Paul Hindemith

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 German Choral Music Arrangements

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

7309b | Songbook $13.95 | SATB German Choral Music Arrangements

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)

7416b | Songbook $8.95 | SATB German Choral Music Arrangements

Review: Hindemith is among the most significant German composers of his time. His early works are in a late romantic idiom, and he later produced expressionist works, rather in the style of early Arnold Schoenberg, before developing a leaner, contrapuntally complex style in the 1920s. This style has been described as neoclassical, but is very different from the works by Igor Stravinsky labeled with that term, owing more to the contrapuntal language of Bach than the Classical clarity of Mozart.

Songlist: Six Chansons nach Rilke - La Biche, Un Cygne, Puisque tout passe, Printemps, En Hiver, Verger, Eine lichte Mitternacht, Du mubt dir Alles geben, Der Tod, Nun da der Tag, Mitwelt, Tauche deine Furcht, Trink aus, Fruhling, Judaskuss, Du Zweifel, Mass for mixed chorus - Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus, Benedictus, Agnes Dei

5990c | 1 CD $15.95 Dutch Choral Music