Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…

For Flexible Ensemble. World Music Ireland for ensemble gives young musicians the opportunity to familiarize themselves with music culture from Ireland. Hardly can a country Iook back on such a rich and continuous music tradition as Eire (as Ireland is called in Gaelic, which, aside from English, is still spoken by a large part of the population). Even though a large part of the music, as we know …

Par ARMAN HOWARD. Howard Arman, director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions of his choir in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du fröhliche [O, you joyful], St…

Bach: Complete Organ Works Vol. 1 Preludes and Fugues I - with CD-ROM - ed. by David Schulenberg As close as possible to Bach In his ?Preludes and Fugues,? Johann Sebastian Bach made decisive contributions to the development of this genre tradition. The importance of this work group in his own organ oeuvre is confirmed by the many transmitted sources: hardly any autographs, but all the more…

80 airs pour violon traditionnel de Pologne, d'Ukraine, de Hongrie, de Roumanie, des Balkans et de la tradition Klezmer. Par . Après le succès des titres « Irish Fiddle Solos » et « English Fiddle Tunes » paraît un tout nouveau volume de Pete Cooper contenant une riche sélection de mélodies des pays de l'Est incluant la Pologne, l'Ukraine, la Hongrie, la Roumanie, la Serbie, la Bulgarie et la Macé…

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Although quite some time has passed since the multifaceted organ music from Spain's Golden Age could be called an 'insider's tip?, it had yet to attain popularity with any wide audience outside the countries of the Iberian Peninsula. The three-volume Urtext edition of selected works by Joan Cabanilles, the cathedral organist from Valencia, now has every chance of becoming a milestone in its own ri…

Oratorio for Solo Tenor, Solo Violin, SATB, Children's Choir and Orchestra of Strings, Harp and Perc. Par ROTH ALEC. Alec Roth’s The Traveller is an oratorio for solo tenor, solo violin, SATB choir, children’s choir and an orchestra of strings, harp and percussion. In addition to writing six new poems for the piece, Vikram Seth has made English translations of twenty Indian texts from a rich varie…

Arrangeur: Mike Cornick. Par ELGAR EDWARD / CORNICK MIKE (ARR.). Although often regarded as quintessentially English in style, Elgar's music is undeniably deeply rooted in the German Romantic tradition. Elgar's gift for the creation of melody, often sequential and frequently including one of his most familiar 'fingerprints' - the falling seventh - might well be the most obvious attraction in his m…

By Sonja Poorman. For Choir. (3-Part Mixed). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Multicultural, Christmas. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Geoffrey Edwards. Choral. Christmas. Octavo. Lorenz Publishing Company #15/3502H. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company (LO.15-3502H).

Arranged by Andy Beck. Choral Octavo. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Secular; Winter. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music (AP.46434).

Arr., with additional words, by Lois Brownsey and Marti Lunn Lantz. For Choir. (3-Part Mixed). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Composed by Mary Lynn Lightfoot. For 3-part mixed choir and piano accompaniment (with optional finger cymbals, orchestra bells). Christmas. Octavo. Heritage Music Press #15/3212H. Published by Heritage Music Press

By Mary Lynn Lightfoot. SSA, piano. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press.

Arranged by Mark Hayes. Choir Sacred. Women's Choir. Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Christmas; Sacred; Winter. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music

Composed by Martin J. Wimmer. For SAB choir, Flute and Piano. Level 3. Octavo. Duration 4 minutes. Published by Imagine Music

By Lori True. For Voices: SAB, assembly. Keyboard accompaniment. Celebration Series Sacred. Level: easy. 4 pages. Published by GIA Publications.

By Jim Papoulis. (TBB A Cappella). BH Sounds of a Better World. 12 pages. Published by Boosey and Hawkes.

Composed by Jay Althouse. Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Sacred; Spiritual. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Alfred Music #00-45599. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45599).

Composed by George Job Elvey (1816-1893). Arranged by Tony Alonso S.J. Thanksgiving Day. Celebration Series. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9460. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9460).

(from Three Nocturnes). Composed by Daniel Elder. For SSA choir, piano accompaniment. Westminster Choir Series. Music Education. Easy/Medium. Octavo. 12 pages. Published by GIA Publications

Arranged by Sally K. Albrecht. For Choir. (3-Part (any combination)). Choral Octavo. Multicultural; Patriotic, Jewish. Level: Level 2 (grade L2). Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

Performance Music Ensemble; Single Titles. Alfred Choral Designs. Christmas; Sacred; Winter. Choral Octavo. 12 pages. Alfred Music #00-45371. Published by Alfred Music (AP.45371).

Composed by Richard Frost. Epiphany, Triduum/Three Days, 21st Century, Confession/Forgiveness. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers (MN.50-3219).

Arranged by Tony Alonso S.J. Lent. Celebration Series. Sacred. Octavo. With guitar chord names. 8 pages. GIA Publications #9454. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-9454).

By Gustav Holst (1874-1934) and Traditional English Carol. Arranged by Douglas E. Wagner. For Choral (SAB). Choral. 12 pages. Published by Shawnee Press

Arranged by Andy Beck. Hebrew Folk Song. For Choir. (3-Part / SAB). Choral Octavo. Choral Designs. Folk Song; Jewish Heritage; Multicultural. Choral Octavo. 8 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.