Ode to Shelley

SKU: PR.362033390

UPC: 680160059355.

Two Shelley Songs were composed in 1981 on a commission from Ithaca College and published by Elkan-Vogel, Inc. in the Ithaca College Choral Series in 1982. The two poems by Shelley used here are To- and The Fugitives. Both of these pieces, published separately, are scored for mixed chorus with piano accompaniment. In order to perform them well, an excellent pianist is essential, for the accompaniment to the second poem The Fugitives is quite difficult, though quite pianistic. The style of the first poem is in a somewhat romantic idiom while the second contrasts it with rather wild harmonic writing utilizing large skips, clusters and other dissonant chordal devices. Great care is taken throughout to make these difficult sounding portions as easy as possible to perform by taking great care of the voice leadings. The two pieces should be done as a pair, but could conceivably be done separately.

SKU: MN.70-900

UPC: 688670709005.

Four poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley:The Invitation,Hymn of Pan, With Music Sweet as Love from To a Skylark, andMusic, When Soft Voices Die. Notable addition to repertoire for capable women's choirs. Added-note triads, and non-triadic constructions (such as sonorities built from seconds), create colorful harmonic base. Melodic writing basically lyrical. SSA a cappella.

SKU: CF.V2507

ISBN 9781491149805. UPC: 680160907304. 9 x 12 inches. Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Percy Shelley.

This vocal setting of Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem reflects Shelley's use of lyricism, meticulous attention to detail, metaphor, and assonance. Frederic Sharaf constructed Hymn to Intellectual Beauty as Program Music, with unresolved dissonant harmonies placed specifically to accent the meaning of the poetry. Fortspinnung - the development or spinning out of a musical motif - is the prevalent fabric of the piece. This piece is dedicated to Frederic Sharaf's aunt, Irene Sharaf.

SKU: C4.9790902260411

ISBN 9790902260411. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

Shelley's setting of the Matins Responsory for Lent 1 was written for a group of singer-friends. It is based on Pierre de Manchicourt’s setting of the same text, and though taking its stylistic lead from Manchicourt, Shelley very cleverly infuses her own harmonic and rhythmic language into a new and brilliant creation.

SKU: HL.48024060

UPC: 888680680695. 9.0x12.0x0.059 inches. Aurelio Bonelli/trans. Shelley Hanson.

“Wood wind and percussion players usually are unfamiliar with the antiphonal brass choir tradition. I made this modern, more easily readable version of Bonelli's classic 1600 Toccata for flexible wind ensemble with optional percussion, so that as few as 8 players up to full symphonic band could play in this style. I've used it as a dramatic concert opener, with the second, smaller group positioned behind the audience.” ~ Shelley Hanson Recorded by the Eden Prairie (MN) High School Wind Ensemble - Dr. Elizabeth Jackson, conductor.

SKU: CF.CM9404

ISBN 9780825898020. UPC: 798408098025. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley. Percy Shelley.

M usic, When Soft Voices Die is a major poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, written in 1821 and first published in Posthumous Poems of Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1824 in London. The poem is one of the most anthologised, influential, and well-known of Shelley's works

SKU: C4.9790902261104

ISBN 9790902261104. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

Commissione d for the choir of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane, Sydney composer Brooke Shelley has created beautiful and accessible settings of the Evensong canticles and responses that are sure to be taken up by church choirs the world over.

SKU: C4.9790902260459

ISBN 9790902260459. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

Australian poet James McAuley's visceral text is joined here in perfect marriage with Brooke Shelley's imaginative and shapely setting. The work was commissioned by St James’ Church, King Street, Sydney for the concert Gul Gul Dja Mardji: Long is the Journey, 9 December, 2017.

SKU: PR.31241902S

UPC: 680160690589. English.

Commission ed by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

SKU: C4.9790902260466

ISBN 9790902260466. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

Australian poet James McAuley's visceral text is joined here in perfect marriage with Brooke Shelley's imaginative and shapely setting. The work was commissioned by St James’ Church, King Street, Sydney for the concert Gul Gul Dja Mardji: Long is the Journey, 9 December, 2017.

SKU: SU.90810300

Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley.

SATB Chorus, Piano Duration: 5' Text: Percy Bysshe Shelley Composed: 2009 Published by: Subito Music Publishing


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SKU: PR.312419020

ISBN 9781491131862. UPC: 680160680474. 6.875 x 10.5 inches. English.

