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You Broke My Heart
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I'm A Fool To Want You
I'm A Fool To Want You
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I'm A Fool To Want You
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.979983 By Chet Baker. By Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron. Arranged by Larry Triplett. ...
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.979983 By Chet Baker. By Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf, and Joel Herron. Arranged by Larry Triplett. A Cappella,Jazz,Standards. Octavo. 5 pages. Larry Triplett #6258491. Published by Larry Triplett (A0.979983). A cappella harmony in the barbershop style for mixed voices.So many times you broke my heart, why can’t I move on? Sinatra delivered the answer.
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You Broke My Heart
You Broke My Heart
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Alexandra Burke
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Katherine Bodor
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You Broke My Heart
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Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1374232 By Alexandra Burke. By James Scheffer, Louis Biancaniello, Rico Love, and Samuel ...
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Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1374232 By Alexandra Burke. By James Scheffer, Louis Biancaniello, Rico Love, and Samuel Watters. Arranged by Katherine Bodor. A Cappella,Contemporary,Pop. 13 pages. Katherine Bodor #958834. Published by Katherine Bodor (A0.1374232). A cappella arrangement, voicing is SSATBB + Lead + VP.
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O For a Heart to Praise My God
O For a Heart to Praise My God
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Brian Buda
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O For a Heart to Praise My God
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SATB choir, Piano - Digital Download SKU: LX.10-5170MD Composed by Brian Buda. Sacred Anthem, General. Octavo. 16 pages. Lorenz Publishing - Digital Shee...
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SATB choir, Piano - Digital Download SKU: LX.10-5170MD Composed by Brian Buda. Sacred Anthem, General. Octavo. 16 pages. Lorenz Publishing - Digital Sheet Music #e10/5170MD. Published by Lorenz Publishing - Digital Sheet Music (LX.10-5170MD). ISBN 9780787762018.This gorgeous piece by Brian and Stephanielynn Büda features a soaring melody and soprano descant. Its beauty is bolstered by the piano accompaniment. You renew by Your love my own heart, broken flawed. Now I have, through God’s Son a new heart to praise my God..
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Listen, I love you
Listen, I love you
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Stephen Chatman
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Listen, I love you
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SATB choir and Piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8801-E Composed by Stephen Chatman. 6 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8801-E. Pub...
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SATB choir and Piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8801-E Composed by Stephen Chatman. 6 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8801-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8801-E). English.The opening lines, “Listen, I love you. Do not turn your face / Nor touch me.â€, reflect the somber feelings encompassing Sara Teasdale’s poem. Paired voices initially express contrapuntal melodic lines enhanced by underlying harmony and slow syncopation in the piano accompaniment. The middle and final sections, imbued with sad words such as “let me ease my heart,†“with broken wing†and “Forget that I am speaking,†evolve beautifully within contrasting tonal regions, supported by undulating keyboard arpeggios. One of a set of six of Teasdale's love songs. Duration: 2:00.
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Dreaming With A Broken Heart
Dreaming With A Broken Heart
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John Mayer
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Deke Sharon
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Dreaming With A Broken Heart
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Deke Sharon
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Choral Alto Voice,Bass Voice,Soprano voice,Tenor Voice (SATB) - Level 3 - Interactive Download SKU: A0.479843 By John Mayer. By John Mayer. Arranged by D...
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Choral Alto Voice,Bass Voice,Soprano voice,Tenor Voice (SATB) - Level 3 - Interactive Download SKU: A0.479843 By John Mayer. By John Mayer. Arranged by Deke Sharon. This edition: Interactive Download. Pop. Octavo. Duration 199. Deke Sharon #7d2atx57LdSfYsZEyngkwp. Published by Deke Sharon (A0.479843). Key: G major.I am excited to sell my music on Noteflight Marketplace and let ensembles adapt this arrangement for their needs. Please enjoy and perform this with all the passion in your heart!
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Help me get over you
Help me get over you
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Tata Betita
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Mark Jordan Mascarenas
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Help me get over you
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Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1292935 Composed by Tata Betita. Arranged by Mark Jordan Mascarenas. A Cappella,Chamber,F...
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Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1292935 Composed by Tata Betita. Arranged by Mark Jordan Mascarenas. A Cappella,Chamber,Film/TV,Pop. 8 pages. M. Jordan G.Mascareñas #883533. Published by M. Jordan G.Mascareñas (A0.1292935). A song popularized by Jonalyn Viray from the TV Series My Husband's Lover. Here's a choral version of the heart broken love song.
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Santa, Can You Fix My Broken Heart
Santa, Can You Fix My Broken Heart
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Val Moore
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Santa, Can You Fix My Broken H
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1011352 Composed by Val Moore. Blues,Christmas,Pop. Octavo. 13 pages. Val Moore #3423179. Publis...
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1011352 Composed by Val Moore. Blues,Christmas,Pop. Octavo. 13 pages. Val Moore #3423179. Published by Val Moore (A0.1011352). With a doo-wop setting, this song talks of the struggles of being alone for Christmas, and the hope that Santa can fix it.
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Hallelujah
Hallelujah
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Choral SATB
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Lee DeWyze
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Hallelujah
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799676 By Lee DeWyze. By Leonard Cohen. Arranged by D. M. Gardner. A Cappella,Rock. Octavo. 10 p...
