Spiritual 1874
One of the first arrangements (published in 1874) of this spiritual, as it was sung by the first vocal ensembles some of whose members were born as slaves in the United States.
F. HENSEL
MeF 863 - Fanny Hensel : Abendlich schon rauscht der Wald. In the evening, a whisper rises from the depths of the woods.
Drinking song
A play full of humor (it's in the fall season that you get fat and fat ...) which can be put into dialogue male voice + female voice (it's in the season that you get large and fat).
C. ZUMEL
The food and drink songs are still as relevant today! Following, among others, Leonard Bernstein who sang cooking recipes, here is that of Paella de vermicelli, a traditional Spanish dish. César Zumel, composer and choirmaster, was born in 1970....
A. GEDALGE
Here is an astonishing music by a forgotten composer concerned with the melodic line and the sound envelope. Yet André Gédalge was at the Paris Conservatory the teacher of Maurice Ravel, Darius Milhaud and George Enesco. The throbbing...
CAROL
Two easy and lively songs harmonized by François-Alexandre GEVAERT. They fit perfectly for a Christmas concert, without requiring a significant choral investment.
FOLK SONG
Inserted by Jan Frans Willems in his collection of "Oude Vlaemsche Liederen" (Flemish songs old - traditional), published in 1848. This music, whose melody is written in the Gregorian mode of D, according to the Credo of the Duplex Mass, is...
D. COSAERT
A variation between jazz and contemporary music, on the first lines of the finale of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Hymnus refers to the European Anthem but only keeps a short extract (Freude schöner Götterfunken ...) and uses the onomatopoeias of...
H. DU MONT (Dumont)
MeF 1767 - Henry Dumont: Panis angelicus, motet for 4 mixed voices and basso continuo. The motets for 2,3 or 4 voices were published when Henry Dumont was still the organist of the Saint-Paul church in Paris. They are representative of a new...
A. BRUCKNER
Anton Bruckner has published five different versions of Tantum Ergo whose general structures are similar (homophony of voices, identical breathing of the text ...). The first four are with 4 mixed voices and the fifth (in D) is with five mixed...
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CAROL
MeF 1119 : Oyez, honorables bourgeois (God rest you merry, gentlemen). Traditional english carol arranged by Bernard Lallement. English and french texts. More about Bernard Lallement
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J-B LULLY
MeF 356 - Jean-Baptiste Lully : Air des trembleurs (for 3 mixed voices). Everybody knows Henry Purcell's "Air du Froid", taken from King Arthur, composed in 1691. Lully had used this principle of vocal staccato as early as 1677 to evoke the...
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C. FRANCK
MeF 1781 : César Franck - Ave Maria ( sop, ten (alt), bass) for 3 mixed voices and organ More about César Franck
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NOEL TRADITIONNEL
MeF 1118 : Noël du Languedoc for 3 mixed voices a cappella. A simple and easy joyful traditional carol from the south of France
F. de la Tombelle
This Stabat Mater Dolorosa composed between 1911-1912 and lasting 12 to 15 minutes, alternates the stanzas sung by the choir and those sung in psalmody. Fernand de la Tombelle, very sensitive to access to music for all, wrote a simple, fluid...
F. de la TOMBELLE
How not to fall in love with this hymn composed by Fernand de la Tombelle! This composer is to be rediscovered! His music is elegant, subtle and delicate. The AVE VERUM met with great success at the beginning of the 20th century and remains...
J-B LULLY
A Pastoral is a musical genre that idyllically illustrates nature, shepherds and shepherdesses. The one entitled "Les Festes de l'Amour et de Bachus", in a prologue and three acts, was performed in 1672. It is made up of extracts from different...
B. LALLEMENT
A satirical song (prohibited in its time) mocking the french king Louis the 14th and his many extra marital adventures. We quote in the song both the maids and gardeners as the noble ladies (Mme de Montespan, Mme de Soubise) and, of course, the...
H. DUMONT
Composed in 1663, the "Airs à 4, basse continu, (...), on the paraphrase of some psalms and hymns by Messire Antoine Godeau" are small motets representative of French Baroque music in the time of Louis th 14th in Paris and in Versailles. "Since...
LULLY
A Pastoral is a musical genre that idyllically illustrates nature, shepherds and shepherdesses. The one entitled "Les Festes de l'Amour et Bachus", in a prologue and three acts, was performed in 1672. It is made up of extracts from different...
C. VERCHER
Poem by Paul Verlaine from Les Fêtes Galantes (1869): Calm in the half day What tall branches do. Let’s penetrate our love From this deep silence.
D. COSAERT
A variation between jazz and contemporary music, on the first lines of the finale of Beethoven's 9th symphony. Hymnus refers to the European Anthem but only keeps a short extract (Freude schöner Götterfunken ...) and uses the onomatopoeias of...
G. VERDI
The very famous Slaves Chorusr from Verdi Nabucco's opera. Piano accompaniment available under the reference MeF 901P
C. de SERMISY
MeF 505PDF - Claudin de Semisy : Ceux de Picardie - easy and lively Renaissance song. This earthy and joyful drinking song is very simple and easy to remember. Halfway between Renaissance and Middle Ages music, it celebrates the ability of Piacrds...
