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New Christmas Sacred

Ave Maria.....TC-270.....$1.20 Preview
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)

From the master of memorable melodies, a short unison setting easy enough for children, sophisticated enough for adults. This piece has been recorded by the trebles of King’s College Choir, Cambridge, and will linger in your singers’ minds and hearts.
Unison, piano. Latin. Easy.

Noël des Marins (Sailors' Carol).....TC-276.....$2.25
Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944)                 Preview

This original setting of a poem by Armand Silvestre has dark, powerful sections contrasting the beauty of Christmas candles on land with the darkness and danger of the sea. Gentle sections with rocking rhythms remind the absent sailors of the children they have left at home, and ask for their prayers. The piece closes with an image of the prayers of those on land, and the hymns of the sailors, meeting and crossing in the space which separates them.
SSAA, soprano solo, and piano; French; Easy-Med.

New Other Sacred

Alleluia....TC-267....$1.70
by Joseph Gregorio   Preview

"Alleluia" is the entire text of this new work for women's choir. Moving mostly in gentle quarter- and half-notes, this finely-wrought setting begins and ends gently, with a crescendo to double forte in the middle section. Your church choir can sing this anthem-length setting any time except Advent and Lent; and your concert choir will find it a lovely middle-of-program piece which teaches careful tuning and seamless blend. SSAA a cappella. Easy-Medium.

Give Thanks for Music.....TC-272.....$1.70
Parker, Alice Preview

Invoking the key, tempo, and rhythms of the Thanksgiving hymn, "We gather together," this setting builds a cumulative texture over an original melody in the alto line. Commissioned by Sigma Alpha Iota in honor of their hundredth anniversary, it makes a fine festival opener.
SSA and piano, English. Easy-Medium.

O Virgo splendens (O Virgin Resplendent).....TC-274.....$1.70
Anonymous (14th c.) Preview

A late medieval canon, moving almost entirely in fluid eighth-note triplets, comes to rest at the end of each phrase. Edited by Mark Winges for the Piedmont Children's Choirs, this piece works beautifully as a processional.
SSA a cappella, Latin. Easy-Medium.

New Folk Songs

Cuckoo is a Pretty Bird.....TC-271.....$1.70 Preview
Clemens, James E., arr.

Beware of false love! This spare but lively setting of the American folk song has just enough piano accompaniment to give it momentum; everybody else gets the melody and some simple counter-melodies. Love goes wrong in this song, but the rhythmic vitality of its modal harmonies is upbeat: no whining.
SSA and Piano; English. Easy.

New Other Secular

Dream Song.....TC-277.....$1.70
Daniels, Mabel Wheeler (1878-1971) Preview

This legato lullaby with rocking rhythms imagines dreams coming in on little boats at sunset, then sailing away again at dawn.
SSAA a cappella, English. Easy-Medium.


Mulligatawny Macbeth.....TC-266.....$4.75
Govedas, John E.   Preview

This setting of the "Witches' Song" from Macbeth boils and bubbles with shrieks, cackles, and short spoken solos. The piano part sets a thundery stage for "Double, double toil and trouble" choral ostinatos and six minutes of general musical mayhem. Some "choralography" (flickering lizard tongues, panting dog sounds) is provided for, with scope for much, much more. The Oakville Children's Choir, directed by Glenda Crawford, made this piece a big hit at the 2005 ACDA National Convention.
SSAA; piano; English; Medium.
The Path of Light
Henderson, Ruth Watson

1. Landscape.....TC-264.....$1.70....Preview
The poem, and the rhythmic plan of increasing and decreasing activity, describe a female sun's path from dawn to night. Along the way, she illumines a lake, marigold blossoms, and icy mountain tops. SSAA and piano, English, Medium.

2. Night.....TC-265.....$1.70....Preview
Female night rolls out a cover of darkness and paints the skies with stars, then summons her loyal companion, the male moon. SSAA and piano, English, Medium.

Puisqu’ici-bas toute âme (As each spirit here below) .....TC-269.....$1.70 Preview
Fauré, Gabriel (1845-1924)

This duo is a passionately melodic declaration of love. Written for adults but accessible to children, it has antiphonal sections, mostly easy harmony sections, and strophic structure.
SA, piano. French. Easy-Medium.

A Shakespeare Set
Noble, Clifton J., Jr.

Clifton J. Noble, the Smith College Glee Club accompanist who has given us such fine arrangements of spirituals, now turns his jazz imaginings to the Bard in these original settings.

1. Under the Greenwood Tree....TC-268....$2.25 Preview
This jaunty swing duet, from Shakespeare's As You Like It, is a lovers' dance of mutual attraction. Some of its "Come hither" passages are in seductive quarter-note triplets. Others are antiphonal, in swing eighths with rhythmic shifts of the text. This setting perfectly expresses the happy springtime flirtatiousness of the text. SA and Piano; English; Medium.
2. Shall I Compare Thee?....TC-273.....$1.70  Preview

The languorous rhythms in this bossa nova setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 portray love in full bloom, when the sun is hot and love will be forever. SSA, piano, English. Medium.

3. Sigh No More, Ladies.....TC-263.....$2.85  Preview

This high-energy setting of the song from Much Ado about Nothing advises ladies to be happy without fickle men, who have "one foot in sea and one on shore." At the refrains, with their "hey nonny nonny's" and "woe, woe, woe's", the bard goes be-bop. See if your singers catch the piano's reference to a hornpipe! SSA and Piano; English; Medium.


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