William Shakespeare

'Endymion' entstand als Geburtstagsgeschenk für den spanischen Komponisten Javier Busto. Das Motiv des mythischen Jünglings Endymion, aufgegriffen in William Shakespeares Kaufmann von Venedig, bildet...

Peter Aston was an English composer and was best known for his choral works. This piece, Three Shakespeare Songs, was written in 1965 and is for Soprano Solo and SA chorus (unaccompanied).

The well-known Shakespeare poem in a dramatic setting, featuring an interesting treatment of the text. The tambourine adds a new color to the performance. For mature high school and college choirs. Du...

In contemporary madrigal style, Daniel Pederson has eloquently set this Shakespeare love poem. This is a high school or college chamber chorus selection that would also be a wonderful festival selecti...

Three texts from Shakespeare combine in a creative and colorful suite for a cappella mixed chorus. Includes: It Was a Lover and His Lass, Oh Mistress Mine, Daffodils. Recorded by The New York Virtuoso...

This collection is sixth in a series of musical settings of lyrics to songs in Shakespeare's plays. This grouping opens with When Daisies Pied, in a colorful madrigalian style, followed by the more om...

This collection is sixth in a series of musical settings of lyrics to songs in Shakespeare's plays. This grouping opens with When Daisies Pied, in a colorful madrigalian style, followed by the more om...

Commissioned by Earl Rivers and the CCM Chamber Choir with a text chosen to celebrate the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death. Composer DiOrio has chosen Bass Clarinet, Violin and Vibraph...

A setting of Shakespeare's much-loved Sonnet 18, Bednall's expressive work highlights this timeless text with sumptuous harmony, including pleasing tonal shifts and topical false relations. Various ch...

This secular work by John Rutter is set to the text of Shakespeare's famous Sonnet No. 18. Throughout the work, Rutter skilfully weaves the figurative language of the sonnet within the lyrical melodic...

This secular work by John Rutter sets the text of Shakespeare's Sonnet No. 18. Rutter skilfully weaves the figurative language of the sonnet within the melodic lines of the music. Shakespeare's text i...

The shades of Finzi and Vaughan Williams are strongly present in these three delightful unaccompanied choral settings, and yet the style and execution are wholly Rutter's own. O mistress mine is a jau...

Originally commissioned for the Missouri All-State choir, this impressive piece builds from a single soprano line to full choir. The innate musicality of the melodic lines almost guarantees expressive...

Originally commissioned for the Missouri All-State choir, this impressive piece builds from a single soprano line to full choir. The innate musicality of the melodic lines almost guarantees expressive...

Johann Hieronymus Kapsberger - ein Virtuose auf der gerade frisch erfundenen Theorbe - schrieb zahllose Kompositionen für dieses Instrument, dessen Platz wohl heute die E-Gitarre eingenommen hat. Die...

Mit dieser Vertonung eines der bekanntesten Sonette William Shakespeares hat Franco Prinsloo ein feinfühliges Chorstück geschaffen, das die Schönheit thematisiert und den Versuch, diese mit dem geschr...

Die Süße und Lebhaftigkeit, die William Shakespeare in seinen Gedichten gerne mit dem Bild der Lerche zum Ausdruck bringt, wird in der Vertonung von Franco Prinsloo wirkungsvoll in Musik umgesetzt. Mi...

Die Nacht bricht langsam an, die düster-mystische Stimmung der Dunkelheit breitet sich aus in dieser Komposition von Dominik J. Dieterle zum Text von William Shakespeare (Ein Sommernachtstraum). Einge...

Music played an enormous role in the works of William Shakespeare, while his own sonnets, poems and soliloquies have provided continuing inspiration for many composers through the years. ''The Novello...

Shakespeare Love Songs features settings of four Shakespeare texts to music, for unaccompanied SATB divisi choir. Composer Owain Park was commissioned by The Maesbury Singers, conducted by Ian MacLeod...

Bernard Hughes ' If We Shadows Have Offended for unaccompanied SATB choir. This work is a setting of text from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 5, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare. Duration: approx. 2 min...

Thomas Arne's Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind arranged by Desmond Ratcliffe for unaccompanied SATB choir. This work is a setting of text from As You Like It, Act 2, Scene 7 by William Shakespeare. Durati...

John Gardner's Four Rounds To Shakespeare Texts for SATB choir unaccompanied.

Henry Leslie's How Sweet The Moonlight Sleeps for SATB choir unaccompanied. This work is a setting of text from The Merchant Of Venice, Act 5, Scene 1 by William Shakespeare. Duration: approx. 2 1/2 m...