Musica da chiesa

Chorpartitur

Monteverdi's Vespers of 1610 is a work which has both fascinated and perplexed musicologists and performers for many years. It forms by far the larger part of the composer's first significant publicat...

Chorpartitur

Campra's sacred music includes 5 books of petits motets, the polyphonic Missa ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, the Messe de mort, and a large number of grands motets. All these works demonstrate the composer's...

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Like many Englishmen I had sung madrigals for pleasure - usually late at night with friends, after several glasses of wine. While these madrigals have their charm, and many are extremely beautiful, I...

Written to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, this short choral work is suitable for professional, amateur and church choruses. The use of biblical texts (Isaiah) gives this piece a...

'Broken Psalm' was commissioned by Cambridge University to celebrate their 800th anniversary and first performed by the Choir of Gonville & Caius College in 2009. Goehr, who was Professor of music at...

The choice of 16th century texts, by Bronzino and Battiferri, reflects the interests of the dedicatee of these sonnets - Craig Hugh Smyth, a fine art historian and former director of the Villa I Tatti...

This pair of English psalm settings for mixed choir is the newest addition to Watkins' growing collection of vocal music. Each under 5 minutes, they are fitting both for liturgical use and concert per...

This pair of English psalm settings for mixed choir is the newest addition to Watkins' growing collection of vocal music. Each under 5 minutes, they are fitting both for liturgical use and concert per...

This Easter anthem by British composer John Casken is an expert example of contemporary choral writing and would be ideal for amateur choirs looking for exciting new repertoire.

Der Begriff des Friedens bewegt die Welt seit Jahrhunderten. Chorleiter und Musikpädagoge Klaus Fischbach stellt in Da pacem - Frieden geistliche und weltliche Kompositionen zu diesem Thema zusammen....

Missa brevis for mixed choir and eight wind instruments Op. 5 was created in 1951 and premiered at the Donaueschingen Festival of Contemporary Music the following year. The Ordinary of the Mass (Kyrie...

Mit seinen Sieben geistlichen Gesängen stellt Giacomo Meyerbeer einmal mehr unter Beweis, dass er nicht nur als Opernkomponist Epochales hinterlassen, sondern auch einige 'Schätze der Chormusik' gesch...

Bass-Solo, gemischter Chor (3 Frauenstimmen, TTB) und Orgel - deutsch - französisch Mit Giacomo Meyerbeers Cantique ist Hermann Max, dem Herausgeber der Reihe 'Schätze der Chormusik', ein weiterer Glü...

Den fünf Sätzen dieser Parodiemesse liegen fünf Lieder ohne Worte aus Leo(s< Janáceks Klavierzyklus Auf verwachsenen Pfaden zugrunde. Der Komponist verzichtet auf die Vertonung des Credo und hält so d...

Als umfassende, nicht nur chormusikalische Offenbarung erweist sich Bertold Hummels Adventskantate Offenbarung neuen Lebens für Alt-Solo, gemischten Chor und Kammerorchester op. 8. In seinem 1953 im A...

The five movements of this mass are based on five Songs Without Words from Leoš Janácek's piano cycle By Overgrown Paths. Poos describes his work as 'Parody, Arrangement and Kontrafaktur' and a metamo...

Discover two motets by Carl Friedrich Zelter in the 'Schätze der Chormusik' [Treasures of Choral Music] series: 'Dignare Domine' (a hymn of praise and supplication) can be sung on various occasions. '...