Choral music Books

The charming Liebeslieder Waltzer, or Love Song Waltzes, by Johannes Brahms have remained favourite repertoire for singers and audiences alike, being both accessible and rewarding to perform. This edition of his first collection, Op. 52, has been...

The charming Liebeslieder Waltzer, or Love Song Waltzes, by Johannes Brahms have remained favourite repertoire for singers and audiences alike, being both accessible and rewarding to perform. This vocal score of his first collection, Op. 52, has lively...

The charming Liebeslieder Waltzer, or Love Song Waltzes, by Johannes Brahms were immediately so popular with singers and audiences that Brahms composed a second collection. This edition of that collection, the equally lovely Neue Liebeslieder, or New...

Exploring the role of street choirs in political culture, and based on oral histories from more than 40 members of UK street choirs, this book introduces this neglected world to a wider public, including activists and academics. The title is taken from a...

Discover the principles and techniques of vocal writing with The Technique of Choral Writing. This singular, methodical textbook explains the fundamentals of composing and arranging choral music including:How to set words to musicAn introduction to the...

Hymns For The Services Of The Church: Selected From Various Sources, For The Use Of Country Congregations is a book published in 1852 by Simpkin Marshall And Company. The book contains a collection of hymns that have been selected from various sources...

Since the transformative 1960s, concert masses have incorporated a range of political and religious views that mirror their socio-cultural context.

The aftermath of World War II sent thousands of Estonian refugees into Europe. The years of Estonian independence (1917-1940) had given them a taste of freedom and so relocation to displaced person (DP) camps in post-war Germany was extremely painful...

Great vocal teachers from the 16th century through the early 19th century discovered through trial and error how to properly develop the singing voice, and the term bel canto came to be applied to both the manner of singing and the vocal music of that...

For the Credo in E minor, RV 591, Vivaldi borrowed some material composed for his own Magnificat, which places it later - probably after 1727. This completely choral work has much in common stylistically with the very famous Gloria (RV 589) and with his...

Following the success of his first volume of choral-watzes of 1869, Brahms set another 14 songs to the same poetry from Polydora, the 1855 collection of German folk-poems and love-songs assembled by George Friedrich Daumer (1800-1875) plus a conclusion...

A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Author Chester L. Alwes divides this exploration into two volumes which move from Medieval...

This choral composition by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams is a beautiful and complex piece of music that has been performed by choirs around the world. A must-have for any choral music enthusiast or performer.This work has been selected by...

This book contains 142 melodies organised and proposed according to criteria developed over many years of teaching. They have proven to be reliable music material for a training course where the main objective is singing in tune. Each chapter presents a...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale settings have been vital to the teaching of music ever since they were composed. His four-voiced harmonisations represent a Baroque composer’s approach to melodies that are often centuries older. As musical...

Johann Sebastian Bach’s chorale settings have been vital to the teaching of music ever since they were composed. His four-voiced harmonisations represent a Baroque composer’s approach to melodies that are often centuries older. As musical...

Dieses Buch präsentiert eine Auswahl von maurerischen Gesängen, die von der Loge Archimedes zu den drei Reissbretern in Altenburg gesungen wurden. Diese Gesänge nehmen den Leser mit auf eine Reise durch die Gebräuche und Traditionen der Freimaurer.This...

Singing the Body Electric explores the relationship between the human voice and technology, offering startling insights into the ways in which technological mediation affects our understanding of the voice, and more generally, the human body. From the...

Abbiamo chiamato questo lavoro Un Barocco Possibile, in quanto è propria dell’indole del Barocco una grande Flessibilità Interpretativa: questo periodo privilegia la coesistenza di differenti versioni, sia per il testo musicale che...

Hemos llamado a este trabajo Un Barroco Posible, ya que corresponde a la índole del Barroco una gran Flexibilidad Interpretativa: dicho período privilegia la coexistencia de diferentes versiones, tanto en cuanto al texto musical cuanto a...

This captivating cantata tells the story of Old Japan through the eyes of an old man who has lived through its many changes. Through song, the cantata weaves together tales of courtly love, samurai battles, and the natural beauty of Japan. The music,...

Vivaldi's Magnificat probably dates from shortly after the 1726 death of composer C.P. Grua, which resulted in his having to provide sacred music for the Venetian orphanage and convent he enjoyed a long-standing relation with: the Ospedale della Pietà...

The most famous of three settings of the Gloria text by Vivaldi, this one (RV 589) most likely dates from about the same time as its predecessor, during the composer's tenure at the Ospedale della Pietà convent in Venice (1713-40). It's also notable for...

For the Credo in E minor, RV 591, Vivaldi borrows some material he composed for his Magnificat, which places it later - probably after 1727. This completely choral work has much in common stylistically with the very famous Gloria (RV 589) and with...

Schubert's twelve movement work is a setting of a German paraphrase of the Latin sequence by F.G. Klopstock (1724-1803). It contains some of his finest choral writing. Unabridged digitally enhanced reprint of a vocal score prepared by Georg Gohler first...

