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For TTBB Chorus DAV I D CO N T E

JOSEPH GREGORIO

Give Us Music

Sudden Light

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Commissioned by the University of Notre Dame Men’s Glee Club, Daniel Stowe, conductor, in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, and the 100th anniversary of the Notre Dame Men’s Glee Club. Shakespeare refers to music many times in his works. The text of Give Us Music is a compilation of texts from Henry IV, As You Like It, and Antony and Cleopatra, and celebrates music’s ability to nourish, console, and inspire. Duration: 3:00 Medium

TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Composed as a wedding present for the composer’s wife, and premiered under the baton of Kimberly Dunn Adams at the composer’s wedding, Sudden Light sets Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s beautiful and mysterious poem of the etze name. Beginning softly with a modal melody, it gently builds to a climax on the word “soar” and returns at its conclusion to the modal harmony heard at the opening. Sudden Light is an attractive and useful piece on programs concerning love and commitment, and for performance at marriage ceremonies. Medium

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ROBERT KYR

D O N M AC D O N A L D

Ode to Music

When the Earth Stands Still

TBB Chorus unaccompanied Ode to Music was commissioned by the Harvard Glee Club, Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Activities. The world premiere performance by the Harvard Glee Club took place on December 22, 2013, in Woolsey Hall at Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, conducted by Harris Ipock. As the title suggests, the music and words by the composer are an ode to music. This composition is both skillfully wrought and aurally satisfying. Moderately Difficult

Chorus unaccompanied (SATB version recorded) “I wrote this for my wife Allison Girvan’s small but advanced youth choir, Laline.…I decided to compose a song much as a contemporary songwriter would, with my own lyrics and a form based around repeating verse and chorus. This is probably one of the easiest pieces of mine to learn yet one of the hardest to perform since the long phrases require a great deal of attention to dynamics, breathing, and consistency of tone.” —Don Macdonald Moderately Easy

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Choral Score

$2.50

TTBB Choral Score

$2.25

For TTBB Chorus PAU L J O H N R U D O I

Yonder Come Day Solo, Chorus unaccompanied (TTBB version recorded) Paul John Rudoi’s arrangement of Yonder Come Day deepens the traditional Georgia Sea Islands tune with a narrative journey. Through other well known spirituals, including “Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Calling My Name,” “Steal Away,” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” we move forward and upward, hoping for a better day. Infectious fun for the singers and the audience. Duration: 3:30 Medium

1.3467

TTBB Choral Score

$1.95

N AO M I S H E M E R / arr. A L I C E PA R K E R

Yerushalayim shel zahav (Jerusalem of Gold)

Baritone Solo and TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Naomi Shemer wrote this lovely poem honoring the fabled city, Jerusalem. Its history and mystery are evoked in each verse and in the passionate refrain. Naomi Shemer’s music, with its mixture of nostalgia, melancholy and desire, lifts her verses to memorable phrases: one does not want the song to end. Moderately Easy

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Choral Score

$2.50

G W Y N E T H WA L K E R

Touching the Infinite Sky

Based on the letters of John Muir from Yosemite, California (1871–72) Tenor Solo, TTBB Chorus, and Piano “Touching the Infinite Sky is a choral adaptation of the composer’s solo song cycle, Songs from the High Sierra….The new adaptation employs the additional voices as an expansive background to the soloist. As the chorus joins in the accompaniment sonorities, a sense of space and depth is created, well-suited to songs about the wilderness. The chorus also shares melodic material with the soloist, in dialogue or in unison. The songs begin with an ascent into the mountains. They close with the return to the coast, to the magnificent Sequoia trees, where John Muir camps for the night, in the company of a squirrel. Charmingly, he writes ‘therefore, my Carr, goodnight.’” Duration: 17:30—Gwyneth Walker. Medium CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR 8516 Piano/Vocal Score $8.75 T R E B L E C ATA L O G 3

NEW Releases—SATB STEPHANIE K. ANDREWS

On Compassion SATB Soli, SATB Chorus (divisi), and Piano On Compassion received its premiere performance by the Vox Nova Chorale. The text comes from two quotes by His Holiness the Dalai Lama, and the Tibetan Buddhist mantra, “Om mani padme hum,” which is repeated by the chorus throughout. The piece begins as an introspective meditation before turning outward, encouraging us to seek fulfillment by exercising compassion toward those around us. —Stephanie K. Andrews Duration: 4:35 Medium

