Franz Schubert, arr. Russell Robinson
(Side note, I have not checked this published version with the original on CPDL or IMSLP, it could very well be the same thing and free.)
This piece, being a historical piece, in German, makes it valuable for any student to learn. The voicing is a SAB with the soprano part having the melody the entire time and the baritone part sitting between C3 and A3. This is a true baritone part for changing voices. It would work really well if no tenors have changed voices. This would be great with a middle school ensemble without many boys. Musically, some of the fast moving notes will be a challenge for the sopranos. You also get to teach in German. There is also plenty of dynamic contrast that can be taught. If I were to program this piece. I would take the optional repeat at the end and have the altos and sopranos switch parts. This would get all of the women singing the melody at some point and not get bored with the piece. If there were some tenors, it would be very easy to modify the bass and alto parts to suit them. Flipping back and forth would allow them to sing most of the piece in a very comfortable range.
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