piece. Though conceived as a set, the two carols may be performed together or separately, in any order.
Hildegard Publishing Company
392-01204 • $2.25 Add to Cart
Morten Lauridsen Agnus Dei (from Lux Aeterna) SATB Chorus, Organ
The final movement in Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, Agnus Dei is an absolutely stunning setting of the sacred text, calling for the “Lamb of God who takest away the sins of the world” to “grant them rest.” The entire cycle’s recording by the Los Angeles Master Chorale and Sinfonia Orchestra, as well as its recording by Polyphony and the Britten Sinfonia received Grammy nominations. For advanced choirs.
Peermusic Classical
62377-122 • $1.60 Add to Cart
Miguel Del Aguila Ave Maria SA Chorus and Piano or Harp
Widely-performed composer Miguel Del Aguila’s setting of the Ave Maria text is adapted from a section of his Choral Suite from the Opera “Time and Again Barelas”.
Chen Yi The Bronze Taotie (from the first movement of From the Path of Beauty)
SATB Chorus a cappella
Chen Yi’s From the Path of Beauty is a seven-movement song cycle for mixed choir and string quartet. Theodore Presser Company has made available this single movement in an alternate performance option of a cappella SATB chorus. According to the program notes, this cycle “brings us through the history of beauty in Chinese arts, from ancient totems to figurines, from poetry to calligraphy, from dance to music, from thoughts to the spirit. It is deep in expression and rich in color, lyrical yet dramatic.” Commissioned by Chanticleer and the Shanghai Quartet for the celebration of their 30th and 25th anniversaries, the complete work was premiered on March 13, 2008 in San Francisco. The New York premiere followed on April 11, 2008 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. For advanced choirs. Dur.: 2'
Theodore Presser Company
312-41853 • $1.65 Add to Cart
The Brown Birds By Brian W. Holmes
SATB Voices a cappella
A short and touching carol with poignant words by the much loved English poet Eleanor Farjeon, (1881-1965), that underscore the disparity between "the haves" and "the have nots.” Duration: 1’15”
Thorpe Music
392-03094 • $1.60 Add to Cart
Arvo Pärt Collected Choral Works Thematic Catalog
Universal Edition replaces their 1999 edition with a new anthology of study scores containing choral works by Estonian minimalist, classical composer Arvo Pärt. This volume, containing 22 works total, is the most accurate representative of Pärt’s work at present, including many new pieces as well as two selections from his major a cappella work, Kanon Pokajanen. The collection was also created with three composer-approved CD recordings in mind:
Arvo Pärt: Triodion (Hyperion Records CDA67375),
Arvo Pärt: Choral Works (Virgin Classics 0724356243422),
and Arvo Pärt: Da pacem (Harmonia Mundi HMU807401)
Universal Edition
UE033880 • $49.95 Add to Cart
See our Spotlite on Arvo Pärt!
Arvo Pärt The Deer´s Cry SATB Chorus a cappella
Commissioned by the Louth Contempory Music Society, Pärt’s The Deer’s Cry had its world premiere in February 2008 in Louth, Ireland, performed by the State Choir Latvija and conducted by Fergus Sheil. Based on a setting of the poem “St. Patrick’s Breastplate” (Christ with me, Christ before me), this five-minute a cappella work evokes peaceful contemplation in both choirs and audiences alike.
Universal Edition
UE033723 • $9.95 Add to Cart See our Spotlite on Arvo Pärt!
Gustav Mahler Es sungen drei Engel
Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
For 8-Part Choir, transcribed by Clytus Gottwald
Drawn from the text of Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn), the title of this song translates to “Three angels sang a sweet air,” and tells the remorseful story of the sinful apostle Peter. Peter cries tears of repentance, and the music imagines paradise, but ends in a doubtful piano. For advanced singers
Robert Baksa Hark Hark! The Lark Four-part Mixed Chorus
Composed over a period of 40 years, Robert Baksa’s Shakespeare Madrigals have been wholly embraced by the choral community and this new installment will be no exception. Hark Hark! The Lark is written in traditional madrigal form, based on William Shakespeare’s Cymbeline, a tragicomedy based on the real-life British monarch Cunobelinus. For advanced singers. Duration: 1' 20".
