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JACK M. JARRETT

Love’s Counsel
I-C; 10 min. pp. 24; CMP Code: 028-3-01
(SATB); Texts by James Joyce

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Missa in Tempore Mortis
I-B; 25 min. pp. 19; CMP Code: 028-3-02
(SATB, soloists); Texts from the Mass and by John Donne

Instrumentation:	Bb Bass Clarinets	F Horns	Bass Drum
Piccolos (Flute I)	Bb Contrabass Clarinets	Trombones	Snare Drum
Flutes I, II	(Eb Contralto Clarinets)	Baritones	Cymbals (crash,
Alto Flute (Flute II)	Bassoons	Tubas	susp.)
Oboes I, II, III	Eb Alto Saxophones	Contrabasses	Triangle
English Horn (Oboe III)	Bb Tenor Saxophones	Harp	Tam Tam
Eb Clarinet	Eb Baritone Saxophones	Celesta	Xylophone
Bb Clarinets I, II, III	Bb Cornets I, II, III	Percussion (4-5 Players)	Timpani
Eb Alto Clarinets	Bb Trumpets I, II	Chimes, Bells

JOSEPH WILLCOX JENKINS

Psalm 67
II-C; 15 min. pp. 33; CMP Code: 029-3-02
(SATB); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

2 Condensed Scores

25 Choral Scores (1 Set)

1 Flute

1 Oboe

1 F Horn

1 Bb Trumpet

Rounds and Sounds
II-B; 15 min. pp. 31; CMP Code: 029-3-03
(TTBB); Texts by Orlando Gibbons, Thomas Weelkes, and from an anonymous 16th C. English source

Instrumentation:	1 Timpani	2 Percussion II:
Full Score	2 Percussion I:	Snare Drum
Choral Scores (1 set of 25)	Xylphone	Bass Drum
with Piano Reduction	Bells	Suspended Cymbal
5 Violin I	Snare Drum	Temple Blocks (5)
5 Violin II	Suspended Cymbal	Whip
4 Viola	Triangle	Triangle
4 ‘Cello	(Timpani)	Gong
3 Contrabass		Rattle

Three Carols from the ‘Quiet Wars’
I-B; 20 min. pp. 45; CMP Code: 029-3-04
(Mezzo-soprano); Texts by Samuel Hazo

Instrumentation:

2 Full Scores

1 Violin I

1 Violin II

1 Viola

1 ‘Cello

JACK JOHNSTON

Choral Symphony: American Letter
I-C; 27 min. pp. 40; CMP Code: 031-3-01
(SATB); Text by Archibald MacLeish

Instrumentation:	Bassoons I, II	Baritone (Treble Clef)	Xylophone
Full Score	Eb Contrabass Clarinet	Tuba	Bass Drum
Choral-Piano Scores	Eb Alto Saxophones I, II	Percussion:	Violin I
(1 set of 25)	Bb Tenor Saxophone	Timpani	Violin II
Flutes I, II	Eb Baritone Saxophone	Bells (Orchestra,	Viola
Oboes I, II	Bb Cornets I, II, III	Tubular)	Cello
Bb Clarinets I, II	Bb Trumpets I, II	Tam Tam
Eb Alto Clarinet	F Horns I, II, III, IV	Triangle
Bb Bass Clarinet	Trombones I, II, III	Cymbals (susp., crash)

Hymn
I-C; 7 min. pp. 18; CMP Code: 031-3-03
(SATB); Text by H.D.

