Klassik Chornoten

A ballad for children's voices and (largely) percussion orchestra setting a long narrative poem by Bertolt Brecht, telling the tragic story of a band of orphaned children lost in the snowy wastes of w...

Scored for solo voice, unison chorus and piano, The Twelve Apostles was written for Peter Pears and the London Boy Singers. The text was adopted from The Ten Commandments as given in 'English Folk Son...

Through the well-known first theme of its opening 'Prelude', Charpentier's spectacular Te Deum has become the best-known of all French baroque grands motets. Prepared by the distinguished French baroq...

These Christmas carols have become contemporary classics. 'The serene Sweet was the Song' contrasts with a moving lament on the hardships of Christmas, 'A Wealdon Trio', and a memorable setting of Har...

Britten's setting of Edith Sitwell's poem 'Praise We Great Men', was left unfinished at his death. It was being written for Mstislav Rostrpovich to include in his first season with the National Sympho...

Gloria, arranged for accompanied mixed voices and various solo voices, is one Antonio Vivaldi's famous settings among his works. This vocal score includes all chorus movements with a piano accompanime...

Angel-Song is Howard Goodall's joyful choral anthem for two-part soprano voices and piano, composed for the Twyford School Choir. The music sets Sara Teasdale's Christmas Carol punctuated by ‘Alleluia...

Britten’s last opera, Death In Venice , is based on the short story by Thomas Mann. It follows the inner turmoil of the ageing novelist Gustav von Aschenbach, who becomes infatuated by a boy he...

Available: SATB, 2-Part.

This motet is one of the composer's forty such motets in the collection Polyhymnia Caduceatrix et Panegyrica, in which Praetorius organized the many performance ideas of his time (1571-1621). The edit...

Perhaps the most familiar section of one of the greatest works by Mozart, now available for school choirs. While the original vocal lines have been kept intact, a key modification and simplified piano...

Upbeat and energetic, this scripture setting from Nancy Oliver is singable and uplifting!

Two madrigals for advanced secondary chorus:Spring, the Sweet Spring-a gentle, expressive pieceLove Me Not for Comely Grace-quick and rhythmic

Lovely, haunting unison melody (would also work well as a solo)From the Jean Ashworth Bartle Choral Series for treble voices

Patrick Liebergen is a master editor and arranger that here has capably taken the Charpentier work and provided an accessible piece for church or school. Scored for 2-part (any combination) with piano...

Familiarize your students with the works of Beethoven by teaching this choral that includes three of his most familiar melodies, 'Ode to Joy, ' 'Moonlight Sonata, ' and 'Beethoven's Fifth. ' MartiLunn...

Jill Gallina has taken a classic and familiar melody of Franz Schubert and paired it with an original melody and words. This partner song can be sung in any combination of voices and makes a nice sele...

Uses: General, Wedding, Marian Festival, Memorial, Christmas, Concert Scripture: Luke 1:28; Luke 1:42 A true classic, this treasured masterwork is carefully arranged for S(S)A voices with a sensitivit...

Quoting Cradle Song by Brahms at beginning and end, this traditional German folk song is a beautiful arrangement for young singers teaching gentle singing and proper breath support in either German an...

Italian/English. Translated by Machlis.

For two-part chorus of unchanged voices and piano accompaniment.

English Only. Translated by Martin.

English Only.

I remember sets a text reflecting on the wonder of the natural world and the people who shape our lives. The stirring melody calls to mind the folksong tradition, and is underpinned by a gently flowin...