Schott Musik

'Particularly suitable for youth choir'. This distinction was given by the jury of the International Competition for Choral Composition 2013 to Pan Xingzimin's 'Poem I'. The text of this secular chora...

Ivan Božicevic, born in 1961, drew his inspiration for the eight-part meditation 'Yuku haru ya' from the famous haiku 'Departing Spring' by Matsuo Bashô. The secular a-cappella work for mixed choir is...

Gaetano Lorandi's eight-part 'Ave verum' for mixed a-cappella choir was awarded a prize by the jury of the International Federation of Choral Music in 2013 for its high repertoire value and its great...

The Irish composer Frank Corcoran already won several first prizes, such as for his English-language choral composition 'Eight Haikus' at the International Foundation for Choral Music in 2013. The alm...

Ein anspruchsvolles Stück, welches Liebesgedichte aus 'Rumi: The Book of Love' vertont. Kammerchöre werden in weltlichen Konzerten ihre Freude haben und können sich durch fein eingesetzte Dynamik und...

A quiet, meditative setting of the Charlotte Smith text by the young British composer Christopher W. Evans. Beautiful melodic lines move largely by step and interweave contrapuntally, creating second-...

Agnus Dei in a somewhat dark setting with a solo soprano hovering above. The composition by the young Polish composer is particularly suitable for chamber choir concerts, requires full command of the...

Szymon Godziemba-Trytek, born in Poland in 1988, already is one of the acclaimed choral composers of our time and has been awarded numerous prizes at national and international composition competition...

A demanding large-scale work for 16-part mixed a-cappella choir. Spherical sounds and changing harmonies are in contrast to expressive interjections. First prize at the International Composition Compe...

A joy for the audience and choir alike. This contemporary work plays with Gregorian motifs and combines late-Romantic elements with distinctive passages. Prize winner at the international composition...

The composition 'An Evening Prayer' for four-part mixed a-cappella choir (SATB) by Magdalena Zimmermann is based on a sacred poem by the English Baroque poet and philosopher Thomas Browne. To set thes...

Nino Rota's Mass was composed in Rome in 1962, the very same year when the Second Vatican Council formally opened in 1962, whose fundamental changes regarding the use of liturgical music directly foun...

An elaborate Advent motet for eight- to multi-part chamber choir. Occasionally harmonically demanding, this piece is characterized by repeating motifs and broad chords occurring successively.

The extremely compositional versatility of Enjott Schneider is evident even in the small(est) form of choral music. In his about four-and-a-half-minute sacred choral work Ubi caritas for six-part mixe...

The mass was composed to be easy to rehearse and accessible music for church services. A notable feature of this mass is the complete absence of accidentals, making it a 'white key mass'. The range fo...

Alwin Michael Schronen has long been known for his versatility and ability to compose works of varying degrees of difficulty. His setting of the Agnus Dei for eight-part mixed choir a cappella (SSAATT...

Peteris Vasks komponierte dieses Werk auf denText des gleichnamigen Gedichtes des 1936 in Riga geborenen Autors Knuts Skujenieks als liebevolle Hommage an die Landschaft seines Heimatlandes Litauen: W...