Composers Library Edition
392-01192 • $1.70 Add to Cart
Kings Came Riding By Brian W. Holmes
SATB Voices and Oboe (or Clarinet or Alto Saxophone)
A handsome carol with words by the distinguished and much-admired English poet and author Charles Williams (1886-1945). The haunting sound of the solo wind instrument with the otherwise unaccompanied voices is arresting and soulful. Duration: 4’
Thorpe Music
392-03095 • $2.10 Add to Cart
P.D.Q. Bach Long Live the King
Edited, without regard to consequences, by Prof. Peter Schickele
SAB Chorus (or SATB Chorus or STB Soli), a cappella
Theodore Presser Company announces the release of its first P.D.Q. Bach octavo in about ten years, a hilarious and satirical ode to the King of France, who was beheaded during the French Revolution, complete with sound effects. The historical tie-in makes Long Live the King appropriate for high school choir in particular. The program notes have a fictitious story about how the composer found an old manuscript written by his departed uncle, with a note - “I have just composed a major choral work in honor of the recent revolution in France, called Long Live the King; the title, I hasten to assure you, is meant to be ironic – my sympathies are always with the people, especially the people who run taverns. The invention of the guillotine gives, I think you will agree, new meaning to the term “head of state.” For intermediate choirs.
Duration: 2'
Theodore Presser Company
312-41856 • $1.65 Add to Cart
Joseph Marx Morgengesang Men's Chorus and Orchestra (Choral Score)
On the 45th anniversary of German Romantic composer Joseph Marx’s death, Universal Edition releases a clean edition of his rich, imposing masterpiece for male choir, Morgengesang. A new recording of this piece also appears on the CD Joseph Marx: Orchestral Songs and Choral Works (Chandos CHAN 10505).
Commissioned by Durham University in the United Kingdom for its 175th anniversary in 2007, Pärt’s Morning Star was premiered in London by the Durham University choir that same year. The text comes from a prayer that appears above the tomb of St. Bede in the Durham Cathedral. For advanced ensembles. Duration: 3’
Peter Schickele My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord
SATB Chorus, Piano and Strings
Commissioned by the composer’s college music instructor, William Reese, for his choir in Rockland County, New York, Schickele’s setting of the first part of the Magnificat text. It was premiered in April of 1998 by the Rockland Camerata. As most of Schickele’s choral works are secular, this is a rare and truly lovely contribution to the sacred choral library from a well-known composer. From Schickele’s notes: “In the outer sections of the work the three musical entities (chorus, piano, and the strings) are given overlapping homophonic phrases much in the manner of Monteverdi’s and the Gabrielis’ antiphonal choir pieces in early 17th-century Venice, although, of course, the harmonic language is completely different. The middle sections feature lyrical vocal lines over repeated instrumental figures, leading to a climactic ending.” String parts available on rental. Duration: 4’30”
Theodore Presser Company
362-03418 • $1.80 Add to Cart
Robert Baksa Sigh no More, Ladies Four-Part Mixed Chorus
The famous couplets from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing have been set to music in another Shakespeare Madrigal from Robert Baksa. This flowing piece encourages the women upset by their lovers’ wrongs to forget about them and have fun on their own. For intermediate-level choirs.
Composers Library Editions
392-01194 • $1.80 Add to Cart
Robert Baksa Spring Four-Part Mixed Voices
Composers Library Editions releases another installment in the Shakespeare Madrigals series from prolific Hungarian-born composer Robert Baksa. Spring is a lighter take on the melody from the previously released Winter, written for four-part a cappella mixed voices and drawing its text from Shakespeare’s Love’s Labour Lost. For advanced singers. Duration: 1’20”
Composers Library Editions
392-01191 • $1.80 Add to Cart
Chen Yi Spring Dreams for SSAATTBB Chorus a cappella
WATCH Chanticleer's performance of this 1999 Chen Yi release on YouTube.
Then click "See a page" for a 2-page sample of this choral.
