Matériel : Vocal Score
SATB a cappella-The rich and colorful harmonies of soft jazz influence this time-honored text. The result is a tasteful traditional a cappella anthem that has a warm freshness about it. Wonderful as a prayer response or a communion or Lenten anthem. Available: SATB.
SKU: HL.49018287
ISBN 9790001170826. UPC: 884088620752. 7.5x10.75x0.049 inches. Hebrew.
Viktor Ullmann composed his choral arrangements of Hebrew, Yiddish and Chassidic songs in the ghetto of Theresienstadt in 1943/1944. In the function of 'Head of the Studio for New Music', Ullmann made a significant contribution to the so-called 'leisure activities' in the ghetto. The works were evidently intended for the repertoire of the various choirs at Theresienstadt, including children's choirs such as the Karel Vrbas Youth Choir in which Ullmann's son Max also sang. There is no evidence to confirm that Ullmann's choral works were actually performed in Theresienstadt, for example in one of the frequent concerts given by Rafael Schachter's choir of up to a hundred voices (cf. Milan Kuna, Musik an der Grenze des Lebens, 21998. p.313). The German translations below first appeared in the song book Makkabi-Liederbuch published in Berlin in 1930 (2nd edition 1935) which was available to Viktor Ullmann as a source for the melodies and text orthography for his choral arrangements in Theresienstadt.
SKU: HL.35031798
ISBN 9781540004734. UPC: 888680710668. 6.75x10.5 inches.
Stevie Wonder made it to number one with this song in 1973 and it's ranked as No. 74 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. Paul Langford has turned this tune on its head with a fabulous a cappella version for mixed voices imitating the original recording's instrumental and vocal style. A programming dream for a cappella singing.
SKU: HL.49043971
ISBN 9790001196307. English.
With his three songs for mixed a-cappella choir (SSAATB) which were published under the speaking title of 'Fairy Land' in 2013, Hermann Grosse-Schware takes us to the wonderful land of fairy tales. All three six-part works are based on English-language poems by William Shakespeare. The first piece 'Over hill, over dale' from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' is characterized by melodic sequences and a distinctive rhythm which portrays the content of the piece headed 'Swift and Easy' as does the swaying 3/4 rhythm of No. 2 'Philomel, with melody'. In the lively 'Come unto these yellow sands' (No. 3) one seems to be experiencing the barking of the dog and the crowing of the cock at first hand.
SKU: BA.BA07572
ISBN 9790006502431. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: English. Preface: Graham Buckland.
This edition offers exciting arrangements that have never before appeared in print, written in an authentic idiom for three-part women's or girls' choir with piano accompaniment. The spirituals can also be performed without piano, with the lead melody always in the upper voice.All the arrangements can be combined with the already published edition “64 Spirituals a cappella†(BA 7574) which is for SATB. To give you an example: a children's choir working with our new edition can appear with a mixed chorus that has already mastered the SATB settings. In addition twelve of the arrangements can be enhanced by instrumental accompaniments. These are to be found in the “Spirituals†edition (BA 6699) of our “ComboCom†series which offers flexible instrumental settings. The authorGraham Buckland is the music director of Regensburg University, Germany. Before then he held various leading positions at theatres and colleges in Germany and the Czech Republic. He has founded and headed a number of ensembles, demonstrating a very broad musical range that also finds expression in his compositions and publications for chorus, piano, and orchestra.