Instrumentation:

Choral-Organ Score

Three Psalm Fragments
I-C; 4.5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 031-3-04
(SATB); Biblical Texts from Psalms 101, 141, and 119

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

ROBERT W. JONES

Fantasy
III-C; 4 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 032-3-01
(SATB); Text by Rik Drena

Instrumentation:

Choral-Organ Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

NELSON KEYES

All in Green Went My Love Riding
II-E; 2 min. pp. 3; CMP Code: 034-3-01
(SATB); Text by e e cummings

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Dressed Up
III-E; 2 min. pp. 6; CMP Code: 034-3-03
(SSA); Text by Langston Hughes

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Night and Morn
III-D; 3 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 034-3-05
(Mezzo Soprano, SSA); Text by Langston Hughes

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

GREGORY KOSTECK

I Am a Tiger
IV-E; 1 min. pp. 3; CMP Code: 036-3-03
(Unison Children’s Chorus); Text by Gregory Kosteck

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Refrains and Canons
II-D; 5 min. pp. 6; CMP Code: 036-3-05
(SSAA with piano or 4 Bb Clarinets); Texts by Thomas Moore, William Shakespeare, and Thomas Beddoes

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

KARL KROEGER

Three Children’s Songs
IV-C; 5 min. pp. 13; CMP Code: 037-3-02
(SA—2 part treble); Texts by Mary Ann Hoberman

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

JAMES KURTZ

Three Christmas Songs
II-D; 5 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 038-3-01
(SATB); Texts by Shakespeare and from Traditional Sources

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Three Mass Sections
I-B; 3.5 min. pp. 4; CMP Code: 038-3-02
(SSA); Texts from the Kyrie, Sanctus, and Angus Dei

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Three Shakespeare Songs
II-D; 6 min. pp. 5; CMP Code: 038-3-03
(SATB); Texts by Shakespeare

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

DAVID LAMB

Idyll
I-B; 8 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 039-3-02
(Soprano with Chamber Orchestra); Biblical Text from Song of Songs

Instrumentation:	2 F Horns I, II	5 Violin I
Full Score	1 Harp	5 Violin II
2 Vocal Scores with piano reduction	1 Celesta	4 Viola
2 Flutes I, II	2 Percussion:	4 ‘Cello
1 Oboe	Glockenspiel	3 Contrabass
2 Bb Clarinets I, II	Xylophone
1 Bassoon	Vibraphone

Short Mass
II-C; 8 min. pp. 14; CMP Code: 039-3-03
(SSA with alto recorder); Mass Ordinary without Credo, in English

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with Recorder

(Set of 25 Scores)

RICHARD LANE

Dedication
II-D; 5 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 040-3-02
(SATB); Biblical Text from Psalms

25 Choral Scores with piano (1 Set)	1 Bb Trumpet I	2 Percussion:
1 Full Score	1 Bb Trumpet II	Cymbals (Susp. & Crash)
1 Flute	1 Bb Trumpet III	Triangle
1 Oboe	1 Trombone I	Chimes
1 Bb Clarinet	1 Trombone II	10 Violin
1 Bassoon	1 Trombone III	4 Viola
2 F Horns I, III	1 Tuba	4 ‘Cello
2 F Horns II, IV	1 Timpani	3 Contrabass

Out of the Depths
II-D; 4 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 040-3-04
(SATB); Biblical Text from Psalm 130

25 Choral Scores with	2 Bb Trumpets II, III	Chimes
Piano Reduction (1 Set)	1 Bb Trumpet III	5 Violin I
1 Full Score	2 Trombones I, II	5 Violin II
2 Flutes I, II	1 Trombone III	5 Violin III
2 Oboes I, II	1 Tuba	4 Viola
2 Bb Clarinets I, II	1 Timpani	4 ‘Cello
2 Bassoons I, II	2 Percussion	3 Contrabass
1 Bb Trumpet I	Suspended Cymbal

Westminster Bridge
II-D; 5 min. pp. 5; CMP Code: 040-3-05
(Soprano); Text by William Wordsworth

2 Vocal Piano Scores

1 Full Score

5 Violin I

5 Violin II

4 Viola

4 ‘Cello

3 Contrabass

DONALDSON LAWHEAD

After You Have Suffered
I-C; 6 min. pp. 13; CMP Code: 041-3-11
(SATB); Biblical Text: I Peter 5:10, 11

