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DAVID CONTE JOSEPH GREGORIO Give Us Music Sudden Light TTBB Chorus unaccompanied TTBB Chorus unaccompanied Commissioned by the University of Notre Dame Composed as a wedding present for the composer’s Men’s Glee Club, Daniel Stowe, conductor, in wife, and premiered under the baton of Kimberly celebration of the 400th anniversary of the Dunn Adams at the composer’s wedding, Sudden Light death of William Shakespeare, and the 100th sets Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s beautiful and mysterious anniversary of the Notre Dame Men’s Glee Club. poem of the etze name. Beginning softly with a modal Shakespeare refers to music many times in his melody, it gently builds to a climax on the word “soar” works. The text of Give Us Music is a compilation and returns at its conclusion to the modal harmony of texts from Henry IV, As You Like It, and Antony heard at the opening. Sudden Light is an attractive and and Cleopatra, and celebrates music’s ability to useful piece on programs concerning love and com- nourish, console, and inspire. Duration: 3:00 mitment, and for performance at marriage ceremonies. Medium Medium 8436 Choral Score $2.05 7308 Choral Score $1.95

ROBERT KYR DON MACDONALD Ode to Music When the Earth Stands Still TBB Chorus unaccompanied Chorus unaccompanied (SATB version recorded) Ode to Music was commissioned by the Harvard “I wrote this for my wife Allison Girvan’s small but Glee Club, Andrew Clark, Director of Choral Ac- advanced youth choir, Laline.…I decided to compose tivities. The world premiere performance by the a song much as a contemporary songwriter would, Harvard Glee Club took place on December 22, with my own lyrics and a form based around repeating 2013, in Woolsey Hall at Yale University, New Haven, verse and chorus. This is probably one of the easi- Connecticut, conducted by Harris Ipock. As the title est pieces of mine to learn yet one of the hardest to suggests, the music and words by the composer are perform since the long phrases require a great deal of an ode to music. This composition is both skillfully attention to dynamics, breathing, and consistency of wrought and aurally satisfying. tone.” —Don Macdonald Moderately Difficult Moderately Easy 8368 Choral Score $2.50 1.3432 TTBB Choral Score $2.25 2 For TTBB Chorus

PAUL JOHN RUDOI Yonder Come Day Solo, Chorus unaccompanied (TTBB version recorded) Paul John Rudoi’s arrangement of Yonder Come Day deepens the traditional Geor- gia 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

NAOMI SHEMER / arr. ALICE PARKER 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 memo- rable phrases: one does not want the song to end. Moderately Easy 1.3428 Choral Score $2.50

GWYNETH WALKER 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, good- night.’” Duration: 17:30—Gwyneth Walker. Medium CLICK HERE TO VIEW OUR 8516 Piano/Vocal Score $8.75 TREBLE CATALOG 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 man- tra, “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 BARNETT 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 declama- tion, “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 interest- ing and varied. Part of the NCCO Choral Series. Duration: 4:30 Moderately Difficult 1.3506 Choral Score $2.85

FRANK FERKO 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 reduc- es 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 8427 Choral Score $2.35

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STEPHEN CHATMAN 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 Wohl- berg’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 7.0709 Choral Score $3.05 7.0709 Violoncello and Harp Parts $8.00

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 syncopa- tion, 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 disso- nance versus resolution, tutti versus a cappella, and two climactic cadences. Duration: 2:45 Medium 7.0726 Choral Score $2.05 7.0635 A Song of Joys (Piano/Vocal) $6.75

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DAVID CONTE How Lovely Is Thy Dwelling Place SATB Chorus, Congregation, Brass Quartet, and Organ Commissioned for the 100th anniversary of Lakewood Congregational Church, Lake- wood, 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 8314 Choral Score $2.60 8314A Brass Quartet Parts $20.00 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 8170 Choral Score $2.60

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 7873 Piano/Choral Score $2.60 7874 Full Score $19.00 7875 String Parts (4-4-3-3-2) $25.00 7875A Replacement Parts $3.00

