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Personent hodie is a Christmas carol originally published in the 1582 Finnish song book Piae Cantiones. A melody found in a 1360 German manuscript is highly similar, and it is from this manuscript that the music is usually dated. The carol became more prominent in England after being arranged for unison voices and orchestra in 1916 by Gustav Holst.

This arrangement is written for a choir that usually sings SAB music and can split the soprano. Originally notated in D Dorian and sung by male voices, this version is transposed up a whole tone for a better fit for women's voices and harmony. There is a simple hand drum part included if desired, or feel free to make up your own. 

SSAB A Cappella Choir (optional hand drum)
ISMN 979-0-9025253-1-2

Personent Hodie

SSAB Full Score

Kyries for Worship Services is a 4 piece set of Kyie Eleison, Christe Eleison, Kyrie Eleison responses written for SATB voices. The first is in minor key. The rest are in various church modes. This format is typically used in Protestant services after a Prayer of Confession.

ISMN 979-0-9025253-0-5

Kyries for Worship Services

SATB Full Score

This is a small colection of original descants with complete or partial hymns. The descants are for Come, Thou long expected Jesus (STUTTGART); O Come All Ye Faithful (ADESTE FIDELES:descant and verse 5); Joy to the World (ANTIOCH); and See amid the Winter's Snow (HUMILTY:refrain with descant).

SATB with descants
ISMN 979-0-9025253-2-9

Christmas Descants, Volume One

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A two part mixed voice anthem with keyboard accompaniment. The text is from the Biblical verse, 2 Samuel 18:33 which records King David's reaction to the news that his son Absolom, who had rebelled against him, had been killed. 


When David heard that Absalom was slain
He went up to his chamber over the gate and wept,
and thus he said: my son, my son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!

 

Appreciation to Mila Skeeles and Dr. Benjamin Cornelius-Bates.

When David Heard

Two-Part Mixed Full Score

When Shiloh Came is a Christmas poem by Marie Radcliffe Butler, published in 1877, associating the coming of the baby Jesus with initiating the hope of the Gospels.

The birth of this work started with notes of E, F and A. Starting as a minimalist, dissonant piece, it turned out to be something more. It still has some of those characteristics based on what the text relayed musically. There is a hint of Tintinnabulation as well as close seconds that provide a mysterious quality. Attention to the dynamics is important as not all parts are equal. All voices have divisi parts except the tenor given the scarcity in some choirs. Feel free to extend the longer notes and space between phrases for effect.

WHEN SHILOH CAME.

A light in the darknessa wonderful thing
A babe in the manger, the heir of a king.
From the palace of God came a guest in the night
To a manger and darkness, and sorrow and blight.
The seed of a woman the brightest and best,
The blossom of ages, the promise of rest.

 MARIE RADCLIFFE BUTLER (1877)

Vocal Ranges:
Soprano: C4-E5,
Alto: C4-C5,
Tenor: A3-E4,
Bass: B2-C4

ISWC: T3325111119
ISMN: 979-0-9025253-9-8

When Shiloh Came

SATB Octavo

I Sing of a Maiden (I syng of a mayden) is a Middle English poem or carol of the 15th century celebrating the Annunciation and the Virgin Birth of Jesus. The poem is written from a first person point of view, and contains five quatrains. No evidence of original music is known to exist, though obviously it is meant to be sung.

This short piece was written for SAB chorus. The text used here is in a more modern English flavour for easier singability, although makeles [matchless] and ches [chose] are still used. It is written in A Phrygian with switch to A Major in the final verse. Apologies to the Altos for all the E4 notes.

Vocal Ranges: Soprano: E4-E5, Alto: D4-B4, Baritone: Bb3-C4

ISWC: T3298231177
ISMN: 979-0-9025253-7-4

I Sing of a Maiden

SAB Octavo

ISMN 979-0-9025253-4-3
Voiced for SSAB with optional organ.  A combination of Latin, English, and Greek text.  
 
The Improperia, also known as the Reproaches, are a series of antiphons and responses used on Good Friday that remind us of the atrocity of our sin. God had repeatedly saved us and we repeatedly rejected Him.

Here I have put the first refrain, Popule Meus (Micah 6:3), in four part Latin. The other reproach verses, of which I have used three, are placed in a natural chant line voiced by one or more second sopranos and written in English. The Trisagion refrain is sung in Greek by the baritones followed by English for three part women. The Popule Meus ends the piece. If you wish to use more of the verses you can certainly accommodate them within the structure here.

An optional, simple complimentary organ part is included if the director feels it desirable or necessary.

Vocal Ranges:
Soprano 1 : Eb4 - D5
Soprano 2 : D4 - C5
Alto : Bb3 - G4
Baritone : Bb2 - D4

Popule Meus

I Lift Up Mine Eyes (Psalm 121) is part of the section (Psalms 120-134) of psalms called the Songs of Ascents', meaning "to sing while going up." It is a song of thanksgiving sung by the psalm singer, possibly on the way to Jerusalem with the hills of Jerusalem in view. The psalm contains two voices  a singer (v. 1-2) and a priest or respondent (v. 3-8). Psalm 121 thus provides words of assurance that if the faithful fix their eyes on the source of their "help," then the Lord, who "does not slumber," will indeed "guard, keep watch over, and protect." 
This piece is built on duets between the sopranos and altos, and the tenors and basses, for many of the verses. They then come together to resolve the verses. 

Vocal Ranges: Soprano: D4-E5, Alto: Bb3-A4, Tenor: D3-F4, Bass: A2-C4 

ISWC: T3309358456 
ISMN: 979-0-9025253-8-1

I Lift Up My Eyes

(Choral SATB with S,A divisi)

Written for a choral composition competition in 2024 (I didn't win) this piece uses the text of Psalm 13 to demonstrate David's dispair and doubt turning into faith and joy.

Text in English is from the 1928 US Books of Common Prayer vv. 1-3, 5-6.

ISMN 979-0-9025253-5-0 ISWC T3250054634

My Trust is in thy Mercy (Psalm 13)

SSAATB Full Score

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