Partiture per coro

In 1955, while in the midst of working on a musical version of Voltaire's Candide with the distinguished American playwright Lillian Hellman, Leonard Bernstein composed French and Latin choruses as in...

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...

Chorpartitur

Sopran, gemischter Chor und Klavier

Written in celebration of the 20th anniversary of The William Ferris Chorale.

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.

Based on parts of Genesis, chapter 1, this piece explores the creation of light, day and night, the sun and the moon.

Originally titled Caribbean Sun, the poem captured the exuberance of the poet's childhood in the tropics. The piano sets the scene with an energetic rhythmic figure that is picked up by the voices.