1.3417

Choral Score

$2.35

CAROL BARNET T

Musica, Dei donum optimi SSAATTBB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied The music begins mysteriously with the John Dryden text split among the voices and ending with “Alleluias.” A sort of scherzo section follows, concluding with a declamation, “The dead shall live, the living die, and music shall untune the sky.” Then follows the setting of the Latin text of the title. The music is challenging, the textures interesting and varied. Part of the NCCO Choral Series. Duration: 4:30 Moderately Difficult

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Choral Score

$2.85

F R A N K F E R KO

If Ye Love Me SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied If Ye Love Me was composed as a reflective commentary on the well-known motet by Thomas Tallis (1505–1585). Homophony predominates in the first section but with clusters rather than the traditional harmonies used by Tallis. Later, the texture reduces to a very simple four-voice contrapuntal texture as a brief reference to Tallis’ style. The chorus then divides into two groups with one group continuing the counterpoint which is now expanded into a more active and complex style. The second group of voices returns to the homophonic style, but now in widely expanded harmonies. Thus, the motet concludes with homophony and counterpoint sounding simultaneously. Duration: 2:00 Medium

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Choral Score

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NEW Releases—SATB S T E P H E N C H AT M A N

Dawn of Night SATB Chorus, Violoncello, and Harp or Piano The rich, poignant combination of mixed chorus, violoncello, and harp strongly suggests a theme of love and romance. Stephen Chatman’s evocative setting of Tara Wohlberg’s intimate, mesmerizing text, “whisper me,” features a soft blend of instrumental timbres and a sustained, intricate counterpoint of voices. The second setting, “hush, hush,” expresses a compelling universal human emotion: “the sunset of our love, deep love.” Duration: 5:10 Medium

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Choral Score Violoncello and Harp Parts

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O Clap Your Hands Treble Solo or Soli, Three-part Treble Chorus and Piano Commissioned by Mississauga (Ontario) Children’s Choir, O Clap Your Hands is a setting of words from Psalm 47 as translated and adapted by the composer. Influenced by jazz and gospel music, this fast, energetic work surges forward with constant syncopation, rich pan-diatonic and chromatic harmony, and repeated melodic lines and text. The bright and challenging piano part, with its added-tone arpeggios and extended registers, highlights and punctuates the vocal lines. Through alternating keys, various homophonic and contrapuntal episodes, and the addition of tutti clapping, the work reaches a climactic, resounding ending. Duration: ca. 3:00 Medium

7.0577

Choral Score

$2.60

Shine! shine! shine! from A Song of Joys SATB Chorus and Piano An arrangement of the second movement of Stephen Chatman’s A Song of Joys. The piano accompaniment replicates pitches within an extensive set of Chinese bao gongs featured in the original version. The number two is the primary concept of the song— two lovers, two timbres (voice and piano), two pairs of flowing contrapuntal vocal lines, two additional contrapuntal gong parts, two formal sections, harmonic dissonance versus resolution, tutti versus a cappella, and two climactic cadences. Duration: 2:45 Medium

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NEW Releases—SATB DAV I D CO N T E

How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place SATB Chorus, Congregation, Brass Quartet, and Organ Commissioned for the 100th anniversary of Lakewood Congregational Church, Lakewood, Ohio. The text is drawn both from Psalm 84 and two additional verses written by the late poet John Stirling Walker. The anthem features interludes based on the tune AURELIA (“The Church’s One Foundation”) by Samuel Wesley. The final verse includes the congregation singing this tune as a descant accompanying the original music. Brass Quartet parts include: B-flat Trumpets I and II, Trombones I and II. A congregation page is available as a complimentary download on our website. Duration: 7:00 Medium

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Choral Score Brass Quartet Parts

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i carry your heart SATB Chorus and Piano E. E. Cummings’ poem “i carry your heart” could be read as a marriage vow, a joyous ode to a newborn, or even a eulogy to a lost love…it is adaptable to all kinds and levels of love. This setting is grounded in a steady quarter note ostinato which suggests the gentle tolling of bells, expressing respect and affection, both dignified and joyous in character. The accompaniment becomes subtly more animated at the poem’s two climaxes. The work ends with serene confidence, as the poet affirms the undeviating constancy and resolve of love. Duration: 5:30 Medium

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I Dream a World SATB Chorus and String Orchestra or Piano Four-Hands In his poem “I Dream a World,” Langston Hughes outlines both a dream-vision, and the conditions that this vision can heal. This setting follows the form of the poem’s four stanzas by setting them to the same music, though subtly varied. The choral parts are lyrical and emotive, with occasional divisi in all parts. This piece can be done with the piano-four-hands accompaniment that appears in the choral score, or with string orchestra. Duration: 4:33 Medium

