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Akahi Ho'i
Composer: King David Kalalaua
Arranger: Megann Sala
Author/Lyricist: Nina Keali iwahamana
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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We are very proud to launch the Jace Saplan “Indigenous Composer Series” with two Hawaiian pieces, of which this is the first. It is not too often we get to sing music written by a king, and far too little Hawaiian music has been arranged for a cappella choir. The text is in Hawaiian and carries a message of love and appreciation. The second piece in the series is “Mahalo Piha” (P1739) – be sure to read about that one too. They make a lovely programming pair.
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P1727 - SATB |
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Am Fischerhause
Composer: Kate Janzen
Author/Lyricist: Heinrich Heine
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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Heinrich Heine's poem is offered in both German and English, thanks to the composer, Kate Janzen. Kate is a new entry into the choral composition world, and her craftsmanship is immediately evident. Toggling between 3/4 and 6/8 meters, we are drawn into a story about the sea where both “joy and sorrow dance.”
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P1724 - SATB |
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Ang Pasko Ay Sumapit
Voicing: SATB
Season: Christmas
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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George Hernandez’s “Saringhimig Singers Philippine Folk Song Choral Series” has been delighting choirs for years. Always tuneful and satisfying, his settings capture the Filipino people's love for choral music. It is so rewarding to share Christmas carols from other cultures, and this energetic and popular Philippine carol will enhance any holiday program.
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P1725 - SATB |
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Autumn Gives Her Hand To Winter
Composer: Keith Loftis
Author/Lyricist: Keith Loftis
Voicing: SATB
Season: Fall-Winter
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Easy
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First released for two-part voices, this well-liked piece is set for SAB, SSAA, and now SATB. The poem beautifully describes the splendor of nature as it transforms from autumn into winter. The melody and harmony serve the words well, as the many different voicing attest.
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P1726 - SATB |
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Ave Maria
Composer: Jacob Arcadelt
Author/Lyricist: Arr. Ed Hughes
Voicing: SAB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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First published in 1842, this admired composition has been carefully arranged for SAB a cappella voices. Based on a 16th century French chanson, it contains the depth of many ages. Still appropriate for the worship service, it is also a valued concert piece, useful for small choirs both young and seasoned.
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P1741 - SAB |
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Be In Love
Composer: William V. Malpede
Author/Lyricist: Rumi
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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There is nothing that quite equals the state of being “in love.” The message of this song could be about relationships, but it could also be about your vocation, your avocation, about life itself. The music is not just joyous, but also encouraging. It takes hold of you in a confident and affectionate way that is truly enchanting.
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JR1141 - SATB |
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Be Still, My Heart
Composer: Matthew Emery
Author/Lyricist: Rabindranath Tagore
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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Sometimes profundity emerges through simplicity. Composer Matthew Emery specializes in making musical statements that carry all the harmonic weight of a division choir, while using only four voice parts. This meditative piece matches his musical artistry with the wisdom of polymath Rabindranath Tagore. Sing it through on sounds without words, then add the text, and you will be transported.
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P1728 - SATB |
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Bending Toward The Light
Composer: Curtis Heard
Author/Lyricist: Curtis Heard
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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Beginning gently and building steadily, fortitude, resilience, and determination radiate throughout this song. An assurance that we will always strive for social justice and love in action is heard loud and clear. Yet there is a calmness in the way it is expressed, in the way it claims victory. This is a message appropriate in both worship and concert.
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P1729 - SATB |
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Bring Me Little Water, Sylvie
Composer: Huddie Ledbetter
Arranger: Robert Jones
Author/Lyricist: Huddie Ledbetter
Voicing: TTB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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This down-to-earth setting has already blanketed every other voicing – now comes the TTB version. Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career around providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. A simple three-part choir accompanied by a stand-up bass gives an authentic American homespun quality to the work. Truly fun to sing, this arrangement sounds just right -- just the way this song should always be sung.
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P1730 - TTB |
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Canto De Pilon
Composer: Traditional Venezuelian
Arranger: Cristian Grases
Author/Lyricist: Traditional Venezuelian
Voicing: SAB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Easy
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This multicultural piece hails from Venezuela, homeland to USC choral director Dr. Cristian Grases. It is a working song about women grinding corn that captures the cultural flavor of the region. Including eurhythmic motions and percussive sounds, the music celebrates the joyful nature and active life of the people. This SAB piece works well for elementary singers to adult choirs. Also available in 2-Part, P1403.
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P1731 - SAB |
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Ceciliada
Composer: Marcin Wawruk
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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The patron saint of music, St. Cecilia, receives an energetic tribute with this delightful piece. It is one of those pieces that dances and sounds more complicated than it really is. No one will deny its joy. For high school to college and community choirs.
