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Carols for Choirs 1 (Sheet music, Vocal score): Reginald Jacques, David Willcocks Carols for Choirs 1 (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Reginald Jacques, David Willcocks
R626 Discovery Miles 6 260 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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.

Parlar cantando - The practice of reciting verses in Italy from 1300 to 1600 (Hardcover, New edition): Elena Abramov-Van Rijk Parlar cantando - The practice of reciting verses in Italy from 1300 to 1600 (Hardcover, New edition)
Elena Abramov-Van Rijk
R2,356 Discovery Miles 23 560 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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.

Folk Songs of the Four Seasons (Sheet music, Vocal score): Ralph Vaughan Williams Folk Songs of the Four Seasons (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Ralph Vaughan Williams; Edited by Graham Parlett
R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

for women's chorus and piano. This cantata features sixteen highly-varied folk song settings, bound together in seasonal groupings to take the listener on an engaging journey through the year from Spring to Winter. The prologue implores us to 'sing and be merry', and many of the songs facilitate this with their charmingly light-hearted melodies and imaginative orchestral accompaniment. There are also darker moments, such as the haunting and heart-rending setting of 'The Unquiet Grave' in 'Autumn'. For this comprehensive new edition, the editor Graham Parlett has drawn on all available sources, providing an authoritative full score with critical commentary. This edition also makes available new materials for the version for string orchestra and piano, and a new vocal score.

Choral Music - A Research and Information Guide (Hardcover, 3rd edition): James Michael Floyd, Avery T. Sharp Choral Music - A Research and Information Guide (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
James Michael Floyd, Avery T. Sharp
R4,518 Discovery Miles 45 180 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Choral Music: A Research and Information Guide, Third Edition, offers a comprehensive guide to the literature on choral music in the Western tradition. Clearly annotated bibliographic entries guide readers to resources on key topics within choral music, individual choral composers, regional and sacred choral traditions, choral techniques, choral music education, genre studies, and more, providing an essential reference for researchers and practitioners. Covering monographs, bibliographies, selected dissertations, reference works, journals, electronic databases, and websites, this research guide makes it easy to locate relevant sources. Comprehensive indices of authors, titles, and subjects keep the volume user-friendly. The new edition has been brought up to date with entries encompassing the latest scholarship, and updated references and annotations throughout, capturing the continued growth of literature on choral music since the publication of the second edition.

Arthur Sullivan - A Life of Divine Emollient (Hardcover): Ian Bradley Arthur Sullivan - A Life of Divine Emollient (Hardcover)
Ian Bradley
R1,023 Discovery Miles 10 230 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book charts the life of Arthur Sullivan-the best loved and most widely performed British composer in history. While he is best known for his comic opera collaborations with W. S. Gilbert, it was his substantial corpus of sacred music which meant most to him and for which he wanted to be remembered. His upbringing and training in church music, and his own religious beliefs, substantially affected both his compositions for the theatre and his more serious work, which included oratorios, cantatas, sacred ballads, liturgical pieces, and hymns. Focusing on the spiritual aspects of Sullivan's life-which included several years as a church organist, involvement in Freemasonry, and an undying attachment to Anglican church music-Ian Bradley uses hitherto undiscovered letters, diary entries, and other sources to reveal the important influences on his faith and his work. No saint and certainly no ascetic, he was a lover of life and enjoyed its pleasures to the full. At the same time, he had a rare spiritual sensitivity, a sincere Christian faith, and a unique ability to uplift through both his character and his music that can best be described as a quality of divine emollient.

A New Heaven - Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Choral conversations with Sara Mohr-Pietsch (Paperback, Main): Harry... A New Heaven - Harry Christophers and The Sixteen Choral conversations with Sara Mohr-Pietsch (Paperback, Main)
Harry Christophers, Sara Mohr-Pietsch
R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Sixteen have become a household name. They are the Voices of Classic FM, and stars of the BBC Four series Sacred Music, presented by Simon Russell Beale. Every year since the millennium, they have undertaken a Choral Pilgrimage, bringing a programme of a cappella vocal music to around thirty cathedrals the length and breadth of the country. They are prolific recording artists, and perform at festivals and venues all over the world. Harry Christophers is a unique figure in music. With The Sixteen, Christophers has succeeded in nurturing a choir of exceptional calibre, establishing a business model that includes a record label and extensive tours to capacity audiences, mining a rich variety of repertoire, and combining enormous popular appeal with the stamp of approval from experts. This book will be accessible to everyone, regardless of musical experience or knowledge. It will appeal to anyone interested in classical music, to those who sing in amateur or professional choirs, and those who love the sound of the human voice.

