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O Jesulein süß (O little one sweet) for men's voices
Arrangement based on Bach's harmonisation of the old German Christmas tune O Jesulein süß
O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild!
Des Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt;
Bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich,
Uns armen Menschen worden gleich,
O Jesulein süß, o Jesule... moreArrangement based on Bach's harmonisation of the old German Christmas tune O Jesulein süß
O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild!
Des Vaters Willn hast du erfüllt;
Bist kommen aus dem Himmelreich,
Uns armen Menschen worden gleich,
O Jesulein süß, o Jesulein mild!
[O little one sweet o little one mild
You have fulfilled your Father's will
You've come down from the heavens
and become the same as us mortals
O little one sweet o little one mild]
[etc]
video:
The 12 days of Christmas a Conductor's nightmare
A choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons
A version for SATB is also available at the link below
The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Para... moreA choral spoof on the 12 Days of Christmas, composed and performed by David W Solomons
A version for SATB is also available at the link below
The cartoon animation was created, from a "choirboy" caricature of the composer by "Dale", by David Marsh (Paramolehill)
The words (taking the last verse) are
...on the twelfth day of Christmas the choir processed in song
and twelve candles dripped
eleven altos flipped
and ten lines were clipped
and nine gins were sipped
and eight crept to the crypt
and seven hymn books slipped
and six basses quipped
and five sang in tune!
and four cassocks ripped
and three lost their script
and two tenors tripped
and the soloist got it all wrong. less
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Dal Lecto me levava by Michele Pesenti
Sung here as ATTB
Also Score for SATB:
https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-326575_dal_lecto_me_levava_for_satb_choir.html
Arrangement of a madrigal by Michele Pesenti (also known as Micha Pesentus, Michael Pesentus and other versions of the n... more
Sung here as ATTB
Also Score for SATB:
https://dwsolo.musicaneo.com/sheetmusic/sm-326575_dal_lecto_me_levava_for_satb_choir.html
Arrangement of a madrigal by Michele Pesenti (also known as Micha Pesentus, Michael Pesentus and other versions of the name).
He was a priest in Italy (possibly Verona or Ferrara) and lived from about 1470 to 1521. This song "Dal lecto me levava" appears to have been one of the first of its kind to signal the move from the traditional frottole (which had mainly a homophonic movement, and often had just a single voice with instruments) into the more familiar madrigal style, where all the lines were sung and where the movement was more contrapuntal.
My understanding of the original madrigal is that the priest is considering getting up for another day devoted to the Lord, but the crane, some kind of holy messenger, possibly even St Michael (who is sometimes referred to as the ambassador of the Lord), tells him that it is not yet time to get up . . . less
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Les escargots qui vont a l'enterrement - Prevert
Song of the two snails who go to the funeral of a dead leaf. Poem by Jacques Prévert. Music composed for two unaccompanied altos (countertenors) and sung by David W Solomons (one of my first multitrack recordings back in the early 1980s).
video:
The Elves after Leconte de Lisle
The Elves after Leconte de Lisle - a mini-cantata
English version by S N Solomons after the poem by Leconte de Lisle
Music composed and performed by David W Solomons
with Helge Øye playing alto and tenor recorders
video:
Music all powerful by Thomas Forbes Walmisley
Audio downloadable at
https://davidwarinsolomons.bandcamp.com/track/music-all-powerful
Part song (glee) by Thomas Forbes Walmisley
(father of Thomas Attwood Walmisley)
poem by Henry Kirke White
video:
The Lover - Before my gaze she stands - alto trio and guitar ostinato
The Lover (Before my gaze she stands) for 3 altos and guitar
This is the setting of a poem by my father inspired by L'Amoureuse by Paul Eluard
as a hypnotic canon trio of altos over a guitar ostinato (the guitar part is played in an electronic form he... moreThe Lover (Before my gaze she stands) for 3 altos and guitar
This is the setting of a poem by my father inspired by L'Amoureuse by Paul Eluard
as a hypnotic canon trio of altos over a guitar ostinato (the guitar part is played in an electronic form here), in Dorian mode.
The music is the same as the piece "My love is far from here", but with the original words by my father
video:
Extracts from a medley by Roger Emerson of Beatles songs
The complete 16 minute performance of this Beatles Medley can be obtained on
http://www.www.cdbaby.com/dwsChorale4
and also on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-is-all-you-need-ep/id397680321
Amazon
http://a-fwd.com/asin-com=B003G8F6GQ
a... moreThe complete 16 minute performance of this Beatles Medley can be obtained on
http://www.www.cdbaby.com/dwsChorale4
and also on iTunes
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/love-is-all-you-need-ep/id397680321
Amazon
http://a-fwd.com/asin-com=B003G8F6GQ
and many other download distributors.
This video features just 9 short extracts from that mp3, which is duly licensed for download through Limelight.
The songs in the complete medley are
All you need is love
Sgt Pepper's lonely hearts club band
With a little help from my friends
Imagine
Here comes the sun
A Hard day's night
Ticket to ride
The long and winding road
When I'm 64
Strawberry fields
Yesterday
She loves you
All you need is love (reprise) less
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Hari Bouriquet (Gee up little Donkey) by Sermisy with English translation
Hari Bouriquet (Gee up little donkey)
Second version - with tentative translation in the video itself
This is a satirical madrigal mocking the Catholics of the timebased on a madrigal allegedly composed by Claudin de Sermisy....
(actually I find this ... moreHari Bouriquet (Gee up little donkey)
Second version - with tentative translation in the video itself
This is a satirical madrigal mocking the Catholics of the timebased on a madrigal allegedly composed by Claudin de Sermisy....
(actually I find this hard to believe since he was a good Catholic, but maybe someone has further information?)...
The original is partly in Renaissance French of the court and partly in a dialect of that period.
Performed by the dwsChorale (a one-man choir)