For this beloved Cantata, the Novello vocal score prepared by the eminent English organist John Ebenezer West was re-engraved by G. Schirmer in the early part of the 20th century with Henry Drinker's English translation added beneath the original German...

Debussy composed his "Scène lyrique" in 1884 for his Prix de Rome cantata entry. It was given its premiere that same year at the Institut de France in Paris followed with publication by Durand. He revised the work some 23 years later, even engaging his...

Das Buch ""Neugriechische Volks- und Liebeslieder"" wurde 1895 von Hermann L�����bke ver������ffentlicht und enth�����lt eine Sammlung von griechischen Volksliedern und Liebesliedern. Die Lieder sind in neugriechischer Sprache verfasst und wurden von...

This book is a collection of Ukrainian Church carols, shchedrivkas, and New Year's greetings. The book includes the lyrics and musical notation for each piece, and there is an introduction that provides historical context.This work has been selected by...

Diese Sammlung von Kärntner Liedern ist für vierstimmigen Männerchor gesetzt und bietet somit ein wunderschönes Musikerlebnis. Die Lieder stammen aus Kärnten und wurden von Karl Liebleitner gesammelt und arrangiert.This work has been selected by scholars...

Having been inspired by performances of Handel oratorios while visiting London in 1791-92 and 1794-95, Joseph Haydn determined to write one of his own and was given an English libretto entitled The Creation, which had originally been offered to Handel...

Este ensayo es un estudio práctico del canto llano y figurado en método fácil dividido en tres partes. La obra es una referencia importante para músicos, cantantes y amantes de la música. Se trata de una obra que es moderna en su enfoque y se basa en una...

This is a collection of musical pieces performed in the Cathedral Church of York for various religious occasions, such as Christmas, Easter, and saints' feasts. The book includes scores for choir and organ, as well as lyrics and explanatory notes. The...

The Yale Russian Chorus (YRC) is a unique phenomenon-part singing group, part fraternity, part discussion group-that started in 1953 at Yale at the height of the Cold War, a time when exhibiting a strong interest in matters Russian and Soviet could be...

Histoire de la notation musicale depuis ses origines (1882) est un livre �����crit par Ernest David qui explore l'histoire de la notation musicale depuis ses d�����buts. Le livre est une �����tude approfondie de l'�����volution de la notation musicale,...

We have called our book Baroque Possibilities, because the true nature of the Baroque is great Flexibility of interpretation:  this period allows the co-existence of different versions, both that of the musical score and of its performance. If we...

This oratorio by a youthful Camille Saint-Saens was first performed by soloists, chorus and small string orchestra for the 1858 Christmas service at the Église de la Madeleine in Paris. The composer's colleague Eugene Gigout arranged the vocal score,...

Dvorak's 90-minute Stabat Mater received its premiere two days before Christmas of 1880 in Prague. It quickly gained a following not only in Europe but in both England and the USA. The vocal score was prepared by Josef Zubaty for the initial publication...

Completed in 1849, the Te Deum, like the earlier and more famous Grande Messe des Morts, is one of Berlioz's self-described "architectural" works. While the orchestral forces required for the Te Deum are nowhere near as massive as huge as those for the...

A new, digitally-enhanced reissue of the classic vocal score for Alois Schmitt's reconstruction of Mozart's incomplete masterpiece. Includes preface, contents, instrumentation, measure numbers. Fully compatible with the parts from Breitkopf, Kalmus,...

This is an unabridged digitally-enhanced reprint of the vocal score that was prepared by the composer with assistance from his student Jean Roger-Ducasse and published by J. Hamelle & Cie. in 1900. Measure numbers have been added along with a table...

Mozart's requiem was only partially finished at his untimely death in December 1791. His widow Constanza turned to Mozart's students to complete the work which had been commissioned by Count Walsegg in honor of his late wife. Joseph Eybler made the first...

Dubois' oratorio was given its premiere on Good Friday (April 19), 1867 at Église de la Madeleine in Paris under the composer's direction. Although first published in 1886 by Georges Hartmann of Paris, the vocal score presented here is a...

Purcell's operatic masterpiece based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid in which the tragic tale of despair when Dido, Queen of Cathage was abnandoned by her Trojan lover Aeneas is presented here in digitally enhanced reissue of a vocal-score edition prepared...

Ar Lan y Môr is a hugely popular Welsh folk song, loved by many. Its gentle melody lends itself well to choral arrangements, and this new version for SATB choir weaves simple, warm harmonies around the haunting tune. The piece ends with a short musical...

In Der Choral-Gesang erläutert Peter Mortimer die Geschichte und die musikalischen Aspekte des Choralgesangs. Dabei geht er auf die unterschiedlichen Arten von Chorälen ein und beleuchtet die Entwicklungsgeschichte dieses Musikstils.This work has been...