A setting of the Sara Teasdale poem that opens, 'Life has loveliness to sell, the composer has crafted a work that does exactly that. A perfect festival piece, it promotes the appreciation of loveliness, beauty, music and nature. The optional string quartet adds an additional measure of beauty to the performance. / Choeur Mixte (SATB) Et Piano
SKU: CF.CM9738
ISBN 9781491161180. UPC: 680160919765. Key: Eb major. English. Barter by Sara Teasdale.
Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces looking up Holding wonder in a cup. Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, arms that hold, And for your spirit's still delight, Holy thoughts that star the night. Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost; For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of strife well lost, And for a breath of ecstacy Give all you have been, or could be. --Barter from Love Songs (1918) by Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American poet whose short, personal lyrics are noted for their classical simplicity and quiet intensity. Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri and traveled to Chicago as a young woman, where she grew acquainted with Harriet Monroe and the literary circle around Poetry. Teasdale wrote seven books of poetry in her lifetime and received public admiration for her well-crafted lyrical poetry which centered on a woman's changing perspectives of beauty, love, life, and death. Jacob Narverud (b. 1986) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor. A native Kansan, Jacob is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble of musicians from across the Great Plains. Dr. Narverud is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences as well as an active guest conductor/clinician for choral festivals and all-state choirs across the United States. Many of his compositions are publisher best sellers and are performed worldwide by choirs of all levels. Website: jnarverud.com YouTube & Spotify: jacobnarverud.Life has loveliness to sell, All beautiful and splendid things, Blue waves whitened on a cliff, Soaring fire that sways and sings, And children's faces looking up Holding wonder like a cup. Life has loveliness to sell, Music like a curve of gold, Scent of pine trees in the rain, Eyes that love you, arms that hold, And for your spirit's still delight, Holy thoughts that star the night. Spend all you have for loveliness, Buy it and never count the cost; For one white singing hour of peace Count many a year of strife well lost, And for a breath of ecstacy Give all you have been, or could be. --Barter from Love Songs (1918) by Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American poet whose short, personal lyrics are noted for their classical simplicity and quiet intensity. Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri and traveled to Chicago as a young woman, where she grew acquainted with Harriet Monroe and the literary circle around Poetry. Teasdale wrote seven books of poetry in her lifetime and received public admiration for her well-crafted lyrical poetry which centered on a woman's changing perspectives of beauty, love, life, and death. Jacob Narverud (b. 1986) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor. A native Kansan, Jacob is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble of musicians from across the Great Plains. Dr. Narverud is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences as well as an active guest conductor/clinician for choral festivals and all-state choirs across the United States. Many of his compositions are publisher best sellers and are performed worldwide by choirs of all levels. Website: jnarverud.com YouTube & Spotify: jacobnarverud.Life has loveliness to sell,All beautiful and splendid things,Blue waves whitened on a cliff,Soaring fire that sways and sings,And children's faces looking upHolding wonder like a cup. Life has loveliness to sell,Music like a curve of gold,Scent of pine trees in the rain,Eyes that love you, arms that hold,And for your spirit's still delight,Holy thoughts that star the night. Spend all you have for loveliness,Buy it and never count the cost;For one white singing hour of peaceCount many a year of strife well lost,And for a breath of ecstacyGive all you have been, or could be.                  —“Barter †from Love Songs (1918) by Sara Teasdale Sara Teasdale (1884-1933) was an American poet whose short, personal lyrics are noted for their classical simplicity and quiet intensity. Teasdale was born in St. Louis, Missouri and traveled to Chicago as a young woman, where she grew acquainted with Harriet Monroe and the literary circle around Poetry. Teasdale wrote seven books of poetry in her lifetime and received public admiration for her well-crafted lyrical poetry which centered on a woman’s changing perspectives of beauty, love, life, and death.Jacob Narverud (b. 1986) is an American composer, arranger, and conductor. A native Kansan, Jacob is the Founder/Artistic Director of the Tallgrass Chamber Choir, a professional ensemble of musicians from across the Great Plains. Dr. Narverud is a frequent guest lecturer at universities and conferences as well as an active guest conductor/clinician for choral festivals and all-state choirs across the United States. Many of his compositions are publisher best sellers and are performed worldwide by choirs of all levels.Website: jnarverud.com        YouTube & Spotify: jacobnarverud.
SKU: HL.49005752
ISBN 9780793526123. UPC: 73999258509. 273 X 191 inches.