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FRED GRAMANN SUSAN LABARR Trinity My Very Own SATB Chorus unaccompanied SATB Chorus and Piano This lyrical setting combines the texts “Trinitie Sun- A simple setting of several scriptural passages about day” by George Herbert with “Gloria tibi” (Glory to love. Written for the wedding of Brian and Allison you, O Trinity, all equal, one God). A charming refrain Murray, two Texas-based choir directors, the work is which begins the piece alternates with the Herbert highly melodic and simple in its construction. Dura- text. Duration: 2:30 tion: 4:15 Moderately Easy Moderately Easy 8347 Choral Score $1.95 1.3490 Choral Score $2.05

SHANE M. LYNCH J. AARON MCDERMID Joseph and Grace Eternitie Soprano and Tenor Soli, SSATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied In his brief poem “Eternitie,” Robert Herrick imagines Written for the Washington and Lee University the immense awe that accompanies leaving this Singers in 2016, this is a haunting setting of parts world and entering the next. A hint of longing for of several poems by Joseph Mary Plunkett, the man what was in the opening words, “O Yeares! and Age!” who came up with the ill-fated plan for the Easter gives way to peace and acceptance with “Farewell.” Uprising. Much of it he wrote for the great love of his Duration: 3:45 life, Grace Gifford, whom he married seven hours be- Moderately Difficult fore his execution for his part in planning the failed 8499 Choral Score $2.05 revolution. The music expresses their love, but also the foreboding of what is to come. Duration: 5:00 Medium 1.3505 Choral Score $2.60 7 NEW Releases—SATB

HENRY MOLLICONE 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 8501 I. Ave verum Corpus $2.05 8502 II. Ave, maris stella $2.35 8503 III. Pange lingua gloriosi $2.35 8504 IV. Alleluia $2.35 8505 Additional Full Score $37.00 Full Score and Parts Rental

Glory Day! from Gabriel’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 7007 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 8180 Choral Score $2.60

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DAVID P. ROSSOW ANDREW STEFFEN Teach Me to Love Specks of Earth SATB Chorus and Piano SATB Chorus, Flute, and Piano This lyrical music perfectly matches the elegantly Choral miniatures that use poetry from Rabindranath phrased text written by the eighteenth-century Irish Tagore’s work Stray Birds, a collection of 326 short singer, songwriter, and poet Thomas Moore. Tender poems. Each movement sets a different fragment of and emotional, the choral writing is accompanied the poem. The eighth movement, “Fields,” is the only by a rhapsodic piano part which flows beautifully. miniature that does not use any of Tagore’s poetry, The result is a sublime expression of the writer’s but instead uses breathing and broad, expansive longing for God. Part of the NCCO Choral Series. structures in the piano to create a spacious sound- Duration: 5:40 scape. Duration: 11:45 Medium Medium 1.3507 Choral Score $2.35 1.3480 Choral Score $3.35

RAIMONDS TIGULS GWYNETH WALKER Moonlight Sound Design Were You There? 3 or 4 Soprano Soli, SATB Chorus (divisi), and Piano SATB Chorus and Piano Composed for 3 or 4 Soprano Soli, SATB Chorus and Each verse expresses a different reaction to its Hang (complimentary part available for download question about the crucifixion. The piano accom- on our website) but can be performed with Piano paniment varies with the mood of the lyrics—from or Guitar accompaniment as well. The piece should simple chordal support at the beginning, to harsh not sound sad, but rather ethereal. It is more about rhythms (“nailed him to the cross”), to rapid sun- longing than sadness. To create a more ethereal burst patterns (“the sun refused to shine”), to sor- mood, the soloists may be staggered throughout rowful descending lines (“laid him in the tomb”). The the audience, providing more dimension to the choral expression is articulated in similar manner to sound. Part of the Lee Nelson Choral Series. the accompaniment. Duration: 4:30 Duration 4:10 Moderately Easy Moderately Easy 8554 Choral Score $2.80 1.3502 Choral Score $2.60 8285 SSA Version $2.60 9 Recent Releases—SATB

