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  Choir - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A choir or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers.
During the Renaissance, sacred choral music was the principal type of (formal or 'serious') music in Western Europe.
One of the first innovative choral composers of the Baroque was Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643), a master of counterpoint, who extended the new techniques pioneered by the Venetian School and the Florentine Camerata.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Choral_music   (2653 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Music / Choral album is a hit for Handel & Haydn Society
The collection is music about peace, most of it serene and peaceful.
The singers were stuffing icepacks down their shirts because we couldn't even turn on a fan." Despite this obstacle, their work is magnificent in tone, balance, diction, and feeling, and there is no sense of strain in even the most demanding, high-flying passages.
Deissler is quick to note the paradox that most public-radio stations prefer not to broadcast choral music.
www.boston.com /ae/music/articles/2004/04/30/choral_album_is_a_hit_for_handel__haydn_society   (509 words)

  
 Festival Singers - Choral Sheet Music Download Sites
If you are a publisher or composer of choral music and you have works available for download or purchase via the Internet, please email us with the URL of your download site and a short (about 50 words) description of your service.
BK Music: Choral and orchestral music mainly for the educational environment.
Choral Music of C. Boyd: Compositions available to choirs to photocopy with the proviso that "no commercial publication be made without the consent of the composer".
www.festival-singers.org.nz /download.htm   (2937 words)

  
 World Music
World Music Press was founded on a shoestring in 1985 by multicultural music specialist Judith Cook Tucker, on the principle that the bottom line for us was intercultural understanding through music.
Publishing world music materials for classroom and community use is not only a business for us, but a passion and a mission as well.
World Music Press strives to meet the needs of music educators, ESL, social studies, general classroom and physical education teachers, choral directors, ethnomusicologists, community outreach staff, librarians, adoptive parents and music lovers who seek authentic ethnic materials that display the unique vitality and integrity that only an insider's view can give.
www.worldmusicpress.com   (186 words)

  
 ABC News: Rediscovered Vivaldi Choral Music Played   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
As Stockigt examined the music, she noticed distinctive patterns that led her to believe it had been wrongly catalogued.
Baldan, who ran a music transcription house during the 1750s, had found himself unable to meet a commission for a piece of music by Galuppi from a Saxon court, and had solved his problem by taking Vivaldi's work and reattributing it to Galuppi, she said.
Baldan had access to Vivaldi's music because the composer's nephews worked at the transcription house, she said.
abcnews.go.com /Entertainment/wireStory?id=1022519   (335 words)

  
 JMWC: Choral Music
The Halevi Choral Society is a professional Jewish choir located in Chicago, IL under the direcction of Judith Karzen.
Nick Strimple, the music director, is also a composer, scholar and author on choral music.
Because the Archive also has a performance "arm", it will be possible to present concerts of the music, and to work in cooperative efforts with publishers and composers to create recorded versions of the music which can be a further benefit to the composer or his/her estate.
www.jmwc.org /jmwc_choral.html   (1920 words)

  
 Musica Viva - Free sheet music downloads and more
Here you will find sheet music for piano, for guitar, for flute, for violin and...
I'm sure you agree that although digital sheet music is great, there is still something about a carefully edited and professionally printed book that a mere computer file simply never can match.
But if you want to download the music, or if you need high-resolution prints (and prints without the banner ad) you should sign up as a Musica Viva member.
www.musicaviva.com   (303 words)

  
 Choir and Choral Music Webring
Created to be a chamber ensemble specializing in the most demanding music in and out of print, Meistersingers maintains high standards in literature and chooses outstanding performance venues with beauty and elegance equal to the music.
The Musical Association "Musica Ficta" was founded by a group of musicians; its purposes are the promotion and the study of the musical culture with particular reference to the choral music.
The Hilton Head Choral Society is a non-profit organization focused on bringing the beauty of choral music to an island paradise.
f.webring.com /hub?ring=choir   (2036 words)

  
 Rediscovered Vivaldi choral music played for the first time in Australia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A choral work recently reattributed to Italian baroque master Antonio Vivaldi after centuries of being wrongly ascribed to one of his contemporaries received its first modern performance on Tuesday in Melbourne.
Baldan had found himself unable to meet a commission for a piece of music by Galuppi from a Saxon court, and had solved his problem by taking Vivaldi's work and reattributing it to Galuppi, she said.
Plans were under way for the rest of Vivaldi's choral psalm to be performed next year in Dresden as part of the city's 800th anniversary celebrations, it said.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/09/international/i053439D67.DTL   (476 words)