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NEW Releases—SATB FRED GRAMANN

SUSAN LABARR

Trinity

My Very Own

SATB Chorus unaccompanied This lyrical setting combines the texts “Trinitie Sunday” by George Herbert with “Gloria tibi” (Glory to you, O Trinity, all equal, one God). A charming refrain which begins the piece alternates with the Herbert text. Duration: 2:30 Moderately Easy

SATB Chorus and Piano A simple setting of several scriptural passages about love. Written for the wedding of Brian and Allison Murray, two Texas-based choir directors, the work is highly melodic and simple in its construction. Duration: 4:15 Moderately Easy

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S H A N E M . LY N C H

J. A A R O N M C D E R M I D

Joseph and Grace

Eternitie

Soprano and Tenor Soli, SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Written for the Washington and Lee University Singers in 2016, this is a haunting setting of parts of several poems by Joseph Mary Plunkett, the man who came up with the ill-fated plan for the Easter Uprising. Much of it he wrote for the great love of his life, Grace Gifford, whom he married seven hours before his execution for his part in planning the failed revolution. The music expresses their love, but also the foreboding of what is to come. Duration: 5:00 Medium

SSATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied In his brief poem “Eternitie,” Robert Herrick imagines the immense awe that accompanies leaving this world and entering the next. A hint of longing for what was in the opening words, “O Yeares! and Age!” gives way to peace and acceptance with “Farewell.” Duration: 3:45 Moderately Difficult

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NEW Releasesâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;SATB H E N RY M O L L I CO N E

Four Sacred Choruses Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra or Piano Four Sacred Choruses is a selection of three Latin prayers, and an Alleluia that includes original words. The work is a melodic one, and with an inherent message of compassion for all, especially people in poverty and with special needs. Duration: 3:40 Medium Chamber Orchestra Instrumentation: Flute, B-flat Clarinet, Horn in F, Percussion, Harp, Strings

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I. Ave verum Corpus II. Ave, maris stella III. Pange lingua gloriosi IV. Alleluia Additional Full Score Full Score and Parts

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Glory Day! from Gabrielâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Daughter Soprano or Mezzo-Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus (divisi), and Piano A vibrant and celebrative piece, written in the style of an African-American spiritual. Useful in worship or concert settings. Particularly effective as a concert closer. Duration: 2:35 Moderately Difficult

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Choral Score

$2.60

Now I Can See the Light! Soprano and Baritone Soli, SATB Chorus, and Piano Henry Mollicone wrote Now I Can See the Light! for the Choir of the Stone Church of Willow Glen, Nancy Wait Kromm, director. Set to a text by the pastor at Stone Church, Rev. Ken Henry, this anthem is ebullient and spirited. The choral writing is straightforward and accessible, and a high-voice and low-voice soloist are required. Duration: 3:05 Medium

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Choral Score

$2.60

NEW Releases—SATB DAV I D P. R O S S O W

ANDREW STEFFEN

Teach Me to Love

Specks of Earth

SATB Chorus and Piano This lyrical music perfectly matches the elegantly phrased text written by the eighteenth-century Irish singer, songwriter, and poet Thomas Moore. Tender and emotional, the choral writing is accompanied by a rhapsodic piano part which flows beautifully. The result is a sublime expression of the writer’s longing for God. Part of the NCCO Choral Series. Duration: 5:40 Medium

SATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano Choral miniatures that use poetry from Rabindranath Tagore’s work Stray Birds, a collection of 326 short poems. Each movement sets a different fragment of the poem. The eighth movement, “Fields,” is the only miniature that does not use any of Tagore’s poetry, but instead uses breathing and broad, expansive structures in the piano to create a spacious soundscape. Duration: 11:45 Medium

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RAIMONDS TIGULS

G W Y N E T H WA L K E R

Moonlight Sound Design

Were You There?