Theodore Presser Company
312-41745 • $1.50 Add to Cart
Arvo Pärt Te Deum Three Choirs, Prepared Piano, String Orchestra, and Prerecorded Track
(Choral Score)
Pärt’s take on the Te Deum text, also known as the “Ambrosian Hymn”, employs his signature tintinnabuli style of composition. The melodic lines, as well as their harmonies, strictly follow the rhythms of the text, resulting in heightened importance given to the text itself and an unconventional setting. For advanced players and vocalists.
Universal Edition
UE034184 • $18.95 Add to Cart See our Spotlite on Arvo Pärt!
Adolphus Hailstork Three Dunbar Hymns on text by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906)
Hailstork considers the poetry of Dunbar, widely hailed as the first eminent African-American poet, whose works were featured in the great poetry journals of the day. Fluent in a variety of writing styles, his incorporation of turn-of-the-century black dialect brought him the most acclaim and the most debate within literary circles.
Presser presents three chorals by Hailstork, using poems entitled "Hymns" by Dunbar. When Storms Arise is the centerpiece of Hailstork's cantata, Crispus Attucks, Lead Gently, Lord appears in his song-cycle, Paul Laurence Dunbar: Common Ground. The third setting, Little Lamb, is dedicated to Nina Scott and her Renaissance High School Choir of Detroit, Michigan.
All are accessible to college and advanced high school choirs.
No. 1: When Storms Arise
SATB, a cap.
Theodore Presser Company
312-41849 • $1.65 Add to Cart
No. 2: Lead Gently, Lord
SSA, a cap.
Theodore Presser Company
312-41850 • $1.50 Add to Cart
No. 3: Little Lamb
SATB, a cap.
Theodore Presser Company
312-41851 • $1.50 Add to Cart
Two Chinese Folk Songs (1. The Flowing Stream, 2. The Sun Is Rising with Our Joy)
Arranged by Chen Yi and Steven Stucky
SSATTBB Chorus a cappella
Two Chinese Folk Songs is the result of collaboration between two of Theodore Presser Company’s most prolific composers. It was commissioned and premiered by the Cornell University Chorus and Glee Club, March 16, 2008 in Beijing, China. Chen Yi sets the love song “The Flowing Stream” for women’s chorus, and Steven Stucky sets the work song “The Sun Is Rising with Our Joy” for men’s chorus. In the final section, both songs are interwoven and overlapped with full mixed chorus. For advanced choirs. Dur.: 5'
Theodore Presser Company
312-41855 • $1.95 Add to Cart
Um Mitternacht By Gustav Mahler
Text by Friedrich Rückert
Transcribed for Nine Voices by Clytus Gottwald
Translated as “at midnight,” this song was written in the summer of 1901 in Maiernigg am Wörthersee, Austria, where Mahler spent his vacations while working as director of the Vienna Court Opera. According to the foreword: “As with almost all of his songs, Um Mitternacht is also actively connected with the composition of his symphonies. This song may not have originated as part of a symphony as many others did, but Mahler added the orchestration a little later, more or less transcribing it with symphonic standards in mind… It is musically obvious that Mahler aimed for a certain amount of reduction in this song. Just a few themes are joined together to make a certain frame, without padding this out with sound. This… is what makes this piece so appealing. Transcription and interpretation are called upon to express this bleakness without suppressing the impulse to reduce it musically.” For advanced ensembles.
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks Arranged by David W. Music
SATB Chorus with Keyboard Accompaniment
Coronet Press has released a new arrangement of the classic Christmas carol While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks, for SATB chorus. Quoting the Winchester Old and Christmas tunes, Music has made this well-loved carol accessible to intermediate-level community and church choirs. Duration: 2’30”
Robert Baksa Who is Silvia? Four-Part Mixed Chorus
Robert Baksa gives us a new edition of his Who is Silvia?, excerpted from Shakespeare Madrigrals. Drawn from Shakespeare’s comedy The Two Gentlemen of Verona, this playful work extols the virtues of Silvia, a character who is sought after by various men throughout the chaotic play. For intermediate-level choirs. Duration: 1’50”
Composers Library Editions
392-01193 • $1.70 Add to Cart
Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen By Gustav Mahler
Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn
For 8-Part Choir, transcribed by Clytus Gottwald
Using text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn (The Youth’s Magic Horn), Mahler wrote this song, which translates as “where the lovely trumpets play,” while on vacation in South Tyrol, Austria. Focusing on the fate of young lovers when one is called away to war, this song tells the story powerfully with marching rhythms, but remains restrained in volume, calling for pianissimo dynamics almost completely throughout. It should be performed as if in a dream or a nightmare, a challenging but worthwhile task for advanced groups.
