And Other Classic American Folk Songs-Oh Shenandoah & Other American Folksongs forms part of the Choral Basics series which has been carefully designed to provide rewarding varied repertoire for beginner choirs from world music to pop classics and showtunes.These American folk songs are arranged for soprano alto and combined men's voices - ideal for beginner choirs and for choirs in which the male singers are few or at the stage when their voices are changing. The straightforward piano accompaniment provides good support for the singers. Included are the beautiful title song an enchanting version of the Shaker hymn Simple gifts and a barn-storming medley of US country dances Low-down onthe Hoe-down! Stetsons at the ready...

Matyas Seiber (1905-1960) was a Hungarian composer who lived and worked in the UK from 1935 until his death. He was born in Budapest and studied with Kodaly and toured the country to collect folk songs. Someof these were later published in 1949 as Three Hungarian Folk Songs with English words by the singer musicologist and self-styled ?Folklorist? A. L. Lloyd (1908-1982).Three Hungarian FolkSongs have been arranged for SAB choir with Piano accompaniment by the pianist and composer Maurice Jacobson (1896-1976). They are individually titled: The Handsome Butcher - Apple Apple - The OldWoman.

Little Voices Film Songs brings together five movie favourites specially selected and arranged in two parts for young groups and choirs. The included CD contains complete vocal and piano versions plus piano-only accompaniments to each song. Each themed book in the Little Voices series contains five songs that make a perfect introduction to the part-singing for beginner groups. / Chant Et Piano

Arch Gwyn (Arranger). Par ARCH GWYN. These folksongs from the wild west have been arranged with the younger choir in mind. They are fun arrangements of popular folksongs that are interesting to sing and fairly straight-forward to perform. The optional baritone line makes the collection suitable for choirs with a dearth of male voices but equally suitable for boys to sing as their voices change and develop. / Niveau : Facile / Date parution : 1995-06-15/ Feuillet / Choeur

Francis Pott’s My song is love unknown sets all of Samuel Crossman’s famous verses but one (commonly omitted when the poem is sung metrically as a hymn). The music begins with offbeat repeated chords prompted—not inappropriately—by the opening to Richard Strauss’s tone poem  Death and transfiguration. In its early stages only trebles and altos are heard. The sequential flow of Crossman’s poem is soon disrupted with particular dramatic ends in mind. After a seemingly anxious harmonic distortion of the opening chords the word ‘crucify’ arises initially as a mere mutter from the lowervoices so timed as to afford assonance with other words in the upper parts and thus remain barely discernible as if only imagined. In due course however cries of ‘Hosanna’ find themselves on a collision course with a rising tide of ‘Crucify’ during which the ‘Hosanna’ faction gradually loses heart and sheep-like defects until a single treble voice—plaintively daring to repeat the ‘offending’ word—is swept aside by a murderous outcry. In due course ‘Crucify’ recurs as a further angry climax before the opening music returns this time expanding into an extended polyphonic final section for double choir and SATB soloists. The principal climax of the work subsides into a form of epilogue crowned sorrowfully by a treble soloist to whom the music in toto has by now presented many challenges. The anthem ends in the key and mood of its opening. The character of its demanding organ part reflects the possibility that it may one day be orchestrated.   My song is love unknown was composed in memory of Michael Renton a craftsman and largely self-taught ‘Renaissance’ man who was not only a member of the Winchester cathedral congregation but also the cathedral’s stonemason. He was beloved of many in the Cathedral community; a true and

Cradle Song was first written in 1868 and published in German as Wiegenlied (Op. 49 No. 4). It has since become commonly known as Brahms' Lullaby.The lyrics have been translated intoEnglish by Florence Hoare and the music arranged for Male Voice Chorus (TTBB) by Percy E. Fletcher. A Piano reduction is provided for rehearsal purposes.The German composer and pianist JohannesBrahms (1833-1897) spent most of his working life in Vienna where his influence and stature were unmatched during his lifetime. He was a noted perfectionist and often destroyed works he thought unworthy of publication.

Diese Sammlung vereint rund 50 alte und neue Chorsätze unter dem Motto des Trierer Chorfestivals 2015 ?Gott liebt diese Welt'.Motetten, Volkslieder und Geistliche Lieder, Spirituals, Wechselgesänge sowie Kanons in verschiedenen Sprachen und Besetzungen sind vertreten und machen sie zur idealen Grundlage für das Singen in der Messe, im Gottesdienst und bei Chorbegegnungen. Die Sammlung ist insbesondere auch auf Kinder- und Jugendchöre zugeschnitten.Im Juli 2015 findet unter dem Dach des Bistums Trier das 7. Deutsche Chorfestival ?Pueri Cantores' statt. Grundsatz des Deutschen Chorverbandes ?Pueri Cantores' ist die Begegnung durch gemeinsames Singen. Dies wird auch mit den regelmäßig veranstalteten Chorfestivals auf diözesaner, nationaler und internationaler Ebene gepflegt.- Für Messe und Konzert- Geistliches und Weltliches- Verschiedene Besetzungen (SSA, SATB), teilweise mit TasteninstrumentAus dem Inhalt?Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt' (S. Strohbach)- ?God so loved the world' (B. Chilcott)- ?A Song of Thanksgiving' (M. Patterson)- ?Peace I leave with you' (J. Barnard)- ?Verleih uns Frieden' (C. Mawby)- ?Du bist das Brot, das den Hunger stillt' (T. Quast)- ?Die Gedanken sind frei' (M. Nagel)- ?Der Weg zur Oper' (O. Gies)- Chorimprovisationen von O. Sperling und M. Balzer u.a. / Choeur Mixte

A Roman War Song is a chorus from the opera Rienzi by Richard Wagner. It has been arranged here for TTBB Male Voice Chorus with Piano accompaniment by Percy E. Fletcher with thelyrics translated into English by George Ellerton.Rienzi was one of the composer’s earlier operas but remains one of his most popular. Structured in five acts it was written from 1838-1840 and firstperformed in 1842. The plot revolves around the life of revolutionary Cola di Rienzi who helps to overthrow the established nobility in Rome before the populace also turns against him.Richard Wagner(1813-1883) was a German composer best known for his operas most famously his Ring cycle. His complex textures and shifting tonality is sometimes seen as marking the birth of modern music.