3 or 4 Soprano Soli, SATB Chorus (divisi), and Piano Composed for 3 or 4 Soprano Soli, SATB Chorus and Hang (complimentary part available for download on our website) but can be performed with Piano or Guitar accompaniment as well. The piece should not sound sad, but rather ethereal. It is more about longing than sadness. To create a more ethereal mood, the soloists may be staggered throughout the audience, providing more dimension to the sound. Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series. Duration 4:10 Moderately Easy

SATB Chorus and Piano Each verse expresses a different reaction to its question about the crucifixion. The piano accompaniment varies with the mood of the lyrics—from simple chordal support at the beginning, to harsh rhythms (“nailed him to the cross”), to rapid sunburst patterns (“the sun refused to shine”), to sorrowful descending lines (“laid him in the tomb”). The choral expression is articulated in similar manner to the accompaniment. Duration: 4:30 Moderately Easy

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Choral Score SSA Version

$2.80 $2.60

Recent Releases—SATB J O N AT H A N A DA M S

W I L L I A M AV E R I T T

Ecce panis Angelorum

Veni, Sancte Spiritus

SATB Chorus unaccompanied This setting is dedicated to the Arkansas State University Concert Choir, Dr. Dale Miller, conductor. The text is from Lauda Sion Salvatorem by St. Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274). This unique, meditative setting will be a rewarding experience for more advanced choirs and is equally appropriate for the concert hall or church services. This devotional work is appropriate for both communion services and concerts. Moderately Easy

Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Veni, Sancte Spiritus is an intense work that features an extensive dramatic tenor solo and lush choral harmonies. Premiered at the 2002 Southern Region ACDA in Charlotte NC, it was written for the Murray State University Concert Choir, Bradley Almquist, conductor, and Randall Black, tenor. It is a setting of words attributed to Stephan Langston (d. 1228). The edition features a running English translation by John Mason Neale (1818–1866). Moderately Difficult

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$1.95

DMITRI S. BORTNIANSK Y arr. A N T H O N Y A N T O L I N I SATB Chorus unaccompanied Except during the Soviet period, Kol’ slaven has been used in Russia at public gatherings and military ceremonies such as the christening of ships, lowering or raising of the flag and at military funerals. This scholarly performance edition includes extensive notes concerning the history of Bortniansky and this piece, performance notes, the editorial method of the English singing version, and a pronunciation guide for the Russian transliteration. Moderately Easy

Choral Score

$2.25

CRAIG CARNAHAN

The Glory of Our God (Kol’ slaven)

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Choral Score

$2.25

Dancing on the Edges of Time SATB Chorus and Piano “There is a profound simplicity to this quote by Rabindranath Tagore that connected with me immediately and left no doubt in my mind that I wanted to set it. The lilting rhythm of Tagore’s words and their joyful message suggest a cadence that is both animated and graceful, and an interpretation that is both gregarious and intimate. My role was to step aside and let the words speak for themselves. My hope is that the resulting music mirrors the engaging spirit of Tagore’s text.”—Craig Carnahan Medium

1.3437

Choral Score

$2.50

Recent Releases—SATB S T E P H E N C H AT M A N

The cold demands a silence SATB Chorus and Piano A deeply introspective poem in which the stark language leads toward deeper personal examination. The choral writing is reflective of this inner journey and greatly expresses the emotions of the text. Medium 7.0639 Choral Score $2.25

Night Vision Chorus and Piano This setting of Whitehorse poet, Joanna Lilley, conveys the spirit of the cold, vast northern wilderness. The fast, energetic music complements images of wild foxes, coyotes, and wolves at night, through the back gate, two pairs of eyes electric in the flash-light. Contrasting homophonic and contrapuntal sections build in intensity toward the climactic final moments and a loud ending. Duration: 2:40 Medium

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Our Garden of Life SATB Chorus and Piano “Commissioned for the Kantorei of the Chapel of the Resurrection, Dr. Lorraine S. Brugh, director, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, Indiana. The chosen theme for this annual advent event was nature, birth and growth. Tara Wohlberg’s ecumenical text, written especially for the occasion, is appropriate for either Christmas or general programming. The setting features lyrical melodic material, developed in gently flowing homophonic and contrapuntal textures, supported by the substantial piano accompaniment.” —Stephen Chatman Duration: 3:35 Medium

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Choral Score

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Recent Releases—SATB DAV I D CO N T E

The Kingdom of God SATB Chorus and Organ or Piano Commissioned by the Carmel Mission Basilica Choir (Carmel, California), Laura Anderson, Music Director, in memory of all those who lost their lives in Newtown, Connecticut on December 14, 2012. This setting of Mark 10:13–16 (KJV) is appropriate for many different uses, both in churches and in more secular settings: baptism, children-themed programs, and lament/grief/sorrow-themed programs. Medium

