October 7, 200916 yr Author Thanks for the help guys :) "Hey this thread isn't about 300 year old orchestra music or Liszt or bad band music, WHY I OUGHTA!!!"
October 7, 200916 yr Well there are a couple actually. English has a good tradition of choral music in my opinion. All one really has to do is research. Is there a particular type of text you are looking for? I'll do the research if you have a particular thing in mind.
October 7, 200916 yr Author Well there are a couple actually. English has a good tradition of choral music in my opinion. All one really has to do is research. Is there a particular type of text you are looking for? I'll do the research if you have a particular thing in mind. Well I said *good* settings
October 7, 200916 yr Well I said *good* settings Yes, and there are many MANY good settings. Ill just give you a few of the choral sites I peruse. The best site, by far imo, of older works is: La Trobe Uni. La Trobe University - Library: Medieval Music Database - Annual cycle of feasts of liturgical chant, liturgical polyphony and secular music of the late middle ages. - online catalog of medieval and renaissance works. IMSLP http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Vocal_(non-operatic) You will have to research and dig into these sites though.
October 11, 200916 yr I enjoy any of Whitacre's published English text settings. Some of the best known choral works with English texts are Handel's Messiah, Britten's War Requiem, Haydn's Creation, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast.
October 11, 200916 yr Author I enjoy any of Whitacre's published English text settings. Some of the best known choral works with English texts are Handel's Messiah, Britten's War Requiem, Haydn's Creation, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, and Walton's Belshazzar's Feast. zzzzzzzzzzzz
October 11, 200916 yr If those composers bore you then browse a copy of Composers on Composing for Choir for ideas. Maybe Libby Larsen is more up your alley? I like her music but I love reading what she has to say about it.
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