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German Choral Music

Germany has always flourished culturally and the choral music that developed along the way is no exception to the richness prevalent in other art media. Some of the world's most renowned composers hail from Germany, including Johann Sebastian Bach, George Frideric Handel, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Wagner and many other names that have become household names in Classical, Baroque, and Romantic music.

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George Frideric Handel : Great Handel Choruses

Review: 17 Choruses for mixed voices from Handel's sacred works. Selected with introductory notes by Brian Kay. Rarely brought together, these diverse choruses demonstrate the enduring vitality of Handel's writing.

Songlist: Acis and Galatea, Alexander's Feast, Dixit Dominus, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabaeus, Messiah, Samson, Semele, Solomon, Coronation Anthem

Hans Werner Henze : 3 Sonnets (Drei Sonette)

Review: The Drei Sonette (Three Sonnets) were among the last works of Germany's leading post-war composer, Hans Werner Henze (1926-2012), settings of words by theologian and poet Christian Lehnert (b. 1926). The set was an adaptation by the composer of choruses heard originally in his music theatre piece Gisela!, first performed in Dresden in 2010.

Songlist: Der Sperling und das Gluck, Die Schmetterlinge, Pfauenspinner

Johannes Brahms : German Folk Songs

Review: Throughout his life Brahms harmonized and arranged German folk songs for mixed choir. In these masterful versions the elegant simplicity of the originals always maintained, yet Brahms weaves well-shaped vocal lines and adds delicate harmonies to make polished songs of great charm. In this edition, John Lewers has fashioned highly effective and poetic English singing translations, which adhere to the rhyming scheme of the original. The result is a collection of instantly accessible yet little known repertoire, exploring a variety of scenes and moods, which will appeal to all mixed-voice choirs looking for imaginative concert repertoire. German and English text.

Songlist: The Ardent Suitor, One Day I Went a-Riding, By a Lone Woodland Spring, Saint Emmeran, A Dove So White, A Lullaby Prayer, Saint Raphael, One Quiet Night, Farewell, The Lover's Vision, O Sweet, Delightful Maytime, Morning Song, The Reaper, The Heavenly Hunter, Separation, Awaken!, Invite Me, Sweet Maiden, The Fiddler, Below In the Valley, At Night, Awaken!, A House Stands by a Flowing Stream, Roses and Pearls, The Knight and the Lady, The Young Carpenter, Battle Prayer

John Leavitt : The Choral Singer

Review: Seven popular choruses from the Gewrman Baroque and Classical periods are gathered together in this collection that offers quality and value. Excellent for contest and festival!

Songlist: Anthem, Oratorio Chorus, Movement From a Canticle Setting, Chorale Settings, Movement from Mass, Motet, Oratorio Chorus

Max Reger : Sacred Songs for Mixed Voices

Review: 8 Sacred Songs for a cappella mixed choir (4-8 voices)

Songlist: Der Mensch lebt und bestehet nur eine kleine Zeit, Morgengesang "Du hoechstes Licht", Die Nacht ist kommen, d'rin wir ruhen sollen, Unser lieben Frauen Traum, In Gottes Namen fahren wir, Das Agnus Dei "O Lamm Gottes, Mit Gottes Hilfe sei unser Fahrt, Wir glauben an einen Gott

Max Reger : Three Songs for Women's Choir

Review: Here are three compositions for female voices by the great German composers. Challenging and rewarding.c

Songlist: Im Himmelreich ein Haus steht (In Heaven Doth a House Rise), Abendgang in Lenz (Evening Walk in Spring), Er ist's ('tis Spring).

Paul Hindemith : Kanons

Review: These canons now published for the first time document Hindemith's fondness of composing little parodistic works with a wink on certain occasions. More than 30 artistic postcard-sized works were written by the composer. In strict counterpoint, he used them to convey season's greetings, congratulations on birthdays and anniversaries, and thanks to friends, colleagues and cultural institutions. Some of these witty and entertaining pieces have been released on recordings several times, but they have not been available in printed editions yet. Our first edition now enables every choir and every small singing group to find a canon of the appropriate level of difficulty and perform it on many occasions with great success with the audience.

Songlist: 30 Kanons

7308b | Songbook | $39.95 | SATB | A Cappella || German Choral Music Arrangements | Paul Hindemith

Paul Hindemith : Nine Short Songs for American School Songbooks

Review: In print here for the first time. Choir a cappella. Hindemith composed these more than 30 artistic postcard-sized works to convey season's greetings, congratulations on birthdays and anniversaries, and thanks to friends, colleagues and cultural institutions. English text.

