Winter 2010

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Winter 2010 NEW ISSUES

SACRED CHORAL — Mixed or Unison Chorus and Organ

CARLYLE SHARPE [b. 1965]: Behold now, bless the Lord
• SATB & Organ • #7125 • $1.50 • c. 2:30

Praise the Lord, O My Soul!
• SATB & Organ • #7127 • $2.15 • c. 4:30
These are two settings of psalm translations found in The Book of Common Prayer (Psalms 134 and 146:1,4–9, respectively). “Behold now, bless the Lord, all you servants of the Lord, you that stand by night in the house of the Lord.”
“Hallelujah! Praise the Lord, O my soul! I will sing praises to my God while I have my being.”
USE: church services and concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

GERRE HANCOCK [b. 1934]: Jubilate Deo
• SATB & Organ • #7212 • $2.15 • c. 5:00
This, too, is a setting of a psalm translation found in The Book of Common Prayer (Psalm 100). “O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands.”
USE: church services and concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

DAVID EVAN THOMAS [b. 1958]: Truly the light is sweet
• SATB (divisi) & Organ • #7261 • $2.15 • c. 5:00
In this anthem, words from the King James Bible are employed (Ecclesiastes 11:7,9). “Truly the light is sweet and a pleasant thing it is for eyes to behold the sun.”
USE: church services and concerts • moderately difficult • skilled church, college, community, professional choruses

GÁBOR LEHOTKA [1938–2009]:
Sequentia de Virgine Maria (Sequences for the Virgin Mary)
• Solo Voice, Unison & Organ • #6990 • $1.50 • c. 2:34

Hymnus ad vesperas (Hymn at vespers)
• SATB & Organ • #6988 • $1.85 • c. 2:25
The text source for Sequentia de Virgine Maria is listed as “Anonymi Zagrabiensis;” the translation and adaptation is by Leo Nestor. “Those above honor you, mother of all grace, O Mary.”
Hymnus ad vesperas employs a 6th-century text attributed to Saint Gregory the Great; the translation by John Mason Neale is from The Hymnal Noted (London, 1815) as adapted by Ronald Arnatt. “Blest Creator of the light, Who made the day with radiance bright, And over the forming world did call The light from chaos first of all.”
USE: church services and concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

SACRED CHORAL — Mixed or Treble Chorus and Piano

STEPHEN CHATMAN [b. 1950]: Missa Brevis
• Soprano Solo, SSATB & Pno. • 7.0546 • $2.65 • c. 7:10
• Soprano Solo, SSSAA & Pno. • 7.0547 • $2.65 • c. 7:10
(The tracks below employ the treble version, 7.0547.)
Kyrie (pg. 1)
Sanctus (pg.5)
Benedictus (pg.9)
Agnus Dei (pg. 12)
Stephen Chatman’s setting uses the traditional Latin Mass for the lyrics; the running English translation is from The Book of Common Prayer (1979), Rite I.
USE: services, concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

SACRED CHORAL — Male Chorus unaccompanied

ROBERT KYR [b. 1952]: Veni Creator Spiritus
• TTBB (divisi) • #6501 • $2.65 • c. 6:00
In this setting, a traditional Latin text is employed for the lyrics; the running English translation is by the composer. “Come Creator Spirit, / Visit the minds of your own Fill with heavenly grace / The heart that you created. / Grant us peace.”
USE: services, concerts • moderately difficult • accomplished church, college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL — Mixed Chorus unaccompanied

DAVID ASHLEY WHITE [b. 1944]: Drop, drop, slow tears
• SATB • #7196 • $1.50 • c. 3:00
This anthem uses the well-known text by Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650). “Drop, drop, slow tears, and bathe those beauteous feet, which brought from heav’n the news and Prince of Peace.”
USE: services, concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

CARLYLE SHARPE [b. 1965]:
Peace
• SATB (divisi) • #7126 • $1.85 • c. 5:00
So Have I Loved You
• SATB • #7128 • $1.50 • c. 4:00
Peace employs words by Gerard Manley Hopkins. “When will you ever, Peace, wild wooddove, shy wings shut, Your round me roaming end, and under be my boughs?”

Words from John 15:9–13 (RSV) are used in So Have I Loved You. “As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you; abide in my love.”
USE: services, concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

DAVID EVAN THOMAS [b. 1958]: With a Glorious Eye
• SATB (divisi) • #7262 • $1.50 • c. 3:00
With a Glorious Eye features words by John Clare (1793–1864). “God looks on nature with a glorious eye / And blesses all creation with the sun / Its drapery of green and brown earth lie in morning as creation just begun.”
USE: services, concerts • moderately difficult • skilled church, college, community, professional choruses