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.799676 By Lee DeWyze. By Leonard Cohen. Arranged by D. M. Gardner. A Cappella,Rock. Octavo. 10 pages. D. M. Gardner Music #4803255. Published by D. M. Gardner Music (A0.799676). Hallelujah - For Those Who Fight for FreedomA Tribute to VeteransSATB a cappellaMy orders say we're shipping' outWe don’t have long now to talk aboutThe hundred thousand ways I’m gonna’ miss ya’When we told the kids I’d have to leaveThrough tears, they tried to comfort me And my broken heart cried out a Hallelujah!CHORUS: Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah, HallelujahMy boots sink in the desert sandAnd all I want is to hold your handAnd kiss you like the day I whisper'd to ya’But reminding me as I left the gateYou said, Freedom’s call, it can never waitAnd you’d be right there when I came back runnin’ to ya’CHORUS****THIRD VERSE HIDDEN IN HOPES YOU WILL PURCHASE THE MUSIC! THANKS!***CHORUS X2My darling, would you please sit downAnd gather all the kids around?I got somethin’ that I really need to tell ya’Daddy’s not gonna’ make it home;I tried so hard, but your not alone,‘Cause from way up here, I can see your Momma’s with ya’!CHORUS X2Alternate lyrics for verse four:My darling, would you please sit downAnd gather all the kids around?I got somethin’ that I really need to tell ya’Sometimes you might feel alone, But please don't cry, 'cause I'm coming' home,And don't be afraid, 'cause you know I'm always with ya'!To learn more about the arranger and poet, please visit https://www.dmgardner.com*Please note, all text above is subject to copyright. Please do not use without purchase!
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Mea Lesbia
Mea Lesbia
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Mark D
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Mea Lesbia
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Mark Templeton Choral Music
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.864429 Composed by Mark D. Templeton. Contemporary. Octavo. 8 pages. Mark Templeton Choral Music...
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Choral Choir (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.864429 Composed by Mark D. Templeton. Contemporary. Octavo. 8 pages. Mark Templeton Choral Music #2098371. Published by Mark Templeton Choral Music (A0.864429). Mea Lesbia, commonly known as Catullus 87, consists of two elegiac couplets written by Gaius Valerius Catullus (84 - 54 B.C.E) for his lover, Lesbia. Catullus was only one of Lesbia’s many lovers, and he often wrote of his jealousy and disdain for her unfaithful actions. This elegy was written at a time when Lesbia had been particularly cruel toward Catullus. Despite being broken hearted, his obsession with her never waned. In his despair and desperation, he basically says, My love for you is so great that no other woman could possibly even know what love is..
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Three Latin Elegies to Lesbia
Three Latin Elegies to Lesbia
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Mark D
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Three Latin Elegies to Lesbia
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Mark Templeton Choral Music
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Choir, SATB - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Mark D. Templeton. 21st Century, Contemporary Classical, Modern, Neo-Classical. Sheet Music...
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Choir, SATB - Intermediate - Digital Download Composed by Mark D. Templeton. 21st Century, Contemporary Classical, Modern, Neo-Classical. Sheet Music Single. 20 pages. Published by Mark Templeton Choral Music
Three LatinElegies to Lesbiais a setting of three poems written by the ancient Roman poet, Gaius ValeriusCatullus (84-54 B.C.E.). His muse in these poems is understood to beLesbia, the name believed to have been given by Catullus to his mistress.Lesbia was really Clodia, the sexually promiscuous wife of proconsul QuintusCaecilius Metellus Celer. Clodia was said to have many lovers, and Catullus’torment and obsession for her is well documented in 13 of his poems where thename, Lesbia, is used. His first poem addressed to Lesbia (Catullus 51) is a freetranslation of a poem by the ancient Greek poet, Sappho. Scholars havesuggested that Catullus chose the name, Lesbia, because of his affinity forSappho, who it is believed was a lesbian.
Odie et Amo (Catullus 85), one of the mostcelebrated elegiac couplets composed by Catullus, has inspired many composers withits duality of emotions. The most well-known setting is from Carl Orff’s Catulli Carmina, part of Trionfi, themusical triptych that also includes the Carmina Burana andTrionfo di Afrodite. Unlike Orff’s driving rhythms of outwardlyexpressive anguish, my setting is a more introspective interpretation. It is asif the music is surrendering to the mercurial personalities that Catullus andall humans possess, the tortured ability to hate and love at the same time.
Lesbia mi dicit semper male (Catullus 92) consists of two elegiaccouplets. Catullus’ earlier poem, 83,brings some context to 92. In thefirst part of 83, Catullus says:
Lesbia keeps insulting me in front of her husband:
thisfills the fatuous idiot with delight.
Mule, doyou perceive nothing? If she shut up and ignored me
that’dshow healthy indifference;…
In 92, Catullus expounds on the idea of whyLesbia insults him in front of her husband. Catullus reckons that he is alwayscursing her, and he loves her. She always curses him, so she must love him aswell. In his desperation, Catullus uses his wit and humor to reason that hisobsessive love for Lesbia is reciprocated. This setting of 92 uses incessant driving rhythms in the women’s voices to paint thewords, “Lesbia mi dicit semper male nec tacetumquam de me” (Lesbia always speaks ill of me, never shuts up about me). The repeating rhythmsreturn in the men’s voices when Catullus says he does the same, “quia sunt totidem mea: deprecor illamassidue” (…it’s the same with me: I’m continually complaining.) The piececomes to a final rest after Catullus realizes the he will always be cursed tolove her.
Mea Lesbia (Catullus 87) also consists of twoelegiac couplets. Catullus was only one of Lesbia’s many lovers, and he oftenwrote of his jealousy and disdain for her unfaithful actions. This elegy waswritten at a time when Lesbia had been particularly cruel toward Catullus.Despite being broken hearted, his obsession with her never waned. In hisdespair and desperation, he basically says, “My love for you is so great thatno other woman could possibly even know what love is.” This setting of 87 returns to a more introspectivenature where Catullus surrenders his love forever to Lesbia.
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