389 Chorales (Choral-Gesange) (German, Book): Johann Sebastian Bach 389 Chorales (Choral-Gesange) (German, Book)
Johann Sebastian Bach
R812 R679 Discovery Miles 6 790 Save R133 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Vocalise (Sheet music): Sergej Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow Vocalise (Sheet music)
Sergej Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninow; Arranged by Stephen Jackson
R119 Discovery Miles 1 190 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Lightwaves (Sheet music, Vocal score): Bob Chilcott Lightwaves (Sheet music, Vocal score)
Bob Chilcott
R353 Discovery Miles 3 530 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

for SATB (with divisions) and piano This dazzling work presents an exploration of light in its many forms and uses, from starlight and sunlight to electricity, photosynthesis, or guiding ships to safety. Both piano and voices are used pictorially, conjuring the beautifully descriptive images from Charles Bennett's text in a musical setting that contrasts moments of high energy and tranquility. Lightwaves is sure to capture the imagination and provide an illuminating take on this fascinating subject.

Song of the Sea (Paperback): Jane Dolby Song of the Sea (Paperback)
Jane Dolby 1
R257 R125 Discovery Miles 1 250 Save R132 (51%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jane Dolby fell in love with a fisherman - the most dangerous peacetime occupation that exists - leading her to find a place in a traditional British world that many have forgotten. Jane was not expecting to fall in love, but she did with Colin, a local fisherman in her hometown. Then one day she faces the loss every fisherman's wife fears: the disappearance of her husband when his boat overturns at sea. Three days later, the boat is finally dredged up, without Colin. At the same time as Jane struggles with her grief, she must fight to keep a roof over her family's heads. With the help and kindness of friends and strangers, the fishing world rallies around one of their own and in time, Jane forms a plan to give something back to the community that has helped her. Jane brings together 40 women from fishing communities up and down the country to release a charity single, founding The Fishwives Choir, and gives a voice to women previously unheard. SONG OF THE SEA is the true story of one woman's love and loss, and after years in which grief stole her ability to sing, she finds her own voice again.

Sing Carols! (Sheet music): Harry Escott Sing Carols! (Sheet music)
Harry Escott
R395 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R38 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Sing Carols! is a collection of traditional carols and Christmas songs for carol singers of all ages, compiled and arranged by composer Harry Escott. Featuring all your favourites, every song in this collection can be sung as a single unison line, with easy-to-learn second and third parts provided for some. Additionally, there are some accompaniment suggestions for all the carols that are easy to perform outside and accompanying backing tracks are available to download.

The Heart of Vocal Harmony - Emotional Expression in Group Singing (Paperback): Deke Sharon The Heart of Vocal Harmony - Emotional Expression in Group Singing (Paperback)
Deke Sharon
R586 Discovery Miles 5 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Most choirs spend their rehearsal time focusing on notes, rhythms, and precision. They rarely, if ever, discuss a song s meaning and feeling, even though those elements are precisely what draws people to the music in the first place. Thousands of books have been written about choral technique, teaching people how to sing technically well. What sets The Heart of Vocal Harmony apart is its focus on honest unified expression and the process of delivering an emotionally compelling performance. It delves into an underdeveloped vocal topic the heart of the music and the process involved with expressing it. The Heart of Vocal Harmony is not just for a cappella groups it is also for vocal harmony groups, ensembles, and choirs at all levels, with or without instruments. In addition to the process, the book features discussions with some of the biggest luminaries in vocal harmony: composers, arrangers, directors, singers, and groups including Eric Whitacre, Pentatonix, the Manhattan Transfer, and more!