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Choral Score

$1.95

A Whitman Triptych I. O Setting Sun

Baritone Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied “Based on a text adapted from Walt Whitman’s much longer poem Song at Sunset...The baritone soloist acts as narrator, singing noble recitatives praising the sun and the hour of its setting, supported by commentaries in the chorus. A central section is fast and rhythmic with many changing time signatures. After a return of the baritone soloist, the final section’s music is both serene and reverent, as ‘Nature continues, glory continues; O setting sun!’”—David Conte. Duration: 5:42 Moderately Difficult

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Choral Score

$2.60

II. What Is the Grass? Tenor Solo, SATB Chorus unaccompanied “An adaptation of a much longer poem...my musical setting follows Whitman’s exploration: first taking a child’s point of view, expressed with lilting melodies set in a lively compound meter. Then, the entry of the tenor soloist indicates a change of mood to the serious. Next, the first mood returns, leading to a climax on the words ‘And led forward life…,’ set in nine-part harmony. The mood turns reverent, as the tenor soloist intones the words, ‘All goes onward and outward; nothing collapses.’ The piece ends with a tone of gentle, slightly ironic questioning.”—David Conte. Duration: 4:30 8322 Choral Score $2.60

III. Facing West Soprano and Tenor Soli, SATB Chorus unaccompanied “Drawn from the ‘Children of Adam’ book from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass...the tone is rich and complex, and draws on one of Whitman’s favorite themes of using travel to distant lands as a metaphor for spiritual development. In his poem, Whitman strikes notes of reflection, of longing for adventure, and ultimately ends with a question....”—David Conte. Duration: 4:00 8323 Choral Score $2.35 12

Recent Releases—SATB PAV E L C H E S N O KOV arr. A N T H O N Y A N T O L I N I

For Us There Is No Other Help but Thee (Nye ímamï inïya pómoshchi)

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied From a set of ten communion hymns, Opus 25, and is intended to be sung for the feast day commemorating an icon of the Virgin entitled “The joy of all who sorrow,” observed on October 24 in the Orthodox Church calendar. Nye ímamï inïya pómoshchi contains original music that is not based on any preexisting chant. This scholarly performance edition includes notes concerning the history of Chesnokov and this piece, performance notes, the editorial method of the English singing version, and a pronunciation guide for the Slavonic transliteration. Moderately Easy

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Choral Score

$1.95

E D WA R D E LG A R

Ecce sacerdos magnus SATB Chorus and Organ Ecce sacerdos magnus is an antiphon and a responsory based on Ecclesiasticus 44:16– 17. Also known as the Book of the All-Virtuous Wisdom (or simply the Book of Wisdom), Ecclesiasticus was written by the Jewish scribe Shimon ben Yeshua ben Eliezer ben Sira (also known as Jesus of Sirach) of Jerusalem. This volume of ethical teachings dates from around 200–175 BC. Moderately Easy

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Choral Score

$1.95

F R A N K F E R KO

Song of the Sky Loom SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Written using English translations of Tewa texts, this work explores the American Southwest Pueblo people and their customs. “The music begins with two baritone soloists singing an introductory ‘call-and-response’ to which the entire chorus eventually responds...As the text turns to the imagery of weaving, the musical texture, accordingly, becomes contrapuntal: individual melodic lines, sung by solo voices or small groups (the ‘weft’), intertwine with each other and also with the main chorus, which provides the overall harmonic structure (the ‘warp’). The following chorale section… represents the massive ‘rainbow’ in the text and brings the work to a unified conclusion.” —Frank Ferko Difficult

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Choral Score

$2.90

Recent Releases—SATB S TA N L E Y M . H O F FM A N

O Absalom

Seascapes

SATB Chorus and Piano The form of this piece consists of three dirges and a thrice-repeated refrain, detailing the story of King David and the death of his rebellious son, Absalom. The grief-driven text is itself repetitive which inspired similar musical treatment. Medium 7.0696 $1.55

SATB Chorus and Low Flutes (Bass and Alto) “My dear colleague Peter Sheridan, lost his mother in 2014. One of my best friends, Malcolm Tuffnell, lost his mother in 2010. One night, Malcolm posted some of his late mother’s poetry…I was so moved by the ones I saw that I immediately asked to see more of them. I narrowed down my choices to eight sea-themed poems that became the basis for Seascapes.” —Stanley M. Hoffman. Duration: 6:20 Medium

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Choral Score Flute Part

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T H O M A S J U N E AU

CO N N O R KO P P I N

Ave verum Corpus

Vidi aquam (I see water)

