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LOUIS ANGELINI

Hosanna
I-C; 3.5 min. pp. 20; CMP Code: 002-3-11
(SATB Double Chorus); Text from the Mass

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

DAVID S. BATES

Nonsuch Nonsense
II-D; 4 min. pp. 10; CMP Code: 003-3-01
(SSAA); Texts by Ogden Nash

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Psalm 1
II-D; 6.5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 003-3-02
(SATB); Biblical Text

Choral Score (Set of 25 Scores)	4 Viola
1 Full Score	3 ‘Cello
5 Violin I	3 Contrabass
5 Violin II	1 Timpani
1 Piano (for rehersal only)

Psalm 117
II-D; 6.5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 003-3-03
(SATB); Biblical Text

Choral Score (Set of 25 Scores)
1 Bb Trumpet I	1 Trombone I
1 Bb Trumpet II	1 Trombone II
1 Bb Trumpet III	1 Trombone III
1 Bb Trumpet IV	1 Trombone IV

GRANT BEGLARIAN

Nurse’s Song
II-D; 6 min. pp. 16; CMP Code: 005-3-01
(SATB); Text by William Blake

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

HERBERT BIELAWA

The Bailiff’s Daughter
II-D; 5 min. pp. 19; CMP Code: 006-3-01
(SATB); Traditional English Text

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Charlottie
II-D; 7.5 min. pp. 20; CMP Code: 006-3-02
(SATB); Traditional Georgia Folk Text

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Gloria Christe (Thou Didst So Love the World)
II-D; 4.5 min. pp. 16; CMP Code: 006-3-03
(SATB); Latin Text by Warren Kliewer; English Text by Herbert Bielawa

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

DAVID BORDEN

The Force (That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower)
I-B; 7.5 min. pp. 34; CMP Code: 007-3-01
(Soprano with Chamber Orchestra); Text by Dylan Thomas

Instrumentation:	1 Bassoon	1 Piano
Full Score	2 Bb Trumpet, Trombone	3 Violin I
3 Vocal-Two Piano Score (1 Set)	2 Percussion:	3 Violin II
1 Flute	Timpani	2 Viola
1 A Clarinet	Xylophone	2 ‘Cello
1 Bb Clarinet (alternate)	Temple Blocks	1 Contrabass
1 Bb Bass Clarinet	1 Harp

(I Think That It was P retty Nice of Hfm to Give Use Those Lectuse. I Allso Thinkhecould Imprve.)
[The actual title appears in an unavailable symbolic font.]
Difficulty I-III – D-B; pp. 22; CMP Code: 007-3-11
(Large Chorus); Text by Ithaca Junior High School Students
General Information: For 3 SATB Groups, 2-5 voices to each part, and 5 SATB
Quartets. Singers perform on instruments listed below. Full realization requires:

I. Vocal Group 1: 8-20 transistor radios	Quartet 2: 4 plastic bicycle horns
Vocal Group 2: 8-20 balloons	Quartet 3: 4 repeater cap pistols
Vocal Group 3:	Quartet 4: 4 plastic toy machine guns
Quartet 1: 4 plastic toy flutes	Quartet 5: 2 police whistles, 2 party horns

II. Reader: seated at a table with a microphone

Procession: 4 people; each carries a sound-producing device (explained in score)

Procession Leader: female, attractive; carries an apple.

III. Moog Portable Electronic Synthesizer (or alternate electronic device, see score)

Performer to improvise on electronic media designated.

IV. *35 mm. Slides; projectionist; projector; screen

V. *16 mm. Film; projectionist; projector; screen

VI. Lighting equipment; lighting technician

If all or some of these facilities are unavailable, the work may be performed in various

Combinations (specified in performance directions) or by vocal groups (I) only.

Score contains full stage and performance directions.

*Available from the composer.

