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presents 2012 New sacred and secular choral music for college, community and professional Featuring music from: ensembles, including works for mixed, women’s and men’s ensembles and a selection of lighter works for adult choruses, ideal for pops concerts, encores, small collegiate groups and more. Online ResOuRces Visit www.halleonard.com/voices online. Titles will be listed in the same order as they appear in this brochure. Or type the 8-digit product code into the “Search” field. ChoralChoral iSessioniSession Wherever you see the Closer Look icon, New this year, visit our online reading just click it to preview sample pages and session at www.halleonard.com/choral/ audio excerpts. iSession. This innovative technology will allow you to see the full score and hear full recordings of many new titles. WORKSHOPS Choral iSession Full choral arrangements, instrumental Over 100,000 songs available for iPad, accompaniments and mp3 audio including over 2000 choral titles: ORDeR TODAY! available for digital download at www.sheetmusicdirect.us/ipad. Please see the participating music retailers www.choralmusicdirect.com. listed on the back cover to order reference or quantity orders. For questions and comments, please email [email protected]. Prices and availability are subject to change without notice and may vary outside the U.S.A. WORKSHOPS MixeD VOices – seculAR MixeD VOices – New King’s Singers Collection bOb chilcOTT – seculAR nORTh AMeRicAn fOlksOnGs (collection) All The PReTTY arr. Bob Chilcott liTTle hORses Hal Leonard Corporation Yale Glee club series Bob Chilcott joined the King’s Singers in 1987 and sang tenor in the group for 12 years while also serving as their arr. Jeffrey Douma primary arranger. This collection includes 8 favorite G. Schirmer, Inc. North American folksongs, now available for the first This beloved American folk lullaby incorporates the time in a single volume. Includes: Black Is the Color of repeated word “hush-a-bye” throughout the arrange- My True Love’s Hair, Feller from Fortune, The Gift to Be Simple, The Golden ment, creating a sweet and calming effect as the Vanity, I Bought Me a Cat, The Lazy Man, L’habitant de Saint Barbe, She’s Like JeffReY DOuMA melody weaves in and out between the different vocal the Swallow. lines. Simple and straightforward, the setting imparts a quiet note of sadness 08753969 SATB divisi a cappella........................................................... $8.95 and longing. 50490678 SATB divisi a cappella........................................................... $1.90 celebRATiOn sOnGs buRsT fORTh, MY TeARs from Die Fledermaus Johann Strauss (no. 2 from Three Madrigals G. Schirmer, Inc. after Dowland) Here is a delightful set of three popular selections Yale Glee club from the Johann Strauss operetta Die Fledermaus new classic choral series that will be a joyful and effervescent finale or encore Michael Gilberston for community, college and professional concerts at Boosey & Hawkes Christmas, New Year or any gala occasion! Includes: This middle movement from Three Madrigals after Act II Entr’acte and Chorus (“What a Joy to Be MichAel GilbertsOn Dowland by composer Michael Gilbertson is rhyth- Here”), Adele’s Laughing Song, Act II Finale mic, dissonant and angry, expressing a release from the pain of death. When 50490880 SATB ...................................................................................... $2.95 paired with the other two (Weep You No More and Come, Heavy Sleep), this 50490881 Orchestra Accompaniment ................................................. $125.00 wonderful piece of programmatic writing is a lesson in musical emotion. 48021237 SATB/Solo a cappella ............................................................ $1.90 DOORs Of DARinG stan McGill choral series cOMe, heAVY sleeP Andrea Ramsey/ed. Stan McGill (no. 3 from Three Madrigals Hal Leonard Corporation after Dowland) This compelling a cappella setting of a poem by Yale Glee club Henry van Dyke opens plaintively, then moves into a new classic choral series dance-like tempo and a powerful high point where the Michael Gilberston “doors of daring” are thrown open before us and the Boosey & Hawkes final broadening tempo leads to the closing cadence. Written as a dear friend lay dying at a young age, A challenging work for advanced choirs. this movement, along with the other two from the set 08703417 SATB divisi a cappella........................................................... $1.80 (Weep You No More and Burst Forth, My Tears) call on the singers to represent their deepest feelings of grief, anger, love and e PluRibus cAnTus finally, rest. Using long sustained pallets of harmonic color and the dynamics cMe conductor’s choice of a whisper, this powerfully emotional piece will surely touch both singer David L. Brunner and audience. Boosey & Hawkes 48021238 SATB/Solo a cappella ............................................................ $1.90 This David Brunner work evolved from a project that Also available: involved middle, high school and college singers in Weep You no More a virtual choir environment. The text, with its strong rhythm and sturdy refrain, artfully captures what it 48020953 SATB/Solo a cappella ............................................................ $1.90 feels like to be a singer in a chorus, while the choral texture moves from unison to parts, from a single voice to many. The entire work is an anthem to bands of empowered singers everywhere: “From many, comes one song!” Wherever you see the Closer 48021223 SATB ...................................................................................... $1.90 Look icon online, just click it to previewChoral sample pages and audio excerpts. www.halleonard.com/choraliSession 2 WORKSHOPS MixeD VOices – seculAR fYeR, fYeR, MY heART OlD DAn TuckeR Thomas Morley/ed. John Leavitt arr. Carol Barnett Hal Leonard Corporation Walton Music This secular English madrigal dances with rhythmic This imaginative festival setting of the well-known energy and fiery passion! The two soprano parts create folk song allows the choir to “take the stage.” Marked an echo effect if separated spatially. Fun! “boisterous,” it calls for attention from the choir, with 08596806 SSATB a cappella .............................. $1.80 tricky rhythms and quick turns and twists. Several unison sections and easy ranges will help middle cAROl bARneTT school choirs and beyond to have fun with this crowd- pleaser! 08501802 SATB ...................................................................................... $1.90 GAbRiel’s ObOe arr. Craig Hella Johnson Peze kAfé Hal Leonard Corporation arr. Sten Källman Here is the famous theme from the Motion Picture The Walton Music Mission by Ennio Morricone in a distinctive and stun- A colorful arrangement of folk music from Haiti. Lots ning setting written for the choral group, Conspirare. of fun rhythms and sounds keep this piece going in With the choir providing a rich wordless tapestry of a steady beat, with drums and easy percussion. The sound, the featured duo of cello and oboe will create music allows for movement and theatrical effects. an atmosphere of pure magic! Sung in Haitian, it has frequent repetitions of text and 08753947 SATB with Oboe and Cello ............... $1.90 music, making it easier than it sounds! Pronunciation guide included. The keel ROW 08501819 SATB ...................................................................................... $2.10 arr. Philip Lawson Hal Leonard Corporation PRés D’AMOuR Originating as a traditional Tyne River Shanty for the transport of coal, this sturdy tune will fit well in a (Meadows of love) program of folk music, with a steady rowing motion Carrado Margutti in the vocal accompaniment and a dancelike melody Walton Music that passes among the voice parts for textural interest. This impressionistic work is a lovely celebration PhiliP LawsOn 08754408 SATB divisi a cappella ..................... $1.80 of youthful romance, long ago in springtime Italy. Heartfelt harmonies and expressive melodies create the background for a tenor solo. Excellent for high MAke Music sWeeT schools and beyond. In French, with the English trans- cMe conductor’s choice lation included in the music. Jenni Brandon 08501816 SATB a cappella ..................................................................... $2.00 Boosey & Hawkes Composed in a set of three pieces, the poetry in this The sAlleY GARDens piece comes from James Joyce’s collection Chamber arr. John Leavitt Music. The music beautifully portrays the imagery of Hal Leonard Corporation lovers wandering along a river, the essence of a cool From its origins as a poem by William Butler Yeats, valley, and the falling rain. Combined they leave the this lyric has passed into the realm of folk music and listener with the sense of a quiet, hushed world full of now has become one of the most recorded Irish songs love and longing as they are led into a dazzling world heavy with memories. of all time. This arrangement is quite singable, with 48021166 SATB ...................................................................................... $2.25 a delicate piano accompaniment and long fluid vocal lines that are simple and charming. Music in The niGhT 08754073 SATB .................................................. $1.80 David Dickau Walton Music she WAlks in beAuTY An imaginative poem inspired this beautiful work, Kevin Memley well suited for mature high school choirs and beyond. Walton Music Marked “Passionately,” the straight four-part setting