Chor & Gesang

Gilpin's setting of this Rachel Field poem is rich with mystery, anticipation and energy: quite different from other choral settings. An excellent choice for developing choirs including elementary as...

Lilting and dance-like, this popular Weelkes madrigal will be a delight to learn and perform with SATB choirs, especially developing choirs being introduced to the genre. With its brisk tempo, dynamic...

The musical The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of the Crowd gave us this bright two-beat number. It's a perfect selection for young singers to perform a positive message, add some choreography and...

Delightfully playful with contrasting short and legato singing, this English folk song is a gem for any program. Harmonic writing surrounded by a round conjures its genesis of the English caroling tra...

Written and recorded by legendary Hank Williams, this song has spawned numerous cover versions since its release in 1952. Its Cajun theme is about life, parties and food of Cajun cuisine. Ma cher amio...

A gentle piano accompaniment with oboe accompanies this concert work for 2-part and 3-part mixed voices. Sara Teasdale's text of a cloud in the heaven's height, the stars are lit for my delight is a d...

Gilpin never disappoints in finding the rhythmic charm and humor of the American folk song, especially for young singers. Beginning with an intro of the phrase Uh-hum, he leads us to the familiar melo...

This tender setting of a Native American poem features extended legato phrasing and delicate musicality. The simple piano accompaniment supports the expressive vocal textures. Ideal for concert or fes...

An impressive festival work, with contrasts of rhythm, dynamics, and style. A perfect concert opener. Available: SATB.

Now in a newly engraved edition, from Haydn's masterpiece oratorio The Creation, this famous chorus celebrates the third day, with a four-part fugue on the text For the heavens and earth/He has clothe...

Samuel Barber was a prolific song composer, having written over 100 works for voice and piano, the majority of which still remain unpublished. Of the published songs, Barber's 'Sure on this Shining Ni...

Create a meditative moment in your concert with this reflective setting of the famous Praetorius chorale tune from Piae Cantiones. Performed by The Canticum Novum Singers - Harold Rosenbaum, conductor...

This 8-minute work, set entirely in Latin, recounts King David's grief at the death of his son Absalom. Opening with a fiery piano introduction, a solo tenor emerges from the echoing keyboard clusters...

Composer Dominick DiOrio has been call a forward-thinking young composer, ready to tackle anything and this exciting piece definitely falls under anything. Written for the virtuosic Houston Chamber Ch...

Most of us think that going viral is a 21st century phenomenon, made possible by the immediacy and ubiquity of the Internet. But Tenting on the Old Camp Ground, Walter Kittredge's haunting Civil War s...

This is no. 3 in the three movement work Nativity Suite, each movement published separately. In this setting of the traditional 16th century poem, the instruments express the sentiment that animates t...

California composer Dale Trumbore is quickly becoming one of America's leading young composers. Commissioned by Brandon Elliott and the Choral Arts Initiative, the music begins softly, with soft and e...

Incorporating the traditional melody that we all associate with this title, Jon Washburn has composed a new melody and overlays the word Peace spoken in 40 languages. Scored for double choir, there is...

This is a setting of an Irish Blessing but no THE Irish Blessing. This musical tapestry is one of unadorned a cappella mixed chorus, using soft dissonances and free-flowing counterpoint. Together in s...

This traditional freedom song gained special significance during the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and maintains its importance still. This setting, arranged for the Yale Glee Club, is strong and...

Setting the poetry of Israeli heroine and poet Hannah Senesh, this is a song of hope. Those who were lost in the death camps are stars whose light is with us long after their light life has been extin...

Written for and premiered by Nashirah: The Jewish Chorale of Greater Philadelphia, this poem by Sima Faitelson is full of power, and loss and the pain that accompanies loss. This incredibly creative c...

Originally commissioned by Chorus America for Unison/ 2-part choirs, the powerful and socially conscience work is now available for SATB choirs. Merging a Christina Rossetti text with words from choir...

Here is a text by contemporary American poet Jenna Lanzaro that sparkles with energy. It demands the same from the music and the music delivers. The opening motive is a cell that germinates into an ov...