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Page 1: “Tried & True” Choral Literature for the Developing Men’s ... · “Tried & True” Choral Literature for the Developing Men’s Choir Ryan A. Person, ... y Pieces in Latin

“Trie

d &

True

” C

ho

ral Lite

ratu

re fo

r the

De

ve

lop

ing

Me

n’s C

ho

ir

Rya

n A

. Pe

rso

n, IC

DA

Me

n’s

Ch

oirs

Re

pe

rtoire

& S

tan

da

rds, J

uly

20

09

U

pb

ea

t Co

nte

mp

ora

ry P

iec

es

in E

ng

lish

A

Trilo

gy o

f Kn

igh

tho

od

Ju

lie G

ard

ne

r B

ray

TT

B, p

ian

o

He

ritag

e

15

/13

15

H

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

G

rea

t for lim

ited

vo

ice

ran

ge

s, w

on

de

rful s

on

g fo

r in

trod

ucin

g T

TB

sin

gin

g, c

on

sis

ts o

f thre

e s

ho

rt so

ng

s, g

rea

t te

xt, th

e g

uys lo

ve

it!

Co

me

Tra

ve

l With

Me

S

co

tt Fa

rthin

g

TT

B, p

ian

o

Wa

lton

H

L0

85

01

43

2

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A

gre

at c

on

ce

rt op

en

er fo

r yo

ur y

ou

ng

me

n! V

ery

sin

ga

ble

ra

ng

es fo

r the

ch

an

ge

d a

nd

un

ch

an

ge

d v

oic

e.

Le

t All M

en

Sin

g

Ke

ith C

hris

top

he

r T

TB

B, p

ian

o

Ha

l Le

on

ard

8

70

31

82

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

U

pb

ea

t, rep

etitiv

e a

nd

is a

n e

asy le

arn

er, tig

ht h

arm

on

ies in

p

lace

s

O M

ag

nify

the

Lo

rd

Da

le G

rote

nh

uis

T

TB

B, p

ian

o

Kjo

s

CH

-12

5

Sa

cre

d

En

glis

h

A fa

nta

stic

pie

ce

tha

t is s

uita

ble

for h

igh

sch

oo

l me

n. A

ca

pp

ella

se

ctio

n in

the

mid

dle

wh

ich

req

uire

s a

B2

low

-E. A

g

rea

t co

nte

st/fe

stiv

al s

ele

ctio

n.

Sh

ou

t for J

oy

Da

n D

avis

on

T

TB

, pia

no

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

nic

e c

on

ce

rt op

en

er w

ith s

ing

ab

le ra

ng

es!

U

pb

ea

t Co

nte

mp

ora

ry P

iec

es

in L

atin

Ca

nta

te D

om

ino

L

au

ra F

arn

ell

TT

B, a

ca

pp

ella

H

al L

eo

na

rd

87

47

42

5

Sa

cre

d

La

tin/

En

glis

h

Gre

at fo

r jun

ior h

igh

/yo

un

g h

igh

sch

oo

l sin

ge

rs, in

co

rpo

rate

s

bo

th L

atin

an

d E

ng

lish

. La

ura

Fa

rne

ll write

s a

we

so

me

arra

ng

em

en

ts fo

r the

de

ve

lop

ing

vo

ice

!

Exsu

tate

justi in

d

om

ino

B

ran

t Ad

am

s

TT

BB

, pia

no

S

an

ta

Ba

rba

ra

SB

MP

17

3

Sa

cre

d

La

tin

G

rea

t pie

ce

! An

effe

ctiv

e te

ach

ing

too

l, a g

rea

t intro

du

ctio

n

to L

atin

, driv

ing

be

at, th

e g

uys lo

ve

it!

Glo

ria

Da

n D

avis

on

T

B, p

ian

o

Wa

lton

Mu

sic

WL

G1

21

S

acre

d

La

tin

Inte

nd

ed

for y

ou

ng

er s

ing

ers

(jun

ior h

igh

), gre

at in

trod

uctio

n

to L

atin

, qu

ite s

imp

le y

et e

ffectiv

e

Glo

ria!