Hildegard Music Publishing has been the leading publisher of women composers, from its 10th-century namesake to present day. Now, Hildegard embarks on an exciting new project to present the future of women composers — Voices of Tomorrow, dedicated to exceptional new works by women under the age of 21.
Karen E. Christianson Psalm of Thanksgiving SA Chorus and Piano
The premiere release is a wonderful new sacred choral by a 4th grader! With solid, mature writing, Psalm of Thanksgiving is perfect for any church choir or service.
Hildegard Music Publishing
392-01202 • $1.95 Add to Cart
Preview Psalm of Thanksgivinghere (non-printable PDF, 773KB)
Ralph Vaughan Williams Toward the Unknown Region Text by Walt Whitman
SATB Chorus and Piano or Orchestra
Thorpe now makes available Vaughan Williams’ work for chorus and orchestra as a full choral score with piano reduction. Using the words of the poem “Darest thou now, O soul” from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass, Vaughan Williams composed Toward the Unknown Region in 1906. The work was first performed in October of 1907 in Leeds Town Hall as part of the Leeds Triennial Music Festival, with Vaughan Williams himself conducting. Dedicated to his sister-in-law, Toward the Unknown Region put Vaughan Williams on the map as a new and important voice in English music. The full choral score with orchestra parts is available for purchase, separately (392-03093A).
Thorpe Music Publishing
392-03093 - Choral Score - $4.50 Add to Cart
392-03093A - Orchestra Score and Parts - $295.95 Add to Cart
Margaret R. Tucker Invitation SATB and Flute or Organ
Margaret Tucker has served long and well in the church community, one of the first Commissioned Ministers of Music in the United Church of Christ. She is also a published composer of hymns, and co-editor of Hymns of Truth & Light. Her Invitation, adapting text by British poet Israel Zangwill, serves well as both a wedding celebration or hymn of welcome. Layered and staggered voices build into the verse, the voices calm and welcoming. Some divisi in the upper voices, but not challenging. Particularly effective with flute, but organ accompaniment can be used. For intermediate singers. Duration: 3' 30".
Thorpe Music Publications
392-03088 • $1.90 Add to Cart
Tom Lehrer Thorpe Music Publishing Company presents a collection of well-known tunes by Harvard-educated singer-songwriter and satirist Tom Lehrer, a quintessential American composer who wrote playful and biting songs addressing social and political issues in the 1950s and 1960s. Lehrer’s songs were featured on the American version of popular UK TV show That Was the Week That Was, and also on the educational children’s show The Electric Company, among others. Ideal for elementary choirs and classroom sing-alongs.
Tom Lehrer Pollution Unison or Mixed Voices
Written in a lively calypso style, Pollution is deceptively cheerful until you pay attention to the lyrics, which address the damage done to America’s water supply by development. Watch a video of Lehrer performing this song here (YouTube video) Duration: 2’ See a page.
Thorpe Music Publishing
392-03089 • $1.75 Add to Cart
Tom Lehrer Silent E Unison Voices
Originally featured on the children’s TV show The Electric Company, Silent E is a cute little ditty about the function of the letter “E” as a silent vowel. Watch Silent E as featured on The Electric Companyhere (YouTube video) Duration: 1’30” See a page
Thorpe Music Publishing
392-03090 • $1.75 Add to Cart
Tom Lehrer L-Y Unison Voices
L-Y demonstrates the use of the suffix “-ly” by illustrating situations where it would come in handy — tiptoeing QUIETLY as you pass a sleeping tiger, for example! Here’s a clip of L-Y as it was originally featured on The Electric Company: YouTube video Duration: 2’15” See a page
Thorpe Music Publishing
392-03091 • $1.75 Add to Cart
Tom Lehrer O-U (The Hound Song) Unison Voices
O-U makes use of the “ou” sound, demonstrating it through a quick narrative by a very well-behaved hound, who must remain quiet if he does not want to be taken to the pound! Watch O-U as it originally appeared on The Electric Companyhere (YouTube video) Duration: 1’15” See a page
Thorpe Music Publishing
392-03092 • $1.60 Add to Cart
ABINGDON PRESS
Prepare!
