Liturgical period: Lent Hello, I hope you will appreciate a new publication of the Centre de musique baroque de Versailles: 3 Lamentations (for the vespers of the day before the Holy Thursday, Friday and Saturday); duration: 40:00 Composed by Jean Gilles (1668-1705), edited by Françoise Talvard. For 4 soloists (SATB) [treble, […]
New Publications
Great new fun tune for your elementary students!
The Snake Song is a fun kids’ tune, easy to play on guitar, uke, piano or even autoharp! audio recording and lead sheet for free download at www.kloser.us and video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9aaQ9iHxoA&feature=youtu.be
TITANIC VOYAGE – NEW from PHILIP STOPFORD for Children’s Choir!
April 2nd 2012 marks the precise hundredth anniversary of Titanic, the ‘Ship of Dreams,’ sailing to Southampton out of Belfast Lough. To commemorate this wonderful occasion, the Titanic Foundation have commissioned international composer Philip Stopford to write TITANIC VOYAGE, a short choral work for young voices, piano and solo instrument. The Queen of the […]
“Two Newly Published Compositions”– direct link to Composition Showcase
For those of you who wish to review David Monks’ new pieces, as well as many other composers’ gems, here is the direct link to the Showcase: https://choralnet.org/306612
Two newly published compositions
The Star Spangled Banner – 1:33 For a cappella SSAA. Where the melody can present difficulties to sopranos, I have given the tune to S II an octave lower. Easy Sépulture – 3:47 An SATB setting of the poem by Charles Baudelaire from his Les Fleurs du Mal. Medium difficulty These […]
A BURNT SHIP by John Donne SSATBar 1:30
A sharply dissonant setting of John Donne’s (1572-1631) terrifying six line poem, intended for all-male choir, difficult. Part of a series of war poems begun many years ago and recently resumed. While these pieces may be sung by mixed choirs, the effect of boys and men is preferred by the composer. “Out of a fired ship, […]