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Christmas paraclete press PPM01447 $2.20 Selected Works Published by Paraclete Press Duckworth, Bonnie My Shepherd Will Supply My Need—PPM01406 SAB and Keyboard Ferris, William Ecce Nunc—PPM01402 SATB and Organ Forster, Stuart Sing to the Lord a New Song—PPM01321 SATB and Organ Set Me as a Seal—PPM01409 SATB a cappella Unto Us A Hagy, Timothy Jubilate—PPM01329 SATB and Organ Jubilate—PPM01329FS SATB and String Quintet Child is Born Te Deum—PPM01312 SATB and Organ Te Deum—PPM01312FS SATB and String Quintet Lau, Robert How Firm a Foundation—PPM01420 COPY SATB and Organ Lehman, Robert A Prayer of King Henry—PPM01415 SSATBB a cappella Peter Niedmann Lovelace, Austin Benedictus es Domine—PPM01306 SATB and Organ McCabe, Michael O Bread of the Earth—PPM01417 NOT SATB a cappella Nelson, Daniel Hear My Prayer, Oh Lord—PPM01359 SATB and Piano SATB a cappella Nixon, June Jesu, the Very Thought of Thee—PPM01419 SATB and Organ DO Phillips, Craig Jubilate Deo—PPM01418 SATB and Organ Jubilate Deo—PPM01418FS SATB, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ Weidner, Raymond Christ the Lord is King—PPM01421 Two-Part Mixed Choir and Organ paraclete press P.O. 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The American Organist & 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 4 magazine has praised his music as “thoughtful, well-wrought, and appealing.” œ œ œ œ œ crowned a - bove the sky His hymns and service music are included in 2 hymnals—Wonder, Love, and Praise (Episcopal) and The New Century Hymnal (United Church of Christ). His music is the published by Augsburg-Fortress, GIA, Thorpe-Theodore Presser, Concordia, Paraclete œ œn œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Press, and Selah. Commissions include: Harvard University Choir; First Presbyterian, ?# 4 œ œ œ œ œ œ 2 Tuscaloosa, AL; First Congregational, Columbus, OH; Archdiocese of Hartford, CT; ¢ #4 œ œ œ œ w 4 Chorus of Westerly, RI; Anglican Singers, New London,COPY CT; Christ Church Cathedral, > ff Hartford, CT; AGO Region I 2005 Convention. a tempo Pro no - bis Pu - er, 88 U f Peter Niedmann was twice awarded conducting fellowships with Sir David Willcocks by ° # 2 ˙ 4 œ œ 2 The Chorus of Westerly, Rhode Island. 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