Songlist: The Spider's Web, Romance, Rain, Prayer For a Pilot, April Rain, Thrush Song, A Rain Song, The Sea Gypsy, Young and Old

Paul Hindemith : Six Chansons

Review: A nature-themed collection for unaccompanied mixed voices.

Songlist: La Biche (The Doe), Un Cygne (A Swan), Puisque tout passe (Since all is passing), Printemps (Springtime), En hiver (In Winter), Verger (Orchard)

Philip Lawson (editor) : German Renaissance Christmas

Review: Fill your performance space with the glory of a German Renaissance Christmas with selections from this outstanding collection! Mixed choruses from high school through professional will appreciate the clean, well-edited editions.

Songlist: Angelus Ad Pastorem, Dixit Maria, Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming, Maria Wallt Zum Heiligtum, Singt Und Klingt (Psallite Unigenito)

Reger, Rheinberger, Schuburt, Wagner and Wolf : German Romantic Motets

Review: A superb collection of sixteen works by the greatest nineteenth-century German and Austrian composers for choir, compiled and edited by Ralph Allwood. This volume includes works by Reger, Wagner, Rheinberger, Wolf and Schubert.

Songlist: Abendlied, op.39, no. 2, O Tod, wie bitter bist du, Op.110, no. 3, Abendlied, Op. 69, no.3, Anima nostra (Unsere Seele 0, Op. 113, no. 1, Eripe me (Rette mich, Herr), Op. 140, no. 3, Laudate Dominum (Lobpriest Gott den Herrn), Op. 133, no. 3, Meditabor (Denken will ich), Op.133, no. 2, Morgenlied, Op. 69, no. 1, Tribulationes (Lieden und Berdrangnis), Op. 140, no. 1, An die Musik, D. 547, Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D. 343, Zum Sanctus, D. 872, An Webers Grabe, WWV 72, Aufblick, Ergebung, Letzte Bitte

Robert Schumann : Song's For Men's Choir

Review: Kalmus presents a new edition of 21 songs by Robert Schumann, with German text, for TTBB (men's) choir. Many are short, and can be mastered for performance by a large or small ensemble. These songs will be wonderful additions to concert programs.

Songlist: Der Traumende See, Die Minnesanger, Die Lotosblume, Der Zecher Als Doctrinair, Rastlose Libe, Fruhlingsglocken, Der Eidegenossen, Freiheitslied, Schlachtgesang, Die Rose Stand Im Thau, Lasst Lautenspiel Und Becherklang Nicht Rasten, Bluth Oder Schnee! Lust Oder Weh!, Gebt Mir Zu Trinken, Zurne Nicht Des Herbstes Wind, In Sommertagen Ruste Den Schlitten, In Meeres Mitten Is Ein Offner Laden, Zur Hohen Jagd, Habet Acht!, Jagdmorgen, Fuhe, Bei Der Flasche

Various Composers : German Romantic Partsongs

Review: As the nineteenth century progressed, there was an unprecedented flowering of the partsong in Germany, inspired by the development of the rich repertory of German Romantic poetry in the hands of Goethe, Ruckert, Heine and others. Here are forty of the best 19th-century examples of the genre, from the country where partsongs caught the imagination of most major composers and delighted their audiences. The collection starts with Schubert and ends with early Schoenberg, including pieces by Brahms, Mendelsohn, Bruckner, Schumann, Wolf and Cornelius along the way.

Many of the exquisite pieces are about the archetypal Romantic themes: love, often lost or unrequited; nature and the seasons; life and death; religion and folklore; human ideals and aspirations. Some items are previously unpublished, whilst others have never been widely available. All the material appears with thoroughly idiomatic English singing translations as well as prose translations, and notes on the composers and their pieces. The majority of the items are in short-score format, for the convenience of the rehearsal accompanist.

Songlist: Da Unten Im Tale, Dein Herzlein Mild, Dem Dunkeld Schoss Der Heilgen Erde, Erlaube Mir, Im Herbst, In Stiller Nacht, Das Edle Herz, Du Bist Wie Eine Blume, Walspruch, Aetherische Geisterstimmen, Der Fichtenbaum, Der Traum, Die Sternlein, Fruhlingsglaube, Nichts Ohne Liebe, So Weich Und Warm, Ave Maria, Er ist's!, Es Ist Ein Schnee Gefallen, Die Wasserrose, Ritter Fruhling, Im Vorubergehn, In Der Marienkirche, Abschied vom Wald, Fruhzeitiger Fruhling, Herbstlied, Morgengebet, Ruhetal, Ei, du Lutte, Chor der Engel, and more

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