Music & Worship Planner
2010-2011 Abingdon Press
777-40102 • $22.00 Add to Cart
The United Methodist
Music & Worship Planner
2010-2011 Abingdon Press
777-40103 • $22.00 Add to Cart
We are pleased to announce the arrival of Abingdon’s annual, essential 2010-2011 planners and workbooks, bearing beautifully redesigned covers, for choral directors, pastors and musicians, created by David L. Bone and Mary J. Scifres. Prepare! is a weekly worship planbook specially designed for pastors and musicians. An all-in-one resource, it helps both the music director and pastor plan worship services for each Sunday and holy day of the year. Its calendar format makes it easy to plan the entire choir year from September through August. It also contains complete lectionary text of the Old Testament, Psalm, Epistle and Gospel readings, as well as reproducible worship planning forms. Finally, Prepare! suggests eight or more hymns for each service, appropriate for thirteen major denominations.
Abingdon Press also offers the The United Methodist Music & Worship Planner, a version of Prepare! tailored specifically to pastors and music directors in the United Methodist Church.
The Choir Director’s Organizer is an excellent tool for church music directors of many different worship styles, including a hymn usage chart, a 13-month planning calendar, and reproducible forms for rehearsal and record-keeping.
The Latest Releases from ABINGDON PRESS
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Theodore Presser Company is proud to present a new installment of sacred chorals from Abingdon Press. Known for their popular Music and Worship Planners, Abingdon also provides church directors with a wealth of arrangements for choirs of all voice combinations.
All voiced for SATB, unless otherwise indicated.
These Hands
by Mark Burrows
2-Part Treble, Pno.
M300601915 • $1.95
Written for the New York Women’s Chorus and the composer’s dear friend John Morgan, Robert Dennis’ Bow and Bend for SSAA choir with keyboard is a collection of six songs colored by Shaker beliefs of personal revelation, equality between the sexes, celibacy and dedication to work. The first and last movements (“Grant, O Lord”) are based on a Shaker hymn tune, and the rest of the music is original, reflecting the Shaker spirit of simplicity.
E. Henry David 392-02582 • $4.95 Add to Cart
African-American Spiritual Didn’t It Rain Arranged by David Düsing
SATB Chorus, Two Tenor Solos and Keyboard
Popularized by gospel singer Mahalia Jackson in the 1950s, Didn’t It Rain is a rousing spiritual about the rain that fell after Noah built his ark. David Düsing’s arrangement features two tenor voices on the lively melody with the choir acting as rhythmic backup.
E. Henry David 392-02584 • $2.10 Add to Cart
Irish Song Dingle Bay Arranged by Michael Levi
SATB chorus a cappella
Michael Levi has arranged traditional Irish song Dingle Bay for SATB a cappella choir, a lighthearted homage to the bay area located in County Kerry, western Ireland.
E. Henry David 392-02580 • $1.80 Add to Cart
African-American Spiritual Little Boy Arranged by Robert De.Cormier
SSAA Chorus a cappella
This is a new setting for SSAA voices of Little Boy, a solemn and hauntingly beautiful spiritual about the birth of Christ. The first soprano part is given the simple, sweeping melody, and is supported by dense harmonies in the other voice parts.
E. Henry David 392-02586 • $1.50 Add to Cart
Matt Schickele Mistranslations SSA chorus a cappella
Building on the notion that many ancient texts translated during the 19th century were incorrectly interpreted, Matt Schickele goes one step further in tweaking history by adding his own translations in Mistranslations for SSA a cappella choir. Each movement represents a different text: “Aztec,” “Assyrian,” a second “Assyrian,” and “Egyptian.”
