Music for Women's Voices
by Mitchell Covington
Dans les ombres de la nuit
(In the shadows of the night)
SSAA a cappella
Challenging
The text for this piece comes from an ancient French Noël.
Suitable for Christmas or Advent.
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O Shenandoah
SSAA div. with piano
Challenging
This challenging and unique arrangement of a favorite American folk song sings of the permanence of lost love and fond memories of home. A companion to "Lark in the Clear Air."
Published by
River Rock Music
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Alleluia, adorare
SSAA div. a cappella
Challenging
The text for this motet is an ancient Latin verse with alleluia refrain, “Vidimus stellam ejus in oriente”
(We have seen his star in the east.) Suitable for Christmas or Advent.
Published by Alliance Music
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Lark in the Clear Air
SSAA div. with piano and and oboe
(or violin) ad lib.
Moderately Challenging
This is a moderately challenging and unique arrangement of a beloved Irish folk song.
A companion to "O Shenandoah," it Includes a plaintive oboe part, representing the voice of a lark.
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Qasida of Breath
SSAA div. a cappella
Challenging
The Qasida is an ancient Araibic form of poetry, similar to an ode. Palestinian-American poet, Deema Shehabi was born in Kuwait in 1970. Her mother was from Gaza and her father from Jerusalem. The text of Qasida of Breath evokes her memories of a beautiful land contrasted with the current reality of a world broken by war.
Published by River Rock Music
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