JONATHAN ADAMS WILLIAM AVERITT Ecce panis Angelorum Veni, Sancte Spiritus SATB Chorus unaccompanied Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied This setting is dedicated to the Arkansas State Veni, Sancte Spiritus is an intense work that features University Concert Choir, Dr. Dale Miller, conductor. an extensive dramatic tenor solo and lush choral The text is from Lauda Sion Salvatorem by St. Thom- harmonies. Premiered at the 2002 Southern Region as Aquinas (1225–1274). This unique, meditative ACDA in Charlotte NC, it was written for the Murray setting will be a rewarding experience for more State University Concert Choir, Bradley Almquist, advanced choirs and is equally appropriate for the conductor, and Randall Black, tenor. It is a setting concert hall or church services. This devotional work of words attributed to Stephan Langston (d. 1228). is appropriate for both communion services and The edition features a running English translation by concerts. John Mason Neale (1818–1866). Moderately Easy Moderately Difficult 8244 Choral Score $1.95 7112 Choral Score $2.25

DMITRI S. BORTNIANSKY CRAIG CARNAHAN arr. ANTHONY ANTOLINI Dancing on the Edges of Time The Glory of Our God (Kol’ slaven) SATB Chorus and Piano SATB Chorus unaccompanied “There is a profound simplicity to this quote by Rabin- Except during the Soviet period, Kol’ slaven has been dranath Tagore that connected with me immediately used in Russia at public gatherings and military cere- and left no doubt in my mind that I wanted to set it. monies such as the christening of ships, lowering or The lilting rhythm of Tagore’s words and their joyful raising of the flag and at military funerals. This schol- message suggest a cadence that is both animat- arly performance edition includes extensive notes ed and graceful, and an interpretation that is both concerning the history of Bortniansky and this piece, gregarious and intimate. My role was to step aside performance notes, the editorial method of the En- and let the words speak for themselves. My hope is glish singing version, and a pronunciation guide for that the resulting music mirrors the engaging spirit of the Russian transliteration. Tagore’s text.”—Craig Carnahan Moderately Easy Medium 8208 Choral Score $2.25 1.3437 Choral Score $2.50 10 Recent Releases—SATB

STEPHEN CHATMAN 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 7.0671 SATB Version $2.35

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 ecu- menical text, written especially for the occasion, is appropriate for either Christ- mas or general programming. The setting features lyrical melodic material, de- veloped in gently flowing homophonic and contrapuntal textures, supported by the substantial piano accompaniment.” —Stephen Chatman Duration: 3:35 Medium 7.0700 Choral Score $2.50

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DAVID CONTE The Kingdom of God SATB Chorus and Organ or Piano Commissioned by the Carmel Mission Basilica Choir (Carmel, California), Laura An- derson, Music Director, in memory of all those who lost their lives in Newtown, Con- necticut 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 8182 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 8321 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 explo- ration: 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

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PAVEL CHESNOKOV arr. ANTHONY ANTOLINI 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 8248 Choral Score $1.95

EDWARD ELGAR 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 Wis- dom), 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 8370 Choral Score $1.95

FRANK FERKO Song of the Sky Loom SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied Written using English translations of Tewa texts, this work explores the American South- west Pueblo people and their customs. “The music begins with two baritone soloists singing an introductory ‘call-and-response’ to which the entire chorus eventually re- sponds...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 8452 Choral Score $2.90 13 Recent Releases—SATB

STANLEY M. HOFFMAN O Absalom Seascapes SATB Chorus and Piano SATB Chorus and Low Flutes (Bass and Alto) The form of this piece consists of “My dear colleague Peter Sheridan, lost his mother in 2014. One of three dirges and a thrice-repeated my best friends, Malcolm Tuffnell, lost his mother in 2010. One night, refrain, detailing the story of King Malcolm posted some of his late mother’s poetry…I was so moved David and the death of his rebellious by the ones I saw that I immediately asked to see more of them. I son, Absalom. The grief-driven text is narrowed down my choices to eight sea-themed poems that became itself repetitive which inspired similar the basis for Seascapes.” —Stanley M. Hoffman. Duration: 6:20 musical treatment. Medium Medium 7.0666 Choral Score $2.60 7.0696 $1.55 7.0667 Flute Part $8.00