E. Henry David 392-02581 • $2.10 Add to Cart
Robert De Cormier Sing Everyone, Sing Me Text by Louise Dobbs
SATB chorus, Soprano Solo and Keyboard
Robert De Cormier has set Louise Dobbs’ lovely poem Sing Everyone, Sing Me for SATB chorus with solo soprano and keyboard, celebrating the power of song as it applies to all aspects of life. The solo soprano part floats above a multilayered, lush SATB choir for a rich, inspiring effect.
John Hatton, arranged by Henry Kihlken I Know That My Redeemer Lives SATB, Descant, Organ
A solid affirmation of faith is Kihlken's new arrangement of an 18th century melody by Hatton, Duke Street, with text by Samuel Medley. Beginning in unison, the choral voices become increasingly expanded, with a beautiful descant above the full choir at the end. This is a wonderful new entry in any worship service. Duration: 3'
Henry Purcell, arranged by Richard Langdon Alleluia SATB, Organ
A short fanfare, suitable for any worship service. The organ part makes great use of the trumpet stops, and the straightforward choral arrangement will require few rehearsals. Duration: 1' 30"
18th Century German Air, arranged by Henry Kihlken O Thou, Who By a Star SATB, Descant, Organ
Kihlken sets text by John Mason Neale to a pleasing German air to create his new general Christmas anthem. A solo descant for soprano adds a third dimension. Duration: 3'
Zollene Reissner Love Came Down at Christmas SATB Choir, C Instrument, Keyboard, opt. Handbells
Reissner uses text by Christina Rosetti, augmented by Philips Brooks and her own wording, to fashion a beautiful, flowing Christmas anthem. Alternating unison and four-part passages add an effective aura, with a C instrument accompaniment floating above (instrumental part included). Handbells can be added for a full, rich sound (7 bells, 3 octaves).
Coronet Press 392-42473 • $1.65 Add to Cart
More recent releases from Coronet Press —
John Stainer Cross of Jesus, Cross of Sorrow for SATB Chorus with Keyboard Accompaniment
Arranged by Henry Kihlken
Kihlken's new arrangement of
Cross of Jesus, from Stainer's
The Crucifixion, is a Lenten meditation on the cross and its place in the Christian faith.
The music is majestically sorrowful, and should not require much rehearsal time. Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs.
(Duration.: 2')
392-42464 • $1.65 BUY
Ludwig van Beethoven The Heavens Are Telling
Arranged by David M. Kellermeyer
for Two-part Chorus with Keyboard Accompaniment
This beautiful choral work by Beethoven masters the expression of religious joy through collective vocal celebration. With text adapted from Christian Furchtegott Gellert (1715-1769), this concise choral marvels at the beauty of Nature as “The heavens are telling of God’s endless glory / The heavens resound with praise to God.” Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs.
392-42467 • $1.65 BUY
William M. Schoenfeld Here, O My Lord, I See You
Words by Horatius Bonar
For SATB Voices, Oboe (or Flute or Violin) and Keyboard
This new devotional piece by uses the words of Scottish poet and churchman Horatius Bonar, resulting in a pensive legato piece for mixed voices and an accompanying instrument with piano. The instrumental part is provided on the back page. Duration: 4’
392-42470 • $1.65 BUY
Peter Knudson I Am So Glad on Christmas Eve
for Two-Part Chorus and Descant with Keyboard Accompaniment
Arranged by Geoffrey Allen
A short anthem of thanks and hope that will fit nicely in a Christmas Eve service. The Norwegian hymn (1859) with text by Marie Wexelsen (translated to English by George K. Evans and Geoffrey Allen) describes grateful praise, and the melodic lines are gently rolling. Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs. Duration: 1' 40"
392-42465 • $1.50 BUY
Spiritual Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Arranged by Thomas Stevens<
SATB, Kybd.
