×

Cookies

This site uses cookies to offer you the best user experience possible. In continuing to browse, you are consenting to accept both the aforementioned cookies and our cookies policy..

Scores and music books: quality, creativity and service always accessible for you.


Share
0.0 / 5  (0 votes)

Quatre cançons d'Apel·les Mestres: for mixed voices choir

Quatre cançons d'Apel·les Mestres: for mixed voices choir-Música vocal (paper copy)-Music Schools and Conservatoires Intermediate Level-Scores Intermediate

Inside Pages

Download

Author/Composer

Apel·les Mestres

Musical Arrangement

Josep Maria Pladevall

Field

Music Schools and Conservatoires Intermediate Level
Scores Intermediate

Collection

Música vocal (paper copy) Nr. 73

Language

Spanish, Catalan, English

Format

Score

14.42 € VAT not included

15.00 € VAT included

Contents

The choral repertoire has a significant handful of harmonisations of traditional songs. In these works, the melody –which has passed down from generation to generation and has lived alone or in the company of various instruments– is imbued with polyphony and becomes a concert piece. It seems natural, because it has always been this way. Therefore, it is common to find traditional songs in the choral repertoire that are harmonised for a mixed voice choir. Many composers have dedicated themselves to this with great success. What is less common is the creation of adaptations of songs by songwriters, such as those belonging to the broad, intriguing repertoire of the “Nova Cançó” (the “New Song”), or songs composed by well-known authors, such as Apel·les Mestres.

Apel·les Mestres did not consider himself to be a musician. He preferred to be called a songwriter, because he only composed verses and melody. It was down to his friends, such as Frederic Lliurat or Joan Massià, to complete the harmonisation. He wrote more than one hundred songs throughout his whole life for his personal pleasure, and it was not until 1922, when he was 68, that he agreed to publish them. Performed by singers such as Mercè Plantada, Conxita Badia and, in particular, Emili Vendrell, they were widely disseminated and some even became authentic folk songs. His simple, natural melodies, which appear to emerge from the very musicality of the text, were often inspired by traditional songs.

These four songs that we offer respect all elements of the original score and are imbued with the warm vocal colour of the four-part mixed voice choir. These songs are seemingly simple and easy to perform, but they merit the same musical stringency of the great repertoire.

Instrumental and vocal formations

Mixed Choir

Instruments

Voice (S, A, T, B)

Technical Specifications

Duration

6' 59''

Measurements

21 x 29,7 cm, vertical

Binding

Staple. Plastic-coated cover.

Number of Pages

16

ISMN

979-0-69231-992-4

Editor

DINSIC Publicacions Musicals

DINSIC Publicacions Musicals, S.L.
Warehouse: Sepúlveda, 84 - 08015 Barcelona (Calàbria / Metro L1 Rocafort)
From Monday to Friday 9:30 - 13:30
Tels. +34 93 832 69 46
[email protected]
Copyright © 1998-2024
This portal is designed to work with the latest versions of the principal navigators: Firefox 4.0, Google Chrome 3.0, Internet Explorer 9.0. The use of non-compatible navigators or deactivation of some properties such as Javascript compatibility or blocking cookies may reduce the sites functionality. If you are accessing the site through a firewall or a porxy, make sure cookies are enabled.