Quality Literature for Church, School, & Community
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Aurora NY 13026
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As Pants the Hart for Cooling Streams - a moving arrangement for SATB of Psalm 42 set to an early American folk hymn: Carl Fischer CM 8350. Follow the text and listen to the arrangement.
Ave Regina Coelorum - edition for SSA of the lovely Eichenger motet; click for score excerpt and sound file.
A Christmas Triptych - three evocative original pieces for SATB in one octavo setting colorful Renaissance lyrics: Adam lay y-bounden, I Sing of a Maiden, and When Christ was Born of Mary Free; Mark Foster MF0600. Click for sound file, text and score excerpt.
If Ye Love Me - the wonderful work by Thomas Tallis, carefully edited and arranged for SSAA; listen here.
Love Came Down at Christmas - an original setting of the Christina Rosetti poem, it has been a cherished favorite with each of our many choirs; here it is sung by the Methodist University choir.
My Dancing Day - an exuberant arrangement for accompanied SATB (piano or organ), with two sets of words suitable for Easter or Christmas; Coronet / Carl Fischer 392-41593. Listen and view a score excerpt.
'Neath Starlit Skies - a cheerful original setting for SATB, now part of the Christmas Anthem Seriesat Abingdon Press; click for sound file.
Nowell, Out of Your Sleep, Arise and Wake! - a delightful, dance-like 7/8 meter combines with fresh harmonies in setting a Renaissance text; listenhere.
O Sing to the Babe - a lush arrangement for SSAA of a traditional German lullaby carol; Mark Foster MFB0001. Click for sound file, text and score excerpt.
A Psalm of Praise - a majestic original composition commissioned for SATB and organ, setting a poem by Richard Baxter; Shawnee MF2184. Click for sound file, text and score.
Scarborough Fair - a lovely, richly textured arrangement for SSAA which The Choral Journalsaid "will appeal to a wide range of audiences [and] please both young and old." Click for sound file and score excerpt; Mark Foster MF 971.
Shepherds, Rejoice! - a commissioned original composition for SATB and keyboard setting an Isaac Watts text in a sprightly 6/8 meter with shifting accents; Carl Fischer CM8740. Click for sound file, score excerpt and full text.
Sleep, sweet Jesus, sleep - a warm, expressive lullaby, beautifully simple but very effective for SATB, setting a sweet but little known Bohemian carol tune .
Spirit of God, Descend - "a miniature gem for SAB voices and organ... a notable contribution to serious repertoire for small church choir," said The Choral Journal; Mark Foster MF2138. Click to listen, see the score or read the text of this original composition.
The Starry Stranger - an compelling original composition for unaccompanied SATB setting a mystic portion of a Richard Crashaw poem; Shawnee MFA0028. Click for sound file and text.
Whence Comes this Lovely Fragrance - a flowing, lyric arrangement of the French carol for SATB; Coronet / Carl Fischer 342-40128. Listen here
bbeen aCHORAL MUSIC BY CRAWFORD R. THOBURN
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Box 28
Aurora NY 13026
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