HOWARD HELVEY [b. 1968]: Three Wings
• Soprano Solo, SATB • #7170 • $1.50 • c. 1:30
“The words to Three Wings borrow brief references found in Hildegard’s O Virtus Sapientiae (O Strength of Wisdom). The idea of the three Trinitarian wings actually joining in reflecting/singing one’s Alleluia (or Kyrie eleison) is not, so far as I can tell, part of Hildegard’s imagery — but rather my own extension of it.” —Howard Helvey
USE: services, concerts • moderately easy • church, college, community, professional choruses

STANLEY M. HOFFMAN [b. 1959]: In the Shadow of Your Wings
• SATB • #7394 • $1.50 • c. 3:18
This anthem is a setting of Psalm 63:1–7 (KJV); the modernization is by the composer.
“My setting begins with a chant-like melody followed mostly by full, homophonic choral passages. My goal was to ‘paint’ the text as best I could, creating emotional impact through careful use of suspensions and modulations.”—Stanley M. Hoffman
USE: services, concerts • moderately easy • church, temple, college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL — Mixed or Men’s Chorus and optional Harp or Instrumental Ensemble

STEVEN SAMETZ [b. 1954]: Amo! (I Love!)
1. Munus (A Gift)
• SATB (divisi) & opt. Harp • #6649 • $1.85 • c. 2:00
• Optional Harp Part • #7031 • $2.50
• Optional Instrumental Ensemble • SATB (divisi), Hp., Org., Perc. (Timp., Susp. Cym.) & Str. Orch.
• Full Score • #6676 • $7.50
• Parts • #6677 • $17.50

2. Dulcis amor (Sweet love)
• T & Bar Soli, TTBB divisi & opt. Harp • #7272 • $2.15 • c. 9:00
• Optional Harp Part • #7273 • $5.00

3. Amo! (Madrigal) (I Love!)
• SATB (divisi) & opt. Harp • #7274 • $4.65 • c. 4:30
• Optional Harp Part • #7275 • $5.00
“Amo! (I Love!) was conceived as a trilogy. However, the three parts may be performed separately, unaccompanied or with harp. The Latin texts express a love that speaks from the middle ages to our own time. The aspects of love expressed in the medieval clerical poetry are no less vital today than they were when they were written. The affection, longing, and ardor are with us always.”—Steven Sametz
USE: concerts • difficult • accomplished college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL — Mixed Chorus and Piano

GWYNETH WALKER [b. 1947]: A Heart in Hiding
Mezzo-Soprano Solo, SATB (divisi) & Piano
1. ’Tis so much joy! / 2. Forever at His side to walk
• #7216 • $2.15 • c. 4:30

3. A Kingdom’s worth of Bliss!
• #7217 • $2.15 • c. 3:45

4. The Moon is distant from the Sea
• #7218 • $1.85 • c. 1:45

5. Wild Nights!
• #7219 • $2.15 • c. 3:15

6. A Jewel, a Joy!
• #7220 • $2.15 • c. 3:00
“Among the many, varied poems of Emily Dickinson are love poems—passionate love poems. These poems were written of a love which never developed into an established, recognized relationship. Indeed, they were written by a poet who rarely left her home and who was seldom seen in public. Hers was a guarded soul, a heart in hiding.” —Gwyneth Walker
USE: concerts • moderately easy • high school, college, community, professional choruses

SECULAR CHORAL — Mixed Chorus unaccompanied

GRANT COCHRAN, arr. [b. 1962]: Arirang
• Soprano Solo, SATB (divisi) • #7421 • $1.85 • c. 3:00
This edition includes a Korean transliteration for singing, an English singing translation, and an IPA pronunciation guide.
“Arirang is Korea’s best-known folk song. It has been so intimately associated with Korea’s history and sense of identity that it has often functioned as a kind of communal catharsis—a national anthem for people in search of a nation.”—Grant Cochran
USE: concerts • moderately easy • high school, college, community, professional choruses

STEVEN SAMETZ [b. 1954]: Zinga!
• TTBB Soli, TTBB • #7360 • $2.15 • c. 2:35
“Zinga! is a nonsense song which allows for simple staging if the individual singers make the nonsense into a language which only they understand. Thus, they may be by turns argumentative, fraternal, confrontational, or whatever comes to mind, just not overly serious. A small soli group sings in contrast to the larger group. Certain ‘attitudes’ have been suggested in the score, but other interpretations may be invented.” —Steven Sametz
USE: concerts • difficult • skilled college, community, professional choruses

VOCAL MUSIC

FRANK FERKO [b. 1950]: three “ten-minute operas”
Farewells from Paradise
• Lyric Sop., Bar., Vc. & Pno. • #5875 • $17.50 • 14:58 • mod. difficult
• #7189 • Violoncello Part • $2.50

Ulysses and the Siren
• M.-Sop., Ten., Hp. & Pno. • #7190 • $20.00 • 17:00 • mod. difficult
• #7191 • Harp Part • $7.50

Cyclamen
• Bar., Vn. & Pno. • #7192 • $15.00 • 8:15 • mod. difficult
• #7193 • Violin Part • $2.50

KEYBOARD MUSIC

CLARE SHORE [b. 1954]: Oatlands Sketches
• Organ Solo • #4420 • $15.00 • c. 9:00 • difficult

RECORDING CREDITS – Arsis Audio CD 161

Track 18 is taken from Arsis Audio CD 161, I Have Had Singing. It was recorded on June 21–22, 2006 at Packer Memorial Church, Lehigh University by The Princeton Singers, Steven Sametz, director. The guest vocalists were tenor John Aler and baritone Elem Ely. André Tarantiles played the harp. The producer and digital editor was Robert Schuneman, Arsis Audio, Boston, MA. The recording engineer was Edward J. Kelly, Mobilemaster, Burtonsville, MD.

