William Schuman: A Free Song: SATB: Vocal Score

Selected art songs by prominent American composers in the G. Schirmer and AMP catalog including songs by Samuel Barber John Duke Lee Hoiby Charles Ives John Jacob Niles William Schuman and others.Includes worksfrom Ernst Bacon: It's all I have to bring • Samuel Barber: The Crucifixion; The Daisies; Hey nonny no!; The Monk and His Cat; Mother I cannot mind my wheel; A Slumber Song of the Madonna; Sure on this shiningnight • Paul Bowles: Cabin; Heavenly Grass; Sugar in the Cane • Theodore Chanler: The Lamb • Ernest Charles: When I Have Sung My Songs • John Duke: Loveliest of Trees • Richard Hageman:Do not go my love • Lee Hoiby: Where the Music Comes From • Carles Ives: In the mornin'; Serenity • Herbert Kingsley: The Green Dog • Charles Naginski: The Pasture • John Jacob Niles:Black is the color of my true love's hair; Go 'way from my window; The Lass from the Low Countree • Gladys Rich: American Lullaby • William Roy: This Little Rose • John Sacco: Brother Will BrotherJohn • William Schuman: Holiday Song; Orpheus with his lute.

A Free Song (Secular Cantata No. 2) for full chorus of Mixed Voices with accompaniment of Orchestra or two Pianos. Music by William Schuman. Text adapted from poems by Walt Whitman. Vocal score. Suitable for Grades 6-8.Schuman won the inaugural Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1943 for A Free Song. It contains granite-like blocks of dissonant harmony and sharp-edged counterpoint and is modelled on Beethoven’s Fifth. Written during World War II it combines lines from 'Long Too Long America' and 'Song of the Banner at Daybreak ' poems which have elements of the same patrioticfervor.

William Schuman's setting of a poem by Genevieve Taggard takes as its theme the necessity of simple pleasures and the importance of each person. This version is for upper voices. The song is in a loose rondo form and the music alternates between the main jerky almost angry music and the smooth but still precise middle section with its growing self-belief.

With a companion CD of recorded piano accompaniments. Includes works by Samuel Barber Charles Ives and William Schuman.

William Schuman's The Orchestra Song suitable for any combination of changed or unchanged voices. English text by Marion Farquhar.

For The Beginning Pianist-This beginner's piano book spotlights the music of one of the Romantic movement's most influential composers Robert Schumann. Its easy-to-play renditions of Schumann's beloved works progressively increase in difficulty and are accessible to novices of all ages.Contents include selections from Forest Scenes Scenes from Childhood Album for the Young and Carnaval a collection of short pieces representing revelers at a masked ball. Selections include 'Traumerei ' 'Happy Farmer ' 'Papillons ' and other melodies for solo piano.Dover Original.

The Lieder Anthology. 65 Songs by 13 Composers. This edition presents 65 diverse songs by major composers of German art song, or lieder, and is the perfect one-volume lieder source for voice students. All the songs are new Vocal Library editions. Historical notes about the relevant history and background of each song are included, as are line-by-line translations for study. A select committee of experienced voice teachers was consulted to choose the most essential and vocally instructive songs in compiling this collection. Composers represented: Beethoven, Brahms, Franz, Gustav Mahler, Alma Mahler, Fanny Hensel, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Schubert, Clara Schumann, Robert Schumann, Strauss, Wolf. Co-editor Dr. Virginia Saya, on the faculty of Loyola Marymount University, is a musicologist with a special interest in lieder. This collection includes the first American edition of Funf Ophelia Lieder by Brahms. 288 pages, sewn binding.

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, inspired by the 400th anniversary of the Bard's death in 2016, is an exciting anthology of choral works that are settings of Shakespeare's words. For choirs of all types and abilities, this collection has been edited by David Wordsworth so that all the pieces are fantastic both to sing and hear.The collection features some beautiful settings that have well and truly stood the test of time, such as Thomas Arne's Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind and Henry Leslie's How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps. More recent settings from 20th century and contemporary composers include Ernest Moeran's Sigh No More, Ladies, Gary Carpenter's Lo, Here, The Gentle Lark and John Tavener's Fear No More and Look In Thy Glass.Not only this, the Shakespeare Choral Collection boasts several works that were specially commissioned, including John Joubert's Be Not Afeard, Richard Sisson's Light Thickens and Pawel Lukaszewki's Weary With Toil, I Haste Me To My Bed. Some pieces have never appeared before in print, such as those by Kevin Olsen, Bernard Hughes and John Gardner. These songs truly are a joy to perform, with some relatively simple arrangements that are purely fun to sing, while some more complex settings that will be thoroughly rewarding for choirs and audiences alike.A total of 26 fantastic works comprise The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection, which would work as a wonderful concert programme on its own, or could provide a wealth of options for choirs looking to expand their repertoire with a range of unique settings. Also included is a fascinating introduction by editor David Wordsworth, and notes describing each piece.Words written by indisputably the greatest writer in the English language can only be matched with music by composers of talent and renown such as these. The Novello Shakespeare Choral Collection is an essential anthology of stunning settings of beautiful words which will be performed and enjoyed for many years to come. / Choeur Mixte (SATB)

An Introduction to Repertoire. This series of 5 book/audio packs is an introduction to art song in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Each volume has a different song list, and includes 30 selections in appropriate keys. Beyond art song, each collection includes two carefully chosen opera arias, an oratorio aria, and an operetta aria by Gilbert and Sullivan. Contents: BELLINI: Vaga luna, che inargenti · BONONCINI: Vado ben spesso cangiando loco · CAMPION: Fair, if you expect admiring · DONAUDY: Perche dolce, caro bene · DOWLAND: What if I never speed' DE FALLA: Asturiana · FAURE: Le secret · Seule! · LULLY: Bois epais · MACDOWELL: The Sea · MARTINI: Plaisir d'amour · MOZART: Abendempfindung · In diesen heil'gen Hallen · OBRADORS: La mi sola, Laureola · PUCCINI: Crucifixus · Vecchia zimarra, senti · PURCELL: If music be the food of love · We sing to Him · QUILTER: Come away, death · Now sleeps the crimson petal · weep you no more · RONTANI: Caldi sospiri · SCHUBERT: Der Doppelganger · Meeres Stille · SCHUMANN: Die beiden Grenadiere · Du bist wie eine Blume · RICHARD STRAUSS: Zueignung · SULLIVAN: The Policeman's Song · VAUGHAN WILLIAMS: Linden Lea · The Vagabond