Sacred Music Sheet Music

Eleanor Daley sets well-loved texts by George Herbert in this suite of three pieces. They may be performed separately as part of a church service, or together for an impressive concert piece. This sui...

Eleanor Daley sets this Wesley text in an antiphonal style between the SATB choir and organ (or brass quartet, parts sold separately). The sound is majestic and declamatory, just as one would expect f...

A lyric and serene sacred song, foreshadowing the mood of the Requiem.

SATB, flute, and keyboard. Dicie uses movement in the accompanying vocal lines to add motion throughout this familiar hymn as the upper voices carry the melody. The text is based on Psalm 23.

A setting of the first five joyous verses of Psalm 108.

For SATB, accompanied by brass quartet and timpani, or trumpet and organ - Opening with a brass fanfare, this adaptation of Psalm 96 to the well-known tune 'Crucifer' makes a terrific piece for an Eas...

This piece was composed in 2013, when we cele­brated the 850th anniversary of the cathedral. It is dedi­cated to my great friend Lionel Sow who conducted the cathedral's choir from 2006 to 2014, an ex...

Why are you so far away Adonaï ? Psalm 9B (passim) The psalm 9B is a violent imprecation: the cry of a man hunted down by the enemy "lying in wait, hidden like a lion in the underbrush. Of this God s...

This work started with the study of a manuscript kept at the Strasbourg University Library. This manuscript is a chorus for mixed voices written by Marie Jaëll and dedicated to her husband. In Steinse...

The 37 spiritual canticles constituting the collection by Charles de Courbes were published in 1622 by the music printer of Louis XIII, Pierre Ballard. They are varied polyphonies, covering all the as...

The 37 spiritual canticles constituting the collection by Charles de Courbes were published in 1622 by the music printer of Louis XIII, Pierre Ballard. They are varied polyphonies, covering all the as...

The 37 spiritual canticles constituting the collection by Charles de Courbes were published in 1622 by the music printer of Louis XIII, Pierre Ballard. They are varied polyphonies, covering all the as...

For a catholic Breton like Jean Cras, it was only but natural to write a mass. To choose this "very special genre", an a cappella mass, was the result from his particular technical and aesthetic pursu...

Best known for his operas like Manon (1884) or Werther (1892), Jules Massenet (1842-1912) also wrote orchestral suites and an abundant vocal and choral production, dominated by his many art-songs, som...

Today best known for his music for organ, Alexandre Guilmant (1837-1911) was in his time a famous organist and improviser. His vocal compositions are a significant part of his production as they inclu...

Best remembered as an opera composer (Faust, 1859; Roméo et Juliette, 1867), Charles Gounod (1818-1893) also wrote an important body of religious music testifying to his catholic faith: cantatas, lati...

Two words summarize César Franck (1822-1890), a composer often labeled as a church musician: Christian and romantic. Today known for his symphonic music and his works for organ, Franck also wrote a la...

Léo Delibes left his native Sarthe in 1848 to Paris where he studied at the Conservatoire, whilst being a choir boy at la Madeleine church. A few years later, he became the organist at Saint-Pierre de...

The title of this piece comes from the magnificent great Gregorian antiphon Salve Regina, probably written in the 11th century that has been since inspiring musicians for almost a thousand years. This...

This edition is based on compositions for Boys' (mixed) choir, handbells and six orchestra percussionists written in 2004 as a program for Riga Cathedral boys' choir CD recording, lead by conductor Ma...

The Pastoral Mass op. 24 was first published on 24 . It was performed in Augsburg in December 1851 and has since become an integral part of Christmas church music in Bavaria. In addition to this mass,...

A significant work in the tradition of southern German Latin orchestral masses. The emphasis is on the choir, which is given rich polyphony and expressive melody. The orchestra is small: 1,1,2,1 -2,2,...

Musique Religieuse - Messes

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe des Morts 4 Voix in D minor (Choral-Mixed accompanied)

Rolande Falcinelli's Messe de Saint-Dominique, for Mixed Choir.