Come Now to Bethlehem (CD): Dale Wood, Douglas E. Wagner Come Now to Bethlehem (CD)
Dale Wood, Douglas E. Wagner
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting (Paperback): Bradley Ellingboe A Practical Guide to Choral Conducting (Paperback)
Bradley Ellingboe
R592 Discovery Miles 5 920 Ships in 9 - 15 working days
Harmony From The Inside Out - A Guide to Peak Performance (Hardcover): Jan Carley Harmony From The Inside Out - A Guide to Peak Performance (Hardcover)
Jan Carley
R802 R663 Discovery Miles 6 630 Save R139 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
European Sacred Music (Sheet music, Vocal score): John Rutter European Sacred Music (Sheet music, Vocal score)
John Rutter
R690 Discovery Miles 6 900 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Oxford Choral Classics gathers together over three hundred of the world's choral masterpieces into a unique series of seven volumes that span the whole of Western choral literature. Each volume contains all of the established classics of its genre under a single cover, in authoritative new editions and at a budget price. European Sacred Music is the second volume in the series and a fabulous value for money. From the Allegri Misereri to the Victora O vos omnes, John Rutter and co-editor Clifford Bartlett have researched the best available sources and provided excellent new English singing translations and sensible, practical keyboard reductions.

The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems - Simple, varied anthems for the church year (Spiral bound, Spiral-bound paperback):... The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems - Simple, varied anthems for the church year (Spiral bound, Spiral-bound paperback)
Alan Bullard
R770 Discovery Miles 7 700 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Oxford Book of Easy Flexible Anthems caters for church choirs of all types and sizes, enabling them to have at their fingertips easy music for every occasion. The collection presents flexibility of scoring in a constructive and realistic way, with particular provision for unison or two-part singing, while not forgetting SATB choirs, and a focus on ease of learning and performance. With complete coverage of the Church's year, and a fabulous range of accessible, quality material, this is a vital resource for all church choirs.

The Dissemination of Music in Seventeenth-Century Europe - Celebrating the Dueben Collection- Proceedings from the... The Dissemination of Music in Seventeenth-Century Europe - Celebrating the Dueben Collection- Proceedings from the International Conference at Uppsala University 2006 (English, German, Paperback, New edition)
Erik Kjellberg
R2,446 Discovery Miles 24 460 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

In this volume fifteen musicologists from five countries present new findings and observations concerning the production, distribution and use of music manuscripts and prints in seventeenth-century Europe. A special emphasis is laid on the Duben Collection, one of the largest music collections of seventeenth-century Europe, preserved at the Uppsala University Library. The papers in this volume were initially presented at an international conference at Uppsala University in September 2006, held on the occasion of the launching of The Duben Collection Database Catalogue on the Internet. For the first time, the entire collection had been made acessible worldwide, covering a vast number of musical and philological aspects of all items in the collection.

For the Time Being - A Christmas Oratorio (Hardcover, New): W.H Auden For the Time Being - A Christmas Oratorio (Hardcover, New)
W.H Auden; Edited by Alan Jacobs
R575 R471 Discovery Miles 4 710 Save R104 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"For the Time Being" is a pivotal book in the career of one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. W. H. Auden had recently moved to America, fallen in love with a young man to whom he considered himself married, rethought his entire poetic and intellectual equipment, and reclaimed the Christian faith of his childhood. Then, in short order, his relationship fell apart and his mother, to whom he was very close, died. In the midst of this period of personal crisis and intellectual remaking, he decided to write a poem about Christmas and to have it set to music by his friend Benjamin Britten. Applying for a Guggenheim grant, Auden explained that he understood the difficulty of writing something vivid and distinctive about that most cliched of subjects, but welcomed the challenge. In the end, the poem proved too long and complex to be set by Britten, but in it we have a remarkably ambitious and poetically rich attempt to see Christmas in double focus: as a moment in the history of the Roman Empire and of Judaism, and as an ever-new and always contemporary event for the believer. "For the Time Being" is Auden's only explicitly religious long poem, a technical tour de force, and a revelatory window into the poet's personal and intellectual development. This edition provides the most accurate text of the poem, a detailed introduction by Alan Jacobs that explains its themes and sets the poem in its proper contexts, and thorough annotations of its references and allusions."

