50 carols for sopranos and altos (suitable for boys', girls', or women's choirs). It contains mostly simple arrangements of the best-loved carols, some less well-known ones, and four original pieces by Britten (2), Rutter, and Hadley. Most of the Christmas hymns are presented in two versions; for choirs only, unaccompanied, and for choir and audience/congregation, with accompaniment.
Orchestral accompaniments for many of the carols are available on hire.

A third collection of 50 carols, mostly for SATB, some unaccompanied, and some having accompaniments for piano or organ or orchestra. The carols reflect a diversity of styles and periods, while remaining within the capacity of an average group of amateur performers. Includes compositions and arrangements by Britten, Holst, Howells, Hurford, Vaughan Williams, and Walton.
Orchestral and brass accompaniments for many of the items are available on hire.

"Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage," is a cantata for chorus and orchestra first performed in Vienna in 1815. The work is in a single movement, typically taking between 7 and 8 minutes to perform. It beautifully evokes the imagery of the poetry of Goethe. This is the choral score of the work, with English text, and with piano accompaniment. 15 pages, 7 by 8 ? inches.

The B-minor Mass has always represented a fascinating challenge to musical scholarship. Composed over the course of Johann Sebastian Bach's life, it is considered by many to be the composer's greatest and most complex work. The fourteen essays assembled in this volume originate from the International Symposium 'Understanding Bach's B-minor mass' at which scholars from eighteen countries gathered to debate the latest topics in the field. In revised and updated form, they comprise a thorough and systematic study of Bach's Opus Ultimum, including a wide range of discussions relating to the Mass's historical background and contexts, structure and proportion, sources and editions, and the reception of the work in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. In the light of important new developments in the study of the piece, this collection demonstrates the innovation and rigour for which Bach scholarship has become known.

for SATB chorus and orchestra This joyous arrangement of a traditional spiritual for choir and orchestra is propelled by a light swing tempo. The mood grows more and more euphoric with each succeeding stanza of text, and the uplifting music surges towards an opulent conclusion.

The crowning glory of Bach's achievements in the field of sacred music, this work is a powerful statement of Christian faith and an inspiring musical experience for musicians and music lovers. Scored for two sopranos, alto, tenor, bass, chorus, orchestra, and continuo, this towering masterpiece is reprinted here from the authoritative Bach-Gesellschaft edition.

50 Christmas carols
The volumes of Carols for Choirs have established themselves as the quintessential carol books for carol-singers around the world. Each volume presents a wide rage of carols to suit every occasion, from well-known tunes superbly arranged to be the best original compositions. Carols for Choirs 1 includes carols for audience and congregation with varied harmonizations and festive descants, the full text of the traditional Nine Lessons printed in the appendix, and a detailed list of the carol orchestrations available on rental.
Orchestrations for several of the carols from this collection are available on sale or hire under the titles Three Carol Orchestrations and Five Christmas Carols.
Eight Carol Accompaniments for 5 and 8 part brass (to accompany carols from CfC1 and CfC2) are also on sale.

This collection of Music for Special Occasions brings together ten secular choral works arranged for an accompanied upper voices choir to enhance any occasion whether joyful, reflective or commemorative. Some best-loved pieces as well as new compositions are carefully selected and arranged by acclaimed choral composers/conductors Ben Parry and Alexander L'Estrange. Includes Congratulations, Bridal March (German) from Lohengrin, Auld Lang Syne (Scottish), Circle of LIfe from the hit movie, The Lion King, You'll Never Walker Away from Hammerstein's Carousel, and many more. These are practical and flexible arrangements for soprano and alto with an optional third part for limited range baritone, or low alto making it suitable for schools, community and church choirs.

This book is a pioneering attempt to explore the fascinating and hardly known realm of reciting poetry in medieval and Renaissance Italy. The study of more than 50 treatises on both music and poetry, as well as other literary sources and documents from the period between 1300 and 1600, highlights above all the practice of parlar cantando («speaking through singing - the term found in De li contrasti, a fourteenth-century treatise on poetry) as rooted in the art of reciting verses. Situating the practice of parlar cantando in the context of late medieval poetic delivery, the author sheds new light on the origin and history of late Renaissance opera style, which their inventors called stile recitativo, rappresentativo or, exactly, parlar cantando. The deepest roots of the Italian tradition of parlar cantando are thus revealed, and the cultural background of the birth of opera is reinterpreted and revisited from the much broader perspective of what appears to be the most important Italian mode of music making between the age of Dante and Petrarch and the beginning of Italian opera around 1600.

