SKU: MN.60-2283
UPC: 688670622830. English.
This expansive setting of the LASST UNS ERFRUEN tune was originally conceived with full orchestra accompaniment, but works well with organ alone. Effective choral stanzas are included along with congregational involvement.
SKU: MN.60-9011A
UPC: 688670003790.
Extended setting of festive hymn LASST UNS ERFREUEN includes trumpet dialogue for prelude, one stanza SA, another SATB, one for organ alone. Remaining four stanzas sung by congregation. Requires competent trumpeters. Written for SATB, congregation, two trumpets, and organ.
SKU: HL.277282
UPC: 840126915006. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Program note:Looking Up is a piece for large chorus and orchestra, and is in three sections, played without pause. In the 16th century, a variety of psalters in meter were printed in England, with the idea of making psalm-singing something that could happen easily at home, with the rhyming meter being an aid to memorization. These translations are wonderful exercises in brevity and sometimes clumsy rhymemaking, and were usually prefaced by a lengthy explanation as to their merits; the title of one of the first such volumes in English is: The Psalter of Dauid newely translated into Englysh metre in such sort that it maye the more decently, and wyth more delyte of the mynde, be reade and songe of al men. I thought it would be appropriate to set one of these introductions, and the first section of Looking Up sets the preface to Thomas Ravenscroft's psalter (1621), in which he writes: “The singing of Psalmes (assay the Doctors) comforteth the sorrowfull, pacifieth the angry, strengtheneth the weake, humbleth the proud, gladdeth the humble, stirres up the slow, reconcileth enemies, lifteth up the heart to heavenly things, and uniteth the Creature to his Creator.”It begins meditatively, but eventually grows agitated and fervent, with a vision of the “quire of Angels and Saints” “redoubling anddescanting” - an ecstatic and terrifying vision of the skies opening up. Ravenscroft then encourages the use of instrumental musicfor worship, at which point, a long, acrobatic orchestral interlude with jagged edges antagonizes the choir, who sing a kind of private, anxious meditation on two pitches.One of the most delicious biblical texts is an Apocryphal prayer known as the Benedicite or the Prayer of the Three Children (the same who were rescued by an angel after King Nebuchadnezzar tried to have them burnt in an oven for not bowing to his image). The text is repetitive, obsessive, and a gift to composers - each line is an invocation of an element of the natural world, followed by the phrase, “blesse ye the Lord, praise him & magnify him for ever.” In Looking Up, the setting begins with three solo voices, and then grows to include the whole choir, itemizing the whole of creation. The idea that these boys are spared from the furnace and then five minutes later are saying, “O ye the fire and warming heate, blesse ye the Lord...” has always felt very loaded to me, and the orchestra plays with this conflict between joyful praise and a more terrible (in the 16th-century sense) awefor the divine.The text for the third, and shortest, section is taken from Christopher Smart's (1722-1771) A Song to David, purportedly written during his confinement in a mental asylum. This ode to King David points out how David, as the author of some of the Psalms, observes the whole world from the “clustering spheres” to the “nosegay in the vale.&rdquo.
SKU: HL.1301493
ISBN 9798350107746. UPC: 196288171935. 9.75x12.5x9.0 inches.
Designed for SAB mixed voice choirs, “Sound Patterns for Mixed Voices” teaches sight-reading skills quickly while singing “real music” from day one. This step-by-step method includes age and range appropriate songs with lyrics, dynamics, and accompaniment, along with preparatory exercises that are interesting, authentic, and flexible. This resource may be used with SAB beginners from approximately age 12 through 15 and for older singers with less singing experience. The sequential approach focuses on the keys C, G, and F, basic rhythms and simple intervals in the tonic, dominant and subdominant chords.
SKU: HL.360736
ISBN 9781705124970. UPC: 840126949964. 11.0x13.0x9.0 inches.
This classroom bundle contains 30 Student Editions and 1 Teacher Edition. For Tenor and Baritone changing voices, Sound Patterns for Changing Voices teaches sight reading skills quickly while singing “real music†from day one. This step-by-step method includes age and range appropriate songs with lyrics, dynamics and accompaniment, along with preparatory exercises that are interesting, authentic and flexible. This resource may be used with changing voice beginners from approximately age 11 through 15, and for older singers with less singing experience. The sequential approach focuses on the keys C, G, and F, basic rhythms and simple intervals in the tonic, dominant and subdominant chords. Teacher Edition comes complete with teaching suggestions and online digital access to student notation and audio files.
SKU: MN.60-6003B
This double-texted hymn setting on the well-known hymn tune Lasst uns erfreuen includes an instrumental introduction, a modulation after stanza 3, and a soprano descant on stanza 4. Stanza 3, for unaccompanied choir alone, uses the original form of the hymn, as it appears in German hymnals to this day. Reproducible page for congregation in choral score. Based on the tune Lasst uns erfreuen. Trumpets I and II in C and B-flat. Part of the St. Louis Cathedral Series.
SKU: LO.30-2530L
UPC: 000308124118.
Craig Curry has transformed the traditional hymn All Creatures of Our God and King into a fresh anthem for today's choirs in this relaxed rhythm and blues arrangement. With accessible vocal parts and an outstanding arrangement for instrumental ensemble and rhythm section, this new setting surely will bring sparkle into a classic. Instrumentation: Score and Parts for A. Sax., Tpt., Tbn., Rhythm.
SKU: HL.44007467
UPC: 884088255817. 9x12 inches. English-German-French-Dutch.
This arrangement presents three contrasting verses of the ancient hymn tune “Lasst uns erfreuen,” which in the English-speaking world is usually sung to the hymn “All Creatures of our God and King.” It is effective as a concert piece as well as an instrumental interlude during a church service, particularly at Easter or Pentecost. Duration: 3:00.
SKU: LO.30-3643L
UPC: 000308153439.
Brass and Percussion Score and Parts for 10/5238L This driving, energetic anthem by Marty Parks seamlessly combines original material with excerpts from the hymn All Creatures of Our God and King. Suitable for worship throughout the church year, the engaging and readily learned syncopations will quickly ensure that this piece becomes a standard in your library.
SKU: BT.CMP-0123-97-040
This concert work is a creative setting of the hymn All Creatures Of Our God And King. Arranged boldly and with a brassy fanfare, this would make a great concert opener.
SKU: KJ.GB893F
Festive Variations on Lasst uns Erfreuen, is based freely on the German chorale melody more commonly known as All Creatures of Our God and King. In five variations, this work begins with an Allegro introduction in 6/8, followed by a serene statement of the theme. The first variation reflects the 6/8 optimism of the introduction. The second has a more majestic texture in 3/4 time, featuring brass and percussion. The third variation is a scherzo, fairly fragmentary and more disjunct than the others. This is the most academic of the variations. The fourth is a gentle ballad freely based on the first four notes of the melody. The fifth variation returns to the complete melody, found in a fugato with variations within. Before the work concludes, the original introduction and theme are restated in their first form, followed by a coda based on the introductory motive.