Need music forATB choir
  • Francesca
    Yes, that's right - alto, tenor and bass. Our latest find was Kevin Allen's 'Motecta Trium Vocum'. We were able to transpose these to our ranges. I arrange, but it's hugely time consuming.

    Does anyone know of any literature written for alto, tenor and bass?
  • Aristotle EsguerraAristotle Esguerra
    Have you tried the CPDL Multi-Category Search?

    There are 47 sacred, a cappella works for ATB choir (33 in Latin).
  • Francesca
    Just did. Amazing find! This is a wonderful website. People are so knowledgeable and willing to share.
  • Jeffrey Quick
    Most late-medieval/early Renaissance music a 3 should work. You may have to fiddle a bit with pitch levels to get into the sweet spot for your folks. In my experience, it's a novel position to be in.
  • rich_enough
    Some others I noticed not in the CDPL search requiring little or no transposition:

    Jesu Rex Admirabilis (Palestrina)
    Dixit Dominus (Ravenello)
    Laudate Pueri (Ravenello)
  • frogman noel jonesfrogman noel jones
    Here's one I am preparing this morning for the Choirbook series.

    Only 15 measures, but don't let that hold you back from singing it. After singing the Communio, the organist could play it through once on a simple 8' flute stop, then one singer could sing it, accompanied, then three singers could sing it with the entire schola or choir entering on the Miserere followed by the entire choir singing it once again unaccompanied, crescendoing gradually through the O Bone Jesu section, reaching a very strong Forte on the final Jesu! Make a clean cut off, do a grand pause to let the sound die away and then sing the last Miserere section pianissimo.

    I've dropped it a whole step to make it comfortable for ATB in the "down" version.
    ANTHEM4obonegrancinidowna.pdf
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    ANTHEM4obonegrancinia.pdf
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  • Francesca
    Thank you, Jeffrey Q, Rich and Noel. Actually most of what we've been able to do has been loans from Renaissance or Motets where the alto wasn't too important so our 'A' could sing 'S', but these suggestions are very, very helpful. Thanks, all of ou.
  • mlabelle

    You could also try Small Choirs International.

  • WGS
    I think that almost anything in Secunda Anthologia Vocalis (otherwise known as Ravanello) would be satisfactory. You can find it under Chant Books on the Menu.
  • mahrt
    The Mass for Three Voices by William Byrd is just for these voices. It is moreover a real masterpiece.
  • frogman noel jonesfrogman noel jones
    Yes!
  • maestrodicapella
    Virtually all polyphony can be done at a lower transposition.
    Christus Factus Est (Viadana) - Low Voices.pdf
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  • cgz
    I have a setting of Quomodo Sedet Solo civitas plena populo for A.A.T.B.B., if that's any help. It's an original composition.

    Chris
    (stisidore@prolifeamerica.com)
  • Francesca
    Thanks, Chris, but we don't have enough singers to cover it.

    Thanks, everybody, for your help. I've got several good leads to go on!
  • lmassery
    I needed some ATB ideas myself and found these on CPDL

    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/5/52/Dufay_Ave_Regina.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/88/AttendeDomineRuscoArr.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/8/82/Togn-Ecce.pdf
    http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/images/0/0e/Haec_Dies_Morley.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/6/66/On_Our_Saviors_Birthdate_in_natali_domini_ENGLISH_for_bass.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/purc-lor.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/d/d7/Panis_angelicus.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/2/2b/Dunstable_Quam_pulchra_es.pdf
    http://www3.cpdl.org/wiki/images/sheet/mas-wilt.pdf
  • Francesca
    Thanks so much. I've got a new motet I can share, too, if needed.
  • CHGiffenCHGiffen
    I have just prepared a transposed ATB edition of my Ave Maria a 3 (originally SABar), which can also be sung as a two-part (AB) motet by omitting the Tenor part. I'll enclose a PDF. A synthesized MP3 of the original SAB motet can be heard (from CPDL) here.
    Giffen-Ave Maria a 3-low.pdf
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  • Paul_D
    The Seventh Chester Book of Motets: Motets for 3 voices, ed. Anthony G. Petti, has proven invaluable for ATB groups. Some of it is SSA that works splendidly down the octave (or thereabouts).
  • lautzef
    We have quite a lot of ATB music built up over the last 30-some years at Immaculate Conception in Cleveland. I have a list of pieces but I am struggling to update it so that it reflects the present situation. We have a lot of ordinaries as well as motets for many Sundays of the church year. There are a lot of contrafacta that I and others have done from pre-existing pieces and textless repertoire from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. If you have specific needs, drop me an email.

    Fred
  • lautzef
    We have quite a lot of ATB music built up over the last 30-some years at Immaculate Conception in Cleveland. I have a list of pieces but I am struggling to update it so that it reflects the present situation. We have a lot of ordinaries as well as motets for many Sundays of the church year. There are a lot of contrafacta that I and others have done from pre-existing pieces and textless repertoire from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. If you have specific needs, drop me an email.

    Fred
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