Par SPARKE PHILIP. Cette référence (AMP 225-050) correspond aux parties de Choeur à quatre voix. Le texte est en anglais.' La plupart des traditions de Noël en Angleterre sont relativement récentes. Montée sur le trône en 1837, la reine Victoria (née de Hanovre) régnera jusqu'à sa mort en 1901. En 1840, elle épousa son cousin, le prince Albert de Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Le prince consort, originaire d'Allemagne, importa bon nombre de traditions de Noël allemandes au Royaume-Uni. Ainsi, il fit découvrir aux Anglais la coutume du sapin et les cartes de Noël, entre autres, contribuant largement au Noël typiquement anglais tel que nous le connaissons aujourd'hui.Bien que les chants de Noël font l'objet d'une longue tradition en Angleterre, de nombreuses mélodies que nous chantons proviennent du continent européen ou des Etats-Unis. Je savais bien que le célébrissime Silent Night (Douce nuit) était d'origine autrichienne et que Hark, the Herald Angels Sing (Ecoutez le chant des Anges) était d'origine allemande. Pourtant, quelle ne fut pas ma surprise d'apprendre qu'Away in a Manger (Sur la paille fraîche) ou encore We Three Kings nous venaient des Etats-Unis et que Ding, Dong Merrily on High était un noël d'origine française. Quoiqu'il en soit, j'ai réussi à constituer un canevas de mélodies anglaises pour réaliser ce festival de chants de Noël. 'Philip Sparke / Niveau : 3 / Recueil / SATB Accompagnement

Par VAUGHAN WILLIAMS RALPH. *This title is subject to a minimum order quantity of 10 copies* Another example of the dignified majesty of Vaughan Williams ' compositions. This beautiful lyrical mass for unaccompanied SATB Solo and double chorus was specially composed for Gustav Holst and his Whitsuntide Singers. / Niveau : Elémentaire / Feuillet / Voix Mixtes

Winner of the 2016 ACDA Raymond W. Brock Student Composition Contest and premiered by the Riverside City College Chamber Singers here is a lush setting of the iconic Mary Elizabeth Frye poem Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep. Dedicated to American conductor Richard Bjella this is a college and professional work that is worthy of any fine choir.

Par MARTIN BARNABY. Philip Moore draws on a lifetime's experience of music for Anglican worship to present Bishop Ken's classic evening hymn in darker, more subjective hues than those of Tallis's Canon, to which it is usually sung congregationally. In particular, a penitential note of strained serenity is struck in this nocturnal plea for repose of body and soul. The voices move quietly in comfortable thirds and sixths to the accompaniment of a questioning five-note figure, a phrase which is rarely absent from the Organ part and which subtly questions their prayer for peace in its edgy harmonic and metric ambiguity./ Feuillet / SATB et Orgue

Faroese poems set to music by Peter Bruun Martin Ødegaard Hugi Gudmundsson Svend Hvidtfelt Nielsen Britta Byström Gavin Bryars and Alwynne Pritchard. Preface: The Faroese word 'Innlit' has many meanings such as insight enlightenment perspective and understanding. It symbolises what this project is about. Since it's creation in 1998 commissioning of new vocal music has been one of the main objectives for the vocal ensemble MPIRI. We wanted to actively contribute to the Faroese repertoire of vocal sheet music and until now MPIRI has commissioned more than 50 musical pieces. Before this project however only from Faroesecomposers. With 'Innlit' we wanted an external perspective and put together a collection of poems by Faroese writers all written in the new millennium. In 2011 together with Edition Wilhelm Hansen we invited selected composers from the Nordic region and Britain to compose music using these texts and the result is a CD together with this corresponding book of sheet music published by Edition Wilhelm Hansen. A more poetic translation of the word 'innlit' is 'the colour of what is inside'. We hope that this music can help reflect the colour of Faroese culture.

The world loves to sing. From barbershop groups to madrigal choirs to vocal rock bands there are tens of thousands of vocal groups in America. The success of mainstream television programs such as Glee and The Sing-Off not only demonstrates the rising popularity of vocal music; it reflects how current trends inspire others to join in. In addition through various online and on-the-ground vocal music societies the ???a cappella market??? is well defined and well connected. Like singing itself a cappella is a global phenomenon.At the heart of every vocal group is the music it performs. This often means writing its own arrangements of popular or traditional songs. This book is thelong-awaited definitive work on the subject wide ranging both in its scope and in its target audience - which spans beginners music students and community groups to professional and semi-professional performers vocal/instrumental songwriters composers and producers - providing genre-specific insight on a cappella writing.The tone of the book is instructive and informative yet conversational: it is intended to stand alongside any academic publication while remaining interesting and fun. A Cappella Arranging is a good textbook - and a ???good read??? - for every vocal arranger whether amateur or professional; every vocal music classroom and any professional recording studio.

