Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens’ production, Le Retour de Virginie (Virginia’s Return) belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de Rome that was established in 1803 then cancelled following the events of May 1968. It had been for more than a century and a half, the most co…

Par SAINT-SAENS CAMILLE. Far from being an isolated work in Camille Saint-Saens’ production, Le Retour de Virginie (Virginia’s Return) belongs to a small set written at the beginning of his career in the particular context of the competition for the Prix de Rome that was established in 1803 then cancelled following the events of May 1968. It had been for more than a century and a half, the most co…

Instrumentation of Schubert‘s Song Cycle with 7 New Songs after Emily Dickinson. Par STAUD JOHANNES MARIA. At the suggestion of the great Schubert interpreter Christoph Prégardien, I have orchestrated Schubert’s large-scale song cycle “Die Schöne Müllerin” [The Lovely Maid of the Mill] (1823) for a 19-piece ensemble and combined it with seven of my own songs set to poems by Emily Dickinson (1830–1…

Tito Manlio was performed for the fi rst time in Mantua as second work of the Carnival season of winter 1719. Vivaldi set the libretto of La fi da ninfa, a dramma per musica in three acts by Scipione Maffei, with a view to its use for the inauguration of the new theatre of the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona, which took place on 6 January 1732, during the Carnival season, elaborate stage sets bein…

Par CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO MARIO. Born into a family that had lived in Florence since the expulsion of the Jews from Spain in 1492, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968) entertained only a distant relationship with the music he heard at synagogue: a Renaissance church held more appeal for the Florentine artist than the Oriental décor of his forefathers' place of worship. It was only when he discove…

for wind quintet and piano. Par SCHWEITZER BENJAMIN. Benjamin Schweitzer presents his first work for this combination. Willing to try out something new, he adds to the typical character of the wind instruments the sound of the piano. The work is made up of two movements, each movement of several parts. Complex interwoven passages are set against stringently composed sections. The composer says of …

Composed by Arvo Part (1935-). World Premiere: in St. Gerold / Austria by the Hilliard Ensemble. Sacred. Vocal score. With Standard notation. Composed 2004/2006. Duration 5 minutes. Universal Edition #UE32941. Published by Universal Edition

(fur Kaiserin Marie Therese). By Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). Edited by Kircher, Armin. For SATB Choir, Flute, 2 Oboes, 2 Bassoons, 2 Horns, 3 C trumpet, 3 Trombones, Timpani, 2 Violins, Viola, Basso Continuo. This edition: paperbound. XXIIIc:2. Praise and thanks. Score. Langu…

Arranged by Dan Forrest. For SATB choir, piano 4-hands or organ, with optional handbells, percussion and brass quintet or orchestra. Sacred. Octavo. 24 pages. Published by Beckenhorst Press

By Ruth Elaine Schram. For SATB choir and piano. Concert. Octavo. Published by Heritage Music Press. (15/2422H)

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #61846-122. Published by Peermusic

By Mosie Lister. Sacred. 12 pages. Published by Lillenas Music.

Arranged by Hal H. Hopson. For Choir. (Satb). Love, Hymntune and Sacred. Print Music Single (SATB). Published by Hope Publishing Company.

By Mary Mcdonald. For SATB choir and piano (with optional bass, drum set). Sacred Anthem: Advent, Christmas. Octavo. Published by Lorenz Publishing Company

Arranged by Michael Burkhardt. For congregation, SATB choir and organ, with optional brass quintet and timpani. Moderately easy. Score and reproducible parts. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

By Thomas Keesecker. For SAB choir or SATB choir, a cappella with optional 2 handbells. Communion, General. Moderately easy. Octavo. 7 pages. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

Now thank we all our God. (No. 1 of Two Hymns of Praise). By John Rutter (1945-). For SATB choir and brass/orchestra (Brass: 4 trumpets, 2 trombones (or 2 horns), bass trombone, tuba (opt, ), timpani, percussion, organ; Orchestra: 2, 2, 2, 2-4, 4, 4, 1-timpani, percussion-organ-h…

(Cantata for Christmas). Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Ruprecht Langer. For SSATB choir, ST vocal soli, 2 flute, 2 oboe, 3 trumpet, timpani, 2 violin, viola, basso continuo. This edition: Paperbound. Cantatas, Christmas. Full score. Text language: Germa…

Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and Charles Gounod. Arranged by Russell L. Robinson. Choir Sacred. SATB choir. Choral Octavo; Masterworks. Choral Designs. Baroque; Masterwork Arrangement; Sacred. 12 pages. Published by Alfred Music

By Joel Raney. For SATB choir and piano with optional 2 flutes and percussion (shaker and congas). The Joel Raney Choral Series. Obbligato, Christmas, Sacred. Octavo. 16 pages. Published by Hope Publishing Company

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB A Cappella. Peermusic Classical. 12 pages. Peermusic #61842-121. Published by Peermusic

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB A Cappella. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 8 pages. Peermusic #61843-121. Published by Peermusic

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB A Cappella. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #61845-121. Published by Peermusic

By Morten Lauridsen (1943-). SATB A Cappella. Peermusic Classical. Softcover. 12 pages. Peermusic #61844-121. Published by Peermusic

By Various. Edited by Kreuels, Matthias / Ducker, Martin / Essl, Jurgen / Geismann, Wilm / Kohlmann, Mathias / Langer, Leo / Ochs, Jurgen / Drescher, Thomas / Frohlich, Brigitte / Maag, Jurgen / Rommelspacher, Stephan. Sacred, Hymns, Hymn settings, Magnificat, Masses, Latin, Mass…