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied “This setting illustrates a modern yet straightforward combination of two primary textures. The work opens and closes in a dramatic setting of the two most prayerful lines of the text. The interior of the piece is set in a more traditional imitative style in which time is taken between phrases to better elicit the meaning of the text…I also believe that this text conveys a huge sense of tradition, especially in the settings by Byrd and Mozart. By using this text, I am seeking to continue this tradition in a modern idiom.” —Thomas Juneau Medium

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied “Vidi aquam is a setting of a Sprinkling Rite for Eastertide. This work is written in a style that results in music that is ever-changing; flowing in one harmonic direction but never reaching the desired destination...Unique harmonic structure is core to my effort to bring these timeless chants to life in this composition. One should listen to and ‘channel’ Gregorian Chant when preparing this piece with the intent of evoking a style of singing that echoes its qualities.”—Connor Koppin Medium 1.3457 Choral Score $2.25

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Recent Releases—SATB ROBERT KYR

Dwell in Possibility

Land of Enchantment

Soprano Solo, SSATBB Chorus unaccompanied The text about the charm of possibilities is a composite of words by Emily Dickinson and Robert Kyr with an excerpt from “In Paradisum” from the Requiem Mass. The music is dramatic, featuring sweeping melodic lines. Duration: 4:00 Moderately Difficult

SSATBB Chorus unaccompanied The text for this stirring New Mexico-inspired piece is a composite of words by both the poet D. H. Lawrence and composer Robert Kyr. Duration: 5:10 Moderately Difficult

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Choral Score

$2.80

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Choral Score

$3.60

Mountain Song

O Deep Riches

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied This setting of words by Chinese poet Tu Fu as translated and adapted by Robert Kyr features harmonies and melodies that invoke a mountainous landscape. The lyrics also deal with nature and the human condition. Duration: 5:00 Medium

SATB Chorus unaccompanied This setting of Romans 11:33 as translated and adapted by Robert Kyr are words used by Catholics on the twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Lectionary: 121, dealing with the riches of wisdom and knowledge. The choral textures are relatively simple. This brief, rewarding piece is not very difficult to learn or sing, and will delight congregations at services or audiences at concerts. Duration: 3:00 Medium 8367 Choral Score $1.95

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Choral Score

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Recent Releases—SATB JA M E S M CC U L L O U G H

O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück

Plead My Cause, O Lord Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied “Plead My Cause, O Lord was composed for my brother, Robert Louis McCullough, in 1971...This piece uses the sprechstimme (or sprechgesang) technique appearing within an unaccompanied sacred work. This technique employs speech and singing without any specific pitch intonation.” —James McCullough Medium

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Choral Score

$1.95

(O That I Knew the Way Back Home)

Chorus and Piano (SATB version recorded) “Brahms’ best songs are small, priceless jewels. They are unusual, mysterious, inventive, bass heavy, uncomplicated, melodious, and are glorious creations! O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück is a magnificent, miniature masterpiece of nostalgic longing for childhood, relinquishing mature growth, and yearning for an earthly, unattainable paradise.” —James McCullough Duration: 4:04 Medium

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SATB Choral

$2.25

D O N M AC D O N A L D

PAU L J O H N R U D O I

When the Earth Stands Still

Yonder Come Day

Solo, Chorus unaccompanied (TTBB version recorded) Paul John Rudoi’s arrangement of Yonder Come Day deepens the traditional Georgia Sea Islands tune with a narrative journey. Through other well known spirituals, including “Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Calling My Name,” “Steal Away,” and “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” we move forward and upward, hoping for a better day. Infectious fun for the singers and the audience. Duration: 3:30 Medium

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SATB Choral Score

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SATB Choral Score

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Recent Releases—SATB ERIC NELSON

TIM SARSANY

We Are the Music Makers

Let the Heavens Rejoice

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied

SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Tim Sarsany offers us a setting of Psalm 96:11–13 which begins calmly and briefly sung in Hebrew, then quickly takes off with exciting, syncopated rhythms, joyfully propelling the music until its conclusion. Duration: 2:30 Medium 1.3435 Choral Score $2.25

This setting of the best-known poem by Arthur O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881) about the fate of being music makers is certain to resonate with choruses and audiences alike. Duration: 5:25 Medium 1.3434 Choral Score $2.25