A Prayer to St John the Baptist by Cecilia McDowall for SATB and Organ.Written for the 2018 BBC Advent broadcast sung by the choir of St John's College Cambridge A Prayer to St John the Baptist sets an artfully crafted text that combines Guido d'Arezzo's Ut queant laxis (itself a Hymn to John the Baptist as well as a medieval music-teaching mnemonic) with Thomas Merton's poem on the same subject. The Organ's flowing quavers represent Merton's baptismal 'rivers of water' while the largely octatonic melodies conjure a tellingly mysterious atmosphere.

John Rutter's The Quest for SATB (with divisions) Oboe and Organ.This poignant anthem was written in memory of the Revd Dr John Hughes (1978-2014) Dean of Jesus College Cambridge. The text combines the nineteenth-century poet and Christian minister George MacDonald's emotive poem Lost and Found with the 'In paradisum' antiphon from the Burial Service in the Liber Usualis. The music is at times ethereal melancholic poignant and life-affirming. The solo Oboe and Organ writing is integral to the emotive character of the piece and the word-painting and angelic chorus moments encourage the listener to reflect on the subject athand.The Quest is featured on the Collegium Records CD The Gift of Life. An orchestration for chamber ensemble (solo Oboe Harp and Strings) is available on hire/rental.

Use this quintessential anthem when lighting the peace candle during Advent. Ruth Elaine Schram is known for her tender music of hope and she has touched this subject with her special magic of melody and text. The optional child'ssolo can be a breathtaking option and the flowing keyboard writing helps make this a real winner.

sur un poème d?Étienne de Jouy. Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Bien loin de constituer un ouvrage isolé dans l??uvre de Camille Saint-Saëns, le Ch?ur de sylphes appartient à un petit ensemble réalisé au début de sa carrière dans le contexte particulier du concours pour le prix de Rome. Institué en 1803, supprimé dans la foulée des événements de mai 1968, ce dernier fut pendant plus d?un siècle et demi le plus convoité des prix français de composition musicale. Organisé par l?Institut, il garantissait à ses lauréats, à défaut de l?assurance d?une future carrière sans embûches, du moins l?entrée par la grande porte dans le monde artistique et quelques années de pension en Italie, à la villa Médicis. De fait, bien peu résistèrent à l?attrait de cette récompense susceptible de marquer avec éclat l?aboutissement de longues années d?études. Qu?une personnalité comme Saint-Saëns s?y soit présenté n?a finalement rien d?étonnant. Mais bien qu?appelé à devenir au tournant du siècle l?un des plus illustres représentants de l?art académique, il n?obtint jamais, malgré deux participations, le fameux premier grand prix. Le concours était alors organisé en deux épreuves distinctes : la première, éliminatoire, consistait en la réalisation d?une fugue et d?un ch?ur avec accompagnement d?orchestre sur un poème donné, la seconde en la composition d?une grande cantate pour trois voix solistes. Saint-Saëns lui-même en écrira deux, Le Retour de Virginie (1852) puis Ivanhoé (1864). C?est entre le 5 et le 11 juin 1852, pour sa première participation au concours, que Saint-Saëns composa le Ch?ur de sylphes. Favorablement accueilli, il permit au musicien d?être placé en tête des six candidats admis pour l?épreuve finale. Mais il est vrai qu?objectivement le poème proposé avait tout pour lui permettre de briller. Tiré d?un livret d?Étienne de Jouy et de Nicolas Lefebvre, Zirphile et Fleur de myrte, déjà mis en musique par Charles-Simon Catel (1818), l?extrait choisi (acte I, scène 4) était particulièrement adapté à l?exercice. En quelques pages fermement tracées, Saint-Saëns parvient à transcrire l?atmosphère merveilleuse, toute en légèreté, du monde des esprits de l?air. Sous bien des aspects, le résultat obtenu n?est pas sans rappeler le « Scherzo » du Songe d?une nuit d?été de Mendelssohn (1843), compositeur auquel il vouait un véritable culte. Certes, comme toute ?uvre de jeunesse, le Ch?ur de sylphes fut écrit sous influence. Dans la perspective du prix de Rome, le morceau avait en outre été pensé pour répondre à diverses exigences que d?aucuns dénoncèrent par principe comme passéistes. Au-delà de ces réserves un peu simplistes, l?ouvrage n?en reste pas moins un exemple abouti de la grande tradition académique française et de son idéal d?élégance et de clarté. Derrière son indéniable maîtrise de la forme et de l?écriture, l?auteur nous dévoile un travail qui, sans être révolutionnaire, recèle d?indéniables beautés. / Date parution : 2024-01-10/ Répertoire / Choeur SATB et Piano

