SKU: HL.1137677
UPC: 196288113706. 6.75x10.5x0.019 inches.
This beautiful, well-crafted selection for developing choirs uses the melody of the traditional English carol “The First Noel†combined with new words ideal for singing throughout the winter season.
SKU: AP.47594
UPC: 038081542874. English. Words by William Cullen Bryant.
Ruth Morris Gray has a gift for presenting worthy texts in satisfying choral settings, and this piece is no exception. With words from the poem November by William Cullen Bryant, former editor of the New York Evening Post, this expressive concert work evokes the stark beauty of coming winter. An optional C-instrument part adds a shimmering layer to the luscious choral/piano texture.
SKU: AP.47595
UPC: 038081542881. English. Words by William Cullen Bryant.
SKU: HL.48025164
ISBN 9781784548025. UPC: 196288104933. 0.035 inches.
Each year the BBC Music Magazine commissions a brand-new Christmas Carol for their readers and, when Grace-Evangeline Mason was invited to compose the 2021 carol, she decided to write and set her own poem titled A Winter Carol. The words, which depict snowy scenery and starry allusions to heaven and earth, also include a modern twist as the composer dreams of walking home at Christmas time under the warm glow of the street lamps all covered in a silver frost. Written in three verses with a short refrain in between repeating the word “winter,†the piece is a small, celebratory reflection of Christmas time. The carol begins in quiet consideration before opening up to feel hearty and warm. After a playful midsection, the work returns to a softer final coda, which is reminiscentof the opening.
SKU: HL.49003300
ISBN 9790220119477. 9.0x12.0x0.12 inches.
24 well-known carols beginning with very easy arrangements, progressing to more challenging harmonizations. Keys chosen to make use of the most well-known chords. Selection boxes provided for your own choice of style, tempo and voice. Suitable for fingered or single-finger modes. Words included for singing along. Jingle bells * I saw three ships * Unto us a boy is born * Good King Wenceslas * Troika * Silent Night * The Angel Gabriel * We three Kings * God rest you merry, Gentlemen * Sans Day Carol * Patapan * While Shepherds Watched * The First Nowell * Rise up Shepherd * O come, all ye faithful * Away in a Manger * We wish you a merry Christmas * See amid the winter's snow * Deck the hall * In the bleak mid-winter * Once in royal David's city * Rocking * Angels, from the realms of glory * The Holly and the Ivy.
SKU: AP.48220
UPC: 038081559841. English. Words by Dick Smith.
Winter Wonderland arranged by Victor López is a holiday fav, arranged as Latin bossa with a swing intro. Played around 134 BPM, no solo just ensemble with a unison tutti section for all winds. Lead trumpet range is up to written G on top of the staff. Auxiliary percussion plus optional flute and vibes too! (2:43).
SKU: AP.37873
UPC: 038081423456. English. Words by Lois Brownsey.
Everyone recognizes this Mozart melody, presented here with a vivid winter text. Perfect for younger singers--to touch upon music history, to ignite their imaginations.
SKU: AP.50241
UPC: 038081574110. English. Words by H. P. Nichols.
Quiet, crisp lines are echoed from voice to voice and punctuated with chilling whispers in this rhythmic setting told from winter's point of view. A mixed meter refrain creates a sense of surprise when ice locks the fountains and chains the river, and a layered counterpoint section builds to a frosty celebration of the season.
About Alfred Choral Designs
The Alfred Choral Designs Series provides student and adult choirs with a variety of secular choral music that is useful, practical, educationally appropriate, and a pleasure to sing. To that end, the Choral Designs series features original works, folk song settings, spiritual arrangements, choral masterworks, and holiday selections suitable for use in concerts, festivals, and contests.
SKU: AP.48220S
UPC: 038081559858. English. Words by Dick Smith.
SKU: AP.50239
UPC: 038081574097. English. Words by H. P. Nichols.
SKU: HL.49044832
ISBN 9790220136078. UPC: 841886025868. 8.25x11.75x0.081 inches. English.
Gerald Barry's The coming of winter is a setting of an Irish poem dating from the 9th or 10th century, and was commissioned for the 34th Seminar on Contemporary Choral Music at University College, Cork, in May 1997. The setting is notable for its idiosyncratic use of text: not only are the words of the poem sung both forwards and backwards, but the second half of the piece is given over to percussive nonsense syllables, making this a quirky but highly invigorating image of 'the coming of winter'.
SKU: AP.45676
UPC: 038081514154. English. Words by William Shakespeare.
When clouds appear, when wise men put on their cloaks, when great leaves fall, the winter is at hand. Comprised of lines from Shakespeare's immortal drama Richard III, the text of this haunting and evocative piece is rich with seasonal imagery. Push and pull of tempos and the rise and fall of dynamics ensure musical interpretation.
SKU: AP.37878
UPC: 038081423500. English. Words by Lois Brownsey.
A narrator recites fitting passages from two Longfellow poems at the beginning, middle, and end of this artistic composition. Subtle key changes lend significance each time we sing the nostalgic bring me home chorus. A beautiful tribute to winter.
SKU: AP.50240
UPC: 038081574103. English. Words by H. P. Nichols.
SKU: HL.49023853
ISBN 9783795756796. German.
This is a recorder method with style. Recorder playing made easy. The recorder tutor 'Play the recorder with us' provides children with up-to -date songs that can be learned through playing, including varying levels of difficulty. Individual note values and key signatures are introduced with modern melodies. Many of the pieces are also provided with chord symbols and fingering charts for guitar accompaniment. This makes them eminently suitable for small ensembles. This selection of easy to play well-known songs has proved itself 100,000 times over. The collection of songs contains more than 80 of the finest folksongs, children's songs, traditional songs and pop songs with words for singing and chords for guitar accompaniment.