STEVEN SAMETZ

Carmina amoris

Farewell

Soprano and Tenor Soli, off-stage Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus (divisi), and Orchestra “When I first began to look at medieval Latin texts for Carmina amoris, the epigrams, marginalia, and love letters I found by clerics and nuns from the fourth to the thirteenth centuries were a revelation. The beauty and freshness of the language spoke across the centuries. In matters of love (longing, desire, lamenting, sleepless wondering, making up, and quarreling), it appears not much has changed from the so-called ‘dark ages’ to our own well-illumined era.” —Steven Sametz Orchestral score and parts available for rental. Difficult 6925 Piano/Vocal Sc $16.00 7525 Choral Part $8.30 6923 Addtl Score $90.00

SATB Soli and SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied “Farewell is among my earliest works for choir, written in high school and dedicated to my high school choral director, George Weigle. The text of Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) expresses the gratitude so many feel on graduation to teachers who give so much of themselves.”—Steven Sametz Moderately Difficult

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Recent Releases—SATB ROBERT SIEVING

Resonet in laudibus SATB Chorus (divisi) and 2 Flutes (or opt. Organ or Synthesizer) This pastoral arrangement of the German carol employs words from the Moosburg Gradual, 1360. The composition is for two flutes and a cappella choir. The flute parts, which are included, may also be played by organ or piano. Duration: 2:15 Moderately Easy

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DAV I D E VA N T H O M A S

A Glimmering Girl

“The Song of Wandering Aengus” SATB Chorus unaccompanied A Glimmering Girl is a lyrical setting of Yeats’s The Song of Wandering Aengus. It was composed for the composer’s friend Dr. Elizabeth Pauly and the Choir at Minneapolis Community and Technical College, which gave the premiere in May 2013. Composition of this work was supported in part by the American Composers Forum through the 2013 McKnight Composer Fellowship Program. Duration: 3:00 Medium

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Singers to Come Soprano Solo, SATB Semi-Chorus, SATB Chorus, and Piano “Singers to Come brings together four poets—a Romantic, a Victorian, and two contemporary Americans—whose subject is passionate singing. The familiar origins of song in the sights and sounds of nature is painted in moonlight to guitar accompaniment by Shelley. Galway Kinnell’s earnest treble choir reminds us—to a hint of ‘A Balm in Gilead’—that ‘everyone who truly sings is beautiful.’ Minnesota-born Richard Eberhart’s driving, concise lines focus our awareness: ’Be tree and bird.’ Alice Meynell looks to the future and exhorts us to pass it on. As an avid choral singer myself, I can only add: ‘Alleluia, Amen.’”—David Evan Thomas Medium

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Recent Releases—SATB Z . R A N DA L L S T R O O P E

Northwest Passage SATB Chorus, Wind Quintet and String Quartet, or Piano “Northwest Passage is a set of ‘poetic landscapes’ that reflects on three elements of the great Northwest of the United States—rivers, mountains, and prairies. Each sonic reflection (movement) combines to form a larger image, not unlike someone standing on a vista and seeing rivers, mountains and prairies—each distinct, but part of one vast expanse.” —Z. Randall Stroope Medium

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Piano/Choral Score Full Score Instrumental Parts Replacement Part

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M I C H A E L J O H N T R O T TA

Ad te clamamus SATB Chorus unaccompanied and optional Descant The Salve Regina, also known as the Hail Holy Queen, is a Marian hymn and one of four Marian antiphons sung at different seasons within the Christian liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church. The Salve Regina is traditionally sung at Compline in the time from the Saturday before Trinity Sunday until the Friday before the first Sunday of Advent. The Hail Holy Queen is also the final prayer of the Rosary. Duration: 3:40 Medium

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Totus tuus SATB Chorus unaccompanied Louis de Montfort wrote the text used in this setting in the early 18th century. It is a hymn of devotion and total surrender to a power greater than oneself. The lush extended harmonies proceed from an pedal point and continue in straightforward rhythm making the piece at once accessible yet giving new life to the ancient text. The thoughtful voice leading enables this piece to be used in both liturgical and concert settings. Medium

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Recent Releases—SATB KEVIN UPPERCUE

Lord, For Thy Tender Mercy’s Sake SATB Chorus and Organ A modern setting of the well-known and pensive text from Lidley’s Prayers. The overall mood is plaintive and atmospheric, with dissonant and distinct harmonies throughout, portraying the penitent and modestly hopeful nature of the prayer. Duration: 2:00 Medium

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Two Psalm Texts:

These settings present disparate manners in which to utter these two terse, yet potent psalm texts: from the sorrowful to the exuberant, the primitive to the elegant. The music reflects these wide-ranging interpretations with interchanges of contrapuntal and homophonic textures, ostinato and scalar passages, a broad harmonic palette, and the utilization of the full tessitura of the chorus. Moderately Difficult

No. 1 I Lift Up My Soul SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied

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No. 2 Preserve Me, O God Soprano Solo and SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied

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J E F F R E Y VA N

Fourteen Angels SATB Chorus and Harp (or Piano) or Guitar “The intertwining of friendship and the guitar engendered this composition. Christine and Jerry da Silva are close friends of Kurt Wolf, with whom Jerry studies guitar; Kurt is my close friend, who studied with me for his MM in classical guitar at the University of Minnesota. Following the tragic loss of their infant daughter Elena, Kurt commissioned this work for chorus and guitar to offer his friends the gift of something lasting in the face of impermanence. As requested, I incorporated the Catalan carol, El Noi de la Mare, which is also famous as a guitar solo. It was always the father’s intention that this gift would eventually be placed in service as a soothing lullaby, one which he had planned to play frequently for his infant child.” —Jeffrey Van Duration: 4:30 Moderately Easy

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Recent Releases—SATB E L L E N G I L S O N VO T H

Going Across the Mountain SATB Chorus unaccompanied “This arrangement contrasts the unbridled optimism and resolve of a person heading off to war with the bittersweet nostalgia of leaving a special person behind, along with the promise of return. The repeated statements of the refrain are most effective when singers highlight the syncopations and rhythmic differences among them.…All singers should enjoy the harmonic movement of the last line, and their carefully timed roles in it—all the way to the altos’ final, delayed word.” —Ellen Gilson Voth Duration: 2:01 Medium

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Hushaby SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied “This arrangement presents the challenge of singing a familiar lullaby with freshness and a tender sound quality that is well supported. Take great care in the opening to energize the E natural pedal point. The middle section (mm. 22–52) is intended to be dream-like, with cascading images of horses that are moving quickly then gradually slowing their pace. The ritardando is built in; singers should focus on being absolutely rhythmic with the 8th-note pulse. The last page is the place to be luxurious with time, and to enjoy the final hum fading into silence.” —Ellen Gilson Voth Duration: 2:37 Medium

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J U L I A N WAC H N E R

An October Garden SATB Chorus (divisi), Flute, Clarinet, Contrabass, and Piano A multi-movement work for chorus, flute, clarinet, and piano by composer and conductor Julian Wachner, is based on four poems by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti that follow the annual progress of the seasons. Cast in near symphonic proportions, each movement has its own distinct character. From buoyant spring to heavy-laden winter, Wachner deftly conveys the inherent joy and drama of the life-cycle using musical idioms that are at once both lyrically expressive and minimalistic. Difficult

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Recent Releases—SATB G W Y N E T H WA L K E R

Down to the River to Pray SATB Chorus and Piano or Brass Quintet and Percussion “Down to the River to Pray originates as an American gospel song with a simple message of faith and baptism, going ‘down to the river.’…Usually the song is performed a cappella, and slowly, prayerfully. However, the walking aspect of the lyrics might suggest a different approach—one of swing rhythm in duple meter. Here the focus is on the journey, the joy of the pilgrimage, and the hope for freedom. The accompaniment (either piano, or brass and percussion) plays a featured role, especially as a rhythmic force. The song now becomes one of triumphant progression, hastening on the ‘good old way!’” —Gwyneth Walker Medium

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Steal Away SATB Chorus and Piano Steal Away interprets the traditional spiritual, Steal Away to Jesus, as a song of alternating sorrow and strength. The refrains are presented quietly and mournfully. In contrast, the verses are sung with conviction. Of special interest is the use of scale patterns. In the opening refrain, and on every occurrence of the words “steal away,” the scales descend, marked as falling tears, or stealing away. At the conclusion of the song, the scales rise, as the soul ascending to heaven. “My Lord calls me, calls me home.” Duration: 3:40 Moderately Easy

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When Jesus Wept SATB and Piano, with opt. Percussion or Organ and Brass Quartet with Percussion The original tune and lyrics for this piece are by William Billings (1746-1800), Boston, Massachusetts, here adapted for mixed chorus, optional percussion and piano by Gwyneth Walker. The mournful spirit of early Americana in the original music is still present, embellished by her additions. Moderately Easy

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