What solo voices might fit for A Ceremony of Carols?
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A Ceremony of Carols A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28, is a choral piece by Benjamin Britten, scored for three-part treble chorus, solo voices, and harp. Written for Christmas, it consists of eleven movements, with text from "The English Galaxy of Shorter Poems", edited by Gerald Bullett; it is in Middle English. The piece was written in 1942 while Britten was at sea, going from the United States to England.
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Boy soprano A boy soprano is a young male singer with an unchanged voice in the soprano range.
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Voice leading Voice leading is the term used to describe the linear progression of melodic lines (voices) and their interaction with one another to create harmonies, according to the principles of common-practice harmony and counterpoint.
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Carol Cymbala Carol Cymbala is the choir director for the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. The Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir has received 6 Grammy Awards. She is the wife of pastor Jim Cymbala and daughter of pastor Clair Hutchins.
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Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, à Paris: Martha Wainwright's Piaf Record
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Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172 Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten! BWV 172
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Bristol Choral Society Bristol Choral Society is a large mixed-voiced choir based in Bristol, England, founded in 1889. Currently conducted by Hilary Campbell, it has around 180 auditioned members. The choir stages at least three concerts annually at the Colston Hall in Bristol with professional orchestras and soloists, and another annually at Bristol Cathedral in addition to other performances and broadcasts in Bristol and further afield.
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Harvard Glee Club The Harvard Glee Club is a 60-voice, all-male choral ensemble at Harvard University. Founded in 1858 in the tradition of English and American glee clubs, it is the oldest collegiate chorus in the US. The Glee Club is part of the Holden Choruses of Harvard University, which also include the all-female Radcliffe Choral Society and the mixed-voice Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum. All three groups are led by Harvard's current Director of Choral Activities Andrew Clark.
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Mass in C minor, K. 139 &quot;Waisenhaus&quot; The Missa solemnis in C minor, K. 139/47a, is a mass composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the summer of 1768 in Vienna. It is scored for SATB soloists, SATB choir, violin I and II, 2 violas, 2 oboes, 2 trumpets, 2 clarini (high trumpets), 3 trombones "colla parte", timpani and basso continuo.
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Cantata Singers and Ensemble A singular desire to bring to Boston’s listeners music that isn’t being heard anywhere else has inspired Cantata Singers’ programming for 50 years.
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Tonus peregrinus Tonus peregrinus , or the ninth tone, is a reciting tone in Gregorian chant.
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Swan Sequence The Swan Sequence (incipit: "Clangam, filii" "I shall cry out, my sons") is an anonymous Carolingian–Aquitainian Latin sequence first recorded around 850. Its melody was popular for some two centuries after its composition.
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Leith Hill Musical Festival The Leith Hill Musical Festival (LHMF) was founded in 1905 by Margaret Vaughan Williams, sister of the composer Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Lady (Evangeline) Farrer, wife of Lord Farrer of Abinger Hall.[29] Ralph Vaughan Williams became the Festival Conductor from 1905 to 1953. The present Festival Conductor is Jonathan Willcocks (appointed June 2016 as the 6th Festival Conductor).[30]
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Music for a Large Ensemble Music for a Large Ensemble is a piece of music written by Steve Reich in 1978. It is scored for violin 1, violin 2, cellos, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 soprano saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 pianos, 2 marimbas, vibraphone, 2 xylophones and two female voices.
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We Wish You a Merry Christmas "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" is a popular English Christmas carol from the West Country of England.
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Treble voice A treble voice is a voice which takes the treble part. In the absence of a separate descant part, this is normally the highest-pitched part, and otherwise the second highest. The term is most often used today within the context of choral music in reference to youthful singers. The American Choral Directors Association defines a treble as "a singer, both male and female, ages eight to sixteen".
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Nordic Choir The Nordic Choir is a 62-voice a cappella choir of select mixed voices from Luther College in Decorah, Iowa.
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Ensemble Cordial A choir and orchestra consisting of musicians and singers from many countries who come together for music-making and performances of major choral works, mainly during the annual Musique-Cordiale festival and events in France and Britain, including the Canterbury Festival. Recent performances (and recordings) have included the "a cappella" Mass by Frank Martin and the Mass in B minor by Johann Sebastian Bach.
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Only Men Aloud! Only Men Aloud is a male voice choir from Wales. The choir came to national prominence in the UK when they won the "Last Choir Standing" competition run by BBC television during 2008.
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Troupe of the Comédie-Française in 1680 1680 - 1752 - 1754 - 1755 - 1790
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List of tenors in non-classical music The tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C, the C one octave below middle C, to the high C (C). The low extreme for tenors is roughly B♭ (two B♭ s below middle C). At the highest extreme, some tenors can sing up to two Fs above middle C (F).
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Singing News Fan Awards for Favorite Lead The Favorite Lead Singer award is awarded yearly in the Singing News Fan Awards ceremony to honor the male singer Singing News magazine readers select as their favorite lead singer for a quartet or trio vocal ensemble.