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.
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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
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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
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
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.
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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 Co. 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 Co. 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 Co. 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
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
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'
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.
Universal Edition UE33936 • $37.95 Add to Cart
A Celebration of Song includes all of these —
Gustav Mahler
Liebst du um Schönheit
Richard Strauss
Breit' über mein Haupt
Gustav Mahler
Blicke mir nicht in die Lieder
Richard Strauss
Schön sind, doch kalt
die Himmelssterne
Joseph Marx
Hat dich die Liebe berührt
Alma Maria
Mahler
Bei dir ist es traut
Joseph Marx
Selige Nacht
Alma Maria
Mahler
Waldseligkeit
Franz Schreker
Ein Rosenblatt
Arnold Schönberg
Ghasel
Franz Schreker
Noch dasselbe Keimen
Arnold Schönberg
Hängende Gärten
Alexander
Zemlinsky
Die Mädchen mit den
verbundenen Augen
Anton Webern
Gleich und gleich
Alexander
Zemlinsky
Lied der Jungfrau
Anton Webern
Im Morgentaun trittst du hervor
Alban Berg
An Leukon
Alban Berg
Sahst du nach dem Gewitterregen
Alban Berg
Schließe mir die Augen beide
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
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
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 UE33931 • $34.95 Add to Cart
David Sawer The Source Soprano, Mezzo-soprano and Tubular Bells (Playing Score)
Composer David Sawer has penned a passionate duet for soprano and mezzo soprano, based on the words of Edward Thomas’ poem, “The Source.” Written for the 20th anniversary of NMC recordings, a label devoted to the music of living British composers, The Source is most appropriate for advanced singers.
Universal Edition UE21474 • $17.95 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
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 Co. 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 Co. 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.
Theodore Presser Company 111-40223 • $29.95 Add to Cart
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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.
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
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
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 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
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”
Richard Filz Airdrummers of Tombalesi Vocal Quartet or Mixed Choir a cappella
Universal Edition UE34186 • $8.95 Add to Cart
Beam Me Up! Vocal Quartet or Mixed Choir a cappella
Universal Edition UE34187 • $8.95 Add to Cart
As part of the Rhythm Voices series, German drummer/composer Richard Filz gives us Airdrummers of Tombalesi and Beam Me Up!, quick, lively pieces for choir or four-part voices written in a percussive style. Each voice part imitates the drum with consonant and vowel sounds, resulting in unique and tangible tone color. For intermediate to advanced singers.
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”.
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 UE33880 • $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 UE33723 • $9.95 Add to Cart See our Spotlite on Arvo Pärt!
UPDATE...for Lauridsen's NOCTURNES cycle...
Morten Lauridsen Epilogue: Voici le soir (Night has come) Words by Rainer Maria Rilke
SATB Choir and Piano
According to the composer, Voici le soir is designed as an epilogue to his well-known choral cycle Nocturnes, and should be performed only when the entire cycle is programmed, as an extension to Sure On This Shining Night. In its entirety, Lauridsen’s Nocturnes cycle recalls the opening motives of Sa Nuit d’Été, and was premiered by the Los Angeles Master Chorale conducted by Grant Gershon at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles on May 4, 2008. The words of poet Rainer Maria Rilke are set against rich, jazz-tinged modal harmonies and bell sounds in the Nocturnes, and this Epilogue finally completes the cycle with a dark, haunting finish. For high school or university choirs. Duration: 2’
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
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
Commissioned for the Ithaca College Annual Choral Festival, Dan Welcher has created a beautiful collection of three Walt Whitman poems (“I Celebrate Myself,” “I Am He That Walks,” and “There Is That in Me”), set for SATB voices. They are serious, yet flow easily, and will be very useful for college choirs. For advanced and college choirs.
Theodore Presser Company 362-03417 • $4.95 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).
Universal Edition UE33642 • $13.95 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.
Presser 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 UE34184 • $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.
Morten Lauridsen Sure On This Shining Night Words by James Agee
TTBB Chorus and Piano
Morten Lauridsen's stunning Sure On This Shining Night from his popular cycle Nocturnes is now available in a TTBB setting with piano. This particular arrangement is dedicated to the composer’s friend Maestro Paul Salamunovich, choral icon and former conductor of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, for which Lauridsen was composer-in-residence from 1995-2001.
Morten Lauridsen Where Have the Actors Gone arranged for SATB Chorus and Piano
by Ian Freebairn-Smith
Lauridsen's ode to Broadway songwriters originally appeared as a vocal solo, but cried out for a choral setting. This tender and moving song is not overly demanding, and an opportunity to spotlight a competent accompanist in Lauridsen's original piano score. Where Have the Actors Gone is perfect for community choirs, both amateur and professional.
Peermusic Classical 62321-122 • $1.95 Add to Cart Original voice and Piano 62021-203 • $4.95Add to Cart
My esteem for the great Broadway songwriters has only deepened over the years. Their enduring, rich legacy of quintessentially American music has certainly influenced my music during my entire career, especially in the creation of what I hope to have been elegant and gracious lines for those singing my works.
