Favorite piece of Musica international, the global choral repertoire database, for January 2025: “Beim Schalengehen” by Alwin SCHRONEN (Germany) To illustrate Hesse’s lovely poem about going to bed, Schronen uses a touching and warm atmopshere as a lullaby with an interesting challenge for choir directors and singers. Find all the details about this piece […]
New Publications
Three New Arrangements for Men’s Choir
You are invited to peruse three new arrangements for men posted to my catalog at J.W. Pepper MyScore: Gentle Annie (Stephen Foster), Now the Powers of Heaven (Alexsandre Shemetev), and O, Savior of the World (John Goss). Bill Sherrill
People You Love – by Eric Bibb, arr. Larry Nickel
Eric Bibb’s “People You Love” is powerful to say the least. This beautiful piece, arranged by Larry Nickel, deals with the subject of death in such a sensitive and meaningful way – this is a tear-jerker, for sure. Enjoy! Sheet Music available at Cypress Choral Music – https://cypresschoral.com/composers/larry-nickel/people-you-love/
Hills of Salvation – by Connie Kaldor, arr. Patrick Murray
Connie Kaldor’s “Hills of Salvation” has been given a fantastic choral work up by another young Canadian from Ontario Patrick Murray. This anthem sings itself – with rich and solid harmony. Enjoy! Sheet Music available – https://cypresschoral.com/composers/patrick-murray/hills-of-salvation/
Updated Version of Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K Released
The Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K has been updated to include the full scores of Bach’s Magnificat and Bach’s Mass in B Minor. So now the Christian Virtual Hymnal 20K provides transposable, customizable, searchable sheet music and MIDI for 20,000 public domain hymns. (No CCLI license required.) Verses can be re-ordered/deleted/displayed using any font/size available on […]
Musica international – Favorite Piece of December 2024
Favorite piece of Musica international, the global choral repertoire database, for December 2024: “Magic is The Christmas Day“, by Carsten GERLITZ (Germany) This piece offers a heartwarming poem as a Christmas carol. This choral vocal jazz piece tells about the customs and hopes of Christmas with warm and modern sounds in close harmony, a song […]