Ode for St. Cecilias Day

SKU: CA.1037219

ISBN 9790007133795. Language: English. Text: Dryden, John. Text: John Dryden.

During the late 17th century English musicians celebrated each year on 22 November the feast of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, with special concerts and church services. With his Ode for St. Cecilia's Day Handel rejuvenated the tradition of this festival on St. Cecilia's Day in 1732. This so-called little St. Cecilia Ode is a musically joyful glorification of the power of music: two festive choruses frame five charming arias in each of which a solo instrument is used for contrasting effect in the baroque manner. Handel allows the soloists a wealth of freedom to improvise and to display their skills. This is especially the case for the organ, which was his favorite instrument. Score and parts available separately - see item CA.1037200.

SKU: BT.DHP-1155661-050

English-German-French- Dutch.

This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia’s feast day, Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason, many ensembles have annual concerts dedicated to Saint Cecila, which was the inspiration forthis piece. It is a festive, optimistic, but also comforting work, which in style perfectly suits the character of Saint Cecilia’s Feast Day. After Missa Brevis, Missa Katharina and The Gospel Mass, Missa Santa Cecilia isthe fourth published mass by the Dutch composer Jacob de Haan.

Deze Latijnse mis voor koor en harmonieorkest is gecomponeerd ter ere van de feestdag van Sint-Cecilia. Deze heilige is de patrones van de musici. Talrijke muziekverenigingen en koren organiseren elk jaar concerten ter ere van Sint-Cecilia, eengegeven dat Jacob de Haan inspireerde dit werk te schrijven. Het is een feestelijk, optimistisch, maar ook troostend werk, dat qua stijl uitstekend past bij het karakter van het Sint-Ceciliafeest. Na Missa Brevis, Missa Katharina enThe Gospel Mass is Missa Santa Cecilia de vierde uitgegeven mis van Jacob de Haan.

Diese lateinische Messe für Chor und Blasorchester wurde zu Ehren des Gedenktages der heiligen Cäcilia, der Patronin der Musiker, komponiert. Aus diesem Grund widmen zahlreiche Ensembles der heiligen Cäcilia jedes Jahr Konzerte, was als Inspirationfür dieses Stück gedient hat. Es handelt sich um ein festliches, optimistisches, aber auch beruhigendes Werk, das stilistisch perfekt zum Gedenktag der heiligen Cäcilia passt. Nach der Missa Brevis, der Missa Katharina und The GospelMass ist die Missa Santa Cecilia die vierte Messe des holländischen Komponisten Jacob de Haan, die nun veröffentlicht wird.

Cette messe latine pour chorale et orchestre d’harmonie fut composée en l’honneur du jour de fête de la Sainte Cécile, la patronne des musiciens. Pour cette raison, beaucoup d’ensembles ont des concerts annuels dédiés la Sainte Cécile, ce qui futla source d’inspiration pour ce morceau. Le style festif, optimiste, mais aussi réconfortant de cette œuvre convient parfaitement au caractère du jour de fête de la Sainte Cécile. Après Missa Brevis, Missa Katharina et The GospelMass, Missa Santa Cecilia est la quatrième messe écrite par le compositeur néerlandais Jacob de Haan.

SKU: BT.DHP-1155661-150

English-German-French- Dutch.

This Latin mass for choir and wind band was composed in honour of Saint Cecilia’s feast day, Saint Cecilia being the patroness of musicians. For this reason, many ensembles have annual concerts dedicated to Saint Cecila, which was the inspiration forthis piece. It is a festive, optimistic, but also comforting work, which in style perfectly suits the character of Saint Cecilia’s Feast Day. After Missa Brevis, Missa Katharina and The Gospel Mass, Missa Santa Cecilia isthe fourth published mass by the Dutch composer Jacob de Haan.

