Geistliche Noten für Chor

From a 1604 publication, this delightful five-voice madrigal offers challenges and rewards. Echo effects and musical imagery of running in and out make this especially fun to rehearse and perform!

Sing a new song is the translation of this song's Latin text and appropriate in this minimalistic setting. The short motives pulsate with energy, building in dynamic chord clusters and vibrancy. A gre...

High school choral director, Jonathan Adams, has composed a number of beautiful a cappella pieces. This setting of Ecclesiastes 3:11 contains those yummy suspensions and cadences that choirs yearn for...

Jesse Beulke is a young American composer in his first year of college, yet this, his first published piece, demonstrates a musical maturity well beyond his years. Selected for the David Dickau Signat...

In only a few short years Richard Burchard has become recognized as one of the new, great choral composers in America. His sonorities are often thick but always rich and satisfying. His melodies are m...

God be in my head is the prayer that composer James Gossler has set to music. The beseeching lyrics call for unpretentious vocal lines and soothing cadences and Gossler delivers beautifully. This mode...

Here is a beautiful setting of the classic text from Richard Burchard. Opening with just the chant line the piece soon broadens like a stream into a river of sound. Richard's signature progressions, r...

Uses: General, Christ the King Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Joshua 22:5; I John 5:1-5 A rich hymn text is the backdrop for this anthem of devotion from John Purifoy. The opening may be sung a cappell...

Uses: General, Christ the King Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Joshua 22:5; I John 5:1-5 A rich hymn text is the backdrop for this anthem of devotion from John Purifoy. The opening may be sung a cappell...

Written in respose to the shooting tragedy in Sandyhook, Connecticut, which took the lives of twenty young children and six adults, 'O Vos Omnes' depicts and honors the incomparable sorrow of the love...

Uses: General, Thanksgiving Scripture: I Chronicles 16:8; Psalm 28:7; Colossians 3:15-17 A fresh take on a favorite praise and worship evergreen! The distinctive chord progression of this well-known c...

Uses: General, Thanksgiving Scripture: I Chronicles 16:8; Psalm 28:7; Colossians 3:15-17 A fresh take on a favorite praise and worship evergreen! The distinctive chord progression of this well-known c...

Orlando di Lasso was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance known for his mature polyphonic style. Equally adept in many languages and both sacred and secular forms, his compositions remain...

Orlando di Lasso was a Franco-Flemish composer of the late Renaissance known for his mature polyphonic style. Equally adept in many languages and both sacred and secular forms, his compositions remain...

A new setting of the Latin Ubi Caritas text. Sustained passages and nice homophonic writing allow for reflection of the text and exploration of tone and blend. A good teaching piece and a great additi...

The opening section of Fauré's beloved Requiem could easily be considered a classic. Conductor and former Chanticleer singer Sanford Dole has done something miraculous and incredible - he has arranged...

Mixed choruses and chamber ensembles will frequently use and enjoy this collection of English madrigals, selected and edited by former King's Singer Philip Lawson. Selections include: Sweet Suffolk Ow...

Mixed choruses and chamber ensembles will frequently use and enjoy this collection of English madrigals, selected and edited by former King's Singer Philip Lawson. Selections include: Sweet Suffolk Ow...

Kane Bradley is a Junior and Senior high choral director and a relatively new composer on the scene. His De Profundis employs minimalism and contemporary harmonies that are quite compelling. He builds...

Memley has set this thoughtful 19th century Barnes' poem in a contemporary madrigal style. Pensive moments cadence on stunning chords, gentle dissonances provoke the listener's ears, woven together in...

Enjoy the contrapuntal textures and fluid lines of the High Renaissance in this 16th century masterwork by the Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria to the text from Isaiah 53. Duration: ca. 3:20.

Enjoy the contrapuntal textures and fluid lines of the High Renaissance in this 16th century masterwork by the Spanish composer Tomas Luis de Victoria to the text from Isaiah 53. Duration: ca. 3:20.

Here is a work with unusual clarity and sonority, perfect for a smaller ensemble or for madrigal singers. While written in simple four-part, this work still demands working with the details of this be...

Using driving recurring rhythms and themes sung in jubilant homophony, this song is perfect for high school and beyond and is well suited for festival use. A carefully crafted, lively selection for an...

Commissioned by the Iowa City West Singers and performed at the North Central ACDA 2014, this selection received rave reviews. The sacred text of Isaac Watts makes it fitting for the church but it is...