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NEW FVA Music List

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Welcome to the FVA Music List! The old list (1998) was drastically purged and new material added in 2009. Since this is in spreadsheet and/or database form, you can search by any means you like. And you are certainly welcome to print the list in any format you wish. However, FVA will not be printing the list; it will be published only in digital form.

Please see below for additional information and a word from the music committee chair.

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Choral

Vocal Solo Special Category

Note from Music Committee

Welcome to the new FVA Music List! In 2008, the new music list began to take shape. The first two steps are complete. First, the old list was drastically purged. Pieces kept from the 1998 list needed new publishers, numbers, and often new editions entirely. Next all major publishers were invited to send pieces for consideration. Every piece was perused (there were thousands of octavos). Those pieces kept for the list were placed into one of five levels of difficulty.

  • Level One-Easy
  • Level Two-Moderately Easy
  • Level Three-Moderate
  • Level Four-Moderately Difficult
  • Five-Difficult

THIS IS NOT SCIENCE! These levels are simply tools for researching literature. They are to be used as a guide, not as a requirement or even a comparison. The levels are very broad and some pieces could fit into more than one level, depending on the voicing and/or the language.

This is a work in progress! A committee will continue to work to polish and refine the list, and add more titles on an annual basis.

FVA members are invited to make suggestions for the list by doing the following:

Go to the publishers website and check to see if the piece can be viewed online. If it is available online, simply e-mail the music committee chair, and make the suggestion. If it is NOT available online, send a hard copy of the music to the following address: Judy Arthur, 272 Timberlane Rd, Tallahassee, FL 32312. You will probably not get the copy returned, so this will be your donation to the cause. You will find most pieces online. The committee will consider these suggestions.

Labels used in the music list

SAB
Denotes music not suitable for middle school boys with changing voices. These SAB pieces are ideal for a high school choir where all the boys are changed voices and where the ratio of men to women warrant using SAB literature.
2 pt, 3 pt, 4 pt
These labels denote music where you can mix the voices to suit a middle school choir or high school choir. The changing voices can be put on the part that best suits their range.
SAT
These pieces are suited for a middle school choir with unchanged boys or boys just beginning the change. The pieces are not suitable for a choir with young baritones.
Instru avail.
Many pieces have instrumental parts available. If the parts are included in the octavo a notation is made by the title. The word “optional” is used with an instrumental part when it is not absolutely necessary for performance of the piece. If the word optional is not used, the piece doesn’t work without the instrument.
SATB DIV
Indicates the parts split, but not uniformly. If the piece is mostly SSAATTBB, then that voicing is notated.

Publishers

You will notice that the vast majority of our literature is now published by five or six major publishers. Many publishing houses have sold recently and while maintaining their own library, they are now published by a larger house such as Hal Leonard, Emerson, Alfred, Lorenz, etc. In notating the publishing numbers you will find LG (Lawson Gould) or BH (Boosey and Hawkes) before the Alfred or Hal Leonard number. That was simply a sign of respect by the author.

The websites of our publishers have become very friendly and usable and you are encouraged to look up pieces and browse. Many are available to peruse and many audio files are online. Again, these are tools for you to use. However, we encourage you to help keep our local businesses in business by placing orders for music with your music store!