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Looking for “I Got A Mule” arranged by Hall Johnson for male chorus
Dear All, Several years ago, I performed “I Got A Mule” arranged by Hall Johnson for male voices. I am directing a male chorus and I am in search of a copy of this music, which is out of print. If anyone has this piece, or knows where I may obtain a copy, […]
Re: SA/SSA Native American or ancient secular world music?
Ms. Weihe, I have a piece that may work; it’s a setting of the text attributed to Chief Seattle which begins “The earth does not belong to us/We belong to the earth.” The music is an ostinato-based sung prayer along the lines of a Taize song. There are three verses which would sung by […]
“Oh Happy Day” – 1970 arrangement
Listers, I am looking for the 1969 – 1970 arrangement of “Oh Happy Day” by Edwin Hawkins. It is no longer in the music library where I taught before my retirement. Does anyone have an original copy? The arrangement I am looking for is POP. I have an alumni concert coming up and […]
SA/SSA Native American or ancient secular world music?
I’m interested in finding SA/SSA Native American or ancient secular world music that I could teach to a group without handing out music. I’ve looked through threads and researched many suggestions from previous Native American questions/posts, but most of them just wouldn’t be feasible due to a combination of level/ability/length required for those beautiful pieces! […]
looking for quality Easter SATB choral music for use during service
I am looking for suggestions of quality Easter SATB choral music to use during a high-church Episcopal Easter Day service. We have performend portions of Handel’s Messiah, and various settings of “Alleluia” (Randall Thompson, J.S. Bach), so I’m looking for new ideas. We will be able to use organ, piano, string quartet, and oboe, clarinet, […]
Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms 2 piano or 4 hand arr.
Does anyone know where I can locate this arrangement? I’m rather desperately searching. Many thanks, Dr. Eric Delson Musical Director Brussels Choral Society
Developing a Choral Curriculum
Hi guys, I don’t know if there are others out there – but I’ve been just teaching pieces and warm-ups. I’d like to create a sequential curriculum that would prepare students from 5th grade through 12th. In theory – I’d like to prepare kids to sing in 6-8 parts in high school. I […]
Finnish translations for women’s choir rep by Kahara
Hi Choral Colleagues, I am considering use of two Finnish pieces for women’s choir by Anna-Mari Kahara late next season but would like to know the meaning of the text before I go to the expense (and long wait) of ordering them. All I know right now is the translation of the titles. Does […]
… several discussions about the work “Aglepta”…
…this evening, completely by accident, I discovered that there have been many posts about Mellnas’ work, Aglepta, and that the phrase, Aglaria Pidhol garia Ananus Qepta, was being discussed. I am not completey sure about this, but i have heard that, in Italy this expression is said to be an…”incanto”, an ancient European magical […]