  
 J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. - Welcome
Choral music, band music, piano music, guitar tablature, vocal music and popular music are just some of the many genres of publications that we offer.
Music educators, private teachers, music hobbyists and music students will all find the music they need on jwpepper.com.
J.W. Pepper has been America’s sheet music supplier since 1876, and is positioned to lead the way into the future.
www.jwpepper.com   (269 words)

  
 Choral Music by Crawford R.Thoburn. Quality vocal literature for church, school, and community.
Specialties: music for volunteer and professional church choirs, collegiate groups, women's ensembles, the Middle and High School chorus, community chorales, and treble voices.
His music is sung across the U.S. and throughout the world, with performances ranging from Nova Scotia and the United Kingdom to South Africa and Taiwan.
His student choral groups have won international awards in juried competition, performed by invitation at ACDA conventions and MENC meetings, toured in the U.S. and Europe, participated in many inter-collegiate choral groups, and sung with professional orchestras.
home.att.net /~langburn   (1734 words)

  
 Cantate Music Press -- Publishers of Quality Choral Music
Many of our choral octavos are available with instrumental accompaniment; in addition, we offer some larger works for chorus and orchestra.
You will also find music to meet the needs of the smaller church choir, vocal solos, and descants and service music to enhance the worship service.
It is not intended to be a requiem for one who has died, but rather provides music for those who survive the death of a loved one, as they work through their grief to arrive at solace and understanding.
www.cantatemusicpress.com   (433 words)

  
 Choral Music Sources
Ambitious Music Publishing in Austria Rare romantic orchestral and choral music.
Leadership Training for Christ Spiritual choral music in PDF and Midi formats.
A Father's Legacy: The Music Of Marty Petersen Choral, vocal solo and duet music - religious, patriotic and family themes.
www.spu.edu /depts/fpa/choral/chormussource.html   (289 words)

  
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Music Publisher of sacred and secular music since 1991
Choral directors, piano players and teachers, singers and singing teachers, flute players and teachers, brass and woodwind quintets, guitar players and orchestral conductors will all be able to find something here.
We now have discounted Christmas Choral packets available - one of 18 titles for SAB and SATB, priced at $17.95, and the other of 11 titles for 2-part and SA/SSA, priced at $10.95.
www.voiceoftherockies.com   (217 words)

  
 Nick Page - Choral Music Director
(Choral music for sopranos and altos, medieval to 20th century with an emphasis on women composers.)
Sheet Music Unlimited has gone to great lengths to compile one of the largest databases of Christian sheet music and accompaniment tracks.
Music Therapy is one of the many creative therapies in the field of psychology.)
www.nickmusic.com /rscorg.html   (4442 words)

  
 Making Music | Home Page
We represent and support over 2,000 amateur music groups throughout the UK, including choirs, orchestras, and music promoters.
The recent articles in the press regarding the £33 million tax bill faced by British professional orchestras has drawn a lot of attention.
© 2003 Making Music All rights reserved and reproduction of any part is not allowed without the written permission of Making Music.
www.makingmusic.org.uk /MM/home.aspx   (164 words)

  
 Popular Choral Handbook by Dr. Scott Fredrickson
This new book contains hundreds of ideas, concepts, techniques, musical examples, recorded tracks, references, and bibliographic entries.
There is no other Pop, Jazz, and Show Choir techniques book as comprehensive as the new Popular Choral Handbook by Dr. Scott Fredrickson.
All of the problems I had last year with my choirs could have been addressed just by an initial perusal of this text.
www.popularchoralhandbook.com   (146 words)

  
 :: wordmusic.com
wordmusicnow.com brings music ministries the ability to purchase, download and print flexible, two-key arrangements of the newest and best songs for your worship team, choir, praise band and orchestra.
The Word Choral Club is a preview plan that allows your church to receive complete recordings, choral books and anthems for every new release from Word Music, Clydesdale and Clydesdale Music, Kathie Hill Music, Brooklyn Tabernacle Music, and our publications in association with Vineyard Music and Maranatha!
Music · Word Music Classic Anthems - Join the Word Choral Club Children's Music Congregational Worship (Hymnals / Songs and Hymns for Praise & Worship) Instrumental Keyboard Solo Accompaniment Trax Vocal Folios
www.wordmusic.com   (445 words)

