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Christmas Madrigals Arrangements
| A collection of vocal harmony arrangements of Christmas madrigals for all voicings. |
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Donald Moore : Merry Christmas Madrigals A merry madrigal will be a nice addition to your 3-part choir's a cappella seasonal repertoire. Characteristic counterpoint makes this original Donald Moore piece a familiar form but, unlike many Renaissance chorals, the vocal ranges, subject matter, and number of voice parts have been specifically designed for developing choirs. A festive feature for holiday concerts and Madrigal feasts, with just enough optional bass notes in the 3-part mixed/SAB for your developing men's section. A "fa la la" section in the joyful number "A Merry Madrigal" makes it appropriate for both Christmas and general use. It's a fine learning piece in the madrigal style, yet the singable melodies make the independent vocal lines easy to learn. Don Moore is a master at creating works that develop choral singing, teach a classic choral style and, most importantly, sound great. Use it in concerts and at festivals and adjudications. Welcomed repetition and smart voice leading pave the way to success for developing 3-part choirs. The guys sing in their easiest range; the sopranos, a mostly step-wise melody; and the altos, intuitive harmonies. Add the optional sleighbells and it's ready to go for Christmas. Songlist: Merry Christmas Madrigal, A Merry Madrigal, A Holiday Madrigal, A Joyful Madrigal 
Donald Moore : Christmas Madrigals for SSA "A Holiday Madrigal" - This merry madrigal will be a nice addition to your women's choir's a cappella seasonal repertoire. Characteristic counterpoint makes this original Donald Moore piece a familiar form but, unlike many Renaissance chorals, the vocal ranges, subject matter, and number of voice parts have been specifically designed for developing choirs. A festive feature for holiday concerts and Madrigal feasts. "A Joyful Madrigal" - Here's a new work by Donald Moore in madrigal style that's appropriate for general or Christmas use. Dynamic changes create interest; repetition makes for quick learning. Perfect when you need just one more piece for your Christmas or Spring concert. Lots of optional notes and is an outstanding learning piece for young and developing choirs. "A Merry Madrigal" - A "fa la la" section in this joyful number makes it appropriate for both Christmas and general use. It's a fine learning piece in the madrigal style, yet the singable melodies make the independent vocal lines easy to learn. Don Moore is a master at creating works that develop choral singing, teach a classic choral style and, most importantly, sound great. Use it in concerts and at festivals and adjudications. Develop your choir's a cappella skills with the straightforward original madrigal "Alleluia Madrigal" by Donald Moore. Traditional harmonies, modest ranges, and lots of repetition make it a quick-learn piece. Contrasting dynamics and a lilting three-four meter create a joyful song that is good for Christmas or general use. Songlist: A Holiday Madrigal, A Joyful Madrigal, A Merry Madrigal, Alleluia Madrigal
K. Lee Scott : Madrigals For Christmas This collection is designed to be flexible and versatile. It can be used as a set for concert or a madrigal dinner with or without the readings which appear between pieces. It can also be used as a source of new pieces to be inserted into pre-existing madrigal dinner programs. Churches may also find it appropriate in which case Now Winter Nights Enlarge and Green Grow'th the Holly may be omitted. Audience participation is encouraged on the last piece, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks. A separate audience part is provoked at the back of this edition and may be copied for use in the program or as a separate flyer. Songlist: From Virgin's Womb, What Child Is This?, Now Let Us All With One Accord, His Rest, Now Winter's Nights Enlarge, While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks
Linda Spevacek : Christmas Madrigals 'Christmas Madrigal Roundezvous' is a sparkling, festive, and extremely clever original madrigal, sung in a round, with a contrasting, lilting middle section. The uplifting lyrics of 'A Festive Madrigal' begin that bright, jovial original madrigal, which 'sings in' the holiday season. A marvelous, accessible choice which also works well for smaller ensembles. The refreshing, new, secular Christmas madrigal 'Come, Sing! Come, Dance!' will definitely capture the spirit of the season. Designed for small or large groups, this a cappella gem is easy and accessible, yet sophisticated and challenging. Delightfully creative and absolutely charming! Songlist: Christmas Madrigal Roundezvous, Come Sing, Come Dance
Linda Spevacek : Accompanied Christmas Gems for 2 Part Treble Choirs The new voicings of this best-selling arrangement of the Spanish Carol, 'Riu, Riu, Chiu,' include text options for English or Spanish. Tambourine and hand claps lend a festive, colorful flair. Whether performed with or without piano accompaniment, the limited ranges, repetitious form, and opportunities for solos yield built-in success for holiday programs. The vibrant, festive original, 'Merrily Sing Noel!' is a marvelous opener or change-of-pace selection. Its fanfare-like style and bright mood also offer nice, effective dynamic contrasts. Superb treble writing! 'Christmas Madrigal Roundezvous' is a sparkling, festive, and extremely clever original madrigal, sung in a round, with a contrasting, lilting middle section. The uplifting lyrics of 'A Festive Madrigal' begin that bright, jovial original madrigal, which 'sings in' the holiday season. A marvelous, accessible choice which also works well for smaller ensembles. Songlist: Christmas Madrigal Roundezvous, A Festive Madrigal, Merrily Sing Noel!, Riu, Riu, Chiu |
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This lively madrigal is a dandy and upbeat addition to your Christmas program. Perfect for a high school or adult choir. Difficulty Level: Medium Adult. Duration - 00:03:20.
Arranger: Christopher Boodle
Rejoice in the Savior's birth with dancing and pipes! This spirited Christmas anthem from the team of Williams and Paige will make both singers and congregation want to move with the spirit and shout for joy! A lively, exciting invitation to celebrate, A Christmas Madrigal will make a great processional or festive call to worship.
Composer: Jon Paige
Based on a French melody, this multi-purpose Christmas piece includes an optional springtime text. Learn it in December, then use it again at year-end concerts or adjudications. It's a madrigal-like number featuring an optional hand drum and flute (both included in the publication) that give it a medieval feel. Yet it's accompanied by a lilting piano. Good for mixed choirs of any age.
Composer: Patrick Liebergen
"Come everyone! Come join the fun! Come celebrate for a happy new year!o These uplifting lyrics begin this bright, jovial original madrigal, which 'sing in' the holiday season. A marvelous, accessible choice which also works well for smaller ensembles. Also available: SATB (15/1747H).
Arranger: Linda Spevacek
This merry madrigal will be a nice addition to your 3-part choir's a cappella seasonal repertoire. Characteristic counterpoint makes this original Donald Moore piece a familiar form but, unlike many Renaissance chorals, the vocal ranges, subject matter, and number of voice parts have been specifically designed for developing choirs. A festive feature for holiday concerts and Madrigal feasts, with just enough optional bass notes in the 3-part mixed/SAB for your developing men's section.
Arranger: Donald Moore
Here's a new work by Donald Moore in madrigal style that's appropriate for general or Christmas use. Dynamic changes create interest; repetition makes for quick learning. Perfect when you need just one more piece for your Christmas or Spring concert. Lots of optional notes in the boys' part of the mixed voice edition. An outstanding learning piece for young and developing choirs.
Arranger: Donald Moore | Composer: Donald Moore
A "fa la la" section in this joyful number makes it appropriate for both Christmas and general use. It's a fine learning piece in the madrigal style, yet the singable melodies make the independent vocal lines easy to learn. Don Moore is a master at creating works that develop choral singing, teach a classic choral style and, most importantly, sound great. Use it in concerts and at festivals and adjudications.
Arranger: Donald Moore
Developing 3-part mixed choirs will enjoy learning and performing the independent "fa la la" melodies in this joyous original a cappella madrigal. Each voice part gets a chance to lead the add-on refrain. Offers an optional baritone part, too!