Deze Latijnse mis voor koor en harmonieorkest is gecomponeerd ter ere van de feestdag van Sint-Cecilia. Deze heilige is de patrones van de musici. Talrijke muziekverenigingen en koren organiseren elk jaar concerten ter ere van Sint-Cecilia, eengegeven dat Jacob de Haan inspireerde dit werk te schrijven. Het is een feestelijk, optimistisch, maar ook troostend werk, dat qua stijl uitstekend past bij het karakter van het Sint-Ceciliafeest. Na Missa Brevis, Missa Katharina enThe Gospel Mass is Missa Santa Cecilia de vierde uitgegeven mis van Jacob de Haan.

Diese lateinische Messe für Chor und Blasorchester wurde zu Ehren des Gedenktages der heiligen Cäcilia, der Patronin der Musiker, komponiert. Aus diesem Grund widmen zahlreiche Ensembles der heiligen Cäcilia jedes Jahr Konzerte, was als Inspirationfür dieses Stück gedient hat. Es handelt sich um ein festliches, optimistisches, aber auch beruhigendes Werk, das stilistisch perfekt zum Gedenktag der heiligen Cäcilia passt. Nach der Missa Brevis, der Missa Katharina und The GospelMass ist die Missa Santa Cecilia die vierte Messe des holländischen Komponisten Jacob de Haan, die nun veröffentlicht wird.

Cette messe latine pour chorale et orchestre d’harmonie fut composée en l’honneur du jour de fête de la Sainte Cécile, la patronne des musiciens. Pour cette raison, beaucoup d’ensembles ont des concerts annuels dédiés la Sainte Cécile, ce qui futla source d’inspiration pour ce morceau. Le style festif, optimiste, mais aussi réconfortant de cette œuvre convient parfaitement au caractère du jour de fête de la Sainte Cécile. Après Missa Brevis, Missa Katharina et The GospelMass, Missa Santa Cecilia est la quatrième messe écrite par le compositeur néerlandais Jacob de Haan.

SKU: HL.327310

ISBN 9781540081155. UPC: 888680989248. 9.5x12.0x0.708 inches.

Cecilia Valdes is a Cuban Zarzuela based on the novel by Cirilo Villaverde. It is a work of importance for its quality, and its revelation of the interaction of classes and races in Havana, Cuba. The story takes place in colonial Cuba around 1830. The young and beautiful woman of mixed-race, Cecilia Valdés, is the illegitimate daughter of powerful land magnate and slave trader, Cándido de Gamboa. Leonardo de Gamboa is his legitimate son. Leonardo falls in love with Cecilia, not realizing that she is his own half-sister, and they become lovers. At the same time, a poor black musician, José Dolores Pimienta, is also hopelessly in love with Cecilia. Cecilia rejects Pimenta's advances and conceives Leonardo's son. However, love between Leonardo and Cecilia does not last. He abandons her and becomes betrothed to a white upper class woman, Isabel Ilincheta. Cecilia turns to the faithful Pimienta to plan revenge. On the day of his wedding, Leonardo is assassinated on the steps of the cathedral by Pimienta who acts on the instigation of Cecilia. Pimienta is executed, and she is thrown in prison. This edition has been arranged by Evan Hause.

SKU: CA.1025000

ISBN 9790007251826. Key: D major. English.

�??Hail! bright Cecilia, hail to thee. Great patroness of us and harmony!�?� �?? this exclamation opens the final chorus of Henry Purcell�??s eponymous Ode to St. Cecilia from 1692. A paean to the power of music, the work is one of the undoubted masterpieces of English choral odes of that time. A resolution of the Musical Society of London in 1683 launched the great tradition of annual celebrations for St. Cecilia�??s Day (November 22), featuring a church service followed by performances of specially composed music. Over the years, Purcell wrote several odes for the occasion, of which this example from 1692 is one of the most popular. Four decades later, Handel would also contribute to the celebrations with his Alexander�??s Feast, HWV 75 (Carus 55.075), and his Ode for St. Cecilia�??s Day, HWV 76 (Carus 55.076).Purcell�? ?s magnificent music, which features a huge range of tonal color and form, offers delightful parts for a variety of solo, ensemble, and choral settings. With its richly expressive palette, the Ode to St. Cecilia is an extremely rewarding work by the �??Orpheus Britannicus�?�, as Purcell was admiringly called by contemporaries.- Festive, rousing ode to music- Highlight of the choral ode genre in the 17th century

SKU: OU.9780193413757

ISBN 9780193413757. 12 x 8 inches.