Hendrickson Worship presents the first non-denominational hymnal for children in many years. "The Kids Hymnal Piano Accompaniment "book is organized by hymn number and includes the piano score for each song in large, readable print. The "Kids Hymnal "features: - 80 hymns and songs - Melody lines, lyrics and guitar chords on each typeset page - Beautiful illustrations to reinforce the meaning of the song - An application lesson and child affirmation for each song - Stories behind the writing of the hymns - Indexes by title and by topic - Large print for easy reading and singing Topics include: - Hymns (40 songs) - The Teachings of Jesus (8 songs) - Sunday School Classics (9 songs) - Scripture (8 songs) - Praise and Worship (10 songs) - Seasonal (Christmas, Advent, Lent/Easter) (5 songs) For ages 5-10 SONG LIST HYMNS - Amazing Grace - Be Thou My Vision - When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder - The Old Rugged Cross - Holy, Holy, Holy - Come, Christians, Join to Sing - Blessed Assurance - Standing on the Promises - Fairest Lord Jesus - Near The Cross - Count Your Blessings - When We All Get to Heaven - O How I Love Jesus - What a Friend We Have in Jesus - I Have Decided To Follow Jesus - All Creatures of Our God and King - He's Got The Whole World in His Hands - Joyful Joyful We Adore Thee - O Happy Day! - Leaning on the Everlasting Arms - At the Cross - Stand Up, Stand Up for Jesus - Come Thou Almighty King! - Crown Him with Many Crowns - For the Beauty of the Earth - How Great Thou Art - God Will Take Care of You - He Keeps Me Singing As I Go - Have Thine Own Way, Lord - This Is My Father's World THE TEACHINGS OF JESUS - The Mustard Seed - You Must Be Born Again - Do To Others - Do Not Judge - I Am the Way - Love Your Neighbor - I Will Make You Fishers of Men SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSICS - Jesus Loves Me - Deep and Wide - Jesus Loves the Little Children - Isn't He Wonderful - I've Got Joy, Joy, Joy, Joy - Father Abraham - I Love Him Better Every D-A-Y - I Am A C-H-R-I-S-T-I-A-N - We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder - My God Is So Big - This Little Light of Mine - Do Lord SCRIPTURE SONGS - Children, Obey Your Parents - The Lord Is My Shepherd - In The Beginning - The Lord's Prayer - I Know The Plans I Have For You - I Have Hidden Your Word In My Heart - For God So Loved The World - The Roman's Road PRAISE & WORSHIP - Shout to the Lord - Open The Eyes of My Heart Lord - Our God Is An Awesome God - Give Thanks With A Grateful Heart - The Lord Is My Rock - Blessed Be The Name of the Lord - J-O-Y - I Could Sing of Your Love Forever - Lord, I Lift Your Name on High - I Will Sing of the Mercies FOURTH OF JULY - The Star Spangled Banner - God Bless America - America the Beautiful EASTER - Christ the Lord Has Risen Today - Do Remember - Hosanna CHRISTMAS - Go Tell It on The Mountain - The First Noel - Away in a Manger - Joy to the World - O Come All Ye Faithful - Children Go Where I Send Thee - Silent Night

The texts of these choruses were chosen from Ira D. Sankey's popular Gospel Hymn Book, from the mid-nineteenth century, a volume much loved by Charles Ives who quoted numerous Snakey tunes in almost all of this mature works. There is something socially very moving about them, providing as they did a means of solace, comfort and hope for a better life for people whose lives were, on average, probably terrible.
Some of the phraseology and turns of phrase may also have been an influence on American poets in the latter half of the nineteenth century. Pre-echoes of Emily Dickenson can be heard on the texts of both I'm a Pilgrim and
Titles: I'm a Pilgrim * Beautiful Valley of Eden * Bright Morning Star * At the Fountain.

(Choral). A book of anthems, hymn arrangements, and other pieces covering the period from Ash Wednesday to Easter, including music for Palm Sunday, Holy Week, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Day. The book is in the same style as the successful Noel! series, with the same balance of new and familiar pieces to ensure it appeals to the greatest possible choral market.

(Boosey & Hawkes Sacred Choral). Commissioned by St. Michael's Cathedral in Coventry, England, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Cathedral's consecration. 20 minutes.

(BH Stage Works). A Nativity oratorio for soloists, chorus, children's chorus and orchestra.

(Music Sales America). This edition features fresh engravings with the organ part printed on three staves. It also includes a paragraph explaining the historical background and context of the work.

A hymn by Jonathan Harvey based on a text entitled Vexilla Regis by Bishop Venantius Fortunatus, translated by J.M. Neale, 1851. The Royal Banners Forward Go was commissioned by the Choir of St John's College, Cambridge in 2004. The Faber Choral Signature Series introduces a wealth of new or recently written choral music to choirs in search of fresh repertoire. The series draws in a rich diversity of contemporary composers and includes both lighter and more challenging contemporary works, offering a thrilling array of varied styles.

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). A collection of works by major American song composers for voice students. Argento : Winter * Argento : Spring * Argento : Spring is like a perhaps hand * Bernstein : I hate music! * Bernstein : Jupiter has seven moons * Chanler : These, My Ophelia * Copland : Ching-a-ring Chaw * Copland : Heart, we will forget him * Copland : Why do they shut me out of Heaven? * Duke : Central Park at Dusk * Duke : There will be stars * Hundley : The Astronomers * Rorem : Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair * Rorem : O do not love too long * Rorem : What if some little pain...

(Boosey & Hawkes Voice). A collection of works by major American song composers for voice students. Argento : Winter * Argento : Spring * Argento : Spring is like a perhaps hand * Bernstein : I hate music! * Bernstein : Jupiter has seven moons * Chanler : These, My Ophelia * Copland : Ching-a-ring Chaw * Copland : Heart, we will forget him * Copland : Why do they shut me out of Heaven? * Duke : Central Park at Dusk * Duke : There will be stars * Hundley : The Astronomers * Rorem : Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair * Rorem : O do not love too long * Rorem : What if some little pain...