John Michael Cooper

The setting of the 42nd Psalm 'Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser' op. 42 for soloists, choir and large orchestra was composed in 1837. For the present edition, the renowned Mendelssohn speci...

With his oratorio 'St. Paul' ('Paulus'), Op. 36, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created a masterpiece of gripping drama and profound spirituality. Tracing the moving transformation of Saul into the Apost...

Ballad by Goethe for soloists, choir and orchestra - piano reduction by the composer Edited by John Michael Cooper Text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In the summer of 1799, Goethe wrote his ballad Th...

This is one of two short sacred choruses and two sacred songs on the same texts that Bonds composed in 1968. Bonds originally composed the work for solo voice and piano, then arranged it for chorus wi...

Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his 'Hymn of Praise' in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth - and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper,...

> Urtext edition of Mendelssohn's last orchestral psalm > Bilingual Foreword (Ger/Eng) and Critical Commentary (Eng) > Words underlaid in both German and English > Piano reduction based on the first p...

Ballade von Goethe für Soli, Chor und Orchester Herausgegeben von John Michael Cooper Text von Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Im Sommer 1799 schrieb Goethe seine Ballade Die erste Walpurgisnacht und bat...

With the 42nd Psalm 'Wie der Hirsch schreit' (As the Hart Pants) Op. 42, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created one of his most moving and personal masterpieces of sacred choral music. From the very firs...

In 1969, soprano Leontyne Price commissioned Bonds to set I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free and three other spirituals for performance with the Rust College A Cappella Choir. The setting refl...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

The three motets op. 69 and the three psalm settings op. 78 are part of the standard repertoire of many choirs and vocal ensembles. The editions by the two Mendelssohn specialists Hiromi Hoshino and M...

With his oratorio »St. Paul« (Paulus) Op. 36, Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy created one of the most moving and powerful sacred masterworks of the Romantic era. The work vividly portrays the dramatic con...

Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy completed his first oratorio - "Paulus" op. 36 - in 1836 at the age of 27. The first version, which was premiered on May 22, 1836, underwent extensive revision. This second...

Ballad by Goethe for soloists, choir and orchestra - piano reduction by the composer Edited by John Michael Cooper Text by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe In the summer of 1799, Goethe wrote his ballad Th...

The setting of the 42nd Psalm 'Wie der Hirsch schreit nach frischem Wasser' op. 42 for soloists, choir and large orchestra was composed in 1837. For the present edition, the renowned Mendelssohn speci...

The setting of Psalm 98 was written within a few weeks as a commissioned composition in Mendelssohn's new position as Prussian General Music Director and was premiered by the Berlin Cathedral Choir on...

Mendelssohn’s contemporaries frequently mentioned his 'Hymn of Praise' in the same breath as Beethoven’s Ninth - and often enough viewed it as an imitation. Mendelssohn authority John Michael Cooper,...