Arranger: Sally K. Albrecht | Composer: Sally K. Albrecht
Greet seasonal concertgoers with this festive original sung in the madrigal style. Joyful (and mostly step wise) "fa la la" refrains are sung following each of two welcoming verses, arranged with slightly different choral colors the second time. A wonderful Renaissance inspired SoundTrax sets the early music tone, or consider playing the keyboard part on a harpsichord synthesizer.
Music and merriment abound in this original madrigal-style work for a cappella voices. Includes choruses of Ding Dong! Merrily on High and We Wish You a Merry Christmas and a good measure of fa-la-la's to create a cheerful holiday showcase!
Composer: Traditional
Develop your choir's a cappella skills with this straightforward original madrigal by Donald Moore. Traditional harmonies, modest ranges, and lots of repetition make it a quick-learn piece. Contrasting dynamics and a lilting three-four meter create a joyful song that is good for Christmas or general use.
Composer: Donald Moore
This famous Christina Rossetti poem has been set to music by many. Donald Bailey, choral chair at Baylor University and director of the Chamber Singers, has created a contemporary madrigal setting that is superb. In the tradition of his predecessor, Robert Young, Dr. Bailey uses the colors of the vocal ensemble to give new hues to this time-honored text.
Composer: Donald Bailey
Sparkling, festive, and extremely clever original madrigal, sung in a round, with a contrasting, lilting middle section.
Arranger: Linda Spevacek
Sparkling, festive, and extremely clever original madrigal, sung in a round, with a contrasting, lilting middle section.
Arranger: Linda Spevacek
This madrigal-style piece is a wonderful teaching tool and a perfect selection for opening your holiday concert. Processing or standing, a cappella or accompanied, the sensible vocal ranges and repetitive lines are tempting and entertaining for mixed choirs in middle school and high school. David Giardiniere has combined the familiar 19th-century text with the light and compelling music of Gastoldi's Il Bel Humore making a fine performance piece. Available: SATB, unaccompanied.
Arranger: David Giardiniere
A delightful setting of this appealing dance carol! Ed has developed a wonderful madrigal-style extension to the traditional melody, and counterpoints it all with "Good King Wenceslas". Excellent for all ages!
Arranger: Ed Lojeski
You'll raise a toast of jubilation for this holiday tour de force that combines the traditional Catalonian carol Fum Fum Fum and the Welsh carol Deck the Hall along with a few clever lyrical and musical additions. Ideal for madrigal groups, pop/jazz groups and concert choirs, your singers will welcome the challenge! With piano or opt. a cappella. Duration: ca. 1:45.
Arranger: Audrey Snyder
The definitive a cappella Christmas spiritual of the year! A descending bass line is a firm foundation in the A section, B features the girls vs. the guys, a vocal stack builds in the middle, followed by a soaring descant that takes the final refrain up a notch! Appropriate for school and church use.
Arranger: Ruth Morris Gray | Composer: Ruth Morris Gray
Uses: Christmas, Board's Head Feasts Alive with a lightness and cheer of an old English Christmas madrigal, this pleasing seasonal offering would be a great selection for Boar's Head gatherings or Madrigal dinners. The SAB voicing makes this selection particularly useful in many situations. Add an improvised hand drum for an authentic touch. Duration: ca. 2:15.
Arranger: John S. Dixon
Here's a modern day madrigal for SSA choirs that may be performed a cappella or with the lilting "in one" accompaniment. Program this joyful song for holiday concerts or any time you want to celebrate "love . . . with peace and joy and all good things."
Composer: Patrick Liebergen
The sights and sounds of Christmas fill the air bringing joy all around! This delightful original evokes a madrigal style especially for younger choirs either accompanied or a cappella. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, 2-Part, VoiceTrax CD. Instrumental parts (1-4) available digitally. Duration: ca. 1:00.
Composer: Audrey Snyder | TV/Movie: Discovery Christmas Choral
Welcomed repetition and smart voice leading pave the way to success for developing 3-part choirs. The guys sing in their easiest range; the sopranos, a mostly step-wise melody; and the altos, intuitive harmonies. Add the optional sleighbells and it's ready to go for Christmas.
