Partituras medio de ECS Publishing

In this first piece of a set called 'Two Pickthall Songs, ' the poet asks the wind to be still, life to be sufficient, and time to be merciful. Each line of the poem is set to its own unique musical p...

The second piece of 'Two Pickthall Songs' suggests that whatever is in our hearts may remain there so that we are never truly parted. The music has three main sections which correspond to the three ma...

Al crear un arreglo coral de esta canción en 2011, me esforcé por mantenerme lo más fiel posible a la partitura vocal del compositor de 1894, y a su partitura para orquesta de cámara de 1897. La melod...

The deep beauty of Gregory of Nazianzus ™ text is well-matched in this setting for SATB voices (divisi except for the tenors) and solo viola. The divisi notwithstanding, the music is simple and straig...

Do You Love for Beauty? (Liebst du um Schönheit) is the second of Mahler's Rückert songs arranged by Stanley M. Hoffman for mixed chorus, the first one being Into This World I Came As a Lost One (Ich...

A reflective and quiet setting of a poem by Madison Julius Cawein.

An epic poem by Emerson that talks about music as mystery. The text is matched with equally mysterious music. A part of a larger work entitled “Sing Evermore.”

This piece gives occasion to explore complex harmonies as an expression of the mystery of chords. These are added-tone sonorities—clusters. The author searches for that perfect peace, the one lost cho...

Based on a poem by African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906). The bird, a prisoner in his cage, beats his wing until the blood is red on the cruel bars. He sings a plea, to Heaven, for he...

A short flute introduction of music floating across the sky opens “Sky-Born Music.” The poet (Emerson) writes that music is heard not only in places of beauty, but also in the mud, the dark, in the da...

The texts for these songs span many centuries and have the common thread of praising music for its power —from Richard Barnfield”s “In Praise of Music and Poetry” (published in 1598) to the uplifting...

Commissioned by the ARK Trio, these settings interact with famous Schubert songs in respectful or mischievous ways. The songs interpreted include: Sei mir gegrüßt, DIE Forelle!, Rastlose Liebe, Nacht...