For soprano solo and SSATB unaccompanied Cecilia, Busy Like a Bee is a reflective setting of a text adapted from the Divine Office for St Cecilia's Day. The influence of plainchant is particularly apparent in the soprano solo, and McDowall intersperses effective imitative passages amidst homophonic writing with rich harmonies.

SKU: BA.BA10722

ISBN 9790006567713. 31 x 24.3 cm inches. Text Language: English.

Following upon “Alexander’s Feast” (1736), in 1739 Handel produced a second setting of the “Ode to St Cecilia” (“Song for St Cecilia’s Day”). At its première it was combined with “Alexander’s Feast”. Rather than a dramatic plot presentable in the theatre, the Ode, in its seven sections, offers a general hymn of praise to music and its impact. Accordingly, it largely consists of emotion-laden arias and festive orchestration.

Thi s edition, based on the Urtext from the “Halle Handel Edition”, offers the version heard at the first performance – the version preferred in today’s concert life. The foreword (Ger/Eng) provides many detailed notes on performance practice with regard to orchestration.

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SKU: HL.49045955

ISBN 9790001167376. UPC: 888680925840. 9.0x12.0x0.078 inches. English.

Henry Purcell wrote several works in honor of Saint Cecilia, patron saint of church music. The best known of these works probably is Hail! Bright Cecilia (1692) the solo part of which was performed by Purcell himself at the world premiere. Welcome to all the pleasures was composed in 1683 on a text by Christopher Fishburn. The work is now published as piano reduction of the score published by Eulenburg (ETP 1062).

SKU: HL.48180033

French composer, Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a prominent in his day, best remembered for his Ave Maria and his opera, Faust. 1854 saw the premiere of his Solemn Mass, also known as the St. Cecilia Mass. This work fully established Gounod as a noteworthy composer. Despite being a minor composer to us today, Gounod was famed in his day, so much so that at his funeral, Camille Saint-Saens played the organ and Gabriel Faure conducted. Gounod's Solemn Mass proves the composer's extraordinary talent and caught the attention of much of Paris when it was first performed. Famous recordings include that of the Chorus of Radio France with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. For all aspiring choirs, Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass is an imperative, sublime addition to the repertoire.

SKU: HL.48180031

French composer, Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a prominent in his day, best remembered for his Ave Maria and his opera, Faust. 1854 saw the premiere of his Solemn Mass, also known as the St. Cecilia Mass. This work fully established Gounod as a noteworthy composer. Despite being a minor composer to us today, Gounod was famed in his day, so much so that at his funeral, Camille Saint-Saens played the organ and Gabriel Faure conducted. Gounod's Solemn Mass proves the composer's extraordinary talent and caught the attention of much of Paris when it was first performed. Famous recordings include that of the Chorus of Radio France with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. For all aspiring choirs, Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass is an imperative, sublime addition to the repertoire.

SKU: HL.48180032

UPC: 888680830076. 7.25x10.75 inches.

French composer, Charles Gounod (1818-1893) was a prominent in his day, best remembered for his “Ave Maria” and his opera, Faust. 1854 saw the premiere of his Solemn Mass, also known as the St. Cecilia Mass. This work fully established Gounod as a noteworthy composer. Despite being a minor composer to us today, Gounod was famed in his day, so much so that at his funeral, Camille Saint-Saëns played the organ and Gabriel Fauré conducted. Gounod's Solemn Mass proves the composer's extraordinary talent and caught the attention of much of Paris when it was first performed. Famous recordings include that of the Chorus of Radio France with the New Philharmonia Orchestra. For all aspiring choirs, Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass is an imperative, sublime addition to the repertoire.

