Volume 2

Sacred Music By Women Composers - SATB Anthems

Canon In D written by Johann Pachelbel is one of the most significant examples of counterpoint used in musical composition. This timeless classic written in the 1600's for harpsichord has been performed for centuries at countless events that only historians could truly identify. It has been transcribed and arranged by many due to its extreme demand for wedding ceremonies. Santorella Publications Signature Series intermediate edition of Pachelbel's Canon In D arranged by Jan L. Harrison is quite possibly our best selling piano sheet title. Experience the beauty of phrasing in each passage to create a magnificent masterpiece.

America the Beautiful

One of the classic tangos from Argentinian composer Astor Piazzolla Libertango has attained worldwide popularity and remains one of his most popular works. Arranged here in a sensuous Latin rock style this version features the woodwinds on the main melodic lines and also a brief solo for trumpet with nicely crafted background figures throughout. Sure to appeal to a wide range of audiences.

How The Mind Wanders

A Grace

für Klavier Gitarre & Gesang

Saxophone Sketches - Vol. 1

A set of eight short songs for soprano and piano setting the text of Olga Ravn and Tove Ditlevsen.

A Musical Memorial-Today Voestalpine is a company specialising in technology and industrial goods. Founded nearly 150 years ago it has played an important role in the steel and iron industry throughout its history. The company displays an impressive “Contemporary History Exhibition 1938-1945” commemorating the victims of National Socialist forced labour in the factory during WWII. ‘Iron Ring’ refers to the company logo during that time. This work is a symphonic poem-like composition describing different aspects of the companies’ history in four musical scenes. It is a dramatic breathtaking and impressive piece of music that will leave no one untouched. The piece features severalimpressive solos for a cello. Today Voestalpine is a company specialising in technology and industrial goods. Founded nearly 150 years ago it has played an important role in the steel and iron industry throughout its history. The company displays an impressive “Contemporary History Exhibition 1938-1945” commemorating the victims of National Socialist forced labour in the factory during WWII. ‘Iron Ring’ refers to the company logo during that time. This work is a symphonic poem-like composition describing different aspects of the companies’ history in four musical scenes. It is a dramatic breathtaking and impressive piece of music that will leave no one untouched. The piece features severalimpressive solos for a cello.

Mezzo-Soprano/Belter Accompaniment CDs-Two accompaniment CDs in each package which match the books containing a collection of songs from the musical stage categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings excerpted from the original vocal scores. Two accompaniment CDs that match the pieces in The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology Volume One - Mezzo-Soprano book and so feature a collection of songs from the musical stage categorized by voice type. The selections are presented in their authentic settings excerpted from the original vocal scores. Includes slow-down and transposition software to aid practice.

Op. 2 no. 1-The exuberant amorousness of a newly-wed couple pulsates in every note of Gabriel Fauré’s Dans les ruines d’une abbaye (In the ruins of an abbey). In this piece the reverent silence of prayer no longer prevails but within the venerable walls various shouts of joy and sparkling laughter are now heard. The old graves have long been overgrown by stinging nettles and a new dawn of spring and of love fills the air. Napoleonic post-revolutionary France which drove the author of the poem Victor Hugo into exile is also building a new world on the ruins of olden days. Although the setting by the composer 40 years younger than the poet uses the romanticized backdrop of the oldabbey with its 6/8-meter it reflects the uninhibited happiness of the two lovers who do not look back. These art songs were originally composed not for chamber choir but for solo voice and piano. Denis Rouger has carefully adapted them to suit the requirements and expressive possibilities offered by a larger ensemble without losing the any of the qualities of the original in the process. Each part in the choir has a melodic line drawn from the harmonic and rhythmic framework. In the process the variety and refinement of the choral language combines with an enormous flexibility in form and expression as French melodies or German art song demand from a soloist and pianist. The songs have been recorded by the figure humaine chamber choir on the CD Kennst du das Land ... (Carus 83.495).

Op. 147-Diabelli’s church music has unjustly largely fallen into oblivion. In his Pastoral Mass in F the Austrian composer of the Biedermeier period succeeded in achieving a balance between artistic aspirations and a form suitable for practical performance. With a duration of about 30 minutes the work is of easy to medium difficulty and is therefore extremely suitable for amateur choirs with orchestra. The Pastoral Mass is suitable for performance both at Christmas time and beyond.

Op. 147-Diabelli’s church music has unjustly largely fallen into oblivion. In his Pastoral Mass in F the Austrian composer of the Biedermeier period succeeded in achieving a balance between artistic aspirations and a form suitable for practical performance. With a duration of about 30 minutes the work is of easy to medium difficulty and is therefore extremely suitable for amateur choirs with orchestra. The Pastoral Mass is suitable for performance both at Christmas time and beyond.

Beautiful American Airs and Ballads-Beautiful American Airs & Ballads is a collection of 23 traditional American melodies that are particularly suited to being played on the fiddle. These are heartfelt tunes from the Revolutionary War and the Civil War eras along with Appalachian love songs and gems from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The arrangements include stylistic “fiddle” phrasing and variations. Each of the tunes includes the fiddle melody with guitar accompaniment. Includes access to online audio.

A setting after Psalm 21 for mixed voices and organ accompaniment. For non-Commonwealth choirs the text can be changed to ‘O Lord may thy servant sovereign Lord’. The work was written for Matthew Owens and the choir of Wells Cathedral.

Ed. critica di Ivano Bettin - Riduzione per canto e pianoforte di A. Frigé-Some few months after returning to Naples from Rome where he had gone to follow the premiere of L’Olimpiade at the Teatro Tordinona during the 1735 carnival season Giovanni Battista Pergolesi –– notwithstanding the quickened pace of the disease that would soon bring his brief life to a close — presented the public with a new work Il Flaminio a “commedeja pe’ mmuseca” set to a libretto by Gennarantonio Federico. The opera was staged as the second of season that fall at the Teatro Nuovo sopra Toledo (one of three traditional venues together with the Teatro dei Fiorentini and the Teatro della Pace dedicated to the production of opere bu e) where it met with a generally favorable reception. The edition includes a historical Introduction a description of all the sources considered and a Commentary with critical notes and information related to specific problems of performance practice.

Metamorphosen

Parts-Scored for mixed voices SATB and strings this work was commissioned by Hellig Kors Kirke Jyllinge in Denmark. The crotales is played by a member of the choir. Score: WH33162 Choral Part: WH33162B