RECORDING CREDITS – The Philovox Ensemble

Tracks 16–17 and 25 were recorded on September 16, 2009 at the recording studio of WGBH Radio, Boston, MA, and on September 30, 2009 at the Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA, by the Philovox Ensemble directed by Robert Schuneman. The chorus members were sopranos Yulia Van Doren, Mary Sullivan and Shari Alise Wilson, altos Carrie Cheron, Mary Gerbi and Catherine Hedberg, tenors Marc DeMille, Bradford Gleim, Randy McGee and Dave Scott and basses Jake Cooper, Thann Scoggin, Sumner Thompson and Darrick Yee. The soprano soloists were Yulia Van Doren (track 16) and Shari Alise Wilson (track 20). The producer, engineer and editor was Antonio Oliart Ros and the mastering was by Robert Schuneman, Arsis Audio, Boston, MA.

RECORDING CREDITS – Guest Artists

Tracks 1–2 were recorded on 9/24/08 and 9/22/04 at Stone Chapel, Drury University, Springfield, MO, by the Drury Singers, Allin Sorenseon, conductor, Earline Moulder, organ (track 1), Carlyle Sharpe, organ (track 2). This track is used with the kind permission of Carlyle Sharpe.

Track 3 was recorded on 10/16/05 at The Brick Presbyterian Church, NYC, by The Brick Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir, Keith S. Toth, conductor, Dr. John B. Herrington III, organ. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Keith S. Toth.

Track 4 was recorded on 3/19/00 at the Cathedral of St. Paul (MN), by the Cathedral Concert Choir, Marilyn Biery, conductor, James Biery, organ. This track is used with the kind permission of William F. Lund, Digital on Location.

Tracks 5–6 were recorded on 6/2–4/97 at the Church of the Franciscan Order, Vác, Hungary, by the Vox Humana Chorus of Vác, József Maklári, conductor, Gábor Lehotka, organ, Mária Kralicsek, soprano (track 6), Ákos Acsay, tenor (track 6). The recording producer was László Beck and the recording engineer was László Csintalan. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Klára Kotroczó, Hungaroton Classic Ltd. (From the commercially available CD HCD 31749, © 1997 Hungaroton Classic Ltd.)

Tracks 7–10 were recorded on 5/24/08 at the Bell Performing Arts Theatre, Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, by the Surrey Youth Chamber Choir, Stephen Horning, conductor, Jillian Schina, soprano, Danielle Marcinek, piano. The recording engineer was Don Harder. These tracks are used with the kind permission of Stephen Horning.

Track 11 was recorded 11/05 at Paldiski Church, Tallinn, Estonia, by the Revalia Men’s Chorus, Hirvo Surva, conductor. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Hirvo Surva.

Track 12 was recorded in 05/08 at the Organ Recital Hall, University of Texas, by the Moores School of Music Concert Chorale, Betsy Cook Weber, conductor. The recording engineer was Afshin Farzadfar. This track is used with the kind permission of Betsy Cook Weber.

Tracks 13–14 were recorded on 5/3/04 and 5/5/01 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Springfield, MO, by the Drury Singers, Allin Sorenseon, conductor. Permission to use this track was kindly given by Carlyle Sharpe.

Track 15 was recorded on 2/22/08 at the Ted Mann Concert Hall, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, by the Alchemy Project, Emilie Sweet, conductor. The recording engineer was Philliip O’Toole. This track is used with the kind permission of Emilie Sweet.

Track 19–24 were recorded on 10/19/08 at First Church of Christ, New Britain, CT by CONCORA, Richard Coffey, conductor, Cynthia Mellon, soprano, Joseph D’Eugenio, piano. The recording engineer was Scott Metcalf. Permission to use these tracks was kindly given by Richard Coffey.

Track 26 was recorded on 3/20/06 at Baker Hall, Zoellner Arts Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, by the Lehigh University Glee Club, Steven Sametz, conductor, Tom Blank, Tom Ludlow, John Rodgers, soloists. The recording engineers were Ben Sutherland, Kent Heckman and Will Frece. This track is used with the kind permission of Steven Sametz.

All pieces on the recording are © Copyright 2010 by E. C. Schirmer Music Company, Inc., or © Copyright 2010 by Highgate Press, Inc. or © Copyright 2010 by Ione Press, Inc. This recording is not authorized for sale, lending, broadcast, or public performance.