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MIDI files, and sometimes Noteworthy and Sibelius scripts will be posted here to assist with the pleasures of rehearsal at home for those without a captive accompanist, and also those without either an instrument or the skills to play it.

MIDI files will usually play well in Windows Media Player, but for those who are digitally adventurous Christopher Hills' MidiPlayer will bring extra features to the table, such as the ability to vary the tempo and buttons to choose which line should be emphasized

A free download for this little marvel is available at Christopher's Web Site

East and West

Here are some pronunciation files that David has recorded for the Tchaikovsky:

St. Nicholas

Peter Moskos has sent this .mp3 file of a Dutch speaker reading the words of the traditional children's song Welkomstliedje

Love & Roses

Elliott has recorded the little seminar we had on the pronunciation of the French in the Rilke poems as set by Lauridsen. For the demo reading click here

Here is a link to a YouTube presentation by Polyphony under the direction of Stephen Layton of Les Chanson des Roses. You will find many more performances by other groups on the same page. While you are there, scan the comments!

Here are practice MIDI's for the Brahms waltzes:

No.1 No.2 No.3 No.4 No.5 No.6 No.7 No.8 No.9

No.10 No.11 No.12 No.13 No.14 No.15 No.16 No.17 No.18

Spring 2011

MIDI files are available at the following links:

Vivaldi Magnificat

Vivaldi Credo

Haydn Missa Brevis

Dvorak Mass in D

Christmas 2010

The .mp3 file at the link is a pronunciation guide for Sylvian Joululaulu recorded for us by a native Finnish speaker:

Sylvian text.mp3

Be ready to adjust the volume as the sample is recorded at a fairly low level.

Spring 2010

MIDIs for all parts and all sections of the Rutter Requiem are are available from John Hooper's remarkable MIDI site here The Stanford Canticles for Evensong in G major are here (all-parts file only) and click here for "Beati Quorum Via"

	All Parts	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Herbert Howells - Like as the Hart MIDI	*	*	*	*	*

Soprano 1 Soprano 2 Alto 1 Alto 2 Tenor Baritone Bass

David Millard - Cantate Domino MIDI (85% tempo) * * * * * * *

	Soprano 1	Soprano 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor	Baritone	Bass
David Millard - Cantate Domino MIDI (85% tempo)	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

David has also contributed an "All Parts" version of "Cantate" at performance tempo so you can really hone your skills on this piece. Hear it here

Soprano 1 Soprano 2 Alto 1 Alto 2 Tenor Baritone Bass

David Millard - Cantate Domino MIDI * * * * * * *

	Soprano 1	Soprano 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor	Baritone	Bass
David Millard - Cantate Domino MIDI	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Christmas 2009

Allein Gott in der Höh sei Ehr MIDI - All Parts

	Soprano 1	Soprano 2	Alto 1	Alto2	Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Baritone	Bass
Mikolaj Zielenski - Elegerunt Apostoli MIDI	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Spring 2008

Tutti Soprano Alto Tenor or
Tenor 1 Tenor 2 Bass or
Bass 1 Bass 2

Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine MIDI * * * *

Fauré - Requiem "Kyrie" MIDI * * * * * * *

Fauré - Requiem "Offertorio" MIDI * * * * *

Fauré - Requiem "Sanctus" MIDI * * * * * * *

Fauré - Requiem "Agnus Dei" MIDI * * * * * * *

Fauré - Requiem "Libera Me" MIDI * * * * *

Fauré - Requiem "In Paradisum" MIDI * * * * * * *

Duruflé - Motet "Ubi Caritas" *

Duruflé - Motet "Tantum Ergo" *

	Tutti	Soprano	Alto	Tenor or Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Bass or Bass 1	Bass 2
Fauré - Cantique de Jean Racine MIDI		*	*	*		*
Fauré - Requiem "Kyrie" MIDI	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Fauré - Requiem "Offertorio" MIDI	*	*	*	*		*
Fauré - Requiem "Sanctus" MIDI	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Fauré - Requiem "Agnus Dei" MIDI	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Fauré - Requiem "Libera Me" MIDI	*	*	*	*		*
Fauré - Requiem "In Paradisum" MIDI	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Duruflé - Motet "Ubi Caritas"	*
Duruflé - Motet "Tantum Ergo"	*

