Theodore Presser Company Sheet Music

In the nineteenth century, few pieces rivaled the choral 'Prayer' from Rossini's opera/oratorio Mose in Egitto (Moses in Egypt) in popularity. Hailed as 'stunning,' 'powerful,' and 'haunting,' 'Prayer...

Based on text by Kenneth Grahame (The Wind in the Willows), Holmes's charming setting was previously published for treble voices with piano (Thorpe 392-03064) and proved to be quite popular. Now publi...

Written in a lively calypso style, Pollution is deceptively cheerful until you pay attention to the lyrics, which address the damage done to America's water supply by development. Watch a video of Leh...

L-Y demonstrates the use of the suffix '-ly' by illustrating situations where it would come in handy — tiptoeing QUIETLY as you pass a sleeping tiger, for example! Here's a clip of L-Y as it was origi...

Thorpe now makes available Vaughan Williams' work for chorus and orchestra as a full choral score with piano reduction. Using the words of the poem 'Darest thou now, O soul' from Walt Whitman's Leaves...

A short and touching carol with poignant words by the much loved English poet Eleanor Farjeon, (1881-1965), that underscore the disparity between 'the haves' and 'the have nots. ' Duration: 1'15'

A handsome carol with words by the distinguished and much-admired English poet and author Charles Williams (1886-1945). The haunting sound of the solo wind instrument with the otherwise unaccompanied...

Written to be performed outdoors, this is a lighthearted invitation to join the dance and welcome spring, enjoying the gift of life while you can. Dur. : 3'

This profoundly moving and serenely melodic final chorus from the oratorio Theodora is atypical of most Handel oratorio finales and serves as a thoughtful concert piece. Dur. : 3'

Peter Niedmann's arrangement of Jesus Walked This Lonesome Valley has given the spiritual new life, prompting a Boston minister to comment, 'I feel like I've just heard that spiritual for the very fir...

Hymn for a New Land was written for a 2001 Spring Revels production with an immigration theme. The Revels were created in 1971 by John Langstaff and his daughter Carol, who staged a celebration of the...

Woodman sets the traditional text of We Three Kings to an original score, somewhat reminiscent of a faraway time and place. For advanced choirs.

Brian Holmes has been featured in the Thorpe Music catalog with works such as the charming Carol of the Field Mice and the heart-aching Let Evening Come (on text by the late Jane Kenyon). A professor...