Written for the 2018 Advanced Women's Choir Consortium Commission Partners, this beautifully crafted work for six-part treble voices with a few solo passages uses the traditional Latin text set to original
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This favorite choral fugue from Bach's "Magnificat" is arranged here for only four parts with a playable piano accompaniment. This piece is a wonderful introduction to polyphonic texture, and the Latin text
A contrapuntal setting of Veni Sancte Spiritus and Herr Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend by a Romantic composer who was a contemporary of Johannes Brahms and taught composition to Jean
Composed in 1842 during Liszt's most active period of touring, the sweet tunefulness of the main melody contrasts with moments of solemnity and drama at other times. Plainchant is recalled in his frequent
The exquisite musical lines and vocal parts that are written in ideal tessiture make this not only a pleasure to sing but also a fantastic teaching piece. With many teaching and performing suggestions
With colors and textures influenced by the composers experience singing at Westminster, this solemn yet glorious work will bring out the true artistry of any choir. While the Sine paenitentia text
This work, one of Palestrina's later works, not only demonstrates his more familiar mellifluous polyphony, but also contains a wonderful mix of diverse styles, from gentle and reflective homophony through
This motet is considered by many as one of the great masterpieces in the choral canon, embodying both expanded choral sound and polyphony. This edition utilizes a Renaissance chant tradition of placing
The melodious individual lines paired with the musica ficta added to this edition by the editor bring out the haunting quality of this relatively simple setting woven around subtle hints of the original
Lush contrapuntal lines that maintain the sensibilities and lineage of the German Renaissance while using the sound pallete of the late Romantic era make this work by Albert Becker a true treat.
A very original, approachable and lovely setting of this classical text with piano and cello accompaniment. A quick learn with vocal ranges from middle C sharp to fourth-line D sharp.
The second of six motets in Sechs Spruche, opus 79, is homophonic and stoic in nature. In this edition, the vowels of the words are placed directly below the written pitches, which agrees with Mendelssohn's
This is the sixth work in a series of seven O Antiphons which are traditionally sung in service in the final week of Advent. The text calls for unity and redemption of humanity through the arrival of the
Dedicated to the memory of those who died in the terrorist attacks of 9/11, this powerful work comprises three organically interconnected sections reflecting the themes of remembrance, destruction, and
This motet for the new year is written in the typical contrapuntal style utilized so well by Becker - maintaining the sensibilities and lineage of the German Renaissance cantus firmus motet while employing
Written for a service of Compline, this celebratory anthem uses fragments of plainchant to create imagery depicting the descending golden light of dawn; it ends with pleas for the despair of night to
In this work, a portion of the text from the Prayer of St. Francis ("Where there is darkness, let me show your light") is combined with the Latin Agnus Dei text from the Ordinary of the Mass. From the
After an initial setting of the Gloria, a portion of the text from the Prayer of St. Francis ("Where there is doubt, faith. Where there is despair, let there be hope") joins the Gloria text. Musically, the
This original concert work with a traditional Latin text contains elements of chant with dramatic organ writing and an optional French horn part. A variety of textures and tempos are explored, including a
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Although Rosephanye Powell often selects sacred texts for her music, it is the uniqueness of her writing style that enables it to serve both in worship and concert. Ascribe to the Lord, one of her
Based on a fragment of the text of the sequence Victimae paschali laudes, this work utilizes various minimalist techniques - canons at the unison and simultaneous theme with its augmentation - to
The fourth movement of Dan Forrest's new LUX:The Dawn from on High is now available as a stand-alone octavo. Its jazz-influenced harmonies, infectious rhythmic energy, soaring vocal lines, and
Adapted from a choral movement from the oratorio "Judas Maccabaeus," this is a wonderfully joyful anthem for treble or mixed choirs and an excellent introduction to Baroque style!
For treble voices and piano, this setting of the first verse of the original Ubi Caritas plainsong in Latin and English begins in unison and expands to independent vocal lines that both complement