Schott Musik

This short dreamy choral work is a tapestry of subtle, ever shifting beauty. This piece is inspired by a passage from Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Essay on the Origin of Languages. Katherine Balch further...

It is particularly in his choral music that Peteris Vasks reveals his strong attachment to his Latvian home country. Nature, customs and traditions and the idea of freedom are the central themes of th...

O Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens' (O lord, make me an instrument of your peace), Op. 37/1, is a motet by Kurt Hessenberg for a six-part mixed choir a cappella, composed in 1946. It is a...

O Herr, mache mich zum Werkzeug deines Friedens' (O lord, make me an instrument of your peace), Op. 37/1, is a motet by Kurt Hessenberg for a six-part mixed choir a cappella, composed in 1946. It is a...

gemischter Chor (SMezATTBB) mit Tenor-Solo

Puisque tout passe - [Since all is passing] is one of six songs for mixed choir from 1939. It is one of the most natural and spontaneous pieces among Hindemith's a cappella choral works. This work is...

3 leichte Chorlieder - Nr. 3

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Davide Perez (1711-1782), who was known to his contemporaries above all as a composer of operas, wrote this skilful late baroque passiontide motet setting of the well-known words from the story of Chr...

'Sing, sing, sing a song, always sing a song. When you're down and wear a frown, always sing a song' - these are the words with which the famous song-writer Klaus Neuhaus begins a song which he has wr...

No other Christmas carol has been as successful throughout the world as 'Silent Night'. It is not only sung in many languages of this world but has also inspired numerous composers to write arrangemen...

Commissioned for the International Choral Festival 'Europa cantat', this little cheerful madrigal was written in 2006 by the composer Enjott Schneider (*1950) from Munich. The Latin text ('Trinklied'...

Commissioned for the International Choral Festival 'Europa cantat', this little cheerful madrigal was written in 2006 by the composer Enjott Schneider (*1950) from Munich. The Latin text ('Trinklied'...

Taking as his theme the use of traditional birds' names as pet names for women, Vasks has created a very poetic piece of music based on a text in the Latvian language. German and English translations...

Written for church services, Bertold Hummel's motets were first performed by the choirs of the Würzburg Cathedral. This Dankhymnus enjoys remarkable popularity. The text from the first Christian centu...

A zippy song to be sung with extra motions: clapping and stomping.The big hit at the Open Singing events at the Europa Cantat Festival in Mainz!

Unter diesem Titel sind 'A Choral Fanfare' und das 'Signum' des Festivals 'Europa Cantat 2006' zusammengeführt. Die beiden kurzen, prägnanten Stücke können auch einzeln a cappella aufgeführt werden, m...

Three Christmas carols in easy settings by the English choir conductor Malcolm Goldring.The original Basque Christmas lullaby 'The Infant King' is very popular in English-speaking areas. The gentle so...

During his second American tour (1938) Paul Hindemith wrote numerous songs for musical amateurs, including traditional children's songs for American schoolbooks, amongst others. The songs provided wit...