AATB?
  • EGrimm
    Posts: 13
    Hello!

    We have a humble SATB foursome and our "Soprano" is truly an alto. Desperate times....

    Can you recommend any songs that are AATB, or SATB where the Soprano line doesn't go too, too high?

    Thanks in advance for your expertise and generosity in sharing it!
  • rich_enough
    Posts: 1,050
    Here's one easier motet I found for AATB:

    O Jesu Benignissime – Rudolph di Lasso

    As you suggest, there are pieces where the S isn't too high, e.g. If Ye Love Me by Tallis.

    Conversely, you can look for pieces written for TTBB or ATBarB have them work for AATB, sometimes by singing them a little higher, e.g. Gratias Agimus Tibi by Hassler, or the lovely Ave Maria by Cornelius Verdonck.

    There's also some nice pieces for ATB, e.g. Panis Angelicus by Casciolini.

    You can find more pieces for AATB by searching at CPDL.
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  • EGrimm
    Posts: 13
    Thank you so much!
  • SamuelDorlaque
    Posts: 318
    A number of the motets of Orlando di Lasso will also work. I have before me his SATB "Domine in auxilium." In the original pitch version the highest note in the Cantus is d.
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  • Felipe Gasper
    Posts: 804
    Tons of Byrd and Tallis are written for that setup; e.g., “If Ye Love Me”.
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  • francis
    Posts: 10,876
    Depending on the range of your members, you could possibly lower SATB arrangements into an AATB range. Just bring it down a third or so. May be a darker sound, but heh! The Russians make a great choral sound.
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