SKU: HL.111685
UPC: 884088865177. 6.75x10.5 inches.
SKU: AP.50270
UPC: 038081574400. English.
The cherished love song from Camelot receives a classic choral treatment in this lush, a cappella setting. Equally suitable for large ensembles or small vocal jazz groups, Kirby Shaw's impressive arrangement presents Lerner and Loewe at their finest!
About Alfred Pop Choral Series
The Alfred Pop Series features outstanding arrangements of songs from the popular music genre. These publications provide exciting, contemporary, and educationally-sound arrangements for singers of all ages, from elementary through high school, to college and adult choirs.
SKU: BR.CHB-5381-00
ISBN 9790004413821. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. English.
As director of the Bavarian Radio Choir, Howard Arman has been actively engaged with international Christmas carols through various Christmas-related CD productions in the past years. This has resulted in a number of original arrangements for four- to eight-part mixed choir a cappella, shedding new light on well-known classics such as O du frohliche [O, you joyful], Stille Nacht [Silent Night] and Lasst uns froh und munter sein [Let us be happy and cheerful]. The first volume includes five Christmas carols from the German-speaking regions. They range from simple but harmonically intriguing settings such as Lieb Nachtigall, wach auf [Dear nightingale, wake up] to eight-part sound paintings with bell-like chimes as in O du frohliche and classical double choir settings such as Resonet in laudibus. The second volume includes five Christmas spirituals with English texts, forming a contrast to the solemn and festive character of the first. The choir can prove its swing and jazz qualities here; the stirring arrangements are a gain for classical Christmas concerts, too. Following the tradition of the spiritual, some settings also require soloists, which can, however, also be recruited from the choir if adequate singers are available. The first piece combines the spirituals It's a Birthday and Wasn't That a Mighty Day to form a medley, Ain't That a Rockin' gives a moment of tranquility before the likewise rousing spirituals Mary Had a Baby and Little David conclude the volume. In both volumes, Howard Arman provides a short preface in German and English, explaining the background of each piece and giving advice on performance.
SKU: BR.CHB-5380-00
ISBN 9790004413814. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German / Latin.
SKU: HL.49044192
ISBN 9790001196994. UPC: 841886021266. 7.5x10.75x0.085 inches. German.
Ein Standchen der ganz besonderen Art liefert Claus-Dieter Ludwig mit seinen heiteren Variationen fur gemischten Chor (SATB) a cappella uber das allseits bekannte und beliebte Geburtstagslied Happy Birthday. Ob Giovanni Giacomo Gastoldi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms oder gar die Jazz-Ikone Louis Armstrong: Sie alle kommen musikalisch zu Wort, um jeder in seiner ureigensten Stilistik dem Geburtstagskind zu huldigen. Aber nicht nur das: Auch das Loblied auf gutes und uppiges Essen sowie reichlich freie Getranke kommt in diesen funf augenzwinkernden Variationen keineswegs zu kurz. Ein auch fur Laienchore oder Vokalquartett gut machbares Geburtstagsstandchen, das mit relativ einfachen, aber wirkungsvollen Mitteln garantiert fur gute Stimmung auf jeder Geburtstagsparty sorgt.
SKU: AP.50268
UPC: 038081574387. English.
SKU: AP.47725
UPC: 038081544182. English. Alan Jay Lerner.
Bing Crosby, Doris Day, Nat King Cole, Peggy Lee, and Harry Connick Jr. are just a few of the artists who have recorded this showtune-turned-standard by American songwriting team Lerner and Loewe. Buoyant syncopations lightly swing through sweet jazz sonorities and arrive at a tender tempo-stretching final cadence. Mark Hayes' divisi a cappella arrangement is equally fitting for concert, show, and jazz choirs. A treasure from My Fair Lady.
SKU: AP.50269
UPC: 038081574394. English.
SKU: BR.CHB-5381
SKU: BR.CHB-5380