Ke

ith C

hris

top

he

r T

TB

B, p

ian

o

Be

lwin

S

VM

04

07

3

Sa

cre

d

La

tin

A

n u

nd

isco

ve

red

ge

m! P

rima

rily h

om

op

ho

nic

sin

gin

g,

rep

etitiv

e te

xt, a

gre

at c

on

test s

ele

ctio

n fo

r hig

h s

ch

oo

l me

n,

req

uire

s a

B2

low

F

Ju

bila

te D

eo

! L

au

ra F

arn

ell

TT

B, p

ian

o

Ha

l Le

on

ard

8

74

59

06

S

acre

d

La

tin

Ve

ry rh

yth

mic

, sw

itch

es b

etw

ee

n 5

/8 a

nd

2/4

for m

uch

of th

e

pie

ce

, co

mfo

rtab

le ra

ng

es fo

r all v

oic

es

Pre

-20

th Ce

ntu

ry P

iec

es

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Do

wn

Am

on

g th

e D

ea

d

Me

n

Arr. R

alp

h

Va

ug

ha

n

Willia

ms

TT

BB

, a

ca

pp

ella

E

.C.

Sch

irme

r

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A

n o

ld E

ng

lish

air, m

ove

s a

lon

g q

uic

kly

, a fu

n s

on

g to

sin

g

an

d p

erfo

rm

Fo

ur G

erm

an

Fo

lk

So

ng

s

Arr. D

ale

Gro

ten

hu

is

TT

BB

, pia

no

(fou

r ha

nd

s)

Na

tion

al

NM

P2

97

S

ecu

lar

Ge

rma

n/

En

glis

h

Inclu

de

s fo

ur s

on

gs in

Ge

rma

n a

nd

En

glis

h, firs

t two

are

acco

mp

an

ied

, last tw

o a

re u

na

cco

mp

an

ied

, fun

pie

ce

s fo

r te

ach

ing

a m

ore

ch

alle

ng

ing

lan

gu

ag

e

Hu

nte

r’s C

ho

rus

Ca

rl Ma

ria v

on

W

eb

er, e

d. M

ea

d

TT

BB

, pia

no

G

. Sch

irme

r H

L5

03

15

74

0

Se

cu

lar

G

erm

an

o

r E

ng

lish

Up

-tem

po

with

a to

ug

he

r Ge

rma

n te

xt, fro

m D

er F

reis

ch

utz

With

Vo

ice

s R

ejo

icin

g

W. A

. Mo

za

rt T

TB

B, p

ian

o

E.C

.

Sch

irme

r

21

83

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

Fro

m T

he

Ma

rriag

e o

f Fig

aro

, ve

ry s

ho

rt pie

ce

with

blo

ck

ch

ord

s, a

n e

asy n

ote

lea

rne

r an

d g

rea

t intro

du

ctio

n to

fou

r-p

art s

ing

ing

Pra

ise

Ye

the

Lo

rd o

f H

osts

Sa

int-S

ae

ns –

a

rr. Ro

ge

r E

me

rso

n

TT

BB

, pia

no

H

al L

eo

na

rd

85

96

73

8

Sa

cre

d

La

tin

U

p-te

mp

o w

ith e

asy b

lock c

ho

rds, e

asy le

arn

er, a

gre

at w

ay

to in

co

rpo

rate

cla

ssic

co

mp

ose

rs in

to y

ou

r rep

erto

ire

P

iec

es

at a

Slo

we

r Te

mp

o

Ad

ora

mu

s T

e

G. P

. Pa

lestrin

a

TT

BB

, a

ca

pp

ella

Bo

urn

e

10

06

37

S

acre

d

La

tin

Th

ere

are

no

t ma

ny g

oo

d m

en

’s a

rran

ge

me

nts

of P

ale

strin

a

aro

un

d, a

re th

ere

? T

his

is n

ot o

ve

rly d

ifficu

lt bu

t is in

ten

de

d

for h

igh

sch

oo

l sin

ge

rs. It is

pe

rform

ed

at a

slo

w te

mp

o a

nd

re

qu

ires s

ign

ifica

nt m

usic

al p

hra

sin

g.