Choral Voices - Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality (Hardcover): Sebanti Chatterjee Choral Voices - Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality (Hardcover)
Sebanti Chatterjee
R2,998 Discovery Miles 29 980 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Choral Voices: Ethnographic Imaginations of Sound and Sacrality is about sacred and secular choirs in Goa and Shillong across churches, seminaries, schools, auditoriums, classrooms, reality TV shows, and festivals. Voice and genre emerge as social objects annotated by tradition, nostalgia, and innovation. Piety literally and metaphorically shapes the Christian lifeworld, predominantly those belonging to the Presbyterian and Catholic denominations. Indigeneity structures the political and cultural motifs in the making of the Christian musical traditions. Located at the intersection of Sociology, Anthropology, and Ethnomusicology, the choral voices emplace 'affect' and the visual-aural dispatch. Thus, sonic spectrum holds space for indigenous and global musicality. This ethnographic work will be useful for scholars researching music and sound studies, religious studies, cultural anthropology, and sociology of India.

My Lord has Come (Sheet music, SSAA vocal score): Will Todd My Lord has Come (Sheet music, SSAA vocal score)
Will Todd
R92 Discovery Miles 920 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

for SSAA unaccompanied This heartfelt setting of words by the composer begins with a pianissimo drone over which the sopranos introduce the expressive melody. With lush harmonies, moments of dynamic intensity, and an overriding sense of awe, it would make an ideal centrepiece for a Christmas or Epiphany concert or service. A version for SATB is also available.

Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations - From James I to Elizabeth II (Paperback): Matthias Range Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations - From James I to Elizabeth II (Paperback)
Matthias Range
R760 Discovery Miles 7 600 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Coronations are the grandest of all state occasions. This is the first comprehensive in-depth study of the music that was performed at British coronations from 1603 to the present, encompassing the sixteen coronations that have taken place in Westminster Abbey and the last two Scottish coronations. Range describes how music played a crucial role at the coronations and how the practical requirements of the ceremonial proceedings affected its structure and performance. The programme of music at each coronation is reconstructed, accompanied by a wealth of transcriptions of newly discovered primary source material, revealing findings that lead to fresh conclusions about performance practices. The coronation ceremonies are placed in their historical context, including the political background and the concept of invented traditions. The study is an invaluable resource not only for musicologists and historians, but also for performers, providing a fascinating insight into the greatest of all Royal events.

Sight Singing Made EZ Book 1 (Paperback): Ronnie Sanders Sight Singing Made EZ Book 1 (Paperback)
Ronnie Sanders
R293 Discovery Miles 2 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems - A complete resource for every church choir (Paperback, Paperback): Alan Bullard The Oxford Book of Flexible Anthems - A complete resource for every church choir (Paperback, Paperback)
Alan Bullard 2
R639 Discovery Miles 6 390 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This major new collection is the perfect resource for small choirs, young choirs, and all choirs whose numbers fluctuate week by week. Each piece is scored flexibly with optional parts or parts for equal voices, so that it can be performed by more than one combination of performers; many pieces can also be sung in unison. The music is accessible - ideal for choirs with limited rehearsal time - and keyboard parts are playable on organ (with or without pedals) or piano. The repertoire spans the sixteenth century to the present day and includes new, flexibly scored arrangements of traditional pieces, as well as newly commissioned anthems. There are also pieces in lighter styles, to cater for a broad range of tastes. With complete coverage of the church year, this is an essential resource for those looking for fresh and accessible options for church services.

Choral Repertoire (Hardcover, New): Dennis Shrock Choral Repertoire (Hardcover, New)
Dennis Shrock
R3,793 Discovery Miles 37 930 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Choral Repertoire is the definitive and comprehensive one-volume presentation of the canon of the Western choral tradition. Designed for practicing conductors and directors, students and teachers of choral music, amateur and professional singers, scholars, and interested vocal enthusiasts, it is an account of the complete choral output of the most significant composers of this genre throughout history. Organized by era (Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Modern), Choral Repertoire covers general characteristics of each historical era; trends and styles unique to various countries; biographical sketches of over 500 composers; and performance annotations of more than 5,000 individual works. This book will be an essential guide to programming, a reference tool for program notes and other research, and, most importantly, a key resource for conductors, instructors, scholars, and students of choral music.

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