"Where Have The Actors Gone" is my contribution to this genre of theater/cabaret songs, first introduced by jazz vocalist Sunny Wilkinson at the Improv Theater in Los Angeles and later recorded by Sunny with keyboard artist Shelly Berg on "Lauridsen – Northwest Journey" (RCM 12001). The story tells of the end of a love relationship through an allegorical tale of actors bringing their play to a close and parting ways.
I asked my good friend, Grammy recipient and veteran studio singer Ian Freebairn-Smith, widely known for his many brilliant vocal arrangements, sound tracks and original compositions, to arrange "Actors" in two versions, one with my original piano accompaniment intact and the second a more expanded version for a cappella jazz choir. His deft, beautifully-crafted renditions now make this song available to choruses as well.
— Morten Lauridsen
Distinguished Professor of Composition, USC Thornton School of Music
Composer-in-Residence, Los Angeles Master Chorale, 1995-2001
Recipient, 2007 National Medal of Arts
NEW RELEASES from Thorpe Music Publishing
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 Company 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 Company 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 Company 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 Company 392-03092 • $1.60 Add to Cart
The Latest Releases from ABINGDON PRESS Click the cover to see the first page of music
Arise and Rejoice
Stan Pethel
SATB and Piano
Thanksgiving or General anthem
The partnership of Stan Pethel and John Parker shines through this extraordinary anthem of praise. Your congregation will be able to live out the text “Heaven and earth, arise and rejoice! Lift up your praise to God’s name” as a response to this call to rejoice in all that God has given us.
Abingdon Press
M300600031 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Christ Is Born
Mark A. Miller
SATB and Piano Christmas anthem
The opening “Alleluia” of Christ Is Born floats as a gentle reminder of the joy that comes with the birth of Christ. Incorporating the familiar text written by Christina G. Rossetti, this setting is perfect for Christmas Eve services.
Abingdon Press
M300600505 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Christmas Carol Medley
Traditional Christmas Carols,
arr. Ken Dosso
SATB and Piano Christmas anthem
An annual tradition will be started once you have led the choir in singing this anthem in worship. Creating a medley of three familiar carols, arranger Ken Dosso offers this as an anthem – but don’t be surprised if your congregation begins singing along!
Abingdon Press
M300600314 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Communion Song
Robert Lau
SATB, optional Solo, and Keyboard
Communion anthem
“Come now and take the body of the Lord…”, an invitation to us all to experience renewal. Lau’s gentle setting of this historic text brings a newness that will invite your singers and congregation to “sing praise to Jesus, the Lord with us now.”
Abingdon Press
M300600048 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Dance, O Israel
Carl J. Nygard, Jr.
Two-part Mixed Voices and Piano Advent anthem
Your youth and adult choirs will be dancing in their seats as they rehearse this vibrant anthem by acclaimed composer, Carl J. Nygard, Jr. Bringing joy to Sunday worship services, the anthem will also be a highlight of your Christmas concerts.
Abingdon Press
M300600482 • $1.85 Add to Cart
The Day Is Coming
Mark A. Miller
SATB and Piano Advent or General anthem
With a strong call to justice and peace, author Laurie Zelman and composer Mark A. Miller have penned an anthem that will leave your choir filled with a new call to work together so that “the will of heaven on this earth be done.”
Abingdon Press
M300600222 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Faith, Hope, and Love
Gene Grier & Lowell Everson
Unison Voices and Keyboard
General anthem
Gene Grier and Lowell Everson bring together a strong text appropriate for children, youth, and adults blended with a memorable melody in “Faith, Hope, Love.”
Abingdon Press
M300600055 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Fum, Fum, Fum
Catalonian Carol,
arr. Mark Burrows
SATB and Percussion (Tambourine, Bongos, Finger Cymbals) Christmas anthem
A favorite carol has been spiced up by Mark Burrows with an unexpected a cappella arrangement. The traditional carol is layered on top of a wonderful rhythmic “fum, fum, fum” pattern. This anthem is definitely a challenge your choir will want to meet.
Abingdon Press
M300600437 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Heaven Came to Earth
Ken Dosso
SATB and Piano Christmas anthem
Do not let your youth, adults, or praise ensemble hear the recording of this anthem. Why? They will all be begging you to be the choir chosen to sing this anthem this Christmas season!
Abingdon Press
M300600307 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Heleluyan
Traditional Muskogee Indian,
arr. Jerry Ulrich
Arr. for Men's Voices
by William Skoog
TTBB and Baritone Solo, a cappella
General anthem
This Abingdon Press best seller is
now available in a TTBB setting. The traditional Muscogee (Creek) Indian melody was originally arranged
by Jerry Ulrich for SATB voices
(712-40018, $1.60) has now been wonderfully arranged by William Skoog for your men.