Aw

ake

nin

g, T

he

Jo

se

ph

Ma

rtin

TT

BB

, pia

no

S

ha

wn

ee

C

02

86

E

ithe

r E

ng

lish

T

he

me

n’s

vo

icin

g o

f this

pa

rticu

lar a

rran

ge

me

nt is

qu

ite

stu

nn

ing

! Allo

ws fo

r bo

th ly

ric p

hra

sin

g a

nd

rip-ro

arin

g

forte

s

Do

wn

By th

e S

alle

y

Ga

rde

ns

Do

ug

las E

. W

ag

ne

r T

BB

, pia

no

H

erita

ge

1

5/2

22

6H

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

gre

at a

rran

ge

me

nt o

f this

trad

ition

al Iris

h tu

ne

, sin

ga

ble

ra

ng

es fo

r all v

oic

e p

arts

, ve

ry n

ice

an

d e

asy h

arm

on

ies

Fo

r the

Fa

llen

M

ike

Sa

mm

es

TT

BB

, pia

no

P

ava

ne

E

CS

21

4

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A

mo

vin

g p

iece

with

a g

rea

t text re

ferrin

g to

ou

r falle

n

so

ldie

rs, a

qu

ick e

asy le

arn

er th

at c

ou

ld b

e u

se

d in

a v

arie

ty

of d

iffere

nt s

ettin

gs

Wh

o A

re th

e B

rave

?

Jo

se

ph

Ma

rtin

TT

B, p

ian

o

Ha

l Le

on

ard

8

70

31

82

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

tribu

te to

tho

se

wh

o h

ave

se

rve

d in

ba

ttle, ra

the

r sim

ple

th

ree

-pa

rt ha

rmo

nie

s b

ut re

qu

ires a

we

ll-pro

du

ce

d s

ou

nd

for

true

effe

ctiv

en

ess, y

ou

ng

me

n lo

ve

sin

gin

g th

is p

iece

A

me

rica

n M

us

ic

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Co

lora

do

Tra

il A

rr. Do

na

ld

Mo

ore

T

TB

, pia

no

B

riLe

e

BL

16

2

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A

trad

ition

al fo

lk s

on

g y

ou

r me

n w

ill en

joy, e

asy n

ote

le

arn

ing

, a g

rea

t tea

ch

ing

too

l for d

eve

lop

ing

bre

ath

an

d

lon

g p

hra

sin

g

Do

wn

in th

e V

alle

y

Arr. G

eo

rge

M

ea

d

TT

BB

, pia

no

G

ala

xy

1.1

71

6.1

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

cla

ssic

wh

ich

is p

rob

ab

ly in

mo

st o

f yo

ur h

igh

sch

oo

l ch

ora

l libra

ries, a

slo

we

r pie

ce

wh

ich

is g

rea

t for c

on

test, a

n

ea

sy p

iece

to s

ing

an

d is

extre

me

ly e

ffectiv

e w

ith th

e g

uys

O C

ap

tain

! My

Ca

pta

in!

Jo

hn

Le

avitt

TT

BB

, pia

no

H

al L

eo

na

rd

87

40

03

0

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

We

ll-writte

n h

arm

on

ies a

nd

a p

iece

me

n a

lwa

ys e

njo

y

sin

gin

g! U

pb

ea

t an

d m

an

ly!