THOMAS JUNEAU CONNOR KOPPIN Ave verum Corpus Vidi aquam (I see water) SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied “This setting illustrates a modern yet straightfor- “Vidi aquam is a setting of a Sprinkling Rite for ward combination of two primary textures. The Eastertide. This work is written in a style that re- work opens and closes in a dramatic setting of the sults in music that is ever-changing; flowing in one two most prayerful lines of the text. The interior of harmonic direction but never reaching the desired the piece is set in a more traditional imitative style destination...Unique harmonic structure is core to in which time is taken between phrases to better my effort to bring these timeless chants to life in elicit the meaning of the text…I also believe that this composition. One should listen to and ‘channel’ this text conveys a huge sense of tradition, espe- Gregorian Chant when preparing this piece with the cially in the settings by Byrd and Mozart. By using intent of evoking a style of singing that echoes its this text, I am seeking to continue this tradition in a qualities.”—Connor Koppin modern idiom.” —Thomas Juneau Medium Medium 1.3457 Choral Score $2.25 8165 Choral Score $1.95 14 Recent Releases—SATB

ROBERT KYR Dwell in Possibility Land of Enchantment Soprano Solo, SSATBB Chorus unaccompanied SSATBB Chorus unaccompanied The text about the charm of possibilities is a com- The text for this stirring New Mexico-inspired piece posite of words by Emily Dickinson and Robert Kyr is a composite of words by both the poet D. H. Law- with an excerpt from “In Paradisum” from the Requi- rence and composer Robert Kyr. em Mass. The music is dramatic, featuring sweeping Duration: 5:10 melodic lines. Duration: 4:00 Moderately Difficult Moderately Difficult 8365 Choral Score $3.60 8364 Choral Score $2.80

Mountain Song O Deep Riches SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied SATB Chorus unaccompanied This setting of words by Chinese poet Tu Fu as trans- This setting of Romans 11:33 as translated and lated and adapted by Robert Kyr features harmonies adapted by Robert Kyr are words used by Catholics and melodies that invoke a mountainous landscape. on the twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time, Lec- The lyrics also deal with nature and the human tionary: 121, dealing with the riches of wisdom and condition. knowledge. The choral textures are relatively sim- Duration: 5:00 ple. This brief, rewarding piece is not very difficult Medium to learn or sing, and will delight congregations at 8366 Choral Score $2.50 services or audiences at concerts. Duration: 3:00 Medium 8367 Choral Score $1.95 15 Recent Releases—SATB

JAMES MCCULLOUGH Plead My Cause, O Lord O wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück Tenor Solo and SATB Chorus unaccompanied (O That I Knew the Way Back Home) “Plead My Cause, O Lord was composed for my broth- Chorus and Piano (SATB version recorded) er, Robert Louis McCullough, in 1971...This piece uses “Brahms’ best songs are small, priceless jewels. They the sprechstimme (or sprechgesang) technique ap- are unusual, mysterious, inventive, bass heavy, un- pearing within an unaccompanied sacred work. This complicated, melodious, and are glorious creations! O technique employs speech and singing without any wüsst’ ich doch den Weg zurück is a magnificent, min- specific pitch intonation.” —James McCullough iature masterpiece of nostalgic longing for childhood, Medium relinquishing mature growth, and yearning for an 8084 Choral Score $1.95 earthly, unattainable paradise.” —James McCullough Duration: 4:04 Medium 1.3460 SATB Choral $2.25