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P1732 - SATB |
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Cold And Fugue Season
Composer: Johannes Bach
Arranger: Ellen Foncannon
Author/Lyricist: Ellen Foncannon
Voicing: SAB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Easy - Medium
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Is it time to start poking fun at the pandemic? Ellen Foncannon has created a clever parody on Bach's famous “Fugue in G Minor” that will have your audience in stitches! This new edition is for SAB voices. Your students will have a blast singing such funny words with such serious Baroque music, which has been simplified for young voices. From the first note to the resounding “A-Choo!” at the end, this uproariously funny novelty is sure to be a big hit in your concert! Also available: SATB, SSAA, TTBB, 2-Part, 3-Part.
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JR1137 - SAB |
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Galop
Composer: Ken Berg
Author/Lyricist: Ken Berg / Solfege
Voicing: SSA
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Easy
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Can learning Solfege really be fun? Is it possible to sing a song on Solfege in a concert? Ken Berg answered that question in a big way when, years ago, he wrote the first Galop for young voices. 100,000 copies later, plus an SAB and SATB voicing, it seemed only right to release a voicing for SSA. The song is a concert-pleaser for sure, and the learning of Solfege is undeniable. Easy.
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P1723 - SSA |
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Hymns Of The Heart - All Things Bright And Beautiful And When He Cometh
Composer: Alexander/Cushing
Arranger: Loren Wiebe
Author/Lyricist: Waghorne/Roote
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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We are pleased to launch the John Tebay Choral Series with this collection of two hymn setting. First “All Things Bright and Beautiful” and then “When He Cometh.” Loren Wiebe’s settings are beautiful because they are unpretentious. They are not more or less than what you want to sing or hear. Perfect for worship and for the Christian college market.
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P1738 - SATB |
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I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud
Composer: Jasper Randall
Author/Lyricist: William Wordsworth
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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The poem by William Wordsworth makes solitude a sacred and wonderful experience, bringing nature and the gratefulness for all that surrounds us. The music that supports these words does the same. It is both soothing and glamorous, meditative, and all-encompassing. High school, college, and community choirs will find this selection easily programmable.
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P1733 - SATB |
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Life Has Loveliness
Composer: Judith Herrington
Author/Lyricist: Sara Teasdale
Voicing: SSA
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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Commissioned by Manhattan Concert Productions and premiered at Carnegie Hall, this selection celebrates the beauty of life. Presented in a musical idiom that is both straightforward and melodically interesting, the piece is a strong choice for high school concert choirs. Easy to medium in difficulty. Also available in SATB, P1678.
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P1735 - SSA |
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Mahalo Piha
Composer: Queen Lili'uokalani
Arranger: Justin Ka'upu
Author/Lyricist: Queen Lili'uokalani
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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We are very proud to launch the Jace Saplan “Indigenous Composer Series” with two Hawaiian pieces, of which ''Mahalo Piha'' - a medley of “The Queen’s Jubilee” and “Aloha ‘Oe'' - is the second. The music was composed by Queen Lili’uokalani, and the text is in Hawaiian (with the exception of a single poignant English phrase, “one fond embrace, until we meet again''). This is a lovely concert closer. The first piece in the series is “Akahi Ho’i” – be sure to read about that one too. They make a wonderful programming pair.
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P1739 - SATB |
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Missa Pastoril Gloria
Composer: Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia
Arranger: Matteus Cruz
Author/Lyricist: (traditional Latin text)
Voicing: SATB
Season: Christmas
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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José Maurício Nunes Garcia was a well-respected 18th-century Brazilian composer. This “Gloria” comes from a Christmas Eve Mass he wrote in 1811. There has recently been a resurgence of interest in his work, as the world awakens to classical composers outside of Western Europe. This delightful setting of the Liturgical Latin from the Mass is an excellent choice for both church and school choirs.
Important! The ancillary product for this work (P1742A) is RENTAL ONLY. The full score and parts for strings and timpani ($150) are available at https://www.fredbockpublishinggroup.com/rentals.
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P1742 - SATB |
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Ndji Raisa Ondundu
Composer: Namibian song
Arranger: Eslon V Hindundu
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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When Jennaya Robison visited Namibia, she discovered a wonderful composition with a warm message: “(Father), show me the mountain where I can climb to see the fire and see your face, so that I and the world can live in the house of peace...” This is a compelling selection, well suited for both worship and concert programs. Its uniquely African sound will enthrall choirs and audiences alike.