  
 Mediæval and Renaissance Choral Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Victor 13555 [78rpm, 30cm] Mediæval and Renaissance Choral Music, rec.
Victor 13556 [78rpm, 30cm] Mediæval and Renaissance Choral Music, rec.
Choir of the Pius X School of Liturgical Music, Manhattanville College of the Sacred Heart; Mother Georgia Stevens, cond.
www.medieval.org /emfaq/cds/vic739.htm   (127 words)

  
 gerontius: choirs, concerts and choral music resources (uk)
On the gerontius site you will find searchable directories of uk choirs and choral concerts, and other choral music resources.
Please visit the gerontius forum where you can find listings of choral jobs, notices of interest to choirs and singers and more.
Choral Jobs - Choral Workshops - Wedding Choirs - Expanding the Repertoire - Notice Board - Guestbook - gerontius.net questions and answers -
www.gerontius.net   (328 words)

  
 Choral Music and Religion Syllabus
(4) Be familiar with the biographies and periods of some of the major composers of choral music, and have had exposure to the ways historians seek to relate their religious/philosophical outlook to their musical creations.
(5) Be able to explain many of the technical terms used to describe various phenomena of choral music and the literary/ philosophical/religious background of the texts.
Terms and concepts: cantata, chorale, chorale concerto, French overture, dotted rhythm, secco recitative, accompanied recitative, speech rhythm, chord, da capo aria, duple meter, triple meter, Pietism, varieties of Reformation Protestantism: Anglican, Lutheran, Calvinist, Anabaptist.
www.richmond.edu /~jriehl/local/mus338syllabus.html   (2083 words)

  
 K-12 Resources For Music Educators   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Music da camera Duetto study guides for the Music da camera television series
Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music (1820-1885) Over 15,000 pieces.
Music Notes' Music Theory Music theory reference materials.
www.isd77.k12.mn.us /resources/staffpages/shirk/k12.music.html   (1576 words)

  
 OUP: Choral music
Join our choral mailing list to receive our latest printed choral catalogue and twice-yearly bulletin of new OUP choral publications.
Look at our list of specialist choral retailers in the United Kingdom who hold a complete set of OUP's 850 choral leaflets for customers to browse through.
Search our sacred choral music catalogue for anthems, motets, hymns, services, and canticles.
www.oup.co.uk /music/choral   (205 words)

  
 Nick Page - Choral Music Director
Music of Latin America: Mexico, Ecuador, Brazil (study guide for Sounds of the World series).
Harris, Michael W. The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church.
Music Educators Journal, 1902 Association Dr., Reston, VA 22091, http://www.menc.org (Very useful magazine and resource organization for music teachers.
www.nickmusic.com /rscsng.html   (6294 words)

  
 Jaymar Music Limited - Main Information
After 35 years of publishing, Jaymar Music Limited closed its doors - October 2004.
All copyrights have been returned to the respective composers.
The Canadian Music Centre or SOCAN in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
www.jaymar.com   (66 words)

  
 Worldwide Internet Music Resources: Music Publishers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Avera Music Press (classical music of the late 20th century & beyond)
Vienna Woods Music (music of John Davison, Victor Hill, Roland Leich)
This music resource list is offered as a service of the William and Gayle Cook Music Library, Indiana University.
www.music.indiana.edu /music_resources/publ.html   (642 words)

  
 Musicroom.com - Sheet Music for Musicians
Nyman is one of the most commercially successful composers of the 20th century and his music has struck a chord with audiences the world over.
The sixth studio album by the band that led the britpop revolution, and their first since the multi-million selling Heathen Chemistry in 2002, arranged in accurate Guitar Tab.
It's great to be able to get good quality music at great prices and for my order to arrive just days after I ordered it was outstanding.
musicroom.com /Browse/ArrangementGroup.aspx?...   (378 words)

  
 Zamir Chorale of Boston
This CD is a co-production of the Zamir Chorale of Boston and Boombox Classroom, a national program for young children.
In celebration of Zamir's 36th Anniversary, an Alumni Reunion Weekend is planned from June 3-5, 2005, culminating in a Gala Concert at Sanders Theatre.
The Zamir Chorale of Boston seeks a full-time General Manager.
www.zamir.org   (230 words)

  
 Page 1 - Ralph R. Prime Home Page
I am a retired college choral conductor and professor of music.
I was the Director of Choral Organizations and Handbell Choirs for 21 years at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton, California.
My snail mail address will be on the complimentary music and tape that I send to you.
www.geocities.com /Vienna/4877   (623 words)

  
 Choral Music
It closes with a fragment of the chorus of "Low in the Grave He Lay."
This is a different type of Christmas anthem.
Christmas Musical for Choir, Narrators, and Instrumentalists (Order 1 copy receive a $4.00 rebate check.
www.jerrycaseymusic.com /choral.html   (469 words)

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