Contents: Meyerbeer: O Paradis sorti de l'onde (L'Africaine) – Verdi: Celeste Aida (Aida) • Io la vidi (Don Carlo) • Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza Del Destino) • Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)• La donna e mobile (Rigoletto) • Ah, si ben mio coll'essere (Il Trovatore) – Smetana: Jenik's Aria (The Bartered Bride) – Puccini: Che gelida manina (La Boheme) • Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)• Recondita armonia (Tosca) • E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) – Bizet: Le fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) – Mozart: Un' aura amorosa (Cosö fan tutte) • Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni) •Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) • O wie angstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflöte) – Donizetti: Com'e gentil (Don Pasquale) • Una furtiva lagrima(L'Elisir D'Amore) • Spirto gentil (La Favorita) • Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Tchaikovsky: Lenski's Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure (Faust) • Ah,leve-toi, soleil! (Roméo et Juliette) – C.M.von Weber: Durch die Walder (Der Freischütz) – Ponchielli: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda); Godard: Oh! ne t'eveille pas (Jocelyn) – Wagner: Amstillen Herd (DieMeistersinger von Nurnberg) • Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walther's Prize-Song) (Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg) • In fernem Land (Lohengrin) • Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walkure) –Halevy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) – Delibes: Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Lakme) – Massenet: En ferment les yeux (The Dream of Des Grieux) (Manon) • Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) – Flotow:M'appari tutt'amor (Martha) – A. Thomas: Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon) • Adieu, Mignon! (Mignon) – Auber: Du pauvre seul ami (Slumber-Song) (La Muette de Portici) – Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)– Lalo: Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le Roi d'Ys).Celebrated arias selected from operas a range of composers in five volumes. This volume is compiled by Kurt Adler and is for Tenor Voice. It includes selections from The Magic Flute, The Bartered Bride, Faust, Cosi Fan Tutte, Romeo and Juliet and many more operas. Contents: Meyerbeer: O Paradis sorti de l'onde (L'Africaine) – Verdi: Celeste Aida (Aida) • Io la vidi (Don Carlo) • Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza Del Destino) • Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)• La donna e mobile (Rigoletto) • Ah, si ben mio coll'essere (Il Trovatore) – Smetana: Jenik's Aria (The Bartered Bride) – Puccini: Che gelida manina (La Boheme) • Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)• Recondita armonia (Tosca) • E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) – Bizet: Le fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) – Mozart: Un' aura amorosa (Cosö fan tutte) • Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni) •Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) • O wie angstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflöte) – Donizetti: Com'e gentil (Don Pasquale) • Una furtiva lagrima(L'Elisir D'Amore) • Spirto gentil (La Favorita) • Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Tchaikovsky: Lenski's Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure (Faust) • Ah,leve-toi, soleil! (Roméo et Juliette) – C.M.von Weber: Durch die Walder (Der Freischütz) – Ponchielli: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda); Godard: Oh! ne t'eveille pas (Jocelyn) – Wagner: Amstillen Herd (DieMeistersinger von Nurnberg) • Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walther's Prize-Song) (Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg) • In fernem Land (Lohengrin) • Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walkure) –Halevy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) – Delibes: Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Lakme) – Massenet: En ferment les yeux (The Dream of Des Grieux) (Manon) • Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) – Flotow:M'appari tutt'amor (Martha) – A. Thomas: Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon) • Adieu, Mignon! (Mignon) – Auber: Du pauvre seul ami (Slumber-Song) (La Muette de Portici) – Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)– Lalo: Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le Roi d'Ys).Contents: Meyerbeer: O Paradis sorti de l'onde (L'Africaine) – Verdi: Celeste Aida (Aida) • Io la vidi (Don Carlo) • Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza Del Destino) • Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)• La donna e mobile (Rigoletto) • Ah, si ben mio coll'essere (Il Trovatore) – Smetana: Jenik's Aria (The Bartered Bride) – Puccini: Che gelida manina (La Boheme) • Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)• Recondita armonia (Tosca) • E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) – Bizet: Le fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) – Mozart: Un' aura amorosa (Cosö fan tutte) • Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni) •Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) • O wie angstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflöte) – Donizetti: Com'e gentil (Don Pasquale) • Una furtiva lagrima(L'Elisir D'Amore) • Spirto gentil (La Favorita) • Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Tchaikovsky: Lenski's Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure (Faust) • Ah,leve-toi, soleil! (Roméo et Juliette) – C.M.von Weber: Durch die Walder (Der Freischütz) – Ponchielli: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda); Godard: Oh! ne t'eveille pas (Jocelyn) – Wagner: Amstillen Herd (DieMeistersinger von Nurnberg) • Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walther's Prize-Song) (Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg) • In fernem Land (Lohengrin) • Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walkure) –Halevy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) – Delibes: Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Lakme) – Massenet: En ferment les yeux (The Dream of Des Grieux) (Manon) • Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) – Flotow:M'appari tutt'amor (Martha) – A. Thomas: Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon) • Adieu, Mignon! (Mignon) – Auber: Du pauvre seul ami (Slumber-Song) (La Muette de Portici) – Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)– Lalo: Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le Roi d'Ys).Contents: Meyerbeer: O Paradis sorti de l'onde (L'Africaine) – Verdi: Celeste Aida (Aida) • Io la vidi (Don Carlo) • Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza Del Destino) • Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)• La donna e mobile (Rigoletto) • Ah, si ben mio coll'essere (Il Trovatore) – Smetana: Jenik's Aria (The Bartered Bride) – Puccini: Che gelida manina (La Boheme) • Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)• Recondita armonia (Tosca) • E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) – Bizet: Le fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) – Mozart: Un' aura amorosa (Cosö fan tutte) • Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni) •Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) • O wie angstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflöte) – Donizetti: Com'e gentil (Don Pasquale) • Una furtiva lagrima(L'Elisir D'Amore) • Spirto gentil (La Favorita) • Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Tchaikovsky: Lenski's Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure (Faust) • Ah,leve-toi, soleil! (Roméo et Juliette) – C.M.von Weber: Durch die Walder (Der Freischütz) – Ponchielli: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda); Godard: Oh! ne t'eveille pas (Jocelyn) – Wagner: Amstillen Herd (DieMeistersinger von Nurnberg) • Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walther's Prize-Song) (Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg) • In fernem Land (Lohengrin) • Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walkure) –Halevy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) – Delibes: Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Lakme) – Massenet: En ferment les yeux (The Dream of Des Grieux) (Manon) • Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) – Flotow:M'appari tutt'amor (Martha) – A. Thomas: Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon) • Adieu, Mignon! (Mignon) – Auber: Du pauvre seul ami (Slumber-Song) (La Muette de Portici) – Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)– Lalo: Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le Roi d'Ys).Contents: Meyerbeer: O Paradis sorti de l'onde (L'Africaine) – Verdi: Celeste Aida (Aida) • Io la vidi (Don Carlo) • Oh, tu che in seno agli angeli (La Forza Del Destino) • Parmi veder le lagrime (Rigoletto)• La donna e mobile (Rigoletto) • Ah, si ben mio coll'essere (Il Trovatore) – Smetana: Jenik's Aria (The Bartered Bride) – Puccini: Che gelida manina (La Boheme) • Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)• Recondita armonia (Tosca) • E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) – Bizet: Le fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen) – Mozart: Un' aura amorosa (Cosö fan tutte) • Il mio tesoro intanto (Don Giovanni) •Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni) • O wie angstlich (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Dies Bildniss ist bezaubernd schon (Die Zauberflöte) – Donizetti: Com'e gentil (Don Pasquale) • Una furtiva lagrima(L'Elisir D'Amore) • Spirto gentil (La Favorita) • Fra poco a me ricovero (Lucia di Lammermoor) – Tchaikovsky: Lenski's Aria (Eugene Onegin) – Gounod: Salut! demeure chaste et pure (Faust) • Ah,leve-toi, soleil! (Roméo et Juliette) – C.M.von Weber: Durch die Walder (Der Freischütz) – Ponchielli: Cielo e mar (La Gioconda); Godard: Oh! ne t'eveille pas (Jocelyn) – Wagner: Amstillen Herd (DieMeistersinger von Nurnberg) • Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein (Walther's Prize-Song) (Die Meistersinger von Nurnburg) • In fernem Land (Lohengrin) • Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Die Walkure) –Halevy: Rachel, quand du Seigneur (La Juive) – Delibes: Fantaisie aux divins mensonges (Lakme) – Massenet: En ferment les yeux (The Dream of Des Grieux) (Manon) • Ah! fuyez, douce image (Manon) – Flotow:M'appari tutt'amor (Martha) – A. Thomas: Elle ne croyait pas (Mignon) • Adieu, Mignon! (Mignon) – Auber: Du pauvre seul ami (Slumber-Song) (La Muette de Portici) – Leoncavallo: Vesti la giubba (Pagliacci)– Lalo: Vainement, ma bien-aimee (Le Roi d'Ys).
SKU: LO.99-2627H
UPC: 000308126730.
Memor able melodies abound in this splendid original setting of Teasdale's poem, Barter. It features strong, yet accessible choral writing, enhanced by an artistic, supportive accompaniment. The middle section grows in intensity, providing contrast for the quiet splendor of the ending. An accessible Two-part edition of this best seller is a welcome addition to literature for children's and developing treble choirs.