Instrumentation:

Choral-Organ Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Psalm 117
II-B; 2.5 min. pp. 13; CMP Code: 041-3-12
(SSA); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

ROBERT LOMBARDO

Two Lyric Poems
II-C; 6 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 042-3-02
(SATB); Texts by James Joyce and William Blake

Instrumentation:

Choral-Clarinet Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

1 Bb Clarinet Part

DAVID MAVES

God’s Grandeur
I-C; 11 min. pp. 14; CMP Code: 046-3-01
(SATB); Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Instrumentation:	2 Bassoons I, II	1 Timpani	Tambourine
Full Score	2 Bb Trumpets I, II	3 Percussion:	1 Piano
25 Choral-Piano Scores (1 Set)	1 Bb Trumpet III	Glockenspiel	5 Violin I
1 Piccolo	2 F Horns I, II	Chimes	5 Violin II
2 Flutes I, II	2 F Horns III, IV	Triangle	4 Viola
2 Oboes I, II	2 Trombones I, II	Snare Drum	4 ‘Cello
2 Bb Clarinets I, II	1 Trombone III	Bass Drum	3 Contrabass
1 Bb Bass Clarinet	1 Tuba	Suspended Cymbal

Iubilate
II-C; 6 min. pp. 16; CMP Code: 046-3-02
(SATB); Liturgical Texts: Antiphona ad Introitum, Oratio, Antiphona

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano, Four Hands Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

The Legend of Befanna
IV-D; 30 min. pp. 27; CMP Code: 046-3-03
(Elementary Music Drama); Text by Kay K. Maves after an Italian Christmas Legend

2 Full Scores	12 Percussion II:	6 Percussion III:	4 Viola I
25 Choral Scores (1 Set)	Tambourines	Bells (soft, round sounding)	4 Viola II
12 Percussion I:	Rattles	Glockenspiel (or any other	4 ‘Cello /
Triangles (high, low)	Claves	bells with a metallic sound)	Contrabass
Cymbals (antique, sm.	Castanets	2 Autoharp (Piano II)
lg., susp., with	Wood (or Tone) Blocks	5 Violin I
Timpani sticks)	Drums (high, low)	5 Violin II

Psalm 134
II-D; 2.5 min. pp. 5; CMP Code: 046-3-04
(SATB); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

The Storm is Over
III-C; 10 min. pp. 14; CMP Code: 046-3-05
(SATB); Text by Robert Bridges

Instrumentation:	2 Bb Trumpets I, II	Tambourine
Full Score	2 F Horns I, II	5 Violin I
25 Choral-Piano Scores (1 Set)	2 Trombones I, II	5 Violin II
1 Piccolo	1 Tuba	4 Viola
2 Flutes I, II	1 Timpani	4 ‘Cello
2 Oboes I, II	2 Percussion:	3 Contrabass
2 Bb Clarinets I, II	Snare Drum
2 Bassoons I, II	Bass Drum

LEWIS M. MILLER

Canticus Universi
I-D; 7 min. pp. 11; CMP Code: 047-3-01
(SATB); Text from Mass: Gloria

25 Full Scores (choral with reduction for brass or organ—one set)

1 Bb Trumpet I

1 Bb Trumpet II

1 Bb Trumpet III

2 F Horns I, III

2 F Horns II, IV

2 Trombones I, II

2 Trombone III, Tuba

JOEL MOFSENSON

Christmas is Coming
II-C; 1 min. pp. 2; CMP Code: 048-3-02
(SATB); Text from an Old English Carol

Instrumentation:

Choral-Instrumental Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

2 Bb Trumpets (Bb Cornets) I, II

Somebody Said That It Couldn’t Be Done
II-C; 4.5 min. pp. 15; CMP Code: 048-3-05
(SATB); Anonymous Text

