Compositions: Choral

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Adam Lay Ybounden

Text: Anonymous English Carol, 15th Century

SATB Choir and Organ

This anthem works well in a Lessons and Carols service as a response to the First Lesson. It's very effective (and easy!) and will save rehearsal time for other, more difficult, works.

Agnus Dei

From: Missa Mandatum

Text: Latin, from the Mass

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

MorningStar Music

MSM-80-784

Alepun

"Mary rides the mountain pathway, alepun."

Text: Spanish Carol, tr. Eleanor Walker

Unison Treble Choir and Organ

This rhythmic and colorful setting of a charming Spanish carol will quickly become a favorite of your own children choristers, as it has of young singers in churches, schools, and community choruses across the USA.

"The excellent translation by Eleanor Walker and the rhythmic, driving accompaniment make this piece an excellent addition to any choir library."  — Pastoral Music Notebook

All Saints

"As grains of sand, as stars, as drops of dew"

Text: Christina Rossetti (1830–1894)

SATB Choir and Organ

This setting of one of Christina Rossetti's most profoundly-beautiful poems will quickly become a perennial favorite of choirs and congregations alike for celebrations of All Saints and All Souls, and other memorial liturgies throughout the year.

Alleluia! Heart and Voice to Heaven Raise

Text: Christopher Wordsworth

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ

Kessler Park Press

KPP 1002

Ancient of All Mysteries

Text: Frederick William Faber

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, ST Semi-Choruses, and Organ

Kessler Park Press

KPP 0811

And the Word Became Flesh

Text: John 1:14, 16

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Selah Publishing Co.

410-541

Antiphon and Praise

Text: George Herbert ("Let all the world in every corner sing" and "King of glorie, King of peace")

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, Opt. Solo Instrument and Organ

Kessler Park Press

KPP 1006

Arise, My Love

Text: Song of Songs 2:10–12; 8:6–7

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-385987-4

Printed music available through C. F. Peters Corporation.

Also published in the collection Weddings for Choirs.

Oxford University Press

ISBN 978-0-19-353265-6

Printed music available through C. F. Peters Corporation.

Arise, Shine!

Text: Isaiah 60:1–5, 6b

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir div. and Organ

MorningStar Music

MSM-50-2007

As Pants the Hart

Text: based on Psalm 42 by Nahum Tate and Nicholas Brady

Original Tune: Sebastian

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

Kessler Park Press

KPP 0812

Awake, Arise!

Text: Christopher Smart

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-385979-3

Copies reprinted by Banks Music.

B

By All Your Saints

Text: Horatio Nelson, adapt. J.D. Godwin

Tune: Nyland (Finnish Folk Melody)

Genre: Choral

2-Part Mixed Choir and Organ

Augsburg Fortress

11-10300

Also published in Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 2: Music for the Church Year

Includes this text as well as

We All Are One in Mission (Rusty Edwards)

ISBN 080067751X

C

Christ Became Obedient unto Death

Text: Philippians 2:8–11

Genre: Choral

TBB Choir, a cappella

Kessler Park Press

KPP 0903

Christ Is Arisen

Text: English translations of Victimae Paschali Laudes and Christ ist erstanden

Genre: Festival Hymn, Liturgical, Choral

Tunes: Victimae Paschali Laudes and Christ ist erstanden

SATB Choir, Congregation, Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ (or Two Organs and Timpani)

Kessler Park Press

KPP 0906

Christ Is Our Cornerstone

Text: Latin, c. 7th century, translated John Chandler (1806–1876)

SATB Choir and Organ

This anthem, appropriate for building dedications, saint's days, and feasts of Our Lord, is a great introduction to contemporary classical music style for choirs and organists of more modest skills to the most professional.

"Nine pages of beautiful music rich in rhythms, modulations and varied intervals."  — Caecilia (France)

Christus factus est

From: Missa Mandatum

Text: Latin, Philippians 2:8–9

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

MorningStar Music

MSM-80-309

Come, Let Us Sing to the Lord

Text: Psalms 95 & 96

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, SATB Soli, and Organ

Available from the composer

Come, O Blessed of My Father

Text: Matthew 25:31–46

Genres: Choral, Vocal

Baritone Solo, SATB Choir, and Organ

Available from the composer

Concertato on the Tune Hoff

Oh, Sing Jubilee to the Lord

Text: English and Norwegian, Ulrik V. Koren, trans. Lutheran Book of Worship 1978

Tune: Hoff, Erik C. Hoff

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

SATB Choir, Brass Quartet, Timpani, and Organ

Available from the composer

Concertato on the Tune Rushford

I Know that My Redeemer Lives

Text: Samuel Medley

This Day at Thy Creating Word

Text: William Walsham How

Tune: Rushford, Henry G. Ley

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Selah Publishing Co.