SKU: HL.14014264

This 'March' was composed in honor of Saint Cecilia who John Dryden immortalised in his writing in 1697. W.T Best Edition, arranged for the organ.

SKU: BR.EOS-8063-26

ISBN 9790004789810. 8.5 x 11.5 inches.

The Ode was admirably set by Mr. Henry Purcell, and performed twice with universal applause.
(The Gentlemen's Journal, 1692)

The popularity of Purcell's setting is apparent from the many sources that survive and from the printed extracts which appeared almost immediately after its first performance. The primary source for this edition is the largely autograph manuscript in the Bodleian Library. Rather to reduce the orthography to a norm, the capitalization of the vocal text favours Purcell's preferences.
(Christop her Hogwood) Vokalensemble Stuttgart und den Kammerchor des Kopernikus-Gymnasiums Wasseralfingen. Fur diese beiden ganz unterschiedlichen Chorformationen hat Martin Smolka 2012 auch gezielt seine Partitur angelegt. Biografisch ist das Agnus Dei eine Art kleines Requiem fur seinen kurz zuvor verstorbenen Vater. Das liturgische Agnus Dei rahmt den deutschen Text Eh das Madchen entschlief ... der bei Auffuhrungen in anderen Landern durch eine Ubersetzung ersetzt werden soll.

Der SWR-Redakteur Hans-Peter Jahn schreibt dazu im Programmheft: Die fur Smolka typischen minimalistischen Taktzellen schaffen eine archaische Sinnlichkeit. Eine einfache und zugleich streng gebaute Vokalmusik mit Tiefenwirkung.

Nac h der Urauffuhrung war die Esslinger Zeitung hellauf begeistert: Smolka ist ein Meister der Stimmbehandlung und der chorischen Klanggestaltung. Im Zentrum des Stucks gerat die Musik zum Stillstand: im leisen gleichmassigen Summen uber dem plotzlich fortissimo ein tschechisches Kinderlied erklingt eines das der Vater seinen Kindern haufig vorgesungen hat. Das alles war sehr beruhrend. Und eigentlich noch mehr als das. My father PhDr. Jaroslav Smolka (1933-2011) was a leading Czech musicologist author of books Czech Cantata and Oratorium Fuga in Czech Music Smetana's Orchestra Music Smetana's Vocal Music monography of Jan Dismas Zelenka and many others. He was a legendary teacher of Music History at Prague Music Academy critic recording producer composer; for almost 50 years he was an important and highly respected personality of Prague musical life.
My father devoted a lot of time and energy to musical education and activities of my sister and me using often quite original methods such as teaching of intervals and counterpoint through Bartok's Microcosmos ear training filling all imaginable moments of everyday life or lessons of harmony analysis starting with Overture to Tristan and Musorgsky's Catacombs. The Martinu song Wondering Maiden was his solo number in our home vocal productions which he used to sing with amazing devotion while his huge voice was audible in several neighboring streets.
My Agnus Dei is closely bound to all this history e.g. by using canon and preferring beauty of dissonant seconds like Bartok or quoting Martinu and his refined neoclassical harmony. Father would be probably a bit critical about the minimalistic monotony of the main body of the piece. Nevertheless firstly he would improvise a short lecture of history of Agnus Dei in Requiem in Czech Music naming by heart many dates and all examples of changes of order of the traditional text by composers. Examples would be sung probably.
(Martin Smolka).

SKU: BA.BA10722-79

ISBN 9790006567782. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.

SKU: BA.BA10722-74

ISBN 9790006567768. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.

SKU: BA.BA10722-75

ISBN 9790006567775. 32.5 x 25.5 cm inches.