DON MACDONALD PAUL JOHN RUDOI When the Earth Stands Still Yonder Come Day Chorus unaccompanied (SATB version recorded) Solo, Chorus unaccompanied (TTBB version recorded) “I wrote this for my wife Allison Girvan’s small but Paul John Rudoi’s arrangement of Yonder Come Day advanced youth choir, Laline.…I decided to com- deepens the traditional Georgia Sea Islands tune pose a song much as a contemporary songwriter with a narrative journey. Through other well known would, with my own lyrics and a form based around spirituals, including “Hush, Hush, Somebody’s Call- repeating verse and chorus. This is probably one of ing My Name,” “Steal Away,” and “Swing Low, Sweet the easiest pieces of mine to learn yet one of the Chariot,” we move forward and upward, hoping for hardest to perform since the long phrases require a a better day. Infectious fun for the singers and the great deal of attention to dynamics, breathing, and audience. Duration: 3:30 consistency of tone.” —Don Macdonald Medium Moderately Easy 1.3465 SATB Choral Score $2.50 1.3430 SATB Choral Score $2.25 16 Recent Releases—SATB

ERIC NELSON TIM SARSANY We Are the Music Makers Let the Heavens Rejoice SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied This setting of the best-known poem by Arthur Tim Sarsany offers us a setting of Psalm 96:11–13 O’Shaughnessy (1844–1881) about the fate of being which begins calmly and briefly sung in Hebrew, music makers is certain to resonate with choruses then quickly takes off with exciting, syncopated rhythms, joyfully propelling the music until its con- and audiences alike. clusion. Duration: 5:25 Duration: 2:30 Medium Medium 1.3434 Choral Score $2.25 1.3435 Choral Score $2.25

STEVEN SAMETZ Carmina amoris Farewell Soprano and Tenor Soli, off-stage Soprano Solo, SATB Chorus (divisi), and SATB Soli and SATB Chorus (divisi) Orchestra unaccompanied “When I first began to look at medieval Latin texts for Carmina amoris, “Farewell is among my earliest the epigrams, marginalia, and love letters I found by clerics and nuns works for choir, written in high from the fourth to the thirteenth centuries were a revelation. The school and dedicated to my high beauty and freshness of the language spoke across the centuries. In school choral director, George matters of love (longing, desire, lamenting, sleepless wondering, mak- Weigle. The text of Kahlil Gibran ing up, and quarreling), it appears not much has changed from the (1883–1931) expresses the grati- so-called ‘dark ages’ to our own well-illumined era.” —Steven Sametz tude so many feel on graduation Orchestral score and parts available for rental. to teachers who give so much of Difficult themselves.”—Steven Sametz 6925 Piano/Vocal Sc $16.00 Moderately Difficult 7525 Choral Part $8.30 7947 $1.55 6923 Addtl Score $90.00 17 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 anda cappella choir. The flute parts, which are included, may also be played by organ or piano. Duration: 2:15 Moderately Easy 8259 Choral Score $1.95

DAVID EVAN THOMAS 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 7.0670 Choral Score $2.05

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 7523 Choral Score $5.50

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Z. RANDALL STROOPE 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 1.3438 Piano/Choral Score $3.00 1.3453 Full Score $27.00 1.3454 Instrumental Parts $37.00 1.3455 Replacement Part $3.50

MICHAEL JOHN TROTTA 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 1.3450 Choral Score $2.35

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 1.3452 Choral Score $2.25

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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 8462 $2.05

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 1.3458 Choral Score $1.95 No. 2 Preserve Me, O God Soprano Solo and SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied 1.3459 Choral Score $1.95

JEFFREY VAN 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 8461 Harp (Piano)/Choral Score $2.05 8461A Harp Part $5.00 8461B Guitar/Choral Score $2.05 8461C Guitar Part $5.00 20 Recent Releases—SATB

ELLEN GILSON VOTH 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 1.3379 Choral Score $2.25

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 1.3380 Choral Score $1.95

JULIAN WACHNER 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 win- ter, 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 8418A Choral Score $7.60 8418 Full Score $32.00 8419 Instr. Parts $25.00

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GWYNETH WALKER 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 8476 Piano/Choral Score $2.25 8476A Full Score $17.00 8476B Instrumental Parts $30.00

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 8228 Choral Score $2.50

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 7034 Choral Score $2.50 7528 Full Score $17.00 7529 Instrumental Parts $15.00