Full score and parts: 425-832

Choral score: 425-831

Cycle of Peace

I. Choir - Grant Us Peace
Text: Hebrew Prayer

II. Interlude - Prayer for Peace
(Handbells alone)

III. Choir - Fierce the Force that Curled Cain's Fist
Text: Thomas Troeger

IV. Trio - And God Said
Text: Joel Martinson from various scriptures

V. Choir - Weary of All Trumpeting
Text: Martin Franzmann

VI. Interlude - Vision of Peace
(Handbells and Violin)

VII. Choir - O Day of Peace
Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Genres: Choral, Instrumental

SATB Choir, SB Soloists, Handbells (3 Octaves), and Violin

Available from the composer

E

Evening Music

I. Evening Music
Text: May Sarton

II. Since the Majority of Me
Text: Philip Larkin

III. Symptom Recital
Text: Dorothy Parker

IV. I Loved You First
Text: Christina Rossetti

V. Fall of the Evening Star
Text: Kenneth Patchen

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and oboe

Available from the composer

Everyone Sang

Text: Siegfried Sassoon

Genre: Choral

Men's Chorus (TTBB) and Piano

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386399-5

F

For God So Loved the World

Text: John 3:16–17

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Selah Publishing Co.

410-546

Four Advent Introits on "Veni Emmanuel"

Text: Latin and English, tr. John Mason Neale

Genre: Choral

1. Veni, Emmanuel
SATB Choir and Semi-choruses, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386591-2

2. Come, O Wisdom from on High
SATB Choir and Oboe
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386592-0

3. Come, O Rod of Jesse's Stem
SATB Choir, a cappella
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386593-9

4. Come, O Dayspring from on High
SATB Choir, Handbells, and Organ
Oxford University Press
ISBN 0-19-386594-7

The Friendly Beasts - Variations on a Christmas Carol

Text: Traditional Carol

Genre: Choral

Unison Treble Choir (opt. SA) and Organ, opt. Flute or Oboe

Choristers Guild

CGA 680

From My Heart Springs a Song

Text: Delores Dufner, OSB

Genre: Choral

SAB, opt. SATB, Choir and Organ (or Piano)

Paraclete Press

PPM00110

G

Give Thanks to the Lord

Text: Psalms 105 and 106

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

Paraclete Press

PPM00509

God So Loved the World

From: the Cantata Salvation unto Us Has Come

Text: John 3:16–17

Genre: Choral

SA Choir and Organ

Out of print

Available from the composer

Grant Us Peace – An Essay for SATB Choir & Cello

Text: English translation of ancient Hebrew Prayer with verses from Isaiah

Genres: Choral, Instrumental

SATB Choir and Cello

Available from the composer

H

Hill Street

Jesus Calls Us

Text: Cecil Frances Alexander

Genres: Choral, Hymn Tune

SATB Choir, opt. Congregation, and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386063-5

How Lovely Is Your Dwelling

Text: Psalm 84: 1-8, 10, 12

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

To be published by the composer

I

I Know that My Redeemer Lives

Text: Samuel Medley

This Day at Thy Creating Word

Text: William Walsham How

Tune: Rushford, Henry G. Ley

Concertato on the tune Rushford

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Selah Publishing Co.

Full score and parts: 425-832

Choral score: 425-831

I Will Exalt You, O God

Text: Psalm 145:1–12

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386179-8

In the Bleak Mid-Winter

Text: Christina Rossetti

Tune: Cranham, Gustav Holst

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir div., a cappella

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386227-1

J

Jesus Calls Us

Original Tune: Hill Street

Text: Cecil Frances Alexander

Genres: Choral, Hymn Tune

SATB Choir, opt. Congregation, and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386063-5

Jubilate Deo

"O be joyful in the Lord, all you lands"

Text: Psalm 100

SATB Choir and Organ

The limited range and unison passages, along with a primarily homophonic texture accompanied by a rhythmic organ part, make even the most challenged choir sound at its best in this festive piece.

K

Kirkwood

We Celebrate the Legacy

Text: Cathy Yost (Text commissioned for this project)

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Available from the composer

L

Laurel

Pervasive, Never-absent One

Text: Delores Dufner, OSB

Genres: Choral, Hymn Tune

SATB Choir, opt. Oboe, opt. Congregation, and Organ

Paraclete Press

PPM00208

Leaf from Leaf Christ Knows

Text: Christina Rossetti

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386401-0

Let Us Then With Confidence

Text: Hebrews 4:16

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Selah Publishing Co.

410-569

Lions and Oxen

Text: Thomas Troeger

Genre: Choral

SA (opt. Unison) Choir, Oboe, and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386783-4

Lo, How a Rose Is Growing

Text: German, 15th Century, tr. Gracia Grindal

Tune: Es ist ein ros' entsprungen, Alte Catholische Geistliche Kirchengesäng, 1599

Genre: Choral

SAB (opt. 2-Part Mixed Voices) and Organ

Chantry Music/Augsburg Fortress

12-400003

Locus iste

Text: Antiphon for the dedication of a church (in Latin)

