Carl Orff's masterpiece composed in 1936 undoubtedly is one of the best-known musical creations throughout the world. By popular request, we now publish a comprehensive choral score uniting all choral parts in one volume of excellent quality and print. This choral score complements the hitherto available choral parts (ED 4920-01 and -02) presenting female and male voices in separate editions, as w…

Small Sacred Concertos II. Par SCHUTZ HEINRICH. The 'Kleine geistliche Konzerte' (Small Sacred Concertos), published in two parts in 1636 and1639, are among the best-known and well-loved compositions of Heinrich Schütz. Both parts constitute a collection of vocal pieces in a broad range of styles written for only a few voices with basso continuo. Most of the texts are in German, but some are also …

Each volume in this bilingual edition of all the works by Johann Jacob Froberger (1617-1667) contains a Critical Commentary and a detailed Preface with sections on the edition's scope and subdivisions, editorial method, and on performance practice, as well as with discussions of contemporary instruments, ornamentation, and Froberger's life. Volume VII now brings the complete edition to a close. It…

Gaspare Spontini, composer and conductor, was celebrated for his operas in the late 1700s and early 1800s, although he also composed several pieces of vocal chamber music at the same time. The chamber repertoire was composed with the amateur performer in mind: the tessitura of his melodies falls mostly within the medium/high range and does not call for any special techniques. This does not, howeve…

The OperAria repertoire anthology was much applauded when it came on stage with three baritone volumes in 2015. The successful baritone debut was followed in 2017/18 by the appearance of the four soprano volumes, also conquering hearts in no time. Now, another performance: The curtain rises on the bass volumes, the foundation of the vocal family for heavier, darker voices, though nevertheless bril…

Chor zu dritt with its three-part settings is aimed at the large number of choirs which cannot do full justice to the mainly four-part choral literature with divoded male voices. In Vol. 5, O little Town of Bethlehem, the singers can look forward to many national and international Advent songs and Christmas carols - and to successful concerts in the Christmas season, even with only one male voice!…

Par ZELENSKI WLADYSLAW. Wladyslaw Zelenski had the Six Character Pieces for piano, op. 17 ready around 1871, although it is quite possible that he composed them earlier, even in 1864. Such is indicated by the opus number. At that time he was giving opus numbers to works in chronological order of composition. This set is dedicated to Auguste Auspitz-Kolár, a pianist whom Zelenski could have met on …

10 pk. Par RAO DOREEN. Six hits de l'HME Best-seller chorale série pour les chorales supérieurs (3-4 pt treble voices). Comprend des notes d'enseignants et de prononciation guides. Table des matières : Feel Good (gospel), les banques de Doon (Scottish trad.), Ain't que News (spirituel), la Vierge Marie avait A Baby Boy (Noël), Ma Navu (Israeil trad.), Old MacDoodle avait une bande (jazz). Tout ce …

Bach newly interpreted - the vocal band Slixs edited a songbook for mixed vocal ensemble or small choral ensemble containing unusual arrangements of instrumental works by Johann Sebastian Bach. The arrangements range between classical interpretation and flirting with jazz. They demand from the singers a profound basic education in music and flexible alternation between the voices. Explanations of …