MUST know SATB piece?
  • Egrimm84
    Posts: 5
    Hello, We are leading a middle school/ high school choir for a large group of Catholic families whose children attend a public classical charter school. There is no parish choir in our area and parents want their children to learn Sacred music. They learned Lambillote's Panis for their first SATB piece in the fall and did fairly well with it. The plan is to teach them a few chants (having the ladies and gents sing separately) and then carefully choose an SATB piece that we can learn by sending rehearsal tracks home since we have very limited rehearsal time. Suggestions? Thank you!
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    Posts: 5,245
    These link to score pages at CPDL, and the well-known works are not difficult:

    O bone Jesu (Marco Antonio Ingegnieri) -- (one edition even has MP3 practice files).

    Adoramus te, Christe (attrib. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina) -- the Brian Marble edition is excellent.

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  • smt
    Posts: 76
    Would be interested as well, as we currently build a boy's choir at our cathedral from scratch.
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  • Chaswjd
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    The four voice Ave Maria attributed to Victoria is good for beginners.
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  • francis
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    Here is a good thread that speaks to this

    https://forum.musicasacra.com/forum/discussion/10256/a-basic-choir-repertoire-10-anthems-in-english-andor-10-motets-in-latin-your-opinion/p1

    I bumped this to the top of our forum for easy access in the next week or so
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  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
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    The four voice Ave Maria attributed to Victoria is good for beginners.
    It's by Jacob Handl (Gallus), and here is my edition (also at CPDL):
    Handl-Ave Maria - Benedicta tu.pdf
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    Handl-Ave Maria - Benedicta tu.mp3
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  • Egrimm84
    Posts: 5
    Thanks! And the thread of 10 anthems is really helpful.
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  • AgnusDei1989
    Posts: 24
    A four-part arrangement of "O Sanctissima" is always good to have — many hymnals include it, and the harmonies tend to be simple and beautiful. The St Basil hymnal has a good one, as does the Traditional Roman Hymnal. (I can share PDFs if needed!)

    The Dubois "Adoramus Te Christe" is also pretty simple, and really lovely.
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