FRANK W. BRAZINSKI

Names in Uphill Letters
I-B; 8 min. pp. 10; CMP Code: 008-3-01
(Baritone or Tenor); Text by Langston Hughes

Instrumentation:

Vocal Score

THOMAS BRICCETTI

The Definitive Journey
I-B; 4 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 009-3-01
(SATB); Text by Juan Ramon Jimenez, trans. Angel Flores

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Song of Solomon (II: 9-14)
II-C; 7.5 min. pp. 21; CMP Code: 009-3-05
(High Voice); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:	1 A Clarinet II	1 Bb Trumpet I	2 Percussion:
Full Score	1 Bb Clarinet II (alt.)	1 Bb Trumpet II	Tam Tam
2 Vocal-Piano Scores	1 Bb Bass Clarinet	1 Bb Trumpet III	Vibraharp
1 Flute I	1 Bassoon I	1 Trombone I	1 Harp
1 Flute II	1 Bassoon II	1 Trombone II	5 Violin I
1 Oboe I	1 F Horn I	1 Trombone III	5 Violin II
1 Oboe II	1 F Horn II	1 Tuba	4 Viola
1 A Clarinet I	1 F Horn III	1 Timpani	4 ‘Cello
1 Bb Clarinet I (alt.)	1 F Horn IV		3 Contrabass

Thou Art Indeed Just, Lord
II-C; 7 min. pp. 15; CMP Code: 009-3-06
(SATB); Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Instrumentation:	F Horns I, II, III, IV	Bass Drum
Full Score	Trombones I, II, III	Cymbals (antique, crash, susp.)
Piccolo	Tuba	Gong (large Tam Tam)
Flutes I, II	Timpani	Harp
Oboes I, II	Percussion:	Strings
English Horn	Glockenspiel
Bb Clarinets I, II	Vibraphone	Choral Score with
Bassoons I, II	Triangle	Piano reduction for rehearsal
Bb Trumpets I, II, III	Snare Drum	(Set of 25 Scores)

JOHN CHORBAJIAN

Four Christmas Psalms
II-C; 15 min. pp. 74; CMP Code: 013-3-01
(Soprano, SATB); Biblical Texts Isaiah 60:1 and 9:6; Luke 2:8, and 2:14

Instrumentation:	1 Bb Clarinet I	1 Bb Trumpet I	Bass Drum
Full Score	1 Bb Clarinet II	1 Bb Trumpet II	Cymbals
Choral-Piano Scores	1 Bb Bass Clarinet	1 Bb Trumpet III	Tam Tam
(1 set of 25)	1 Bassoon I	1 Trombone I	1 Harp
1 Flute I	1 Bassoon II	1 Trombone II	5 Violin I
1 Flute II	1 Contrabassoon	1 Trombone III	5 Violin II
1 Flute III (Piccolo)	1 F Horn I	1 Tuba	4 Viola
1 Oboe I	1 F Horn II	1 Timpani	4 ‘Cello
1 Oboe II	1 F Horn III	3 Percussion:	3 Contrabass
1 English Horn	1 F Horn IV	Snare Drum

The Wife from Three Songs of War
I-B; 5 min. pp. 24; CMP Code: 013-3-03
(Soprano with Chamber Orchestra); Anonymous Chinese, trans. Henry H. Hart

Instrumentation:	1 Bb Trumpet I
1 Full Score	1 Bb Trumpet II
2 Vocal-Piano Scores	3 Violin I
1 F Horn I	3 Violin II
1 F Horn II	2 Viola
1 F Horn III	3 ‘Cello
1 F Horn IV	1 Contrabass

JOHN DAVISON

Psalm 80
I-C; 5 min. pp. 19; CMP Code: 015-3-03
(SATB); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

Choral-Keyboard Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

NORMAN DINERSTEIN

Cricket Songs
IV-B; 6.5 min. pp. 23; CMP Code: 017-3-02
(Unison Elementary Chorus); Japanese Haiku by Kikaku, Buson, Shiki, and Basho, trans. Harry Behn

Instrumentation:

Choral- Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Psalm 23
I-B; 5.5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 017-3-04
(SATB); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Trilogy
II-C; 8 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 017-3-05
(SSA); Texts by Elizabeth Randall-Mills

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction

(Set of 25 Scores)

DONALD ERB

Christmas Greetings
IV-E; 3 min. pp. 3; CMP Code: 018-3-01
(Children’s Chorus); Anonymous English Text

Instrumentation:

1 Full Score

1 Set of 25 Chorus Parts

2 Bb Trumpets I, II

3 F Horn, Trombone, Tuba

12 Rhythm Band:

Tambourines, Sticks,

Jingles, Sleighbells,

Triangles

ELAINE ERICKSON

Holy, Holy Lord God of Sabaoth
II-B; 3 min. pp. 21; CMP Code: 019-3-11
(Unison SATB); Text from the Mass, in English