Sa

lute

to A

me

rica

M

ark

Ha

ye

s

TT

BB

, pia

no

He

ritag

e/

Lo

ren

z

15

/23

42

H-

3

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A m

ed

ley o

f pa

triotic

so

ng

s in

clu

din

g: Y

ou

’re a

Gra

nd

Old

F

lag

, Ya

nke

e D

oo

dle

Da

nd

y, A

me

rica

the

Be

au

tiful, T

he

S

tar S

pa

ng

led

Ba

nn

er

Viv

e L

’Am

ou

r S

ha

w/P

ark

er

TT

BB

, a

ca

pp

ella

P

ava

ne

E

CS

21

4

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A

mo

vin

g p

iece

with

a g

rea

t text re

ferrin

g to

ou

r falle

n

so

lide

rs, a

qu

ick e

asy le

arn

er th

at c

ou

ld b

e u

se

d in

a v

arie

ty

of d

iffere

nt s

ettin

gs

S

on

gs

from

the

Britis

h Is

les

, Au

stra

lia, &

Afric

a

Fe

rgu

s a

n’ M

olly

V

ijay S

ing

h

TT

BB

, re

co

rde

r, gu

itar

or p

ian

o

Be

lwin

O

CT

96

05

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

so

ng

yo

ur m

en

will lo

ve

! Ca

n b

e q

uite

ch

alle

ng

ing

as

the

re is

a tric

ky a

ca

pp

ella

se

ctio

n in

the

mid

dle

, a g

rea

t so

ng

for c

on

test

Fin

na

n H

ad

die

V

ijay S

ing

h

TT

BB

, re

co

rde

r, gu

itar

or p

ian

o

Be

lwin

O

CT

96

07

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

fun

an

d re

lativ

ely

ea

sy p

iece

to le

arn

, ha

s a

hu

mo

rou

s te

xt

tha

t the

bo

ys e

njo

y, u

pb

ea

t, Ce

ltic in

flue

nce

Sta

r of C

o. D

ow

n, T

he

D

on

ald

Pa

triqu

in

TT

BB

w/ te

no

r so

lois

t, pia

no

E

arth

so

ng

s

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

rob

ust Iris

h fo

lk s

on

g w

hic

h is

qu

ite w

ord

y, fu

n s

on

g w

ith

so

me

un

iqu

e d

iale

ct o

pp

ortu

nitie

s

Th

e B

alla

d o

f Skip

pe

r K

nig

ht

Ste

ph

en

Ha

tfield

T

TB

, pia

no

H

al L

eo

na

rd

48

01

94

24

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

Prim

arily

two

-pa

rt sin

gin

g in

the

pie

ce

with

a fe

w th

ree-p

art

div

isio

ns. G

rea

t for y

ou

r yo

un

ge

r sin

ge

rs!

Tsh

ots

ho

loza

A

rr. Je

ffery

Am

es

TT

BB

w/ te

no

r so

lois

t, op

t. p

erc

ussio

n

Wa

lton

H

L0

85

01

54

6

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A

win

ne

r! Afric

an

free

do

m s

on

g w

ith a

gre

at b

ea

t, rep

etitiv

e

text a

nd

ea

sy n

ote

lea

rnin

g –

Me

n lo

ve

this

pie

ce

an

d w

ill co

nsid

er it o

ne

of th

e fa

vo

rite s

on

gs o

f the

ye

ar! A

no

ther

gre

at p

iece

for in

trod

ucin

g fo

ur-p

art h

arm

on

y a

s it is

p

rima

rily h

om

op

ho

nic

S

ailo

r So

ng

s

A C

ap

ital S

hip

A

rr. Mik

e

Ric

ha

rdso

n

TT

BB

, a

ca

pp

ella

Ma

rk F

oste

r M

F 1

06

5

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

A g

oo

d s

on

g to

use

as a

n in

trod

uctio

n to

a c

ap

pe

lla s

ing

ing

,

B2

ne

ed

s a

low

F, e

asy le

arn

er

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Ca

pe

Co

d G

irls

Arr. E

mily

C

rocke

r T

TB

B, p

ian

o

Ha

l Le

on

ard

8

70

31

83

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

fun

ny s

on

g w

ith a

un

iqu

e te

xt, a

ca

pp

ella

se

ctio

n in

the

m

idd

le, u

pb

ea

t an

d e

nte

rtain

ing

!

Me

rma

id, T

he

A

rr. Mic

ha

el L

evi

TT

BB

, pia

no

C

PP

Be

lwin

S

V9

50

4

Se

cu

lar

En

glis

h

F

ou

r-pa

rt ha

rmo

nie

s w

ith s

olo

op

po

rtun

ities, lo

ts o

f h

om

op

ho

ny, a

rela

tive

ly q

uic

k le

arn

er a

s n

ote

s a

re q

uite

e

asy, a

fun

so

ng

to p

erfo

rm

On

the

De

ep

, Blu

e S

ea

M

ary

Do

nn

elly

, a

rr. Ge

org

e S

trid

TT

B, p

ian

o

Ha

l Le

on

ard

8

55

12

78

S

ecu

lar

En

glis

h

A

fan

tastic

pie

ce

for th

e d

eve

lop

ing

me

n’s

gro

up

, ve

ry

sin

ga

ble

ran

ge

s fo

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