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir div., a cappella

Paraclete Press

PPM 09206

O

O Sing to the Lord a New Song

From: the Cantata Salvation unto Us Has Come

Text: Psalm 96:1–4

Genre: Choral

SSAA Choir and Organ

Paraclete Press

PPM 09710

O Spirit All-Embracing

Text: Delores Dufner, OSB

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386087-2

L

Psalm 98

Genres: Liturgical, Choral

Cantor or SATB Choir, Congregation, Trumpet, and Organ

Concordia Publishing House

98-3225

Psalm 118

Genres: Liturgical, Choral

Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Optional cantor version with Congregation and Organ

Available from the composer

Psalm 150

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir and Organ

To be published by the composer

R

Rejoice in the Lord Always

Text: Philippians 4:4–7

Genre: Choral

SAB Choir (opt. 2-Part Mixed Voices) and Organ

GIA Publications

G-4450

S

Save Your People, O Lord

Text: Final portion of the Te Deum

Genre: Choral

SSATBB Choir, Children's Chorus, and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386413-4

T

The Invitation

"Come ye hither all"

Text: George Herbert (1593–1632)

SATB Choir and Organ

George Herbert's six-stanza poem, whose ideas are as fresh for the mission of the church in our own time as they were for his own 17th-century world, provides the text for this soaring anthem appropriate for Holy Communion, community, and inclusion: "Lord, I have invited all, and I shall still invite, still call to thee: for it seems but just and right in my sight, where is all, there all should be."

There Is No Rose

Text: Anonymous English Carol, 15th century

SATB Choir, a capella

This new take on one of the favorite texts for Christmas, is both my most widely-recorded piece, and one of the most frequently-performed of my works for SATB choir. If you have not sung it yet, you are missing out!

"Joel Martinson writes here for a competent choir. The vocal writing is very skillful…The style is tonal but reasonably challenging, and there is a nice plasticity of rhythm in the setting of the words…Recommended."  — Music Teacher (UK)

This Day at Thy Creating Word

Text: William Walsham How

I Know that My Redeemer Lives

Text: Samuel Medley

Concertato on the tune Rushford

Tune: Rushford, Henry G. Ley

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Selah Publishing Co.

Full score and parts: 425-832

Choral score: 425-831

Three Days Had Passed

Text: John Thornburg

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Paraclete Press

Choral score: PPM00212

Full score: TBD

Parts: TBD

To Hear the Angels Sing

Text: Edmund Sears ("It Came Upon the Midnight Clear")

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, div, a cappella

Available from the composer

Transfiguration

"We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding"

Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Unison with Soprano Descant and Organ

This best-selling octavo is a prime example of how successful a composition can be which fills a void in the corpus of liturgical repertoire. Carl Daw's text is perfect for all celebrations of the Transfiguration story, as well as for any "true worship" services of the twenty-first century Christian congregation.

"…The congregation sang the new tune very well. It is going to be a favorite very soon, and that's obvious. Thank you for writing 'Transfiguration' for us. I feel that it makes a special link between you and people of this parish."  — Terence C. Roper

Tune Me, O Lord

Text: Christina Rossetti

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386400-2

'Twas in the Year That King Uzziah Died

Text: G. Woodward

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, a cappella

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386396-0

A perfect addition to your next Advent Lessons and Carols service!

U

Unbounded God

Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Original Tune: Saint James' New

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Available from the composer

W

We All Are One in Mission

Text: Rusty Edwards

Tune: Nyland (Finnish Folk Melody)

Genre: Choral

2-Part Mixed Voices and Organ

Published in Augsburg Easy Choirbook, Volume 2: Music for the Church Year

Augsburg Fortress

Includes this text as well as

By All Your Saints Still Striving (Horatio Nelson adapt. J.D. Godwin)

ISBN 0-80067751X

We Celebrate the Legacy

Text: Cathy Yost (Text commissioned for this project)

Original Tune: Kirkwood

Genres: Festival Hymn, Choral

Congregation, SATB Choir, Brass Quintet, Timpani, and Organ

Available from the composer

"We Have Come at Christ's Own Bidding"

Transfiguration

Text: Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Unison with Soprano Descant and Organ

This best-selling octavo is a prime example of how successful a composition can be which fills a void in the corpus of liturgical repertoire. Carl Daw's text is perfect for all celebrations of the Transfiguration story, as well as for any "true worship" services of the twenty-first century Christian congregation.

"…The congregation sang the new tune very well. It is going to be a favorite very soon, and that's obvious. Thank you for writing 'Transfiguration' for us. I feel that it makes a special link between you and people of this parish."  — Terence C. Roper

When the Morning Stars Together

Text: Albert Bayly

Genre: Choral

SATB Choir, Trumpet, and Organ

Oxford University Press

ISBN 0-19-386479-7

Wide, Wide In the Rose's Side

Text: Kenneth Patchen

SATB Choir with Soprano Solo, a cappella

"A novelty — a setting for church use of a text by a truly major modern American poet, in this case Kenneth Patchen. With no great performing or listening difficulties, this piece would be a pleasure to sing and to hear. Tender, sensitive writing, and the kind of modern composing congregations and audiences immediately appreciate and enjoy."  — The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians

 

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