Edwin F. Kalmus

Charles Gounod was an important French composer and figure in French music during the latter part of the nineteenth century. He began and ended his life's work in the composition of sacred works, incl...

A choral worship cantata for SATB with ST Soli composed by George Frideric Handel.

The Dettingen Te Deum is not considered a "Te Deum" in the strict sense. It contains eighteen short solos and choruses, mostly of a celebratory military character. The work was composed in July 1743 a...

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB voicing, composed by César Franck.

Haydn's last major work before his death is the Mass in B-flat Major, The "Harmoniemesse," written in 1802. It features large-scale scoring of the wind section of the orchestra and a classical symphon...

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn.

Haydn wrote his Mass No. 3, also known as "Missa in Angustiis," and also as the "Lord Nelson Mass," during Austrian wartime turmoil in 1798. Lord Nelson's name became associated with the Mass because...

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn.

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn.

Franz Joseph Haydn composed the "Mass in Time of War," or Paukenmesse, in 1796, at a time of war in Austria. This score presents the choral portion of the Mass in Latin, with each voice on a separate...

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn.

The Te Deum is an early Christian song of praise. The title is taken from its opening Latin words, rendered literally as "Thee, O God, we praise." This setting, by Franz Joseph Haydn, is a choral work...

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Franz Joseph Haydn.

A choral worship cantata for SATB with TBB Soli composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

The Missa Choralis for Chorus and Organ was written by Franz Liszt while in Rome in 1865 during a period of study and composition of church music. Liszt especially admired Palestrina and found fascina...

A choral worship cantata for SATB with SST Soli composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

Mendelssohn's famous oratorio, "Elijah," was written in 1846 and depicts various events in the life of the Biblical prophet Elijah, taken from the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings in the Old Testament. The w...

Mendelssohn's famous oratorio, "Elijah," was written in 1846 and depicts various events in the life of the Biblical prophet Elijah, taken from the books 1 Kings and 2 Kings in the Old Testament. Chora...

A choral worship cantata for SATB with S Solo composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

A choral worship cantata for SATB with SS Soli composed by Felix Mendelssohn.

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

A choral worship cantata for SATB with SATB Soli composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Written in Salzburg, when Mozart was just 18 years of age, this short mass in D Major expresses the depth of Mozart's faith as well as a measure of youthful joy. This score presents the choral portion...

A Choral Worship Cantata in SATB with SATB Soli voicing, composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

A bright, joyful work, Regina Coeli, K. 276, is the last of three settings of this text by Mozart. Regina Coeli is Latin for "Rejoice, Queen of Heaven," and this antiphon in honor of the Virgin Mary i...