Category: CHILDREN & YOUTH
Composer: Thomas Morley
Arranger: Kenneth Churchill
Publisher: Bourne
Edition: 3537-5
Voicing: SSA
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Br. Paul Richards
The St. John’s Boys Choir, Collegeville 1995
R&R Chair Children & Youth
This is a very predictable setting of the popular 16th century madrigal and is particularly suitable for teaching melodramatic expression.
Category: HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS
Composer: Giovanni Gastoldi
Arranger: Patrick Liebergen
Publisher: Shawnee Press
Edition: MS.A2179
Voicing: SATB
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Steve Dietz
Alexandria High School 2010
R&R Chair High School Choirs
This Italian madrigal (or for the purists – baletto!) has been edited for four voices by Patrick Liebergen. It includes Italian and a […]
Category: MIDDLE LEVEL & JR HIGH
Composer: Adriano Banchieri
Arranger: Patrick M. Liebergen
Publisher: BriLee Music
Edition: BL304
Voicing: SAB
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Stacey Wright Koehler
Breck School 2003
R&R Chair Middle Level & Jr High
Originally titled Nobili Spettatori, this lively madrigal by Italian composer Adriano Banchieri has been adapted by Patrick Liebergen […]
Category: HIGH SCHOOL CHOIRS
Composer: John Wilbye
Arranger: NA
Publisher: Arista Music Company
Edition: AE 494
Voicing: SATB
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Robert Sieving
Apollo High School, St. Cloud 1997
R&R Chair High School Choirs
John Wilbye followed the Italian style of madrigal writing though his pieces were not always modeled on the previous works […]
Category: CHILDREN & YOUTH
Composer: Thomas Morley
Arranger: G. Wallace Woodworth
Publisher: E.C. Schirmer
Edition: 825
Voicing: SSA
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Br. Paul Richards
The St. John’s Boys Choir, Collegeville 1995
R&R Chair Children & Youth
This is a madrigal from the 16th century with a fa-la-la chorus. The setting is predictable. It is […]
Category: COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY
Composer: Jacob Arcadelt
Arranger: NA
Publisher: Walton Pub. Co.
Edition: W7019
Voicing: SATB
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Harry A. Mechell
Winona State University 1993
R&R Chair College & University
“ll Bianco E Dolce Cigno,” a beautiful four-part madrigal setting by the sixteenth century composer, Jacob Arcadelt, is full of the madrigalisms […]
Category: SSAA CHOIRS
Composer: Passereau
Arranger: Norman Greyson
Publisher: Bourne Co
Edition: B205385 353
Voicing: SSAA
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Judy Sagen
Eagan High School 1991
R&R Chair SSAA Choirs
This delightful madrigal must be sung lightly, rather fast, and full of animation. Dynamic contrasts add to the excitement of the piece and the accents […]
Category: MIDDLE LEVEL & JR HIGH
Composer: Pierre Certon
Arranger: Norman Greyson
Publisher: Bourne
Edition: B 205864-35
Voicing: SATB
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Marlys Moscoe-Fiterman
Mounds Park Academy, Crystal 1991
R&R Chair Middle Level & Jr High
French Madrigal – Could easily be done in French, although the French here is Old French, great for […]
Category: SSAA CHOIRS
Composer: Thomas Morley
Arranger: Wilson/Ehret
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
Edition: 5215
Voicing: SSA
Setting: A Cappella
Reviewer:
Judy Sagen
Eagan High School 1990
R&R Chair SSAA Choirs
This madrigal written by Morley contains strong dance-like rhythms with subtle dynamic contrasts. This piece can be used by both a women’s choir or small […]