Search Results: Oratorios from Serenissima Music, Inc.

This new vocal score is a digitally enhanced reprint of the one fist issued by C.F. Peters, Leipzig in the late 19th century, based upon the Bach Gesellschaft edition with the classic keyboard reduction by Gustav Rosler. With added measure numbers and in a large, easy-to-read A4 size, choruses and students of Bach's music will appreciate having this authoritative score in their libraries.

SATB soli, SATB chorus / Piano ; ISMN: 979-0-800001-64-2

A new, digitally-enhanced reissue of the chorus score first published by G. Schirmer, New York around 1892. Measure numbers have been added, along with rehearsal letters from the definitive 1875 full score edited by Julius Rietz, first issued by Breitkopf und Härtel and subsequently reprinted by Broude, Dover, Lucks. In contrast so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and the images have been thoroughly checked to make sure it is readable, is beautifully printed on off-white stock with a quality cover.

"Elijah" is probably the most dramatic oratorio ever written - crowded with stirring incident and music which claims attention. It was the composer's desire to be dramatic, and he knew how to achieve his end. The text is a mosaic of biblical verses taken principally from the First Book of Kings, but having the effect of a vivid, spontaneous story. As with Mendelsoohn's earlier St. Paul, the text was arranged by Julius Schubring. The English translation was made by William Bartholomew, who sent it to the composer piecemeal as he worked. The musical character of Elijah is clearly drawn, and Mendelssohn has succeeded in making the prophet "A man strong and zealous, full of bitterness and scorn, the antagonist of the rabble, whether of courtiers or populace, well nigh the antagonist of the world, yet borne aloft on the wings of angels." Unabridged digitally enhanced reprint of the vocal score edited by Hermann Ktrezschmar and published in Leipzig by C.F. Peters in the early 20th century.

This is a new, digitally-enhanced reissue of the classic vocal score edited by H.W. Nicholl, with a piano reduction arranged by Felix Mendelssohn that was first issued in 1900 by G. Schirmer of New York. With English text by Charles Jennens adapted from the Bible, this authoritative score is now available in an affordable, easy to read format designed for choruses everywhere. In contrast so many of the on-demand scores now available, this one comes with all the pages and the images have been thoroughly checked to make sure it is readable, is beautifully printed on off-white stock with a quality cover.

Chadwick's "Lyric Drama" was first performed on 26 September, 1901 at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, Massachusetts with the composer conducting soloists and the Worcester Music Festival chorus and orchestra. This digitally restored vocal score is a reprint of the one originally issued by G. Schirmer in 1901.
STTBB soli, SATB Chorus / Piano ; ISMN: 979-0-58021-021-0

This oratorio by a youthful Camille Saint-Saens was first performed by soloists, chorus and small string orchestra for the 1858 Christmas service at the Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris. The composer''s colleague Eugene Gigout arranged the vocal score, which is presented here in a digitally-enhanced reprint of the one issued by G. Schirmer early in the 20th century. As with the other titles in this series, measure numbers have been added and rehearsal systems have been checked for compliance with the widely available orchestral parts on IMSLP and elsewhere. The large A4 size is quite convenient for soloists, choruses, and directors alike.
Prelude (dans de style de Seb. Bach)
Recit et Choeur
Air
Air et Choeur
Duo (Benedictus)
Choeur
Trio
Quatuor
Quintette et Choeur
Choeur
SMzATB soli, SATB chorus / Piano ; ISMN: 979-0-800001-73-4.

Mendelssohn's first great excursion into the genre of oratorio was first performed in 1836 in Düsseldorf at a festival. Set to a libretto by Julius Schubring based on the Bible, it soon gained considerable popularity in England, which resulted in his famous second oratorio, Elijah. The definitive vocal score reprinted here, edited by the German musicologist Alfred Dörffel, with a piano reduction prepared by the composer's student August Horn, features both the original German and the subsequent English text. First issued around 1890 by C.F. Peters, this digitally-enhanced reissue has been enlarged to a very readable A4 size, with measure numbers and rehearsal letters added.