An enduring African-American spiritual with upbeat rhythms and inspirational lyrics depicting the Biblical story of Joshua and Jericho. Used as a metaphor to overcome the perils of slavery, the moving lyrics, catchy melody, and march-like rhythm of Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho ensure that this choral will forever be a perennial favorite for both singers and listeners.
Duration: 2' 30"
392-42472 • $1.65 BUY
Traditional King of Kings
Arranged by Richard Langdon
for SATB Voices with Keyboard Accompaniment
King of Kings is a highly energetic, toe-tapping spiritual that celebrates Jesus Christ’s spiritual kingdom and his unfaltering commitment to his love of its inhabitants. Perfect for both older youth and adult choirs, the piece is simple yet powerfully engaging. A forceful, audience-rousing spiritual. Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs.
392-42466 • $1.65 BUY
Spiritual O Won’t You Sit Down
Arranged by Thomas Stevens
For SAB Voices and Keyboard
This soulful, jazz-like spiritual has been newly arranged by Thomas Stevens for a small group of soprano, alto, and bass voices. Lines from the familiar tune “Go Tell It on the Mountain” are interspersed throughout, and the piece finishes with energetic, inspired three-part harmony.
Duration: 2’
392-42471 • $1.65 BUY
Traditional Old Time Religion
Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner
for SATB Voices with Keyboard Accompaniment
A classic hand-clapping spiritual for sacred choirs. Historical sources claim Old Time Religion was first heard at an 1889 camp meeting in Lexington, South Carolina, by Charles D. Tillman, who subsequently wrote down the words. The enduring nature of this foot-stomping spiritual is testament to its enthusiastic and joyful core. Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs.
Duration: 2’30”
392-42461 • $1.65 BUY
Michael Cox Sing to the Lord of Harvest
for SATB Voices with Keyboard Accompaniment
Adapted from text written by John Samuel Bewley Monsell in 1866, this festive choral was composed by Michael Cox specifically for Dr. Joseph King and the Southwestern Seminary King’s Praise. A fine selection for Thanksgiving or general harvest-season performances, choirs and congregations alike will enjoy the engaging shift from unison to divisi in this audience-pleaser of celebratory gratitude. Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs.
Duration: 3’
392-42463 • $1.95 BUY
Oscar Straus Sing! Sing! Sing!
Arranged by David M. Kellermeyer
SATB (or SA or TB), opt. Kybd.
A wonderful choral from Viennese composer Oscar Straus (1870-1954), with lyrics by John Henry Lyons and newly arranged by David Kellermeyer. A piece inspired by the joy of singing itself, the flowing tempo builds to the climactic lines, "Whate'er betides you, sing for the joy of the song that's inside you, Sing!" A fine selection for both secular and sacred older-youth and adult choirs.
Duration: 1' 30"
392-42468 • $1.65 BUY
Antonio Lotti Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
for SAB Chorus and optional Organ Accompaniment
Edited and arranged by Henry Kihlken
This Vere languores by Antonio Lotti (1667−1740) is paired with text from Isaiah 53:4 to create a new Lenten anthem of deep sorrow. A brief punctuation in the story of Christ's sacrifice, with simple vocal lines and no divisi. Appropriate for high school or skilled church choirs.
Duration: 1' 30"
392-42462 • $1.65 BUY
Traditional Carol Good Christians All, Rejoice For SATB Chorus with
Keyboard Accompaniment
Arranged by Dale Grotenhuis
Also known as In Dulci Jubilo, this enduring, fourteenth-century traditional German carol inspired J.S. Bach to write a choral prelude around it for organ and Franz Liszt to incorporate the work in his piano suite Weihnachtsbaum. Arranged for SATB voices, this celebration of Christ’s birth results in a powerful choral sung in collective joy. Good Christians All Rejoice makes for the perfect opener at Christmas services and is ideal for adult or older-youth sacred choirs. Duration: 1’60”.
392-42469 • $1.65 BUY
NEW for 2010 —
Carl Fischer Music is pleased to announce that they are now the exclusive sales agent for the BriLee Music Publishing Company
and its phenomenal catalog of choral works! With its focus on developing young voices, BriLee's catalog features many of the great choral composers and arrangers you know and a wealth of material suitable for your school choir.