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P1665 - SATB |
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No Greater Power
Composer: Andrew Miller
Author/Lyricist: Andrew Miller
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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There is no greater power than love, is the message in this song. With a cascade of beautiful suspensions, we are reminded how meaningful it is to love one another and help each other. The combined music and words carry a message of truth that is meaningful and profound. For high school, college, and community choirs.
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P1644 - SATB |
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Pobreng Alindanaw
Composer: T. Villaflor
Arranger: George G. Hernandez
Author/Lyricist: T. Villaflor
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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George Hernandez’s “Saringhimig Singers Philippine Folk Song Choral Series” has been delighting choirs for years. This selection centers around a charming and unusual subject: the flight of the dragonfly. Using onomatopoetic sounds to accompany the story brings life and energy to the piece. This is definitely a crowd pleaser, well suited for advanced high school or college choirs.
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P1736 - SATB |
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Saeya Saeya
Composer: Korean Folk Song
Arranger: Minhee Kim
Author/Lyricist: Korean Folk Song
Voicing: 2-PART
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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Professor Sharon Gratto has built a career providing historical context to multicultural and folk music. This selection, a famous Korean folk song, portrays the close connection between a farmer and the animals with which he shares his habitation. Tenderly, the singers call upon the birds not to disturb the crops. This arrangement is well suited for treble choirs of any age.
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P1718 - 2-PART |
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Some Keep The Sabbath
Composer: Jennifer Lucy Cook
Author/Lyricist: Emily Dickinson
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium
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Composer Jennifer Lucy Cook, winner of the North Dakota State University Edwin Fissinger Choral Composition for 2022, demonstrates an uncanny ability to seamlessly blend words into music. The text is by Emily Dickinson, a poet whose profound and independent thinking has been capturing hearts for well over a century. Cook effortlessly maintains a hymn-like style infused with fluidity, freedom, just the right touch of dissonance, and a final cadence that brings a smile to the soul.
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P1745 - SATB |
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The Circle
Composer: Allan Robert Petker
Author/Lyricist: Edwin Markham
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Advacned
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The Circle is a composition sensitive to the needs of a world growing ever more aware of social justice. Its text is based on the words of American poet Edwin Markham - ''He drew a circle that shut me out ... but love and I had the wit to win: We drew a circle that took him in!'' The piece was notably performed by Tonality, an ensemble conducted by self-proclaimed music activist Alexander Lloyd Blake. Their award-winning rendition brought renewed attention to the piece's inclusive message and compiling musical setting.
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P1743 - SATB |
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The Gardener
Composer: Michael Atwood
Author/Lyricist: Rabindranath Tagoe
Voicing: SATB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Advanced
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Imaginative and wonderful best describe this selection. The poem asks, who will read their words many years hence and what will be the impact? The music carries the words like a well-written story, and the listener is brought into the narrative. It is a masterful piece for an advanced high school or college choir.
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P1668 - SATB |
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The Light Is The Same
Composer: William Malpede
Author/Lyricist: Rumi & Mahatma Ghandi
Voicing: SA
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Easy
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Winner of the 2021 Music Unites the World Songwriting Contest, this piece was premiered by the Education Through Music LA Festival Choir. Drawing his text from Mahatma Gandhi and Rumi, Malpede transports an ageless message to the 21st century. The lesson of acceptance, love, and peace could not be more transparently simple, but the melody and harmony are captivating. Offered here in a setting conceived for children’s voices, the piece has already successfully captivated adult singers.
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JR1140 - SA |
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JR1140A - |
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The Night Will Never Stay
Composer: Judith Herrington
Author/Lyricist: Eleanor Farjeon
Voicing: SAB
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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Featuring a text based upon Eleanor Farjeon’s entrancing poem, ''The Night Will Never Stay'' allows one to recall the charm of a childhood bedtime story. With a childlike understanding of time's passage, SAB voices tell the tale as their own, but the piece can just as well be sung by adult singers as the ''bedtime storytellers.'' The music weaves its own special magic in bringing the story to life. Also available for 2-Part treble voice, P1691 and Mixed voices, P1711.
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P1744 - SAB |
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Tis The Season To Be Jolly (Deck The Halls)
Composer: Traditional Carol
Arranger: Dan Davison
Author/Lyricist: Traditional Carol
Voicing: SSA
Season: Christmas
Released: January 2023
Difficulty: Medium Easy
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Everyone knows that famous Yuletide carol “Deck the Halls.'' You certainly do, don't you? You may think you've heard every conceivable ''fresh approach'' to this holiday favorite - but you just might think differently after hearing this creative setting. It is not so much humorous as it is subtly clever. Every verse gets a new treatment, and with each fa-la-la comes a new surprise. Best of all, the piece concludes with just as much flair and joyfulness as you were hoping.
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JR1139 - SSA |
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