Abingdon Press
M300600062 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Polish Carol,
arr. Evelyn R. Larter
SATB, Alto Solo, Piano,
and Clarinet Christmas anthem
Evelyn R. Larter has gifted us with a delightful bluesy arrangement of the traditional carol, “Infant Holy, Infant Lowly.” Choirs and congregations alike will enjoy the newness of the blend of traditional tune and text with interesting rhythms and harmonies.
Abingdon Press
M300600499 • $1.85 Add to Cart
A Joyful Noise
Mark Burrows
SATB and Piano with Percussion
General anthem
The infectious joy of this song is detected immediately with the vibrant samba rhythm pattern in the accompaniment. Based on Psalm 100, composer Mark Burrows brings us a sure-fire choir favorite. Youth and adults will both enjoy singing this anthem.
Abingdon Press
M300600529 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Kneel Before the Table
Michael Worthington
SATB and Piano
Communion anthem
Worthington's new anthem is a solemn, worshipful work in E minor, to reflect the wonder and power of the communion service. Your choir will learn this quickly with few rehearsals.
Abingdon Press
M300600086 • $1.80 Add to Cart
Make Me an Instrument of Peace
Mark A. Miller
SATB, Solo, and Piano
General anthem
Sometimes an anthem creeps into your heart to be sung throughout the week. Mark Miller’s Make Me an Instrument of Peace will be the anthem your congregation will hum all week.
Abingdon Press
M300600536 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Mary’s Lullaby
Dana Mengel
SATB, Soprano Solo, and Piano Christmas anthem
In this the season of lights, we are reminded that Christ is “born to bring us peace within” in this beautiful lullaby. Yet, Mary’s wish for her child to “sleep through the night” reminds of the humanity of Christ.
Abingdon Press
M300600093 • $1.85 Add to Cart
O Holy Night Divine
Patrick M. Liebergen
SATB, Flute, and Piano Christmas anthem
Blending together two flowing melodies out of the classical music tradition, Patrick Liebergen offers this new setting of O Holy Night. Perfect for choirs who enjoy singing traditional choral music, the anthem can be learned in those few weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Abingdon Press
M300600420 • $1.85 Add to Cart
O Little Town of Bethlehem
English Folk Tunes,
arr. John Lewers
SATB, optional Soloists, and Organ Christmas anthem
The melding of the text “O Little Town of Bethlehem” by Phillips Brooks with the tune Forest Green will be familiar to some singers and a delightful discovery to others. Whether it is a new or familiar setting, your singers will leave rehearsal humming this tune each week during the Christmas season.
Abingdon Press
M300600284 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Once in Royal David’s City
Henry J. Gauntlett,
arr. Evelyn R. Larter
SAB, Alto Solo, Violin (or Flute), and Piano Christmas anthem
Here is an opportunity to experience a traditional Christmas carol made new! The beloved carol Once in Royal David’s City takes on a whole new feel as you sing this contemplative, jazz-like arrangement.
Abingdon Press
M300600321 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Sing for Joy
Sandra T. Ford
Unison or Two-part Voices and Piano, optional Handbells
General anthem
You will sing for joy all week with this anthem! Sandra Ford’s choice of the 6/8 meter invites everyone to move from the very first beat.
Abingdon Press
M300600161 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Someday
Ken Dosso
SATB and Solos, a cappella
General anthem
Ken Dosso has written another fabulous anthem filled with rhythmic drive and excitement. Someday is a vibrant affirmation that someday, when the trumpet of God sounds, “we’ll all fly home.”
Abingdon Press
M300600185 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Taste and See
Dana Mengel
SATB, optional Solo, and Piano
Communion anthem
Sharing his faith through the text, “Christ is the bread that came down from heaven… Christ holds the cup of our salvation,” Dana Mengel has composed a gentle communion anthem that offers the gift of Christ to all: “Taste and see that the Lord is good.”
Abingdon Press
M300600406 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Three Kings Came Traveling
Dan McGowan
Unison or Two-part Voices and Piano,
optional Wood Block Christmas/Epiphany anthem
Your Older Elementary or Middle School age choirs will be humming the tune to Three Kings Came Traveling all week long! A quick-to-learn piece, this will be the anthem they ask for year after year.
Abingdon Press
M300600277 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Tribute of Praise
Stan Pethel
SATB and Piano
General anthem
Majestic, strong, and accessible – not a combination always found in choral music. Pethel and Parker have achieved this combination through the use of Psalm 92, a memorable melody, and interesting harmonies!
Abingdon Press
M300600246 • $1.85 Add to Cart
Under God’s Wings
Mark Patterson
SATB and Piano
General anthem
Music has power to sustain and comfort God’s people. Under God’s Wings, a setting of the beloved Psalm 91, will allow your choir to sing of God’s love and strength at all times in their lives and the life of your congregation.
Abingdon Press
M300600215 • $1.85 Add to Cart
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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'
Coronet Press 392-42476 • $1.65 Add to Cart
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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
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
NEW 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
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