Par KNAGGS DANIEL. Blessed are Those Who Mourn arranged for unaccompanied mixed voice choir by Daniel Knaggs. Premiered by: Trinity College Choir, Stephen Layton, conductor on September 20, 2015 'This is one of the two motets I chose to compose in a contemporary response to Zarlino’s Le Istitutioni Harmoniche (1558). Caritas Dei diffusa est takes a more historical approach whereas Blessed are Those Who Mourn engages a more modern interpretation. The words are taken from the Communion Antiphon (5th Sunday Ordinary Time) but given the subject matter, this motet may be sung throughout the year for diverse occasions.' - Daniel Knaggs   / Choral Music / Répertoire / Voix Mixtes

From Quatre Motets Sur Des Themes Gregoriens-Duruflé grew up in Louviers in the northern French region of Haute-Normandie (Upper Normandy) where as a boy he was a chorister and studied piano. At the age of 17 he moved to Paris to study organ with Charles Tournemire. A year later Duruflé wasadmitted to the Paris Conservatoire where he studied organ piano and composition and was awarded five first prizes in various subjects. Upon graduation Duruflé became musical assistant to Louis Vierne at Notre Dame but soon after this wasappointed organist at Saint Étienne-du-Mont in Paris where he would remain for the rest of his life. In 1943 he was appointed professor of harmony at the Conservatoire a position he maintained for 27 years. From 1926 until 1977 Duruflé published 14compositions including the Requiem Op. 9 (1947). Duruflé traveled extensively as a concert organist and was active as a recording artist. Later in life he and his second wife often performed as an organ duo. The composer suffered severe injuriesin an automobile accident in 1975 which left him nearly bed-ridden for the final decade of his life.Composed in 1960 Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens Op. 10 (Four Motets on Gregorian Themes) were dedicated to Auguste le Guennant director of the Gregorian Institute in Paris. Each of the four motets begins with an incipit of Gregorianchant which serves as melodic inspiration for the composition that follows. The four motets are (in order): ?Ubi caritas ? ?Tota pulchra es ? ?Tu es Petrus ? and ?Tantum ergo.? ?Ubi caritas? is an early Christian antiphon traditionally used in the Maundy Thursday service during the washing of the feet an act of Jesus from the Last Supper. The antiphon has become closely associated with the Eucharist and is sometimes alsoused at weddings. Duruflé sets only the first of the four stanzas of the text.

Hola Amigos! Experience authentic music styles of the Afro-Spanish-Caribbean by Puerto Rican-born author and bi-lingual educator Alejandro Jimenez. Connect with educational philosophies and cultural backgrounds of the SpanishCaribbean to understand how they influenced the music of that area. Learn how song dance rhythmic instruments and drama all come together to help build confidence and promote personal expression. Originally developed and used inurban multi-cultural settings here in the United States the works featured in Picante are for all general music classes. Students form their own Latin Music ensembles and explore the highly rhythmic beat of the plena from PuertoRico the regueton which is popular among urban Latino youth the fast two-step beat of the merengue from the Dominican Republic the bomba from Puerto Rican folk music and the son from Cuban dance music. These different stylesinfluenced what we now call Salsa music. The kid-friendly ensembles have been written for Grades 5-9 and are presented from easy to more difficult. A variety of short easily-learned ostinato rhythm patterns are played on Latinpercussion and Orff instruments and added one at a time followed by the Spanish and English lyrics. These voice parts are also made up of short ostinato patterns that when layered in create easily-sung harmonies in an instant!You can perform all or some of the voice parts so do what best fits your situation. A helpful teaching sequence dance steps and objectives linked to the National Standards are provided for each song and all ensemble parts arereproducible! The piano/vocal printed score represents the form of each song as recorded on the companion CD and is only a suggested guide to follow. Encourage your students to be creative and make up their own song form!Available separately: Teacher Edition (with reproducible pages) Performance/Accompaniment CD Classroom Kit (Teacher and P/A CD). Suggested for grades 5-9.