The Choral Collection Psalms contains over 50 settings for mixed unaccompanied choir from six centuries. It is a true treasure-trove of compositions in various styles and levels of difficulty.
Psalm Settings – Sheet Music Editions
The 150 psalms of the Old Testament have remained integral to Christianity and Judaism to this day, and are sung all over the world in a wide variety of settings. They express the whole range of human emotions – rejoicing, joy, confidence, but also lament, grief, anger, and even doubt. As a prayer book full of emotion and lyric poetry, they have therefore inspired countless composers of all periods and countries to write settings in many varied forms – from the simple hymn to the psalm symphony, from the Baroque psalm concerto to organ psalms. Carus publishes a large number of these expressive compositions, as well as an extensive Choral Collection Psalms containing a selection for mixed choir. >> All psalm settings
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Choral Collection Psalms
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Stefan Schuck: Psalm settings as a cry for help and comfort
At a time of great changes in which the uncertain, the unpredictable, indeed, even the unsettling can become the new normal, it is the psalms in particular which can offer comfort, confidence, and hope – not only for believers, but also for people who have little or no faith.
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Meinrad Walter: Sonorous Prayers. Choral settings of biblical Psalms
As suggested by the name "Psalm" (Ancient Greek for playing a stringed instrument; song), the poetical prayers compiled in the biblical psalter are fundamentally conceived within a musical context. These over two-thousand-year-old texts continue to inspire composers in many diverse ways up to the present day. In the Choral collection Psalms, you can discover a colorful spectrum of choral compositions from previous centuries up to the present day.
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