Instrumentation:	1 Bb Clarinet I	1 Trombone I	5 Violin I
Full Score	1 Bb Clarinet II	1 Trombone II	5 Violin II
Choral-Piano Scores	1 Bassoon I	1 Trombone III	4 Viola
(1 set of 25)	1 Bassoon II	1 Tuba	4 ‘Cello
1 Piccolo	2 F Horns I, III	1 Timpani	3 Contrabass
1 Flute I	2 F Horns II, IV	3 Percussion:
1 Flute II	1 Bb Trumpet I	Snare Drum
1 Oboe I	1 Bb Trumpet II	Suspended Cymbal
1 Oboe II	1 Bb Trumpet III	Wood Block

Lamentations
II-B; 7.5 min. pp. 57; CMP Code: 019-3-12
(Narrator, SATB); Texts by Carl Sandburg and from the Bible

Instrumentation:	1 Bassoon
Full Score	1 Timpani
Choral-Piano Scores	3 Percussion:
(1 set of 25)	Snare Drum
1 Narrator	Wood Block
1 Flute	Tambourine
1 Oboe	Suspended Cymbal
1 Bb Clarinet	Xylophone
1 Bb Bass Clarinet

Three Christmas Songs
II-C; 3 min. pp. 14; CMP Code: 019-3-13
(SATB); Texts by James Joyce and from an anonymous source

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Two Vignettes
III-D; 2 min. pp. 10; CMP Code: 019-3-14
(Treble Chorus); Texts by Miriam Klaiman and Elaine Erickson

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(1 set of 25)

1 Flute

1 Bb Clarinet I

1 Bb Clarinet II

1 Bb Clarinet III

1 Bassoon

FRED FOX

Psalm 47
I-C; 7 min. pp. 18; CMP Code: 021-3-02
(SATB); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

Choral- Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

CHARLES FUSSELL

Poems for Chamber Orchestra and Voices after Hart Crane
I-A; 10 min. pp. 22; CMP Code: 024-3-01
(2 each SATB with Chamber Orch.); Texts by Hart Crane

Instrumentation:	1 Trombone	Metal Claves	1 Piano, Celesta
Full Score	3 Percussion:	(hollow metal tubes)	1 Harp
8 Choral Scores (1 set)	Antique Cymbals	Wood Block (medium)	1 Violin I
1 Flute (Piccolo)	Suspended Cymbal	Tam Tam (small)	1 Violin II
1 Oboe	(small)	3 Tom Toms	1 Viola I
1 Bb Clarinet	Bells	2 Triangles (very small,	1 Viola II
1 Bassoon	Maracas	medium)	1 ‘Cello I
2 F Horns I, II	Metal Plate	Vibraphone	1 ‘Cello II
2 C Trumpets I, II	Wood Claves		1 Contrabass

Saint Stephen and Herod
II-C; 9 min. pp. 27; CMP Code: 024-3-02
(Boy and Girl Sopranos, SAT, Speaker, and Winds); Anonymous Sixteenth Century Text

Instrumentation:	1 Bb Clarinet I	1 Bb Trumpet II
Full Score	1 Bb Clarinet II (Bb Bass Clar.)	1 Trombone I
7 Piano-Vocal Scores	1 Bassoon I	1 Trombone II
25 Choral-Percussion Scores	1 Bassoon II	1 Trombone III (Bass)
1 Flute I (Piccolo)	1 F Horn I	1 Contrabass
1 Flute II (Piccolo)	1 F Horn II	1 Timpani
1 Oboe I	1 F Horn III	1 Piano
1 Oboe II (English Horn)	1 Bb Trumpet I

Two Choral Pieces
I-B,; 9 min. pp. 23; CMP Code: 024-3-03
(TB; SATB double chorus); Anonymous 17th Century English Texts

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

PHILIP GLASS

Darest Thou Now, O Soul?
II-C; 2.5 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 026-3-01
(SATB); Text by Walt Whitman

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Songs for Ourselves
IV-E; 9 min. pp. 27; CMP Code: 026-3-02
(Children’s Chorus); Texts by Gertrude Norman

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Summer Grass
II-E; 2.5 min. pp. 4; CMP Code: 026-3-03
(SATB); Text by Carl Sandburg

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

This is the Garden
I-C; 3 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 026-3-04
(SATB); Text by e e cummings

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Wind Song
II-C; 2.5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 026-3-05
(SATB); Text by Carl Sandburg

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

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