Choral Public Domain Library

I've just added a score with lyrics by Walt Whitman, plus 1 Peter 1:24. It's currently residing on the Whitman page, but is it possible for one of the editors to add the biblical text source as well? If that causes difficulties, Whitman makes up the majority of the text, so that would be the best pl...

Join Boston's Masterworks Chorale for an afternoon concert at 1st Church Cambridge this Sunday. 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, USA Sunday, March 2, 2025 3:00 p.m. Lauridsen's ethereal Lux Aeterna, Finzi's God Is Gone Up, Op. 27, No. 2, Howells' O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem, Stanford's Magnificat...

Boston's Masterworks Choral Handel's 'Coronation Anthems' and Telemann's 'Hamburgische Trauermusik' Sunday, November 17 at 3 p.m. Sanders Theatre at Memorial Hall 45 Quincy St., Cambridge, MA, USA There can be no coronation without a funeral. For our November concert we're performing Handel's four s...

The Congregational Church of Needham, MA is currently seeking paid tenor and bass section leaders for Sunday morning services and Thursday night rehearsals with our adult Chancel Choir. We are looking for regular section leaders/soloists, as well as singers to add to our sub list who are interested ...

Boston's 100-singer Masterworks Chorale invites you to a concert Sunday, March 3 at 3:00 p.m. at historic Old South Church in Copley Square. Bach's intricate motet 'Jesu, Meine Freude' (BWV 227), Nathaniel Dett's immense 'Chariot Jubilee', Alice Parker's 'Wondrous Love', Elgar's "Agnus Dei"...

Hi folks! I just finished an arrangement of Down in the Valley to Pray. It is an older variation of the spiritual most people know as Down in the River to Pray. Both the tune and lyrics are slightly different, but only slightly. I arranged the oldest known published version of the melody, printed 2 ...

Yes, I've had another reply from the folks in the licensing department that confirms that they would not approve a CPDL license, since it allows for open access, and would only allow the content to be used on restricted access sites. Sigh...

Hi folks, I've just finished composing a choral piece that uses a quote from a book that is still in copyright as one section of the lyrics. I've filled out the proper form to request permission to use the quotation from Oxford University Press, who own the copyright to the book in question, and now...

Hi folks, I've just finished composing a choral piece that uses a quote from a book that is still in copyright as one section of the lyrics. I've filled out the proper form to request permission to use the quotation from Oxford University Press, who own the copyright to the book in question, and now...

If you haven't known the joy of singing the Mozart Requiem with a chorus of over hundred people, you are in for a treat! Join the Masterworks Chorale for our first full series of evening "sings" since the beginning of the pandemic. For five Tuesdays we will briefly rehearse and then sing o...

Hi Ed, If you haven't found it already, I highly recommend buying a copy of "Behind Bars" by Elaine Gould. She's the current senior editor at Faber Music and the book evolved from all her little post-it notes and binders of instructions for the editorial staff there. It is an absolute door...

Join the Masterworks Chorale for a wonderful afternoon of music at Harvard's historic Sanders Theatre at Memorial Hall. Enjoy the joyous clockwork of Handel's "My Song Shall Be Alway" (Chandos Anthem No. 7), and "O Praise the Lord with One Consent" (Chandos Anthem No. 9), paired ...

Thanks, Barry,

That's another great suggestion!

Best,
M. Furtak

Thank you for your input. From my understanding, it is considered good form to cite a source, even if the work is in the public domain, so that interested parties can go find the context of the quote (in the case of excerpts from longer works), and to hold us all accountable for keeping spelling and...

I'm currently composing a setting of Emily Dickinson's "To Make a Prairie" for SATB choir. Harvard University Press, which holds the copyright for many of her works has assured me that this poem has indeed passed out of copyright and is in the public domain. Is there a proper format for in...