SKU: CA.9106419
ISBN 9790007138615. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
Score and parts available separately - see item CA.9106400.
SKU: HH.HH435-FSP
ISBN 9790708146414.
Giuseppe Torelli (1658–1709) was the reputed father of the instrumental concerto, yet he also composed sacred vocal music. Discovered in 2001, when the Berlin Sing-Akademie’s archive was returned from Kiev (where it had been hidden away since the Second World War), his three-movement Christmas motet Totus orbis, umbra canit (‘The whole world, the darkness sings’), scored for soprano, two violins and continuo, is a splendid example of its genre. Torelli probably wrote it at Ansbach during a brief interregnum around 1700 when his employer, the Basilica di San Petronio in Bologna, temporarily suspended its orchestra, leaving its members to seek their fortune elsewhere. Like its predecessors in the series (Edition HH, Dec. 2016 & Jan. 2017), this is a vibrant, technically challenging work full of exquisite touches that reaches the level of similar motets by Alessandro Scarlatti and looks forward to Vivaldi.
SKU: CA.9106412
ISBN 9790007231699. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
Score available separately - see item CA.9106400.
SKU: CA.9106411
ISBN 9790007231682. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.9106400
ISBN 9790007114831. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.9106519
ISBN 9790007231736. Key: A major. Language: Latin/German.
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SKU: CA.9106405
ISBN 9790007114848. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
SKU: CA.9106409
ISBN 9790007231675. Key: C major. Language: Latin.
SKU: UT.MS-44
ISBN 9790215318779. 9 x 12 inches.
Ms. VEcap 758 cc. 26v-30r.
SKU: CA.2102400
ISBN 9790007167745.
The compositions of Guillaume Bouzignac (ca. 1587 to sometime after 1643) were important for the development of French sacred music before the time of Jean-Baptiste Lully. Nonetheless his work, surrounded by mystery, has survived in only four manuscripts containing only eleven motets which are ascribed by name to Bouzignac. The present edition contains four a cappella motets for the Christmas season. These are sacred stories, brief scenes, in which the soprano voice sings in dialog with the other voices of the choir.
SKU: BR.CHB-2502-02
ISBN 9790004402092. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. German.
SKU: BT.SCHBB5401236
SKU: CA.2102405
ISBN 9790007170455.
Score available separately - see item CA.2102400.
SKU: BT.EMBZ14964
Latin.
The composer wrote of his work as follows: The text of the three motets takes three motifs from the story of the birth of Jesus: (1) the joy of the Magi at seeing the Star, (2) Mary s cradle song as she rocks the Baby, and (3) the choir of Angels praising the joyful news in song. The movements may also be performed singly, but it is best for them to be heard together as a cycle. Their style and tonal system are marked by modulating modality . So schrieb der Komponist über sein Werk: Der Text der drei Motetten greift drei Bilder aus der Geschichte von Jesu Geburt heraus: (1) die Szene der den Stern erblickenden und frohlockenden Weisen aus dem Morgenland, (2) die das Kind in der Wiege schaukelnde Maria und (3) der die Frohe Botschaft mit Lobgesang feiernde Chor der Engel. Die Sätze können auch einzeln aufgeführt werden, doch am besten ist es, wenn sie zusammen als Zyklus erklingen. Ihre Stile und Tonsysteme sind hauptsächlich von‚ modulierender Modalität‘ geprägt.“.
SKU: HL.50487799
ISBN 9790080143667. A/4 inches. Latin. Miklos Kocsar.
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SKU: CA.170710
ISBN 9790007192280. Key: E major. Language: German.
The unusual thing about this sentimental four-voice Christmas motet is its character as a choral arrangement: In the middle section the base intones parts of the fourth verse of the song In dulci jubilo, while the three upper voices play around with the melody in small note-values and with this motet's characteristic syncopated rhythm in 3. Score available separately - see item CA.170700.
SKU: BR.CHB-2821-02
ISBN 9790004402221. 6.5 x 9.5 inches. German.
SKU: CA.170700
ISBN 9790007006006. Key: E major. Language: German/English.
The unusual thing about this sentimental four-voice Christmas motet is its character as a choral arrangement: In the middle section the base intones parts of the fourth verse of the song In dulci jubilo, while the three upper voices play around with the melody in small note-values and with this motet's characteristic syncopated rhythm in 3.
SKU: BA.BA08957-91
ISBN 9790006525522. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: German, English, Latin.
Year after year, during Advent and the Christmas season, compositions are sought which present well-known carols in a new light, whether it be compositions set for small or larger groups, for children or adults, with or without accompanying keyboard instruments. This collection by Gerd-Peter Munden presents carols in new settings as a welcome addition to the Christmas literature and will enrich the repertoire of an adults' or children's choir.- Well-known Advent and Christmas carols in new settings- With texts in German and English- With short Latin introductions as a part of each motet- Ideal for a children's or adults' choir during the Christmas seasonContentsThere comes a galley, laden / Es kommt ein Schiff, geladenO saviour, open heaven's gate / O Heiland, reiss die Himmel aufO Lord, how shall I meet you / Wie soll ich dich empfangenAngels from the realms of Glory / Hort der Engel helle LiederAs I was watching o'er my sheep / Als ich bei meinen Schafen wachtGood Christian men rejoice / Nun singet und seid frohThe EditorGerd-Peter Munden is one of the most creative German church-musicians today. From 1992 to 1999 he worked as the cantor in Minden, where he also directed the music school for choristers. From 1999 he has been the Cathedral-Cantor at the Braunschweig Cathedral and the director of the cathedral school for choristers. He is the initiator and artistic director of a successful school project throughout Germany encouraging youngsters to sing.
SKU: BA.BA08957-97
ISBN 9790006525539. 27 x 19 cm inches. Text Language: German, English, Latin.
SKU: CY.CC2894
Victoria's rich, mysterious and serene 4-part Renaissance Christmas motet, O Magnum Mysterium was written in 1572. The composer intended it to be sung at another service later in the year. It has become a Christmas tradition for many choirs.Andrew Converse has arranged this beautiful 4-minute work of moderate difficulty for Brass Quartet of 2 Trumpets in B-flat and 2 Trombones. An additional Horn substitute for the Trombone I part has been included as well.