Commission ed by the San Francisco Choral Society and the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, Terra Nostra is a 70-minute oratorio on the relationship between our planet and humankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. Part I: Creation of the World explores various creation myths from different cultures, culminating in a joyous celebration of the beauty of our planet. Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines human achievements, particularly since the dawn of our Industrial Age, and how these achievements have impacted the planet. Part III: Searching for Balance questions how to create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. In addition to the complete oratorio, stand-alone movements for mixed chorus, and for solo voice with piano, are also available separately.
Terra Nostra focuses on the relationship between our planet and mankind, how this relationship has shifted over time, and how we can re-establish a harmonious balance. The oratorio is divided into three parts:Part I: Creation of the World celebrates the birth and beauty of our planet. The oratorio begins with creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt that are integrated into the opening lines of Genesis from the Old Testament. The music surges forth from these creation stories into “God’s World” by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which describes the world in exuberant and vivid detail. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “On thine own child” praises Mother Earth for her role bringing forth all life, while Walt Whitman sings a love song to the planet in “Smile O voluptuous cool-breathed earth!” Part I ends with “A Blade of Grass” in which Whitman muses how our planet has been spinning in the heavens for a very long time.Part II: The Rise of Humanity examines the achievements of mankind, particularly since the dawn of the Industrial Age. Lord Alfred Tennyson’s “Locksley Hall” sets an auspicious tone that mankind is on the verge of great discoveries. This is followed in short order by Charles Mackay’s “Railways 1846,” William Ernest Henley’s “A Song of Speed,” and John Gillespie Magee, Jr.’s “High Flight,” each of which celebrates a new milestone in technological achievement. In “Binsey Poplars,” Gerard Manley Hopkins takes note of the effect that these advances are having on the planet, with trees being brought down and landscapes forever changed. Percy Bysshe Shelley’s “A Dirge” concludes Part II with a warning that the planet is beginning to sound a grave alarm.Part III: Searching for Balance questions how we can create more awareness for our planet’s plight, re-establish a deeper connection to it, and find a balance for living within our planet’s resources. Three texts continue the earth’s plea that ended the previous section: Lord Byron’s “Darkness” speaks of a natural disaster (a volcano) that has blotted out the sun from humanity and the panic that ensues; contemporary poet Esther Iverem’s “Earth Screaming” gives voice to the modern issues of our changing climate; and William Wordsworth’s “The World Is Too Much With Us” warns us that we are almost out of time to change our course. Contemporary/agrarian poet Wendell Berry’s “The Want of Peace” speaks to us at the climax of the oratorio, reminding us that we can find harmony with the planet if we choose to live more simply, and to recall that we ourselves came from the earth. Two Walt Whitman texts (“A Child said, What is the grass?” and “There was a child went forth every day”) echo Berry’s thoughts, reminding us that we are of the earth, as is everything that we see on our planet. The oratorio concludes with a reprise of Whitman’s “A Blade of Grass” from Part I, this time interspersed with an additional Whitman text that sublimely states, “I bequeath myself to the dirt to grow from the grass I love…”My hope in writing this oratorio is to invite audience members to consider how we interact with our planet, and what we can each personally do to keep the planet going for future generations. We are the only stewards Earth has; what can we each do to leave her in better shape than we found her?

SKU: AP.45842S

UPC: 038081524115. English. Zachary Barnett; James Shelley; Matthew Sanchez; David Rublin; Aaron Accetta; Jonnie Davis; Michael Goodman [American Authors].

Go big and get your audience excited with this bright and energetic sing-along hit arranged by Victor López. American Authors, an indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York, wrote Go Big or Go Home---a Top 20 hit on Billboard charts and featured in promos for the 2016 NBA Playoff Finals. Given the catchy melody and vibrant rhythms, this song is the hair-raising anthem you have been looking for to complete your program. Great tune for a recruiting demonstration! (2:40).

SKU: C4.9790-902250528

ISBN 9790902250528. 8.27 x 11.7 inches.

Commissione d by Christopher Watson and the Choir of Trinity College, University of Melbourne, Shelley has brilliantly set the first antiphon text for the Washing of the Feet on Maundy Thursday, with additional material provided by The Rev'd Dr Ivan Head.

SKU: HL.48023805

UPC: 888680626457. 9.0x12.0x0.038 inches.

Written in 1873, Evening Song is one of the best-known choral works of Josef Rheinberger (1839-1901), German composer, organist and teacher. Displaying an exceptional lyric quality and utilizing a full range of dynamic contrast, Shelley Hanson's arrangement is specifically designed with flexible instrumentation to be performed in a variety of ways. This piece is equally effective whether performed by a traditional concert band or by a smaller chamber ensemble. Dur: 2:50.

SKU: CF.CM9559

ISBN 9781491150917. UPC: 680160908417. 6.875 x 10.5 inches.

A song of joy, Jambo Kila Bwana Asifwe, exudes it's meaning--Welcome Everyone - Sing! From the opening cry to the final chord, it is a highly energetic, rhythmic and powerful original tune arranged by David and Shelley Smith. Add the optional percussion for more African authenticity.

SKU: GI.G-8690

UPC: 785147869009. English. Text by Braxton D. Shelley.