The second collection of German folksong settings by Johannes Brahms suitable for the High Voice with Piano. Texts are provided in both the original German and in English translation offering an unusual and characterful repertoire for the accomplished soloist.
SKU: HL.48018946
UPC: 073999589146.
SKU: CA.240900
ISBN 9790007186104.
Anyone looking for a wide-ranging selection from the classic treasury of songs from German-speaking countries in a beautifully-produced volume will strike lucky with this song book. Families with children will enjoy using this volume over the years. The choice of songs is as colorful as life itself: songs for celebrations, for telling stories, playing, laughing and dancing, enjoying the seasons, friendship, the pleasures and pains of love, going to sleep. As well as folk songs, the book also contains songs from other countries which have already become standards, plus lots of rounds. The song book contains over 160 songs with melodies, texts, and chord symbols. The singalong CD (mp3 format) contains one or two verses of all the songs recorded on different instruments. An invaluable support for learning and singing together. Frank Walka has produced numerous expressive paintings specially for the song book. Scattered throughout the music pages as double page illustrations, these invite you to explore the songs and tell their stories in a unique way. Die schonsten Lieder (The most beautiful songs) is part of the prize-winning LIEDERPROJEKT. There is a voice and piano volume for the song book containing accompaniments to all the songs, as well as two CD collections.
SKU: CA.221100
ISBN 9790007170639.
Melodious evening songs lend themselves to a quiet ending or an imaginatively accented concert. This choral collection is a selection with about 40 English, German and international lullabies and evening songs of stylistic diversity, with easily singable settings for a mixed choir, some of which include piano accompaniments. The repertoire ranges from Baroque and Romantic works to contemporary works, with settings newly-composed for the collection and well-known lullabies and evening songs. The conductor's volume includes a CD with recordings of selected pieces. The songs chosen are largely from the German and English repertoire, but also include pieces in Spanish, French, and Russian. With well-known compositions by composers such as J. S. Bach, Brahms, Elgar, Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Rheinberger, Scholefield, Stanford, and Sullivan. Ten of the songs have been newly-arranged specially for this collection by leading composers (Ludwig Bohme, Daniel Carter, Ian McDougal, Gunther Martin Gottsche, Reijo Kekkonen, Clifford W. King, Andrej Makor, Giacomo Mezzalira, Christoph Muller, and Peter Schindler). Easy to medium difficulty. Mainly for (S)SATB choir a cappella, a few settings with piano accompaniment. A CD with selected songs is included with the conductor's volume. The choral collection is published as Conductor's volume with CD and editionchor (budget edition for choral singers).
SKU: BR.CHB-5364
ISBN 9790004412947. 7.5 x 10.5 inches.
The Sephardic culture originates from the Jewish population of Spain that was banished at the end of the 15th century and afterwards spread to the whole of the Mediterranean area, the Balkan and North Africa. Its unique Spanish dialect Ladino was preserved, finding musical expression in ballads, lyrical and paraliturgical songs for the most part. The choir conductor and composer Ohad Stolarz took eight of these Sephardic Folk Songs and arranged them as a cappella settings for four-part mixed choir. These arrangements may be performed both as a cycle and individually, being also suitable for non-professional choirs due to their lack of difficulty. The musically and harmonically colorful, partly also exotic pieces therefore present an enrichment for the program of every interculturally interested choir. The informative preface and the translations of the lyrics into German and English enable the content-related engagement with Sephardic culture, too. Further choral literature on this topic can be found in the volumes Sepharad and Aschkenaz by Alon Wallach.Audio samples: RIAS Kammerchor, dir. Justin Doyle, recording by Deutschlandfunk KulturThe melodies are often quirky, the vocal ranges are unchallenging and there is plenty of material at the back of the volume to help with translation and pronunciation. A group of these a cappella pieces in a concert would be a most attractive proposition.(Jeremy Jackman, Choir and Organ)Sephardic Folk Songs, also suitable for non-professional choirs.
SKU: CA.240003
ISBN 9790007094416.
For all families who like to make music together at the piano, the companion volume to both the Lullaby songbook and CDs has just been published. This treasure of lullabies contains the complete collection of songs recorded on the CDs. In addition to well-known folk songs in old and new settings, the collection contains interesting art songs. The voice part is notated on one stave and all of the verses are printed (some set beneath the music, some printed separately, on the same page). The keys for the songs were chosen with a view to making them easy for children to sing. Score available separately - see item CA.240000.
SKU: CA.220305
ISBN 9790007186753.
For mixed choirs with just one male voice part, the long-awaited new volume in the Loreley choral collection series is now published. 70 German folk songs have been arranged by 30 composers for choirs with just one male voice part for the new Loreley. Loreley once again is devoted to German folk songs in new, up-to-date arrangements: as well as unaccompanied settings, there are arrangements with ingenious piano accompaniments. There is also another group of pieces with melodious four-part settings for three upper voices plus one male voice. Over 70 settings reflect different styles and levels of difficulty. editionchor (without CD). Score available separately - see item CA.220300.
