Choral Collections
The six choral collections in this series bring together over 350 years of choral music by major composers from the 16th through the early 20th centuries. For added reference, each collection also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Individual works included in each collection have been selected from editions in the public domain by such renowned publishers as Breitkopf & Hartel, C.F. Peters, G. Schirmer, Carl Fischer, G. Ricordi, Durand, and others. Our editorial staff has chosen the best edition available for each work.
This collection makes available vocal scores (mostly modern clef editions) for J.S. Bach's larger choral works. Includes: St. Matthew Passion (English & German), St. John Passion, Mass in B Minor, Magnificat in D, Christmas & Easter Oratorios, Motets, other masses, secular cantatas, and more.
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Companion to Bach: The Complete Church Cantatas (#00220554)
2500+ pages.
This collection makes available piano/vocal scores for Johann Sebastian Bach's 199 Church Cantatas -- indexed by title, voice type, and BWV number.
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
Companion to Bach: Major Choral Works (#00220513)
2 CDR Set
5600+ pages.
This collection brings together vocal scores for 38 secular and sacred choral works by three masters spanning the 19th century.
Brahms: A German Requiem (German & English), Liebeslieder Waltzer & Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Nänie, Schicksalslied, Zigeunerlieder more
Mendelssohn: Elijah, St. Paul, Lobgesang (German & English)
Schubert: Masses (I-VI), Stabat Mater, Tantum Ergo
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
2200+ pages.
This collection makes available vocal scores for G.F. Handel's familiar and lesser-known choral works.
Includes: Oratorios (Messiah, Israel in Egypt, Judas Maccabeaus, Semele, Solomon, Theodora, more); Chandos, Coronation & Wedding Anthems, Ode to St. Cecelia's Day, Acis & Galatea, Alexander's Feast, Dettingen Te Deum, and more
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
2 CDR Set
3700+ pages.
This collection makes available vocal scores for 41 choral works by three masters from the 18th and early 19th centuries.
Haydn: The Creation, The Seasons, The Seven Last Words of Christ (German & English), Te Deum, Masses (Mass in Time of War, Lord Nelson Mass, Paukenmesse)
Mozart: Requiem, Coronation Mass, Mass in C minor, Ave Verum Corpus, Regina Coeli
Beethoven: Missa Solemnes, Choral Fantasy, Ruins of Athens, Ode to Joy (Symphony No. 9)
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
2200+ pages.
This CD Sheet Music™ collection makes available 85 major choral works by 32 composers from the Renaissance to the early 20th century
Works Include: Berlioz (L'Enfance du Christ, Requiem, Te Deum); Borodin (Polovetzian Dances & Choruses); Bruckner (Masses Nos. 1, 2, 3, Requiem, Te Deum); Buxtehude (Magnificat, Missa Brevis); Carissimi (Jephtha); Cherubini (Requiem); Debussy (La Damoiselle Élue); Delius (Sea Drift); Dubois (Seven Last Words of Christ); Dvorák (Mass in D major, Requiem Mass, Stabat Mater, Te Deum); Elgar (The Dream of Gerontius, The Kingdom); Fauré (Requiem); Franck (Psalm 150, Solemn Mass); A. Gabrielli (Missa Brevis); Gaul (Holy City); Gounod (Gallia, Mass of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Messe Solenelle); Grieg (Peer Gynt); Liszt (Hymn to the Virgin Mary, Missa Choralis, Missa Solemnis, Via Crucis); Mahler (Symphony No. 8); Palestrina (Missa Papae Marcelli, Missa Ave Regina Caelorum, Missa O Magnum Mysterium, Missa L'Homme Armé); Pergolesi (Stabat Mater); Purcell (Ode on St. Cecilia's Day, O Sing Unto the Lord, Te Deum); Rachmaninoff (The Bells); Rossini (Petite Messe Solennelle, Stabat Mater); Saint-Saëns (Christmas Oratorio, Mass for Four Voices, Messe de Requiem); Schumann (Messe, Neujarhslied, Requiem8, Paradise and Peri); Schütz (Christmas Oratorio, Seven Last Words); Stainer (The Crucifixion); Vaughn Williams (Mass in G minor, Five Mystical Songs, A Sea Symphony); Verdi (Requiem, Hymn of Nations, Four Sacred Pieces); Vivaldi (Gloria), and more
Also includes composer biographies and relevant articles from the 1911 edition of Grove's Dictionary of Music and Musicians
2 CDR Set
5400+ pages.
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