Textless Choral Music: A

Textless Choral Music, A-D

Baird, Tadeusz (b. 1928). Etude, mixed voices, percussion, piano (Etiuda na orkiestre wokalna, perkusje i fortepian; Etude pour orchestre vocal, percussion et piano) (Warszawa: Polskie Wydawn. Muzyczne (Wyd. II.), 1969, © 1962). [chorus (7S, 7A, 7T, 7B), percussion (6 players), piano and celeste (1 player)]

Berlioz, Hector (1803-1969). Marche funèbre pour la dernière scène d'Hamlet [Funeral March for the Last Scene of "Hamlet"], Opus 18, No. 3 (New Berlioz Edition (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1967-), v. 19) [SSTTBB ad lib] (Edition Ch. Malherbe and F. Weingartner, Leipzig, © 1900-7, volume VI, Reprinted Kalmus # K08080 v. VI) [SATB, orchestra] (Note: two student works may also be Textless Choral music: "Fugue à deux Choeurs et deux contre-subjects" and the Fugue for the 1829 Prix de Rome concours d'essai)

Blacher, Boris (1903-1975). Abstrakte Oper No. 1 (Berlin: Bote & Bock 21054 (384), © 1953; keyboard edition by the composer) [soprano, tenor, baritone, two speakers, chorus and orchestra; libretto of nonsense syllables]

Bloch, A. Wokaliza, fragment z "Poematu o Warszawie" na chór mieszany a cappella (Vocalization, an excerpt from "A Poem of Warsaw" for a cappella mixed chorus (Polskie Wydawnictwo Muzyczne, © 1978) [SATB divisi 4 x 4 = 16]

Brown, Earle (b. 1926). Small Pieces for Large Chorus (Universal UE 15600, © ?)

Crawfold, Ruth (Seeger) (1901-1953). Three Chants (A. Broude 701, © ?) [only No. 3, untitled, for SA (12 independent parts including soprano and contralto solos; adds sacred Hindu word "om"]

Curran, Alvin S. (b. 1938) Canti e vedute del giardino magnetino; Songs and views of the magnetic gaarden [vocalises with instrumental ensemble]

Da Costa, Noel G. (1929-2002) Five/Seven (Atsoc Music, © 1975; Printed in Scores: An Anthology of New Music, ed. Roger Johnson (New York: Schirmer Books, © 1981), pp. 65-6) ["S/A [in three parts] with organ (or by 2 instruments in rage)"]

Davidson, Randall (b. 1953). Moving, At a Distance [homage to Dominick Argento] (Boys Art Music, © 19?? - see http://www.boysartmusic.com/cat.html#B)[SATB chorus, orchestra]

Debussy, C. Choer des brises (See Arthur Shearin "The Choral music of Debussy and Ravel," Choral Journal 19/5 (January 1979), 14; autograph copy in Stanford University Library, probably composed 1880s) [soprano soloist and mixed chorus]

Debussy, C. Le Printemps (See Arthur Shearin "The Choral music of Debussy and Ravel," Choral Journal 19/5 (January 1979), 14; probably composed 1887) [chorus and orchestra]

Delius, F. Hassan [SATB, orchestra]

Delius, F. To be Sung of a Summer Night on the Water (In einer Sommernacht auf dem Wasser zu singen; two unaccompanied Part Songs for mixed voices: 1. Slow, but not dragging, and 2. Gaily but not quick; Winthrop Rogers 2959, © 1920. No. 2 = "Choral Vocalise II" Boosey & Hawkes 5462, © 1963) [SATTBB, + T solo in No. 2]

Duprez, Gilbert (1806-1896). Jugement dermier, Le (Oratorio; 3md Parte - "Le Ciel" No. 17 Harmonies séraphiques et Choeur inarticulé de Bienheurseux, pp. 118-123) (Paris: Heugel et Cie, [Vocal Score] 2196, © 1868) (SATB, Orchestra). Thanks to Indiana University library for interlibrary loan.

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