Fall 2007

Songs of Snakes, Dragons, and the Occasional Jabberwock

The Gurt Black Dog MIDI - All Parts
The (English) Dragon MIDI - All Parts

Nowell Sing We

2006 Christmas Concert

Joan Cererols	Serafin	All Parts (SATB)
Francis Poulenc	Motet II - Quem vidistis	All Parts	Soprano 1	Soprano 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor		Bass
Francis Poulenc	Motet III - Videntes stellam	All Parts	Soprano 1	Soprano 2	Alto 1	Alto 2	Tenor 1	Tenor 2	Bass 1	Bass2
Gustav Holst	Lullay My Liking	All Parts	Soprano		Alto		Tenor		Bass
Johannes Eccard	Der Winter kalt	All Parts	Soprano		Alto		Tenor		Bass
Thomas Morley	You that wont to my pipes..	All Parts (SATB)
Thomas Hammond	Swete was the song...	All Parts (SATB)
Gustav Holst	Now Let us Sing	All Parts (SATB)
Hubert Parry	Welcome Yule!	All Parts (SATB)
John Ireland	Adam Lay Ybounden	All Parts (SATB)
Herbert Howells	Here is the Little Door	All Parts (SATB)

El Siglo de Oro

Music of 16th Century Spain

Joan Cererols	Serafin	All Parts (SATB)
Cristobal Morales	Regina Caeli Laetare - 6 parts	Soprano 1 Soprano 2	Alto 1 Alto 2	Tenor	Bass
Cristobal Morales	Regina Caeli - 4 parts	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Francisco Guerrero	Dulcissima Maria	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Francisco Guerrero	Canite Tuba	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Francisco Guerrero	Gaude Barbara	Soprano	Alto	Tenor 1 Tenor 2	Bass 1 Bass 2
Juan del Encina	Triste España	All Parts (TTBB)
Juan del Encina	Todos Los Bienes Del Mundo	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Juan Aranes	Chacona	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Anonymous	¿Con Qué La Lavaré?	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass
Anonymous	Dindirin, Dindirin	Soprano	Alto	Tenor	Bass

If you click on the link for your part in each piece your media player should start and the midi file will play. You can right ("secondary" if you have reversed your mouse buttons) click on each link in turn and download the file to your computer, and play it from there. This would be preferable as it would save server bandwidth (we all practice every night, right?) and ultimately costs to the choir. Alternatively, after sampling some of the files in the table above you might choose to download a zipped (compressed) file containing all the music for each voice.

Download the following files by right-clicking the link, and selecting "Save target as" and saving the file to folder such as "My Music." If you are running Windows XP you can decompress the file by double clicking it. If you use an earlier version of Windows you will need to have an "UNzip" utility application, such as PKUnZip to unpack the compressed files from the "zipped" folder.

Soprano Files Alto Files Tenor Files Bass Files

Note that these "zip archives" do not include the "all parts" MIDI files for the Encina Triste España, nor for the Joan Cererols' Serafin

A word on the naming conventions used:

The composer's surname in lower case eg. guerrero = "Francisco Guerrero"
Initials of the piece eg. ct = "Canite Tuba"
Abbreviation for the voice eg. sop = "Soprano"
The MIDI file extension ie. ".mid"

Hence "guerreroctsop.mid" or "moralesrc6sop1.mid" which contains the MIDI file with the soprano 1 line emphasised from the six part version of the Cristobal Morales' Regina Caeli (Laetare.) Once uncompressed you can rename the files to whatever you choose.