Arranger: Donald Moore | Composer: Donald Moore
A cappella or with optional piano accompaniment, flute and percussion, this original madrigal sparkles with joy and makes a terrific processional or opening selection for both Christmas and holiday concerts. The easy 3-part mixed writing is perfect for young singers just beginning to sing unaccompanied music. Available separately: 3-Part Mixed, a cappella, percussion and flute; PianoTrax CD (35027473). Duration: ca. 1:29.
Composer: Donald Moore
Capture the spirit of the Christmas season with this a cappella madrigal-style choral, featuring echo sections and the layering of vocal "bells." Effective, yet easily accomplishable for mixed choirs.
Composer: Sally K. Albrecht
Beginning as if this is a Christmas madrigal in the style of the Swingle Singers, the singers reflect back to happy memories of holidays gone by. The optional instrumental parts add style and support to this beautiful ballad.
Arranger: Mark Brymer Performed By: Pentatonix
This whirlwind setting of the dance-like French carol will fill your performance venue with a spirit of joy and jubilation! Ideal for madrigal groups, pop/jazz groups and concert choirs, your singers will welcome the challenge! With piano or opt. a cappella.
Arranger: Audrey Snyder
The ancient carol from Piae Cantiones in a brilliant setting for voices, piano and percussion. Ideal for processionals, madrigal dinners, holiday concerts and other festive performances. Available: SATB, 2-Part. Performance Time: Approx. 3:40.
Arranger: John Leavitt
Based on a Galliard by the Elizabethan composer Antony Holborne, this adaptation for voices includes a festive text that will be ideal for madrigal dinners, concerts and holiday programs.
Arranger: Audrey Snyder
What a fun and light musical opening for holiday and Christmas concerts! Donald Moore has written a madrigal-style choral that helps teach contrapuntal and imitative styles. Simple and effective for programming, this smart and sparkling composition is suitable for middle school and high school choirs.
Arranger: Donald Moore
It is the lovely and lofty harmonies that Dr. Eglin crafts to Blew's 19th century poem that enable this choral to work well in both school and church. Using a contemporary madrigal style with a beseeching tune, the text is a psalm of praise and also a Christmas lullaby.
Composer: Michael Eglin
This fresh setting of the dance-like Certon madrigal comes complete with an English text by Linda Spevacek and an option to perform original French lyrics. Lively choral writing and engaging interplay between the parts, along with an optional instrumental accompaniment, create a Renaissance feel that is sure to delight choirs and audiences alike.
Arranger: Linda Spevacek
The World's Desire is an exquisite madrigal-style carol using a text by the respected English author, G.K. Chesterton. Performed as either SATB or SAB a cappella, this lovely anthem is perfect for worship or concert, and church or school during the season of Christmas. Don't miss this tremendous jewel! Corresponding scriptures include Psalm 96 and 97, Isaiah 9: 1-6, Matthew 1: 18-25 and Luke 2: 1-20.
Arranger: David Huntsinger | Composer: David Huntsinger
Deck the halls and be jolly with this rollicking a cappella setting of the holiday favorite! Fun to perform, it will be easily programmed at all types of concerts and community events.
Arranger: Audrey Snyder
Russell Robinson has arranged two wonderful madrigals for 3-part voices. Simple part-writing, limited vocal ranges and optional performance lengths make them an excellent choice in introducing this style of work to young singers. Performed separately, or as a madrigal medley, Fine Knacks for Ladies and Fum Fum Fum are both appropriate for any time of the year, or during the holidays, when you wish to create the sound of the Renaissance.
Arranger: Russell Robinson
Based on the "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" this fun arrangement by Russell Robinson is sure to be a crowd pleaser.
Arranger: Russell Robinson
The Thomas Morley madrigal, Sing We and Chant It, is re-imagined as a delightful winter-themed choral with lyrics reflecting the smiles and trials of wintertime. Performed a cappella or with a very approachable keyboard accompaniment.
Arranger: Joseph Martin
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