Advents- und Weihnachtslieder. Chorbuch für gleiche Stimmen

Beschrijving

70 arrangements of Christmas carols for choirs with two to four Soprano and alto voices, mainly with piano accompaniment. In cooperation with Landesakademie für die musizierenden Jugend in Baden-Württemberg, Ochsenhausen
The repertoire of this choral collection ranges from the Baroque via the Romantic era to modern choral music. New settings of well-known Christmas songs have been especially composed for this collection. Two third of the arrangements are for Coro SSA and piano, about one third for Coro SSAA a cappella. Many renowned composers contributed to this choral collection (Ludwig Böhme, Jürgen Essl, Bobbi Fischer, Clytus Gottwald, John Høybye, Grayston Ives, Tilman Jäger, Fredo Jung, Ko Matsushita, Colin Mawby, York Sommer, Józef ?wider, Alan Wilson). Many of the contemporary arrangements draw on jazz and swing styles, or on pop music. The repertoire is suitable for Advent, Christmas, the New Year and Epiphany. In the conductors volume includes a CD (Ulmer Spatzen Chor, Hans de Gilde) with selected arrangements.