Spartiti per coro femminile

A beautifully unique work, in which intertwining melodies represent four angelic hosts: those of Love, Art, Wisdom, and Adventure, the LAWA of the title. This piece dares singers to explore dramatic v...

A conceptual piece that utilizes Thompson's technique of “soundpainting,” a system for conducting, composing and shaping improvisation during performance.

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Frauenchor (SA) und Klavier

White Feathers is set to a translation from the Papago by Frances Densmore (1867-1957), the foremost authority on the songs and music of American Indian tribes. The text likely describes or suggests t...

Nukapianguaq presents Inuit music in a choral setting that remains as faithful as possible to the aesthetics of the original tradition.

Originally collected at Chezzetcook, Nova Scotia, by the well-known Canadian folklorist Helen Creighton, the tune and text of this piece are variants of the popular and ubiquitous “Riddle Song&r...

This song is about the sorrow of an Indian Ojibway lady when her lover leaves her for the city of Sault Ste. Marie. She thinks she hears his returning, splashing oar, but it is merely a loon splashing...

This well-known Scottish folk song presents the image of a Scottish Pipe band in formal Scottish dress with their tartans, kilts and all. The Bonnie Charlie mentioned in the text is of course a refere...

Arranged with a simple and accessible vocal accompaniment that enhances the intense hope expressed in the text and melody. Stepwise contrapuntal melodic phrases and repeated harmonic patterns provide...

Juan Orrego-Sala, a noted Latin American composer, is Professor Emeritis of Composition and Latin American Music at the Indiana University School of Music. This charming set of Christmas pieces reflec...

An imitative part and a lively counter-melody accompany the simple refrain of this spiritual, contrasted by the verse in which singing in parallel thirds is practiced.