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

DEXTER MORRILL

Afternoon on a Hill
II-C; 1.5 min. pp. 4; CMP Code: 049-3-01
(SSA); Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Big Bill the Striker
IV-E; 1.5 min. pp. 3; CMP Code: 049-3-02
(Elementary Chorus); Text by Robin McIlvain

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Sweet Spontaneous Earth
I-C; 3 min.; CMP Code: 049-3-03
(SATB); Text by e e cummings

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

ROBERT MYERS

Chansons Innocentes
I-C; 7 min. pp. 17; CMP Code: 051-3-11
(SA); Texts by e e cummings

Instrumentation:	1 Percussion II:	Bells
Full Score	Marimba	1 Percussion IV:
Choral Score with piano	Sizzle Cymbal	Suspended Cymbal
Reduction (1 set of 25)	Triangle	Medium Snare Drum
1 Percussion I:	1 Percussion III:	1 Percussion V:
Xylophone	Chimes	Medium Tom Tom
Maracas	High Snare Drum
Marimba	Suspended Cymbal

THEODORE NEWMAN

Alleluia
II-C; 8 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 052-3-01
(SATB); Text: Alleluia

Instrumentation:	1 Trombone I
1 Full Score	1 Trombone II
1 Bb Trumpet I	1 Trombone III
1 Bb Trumpet II	1 Trombone IV (Bass)
1 Bb Trumpet III	1 Timpani (Four Drums)
1 Bb Trumpet IV

Amen
I-C; 5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 052-3-02
(SATB); Text: Amen

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

HAROLD OWEN

Canticle of the Sun
I-C; 18 min. pp. 55; CMP Code: 053-3-11
(SATB, solos); Text by St. Francis of Assisi

Instrumentation:

Choral-Organ Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

PHILLIP RHODES

Three French Songs
I-C; 5 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 057-3-01
(SATB); Texts by Millard C. Dunn

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

DENNIS RILEY

Gradual and Alleluia
I-C; 2 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 058-3-02
(SATB); Biblical Texts from Psalm 71:8-11, and Daniel 7:14

Instrumentation:

Choral-Organ Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Three Little Commentaries
I-B; 4 min. pp. 13; CMP Code: 058-3-03
(SAB); Texts by Emily Dickinson, Robert Herrick, and Shakespeare

Instrumentation:

Full Score (Choir and String Ensemble)

(Set of 25 Scores)

Two Motets
II-D; 3.5 min. pp. 5; CMP Code: 058-3-04
(SSAA or TTBB); Texts: Pater Noster and Ave Maria

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

PETER SCHICKELE

On This Plain of Mist
II-D; 6 min. pp. 3; CMP Code: 059-3-04
(SA); Texts by Japanese Poets, Shiro and Kyorai

Instrumentation:

Full Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

1 Bb Bass Clarinet

1 Marimba

KENSEY D. STEWART

Wind Is My Friend
IV-E; 1.5 min. pp. 4; CMP Code: 062-3-03
(Unison Elementary Chorus); Text by Barbara A. Stewart

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

DAVID TCIMPIDIS

Alison
II-C; 8 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 064-3-01
(SATB); Anonymous 15th C. English Texts

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Consolation
I-C; 2 min. pp. 3; CMP Code: 064-3-02
(SATB); Text by Catullus, trans. Arthur Symons

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Deo Gratias
I-C; 4 min. pp. 4; CMP Code: 064-3-03
(SSAATTBB); Anonymous 15th C. English Text

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

WILLIAM THOMSON

Praise Ye The Lord
I-D; 4 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 065-3-01
(SATB); Biblical Text: Psalm 117

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

MONTE TUBB

Five Haiku for Soprano and String Quartet
I-B; 9 min. pp. 14; CMP Code: 066-3-02
(Soprano); Anonymous Japanese Texts

Instrumentation:

5 Full Scores

WILLLIAM VALENTE

The Beginning of the Canterbury Tales
I-C; 4.5 min. pp. 14; CMP Code: 067-3-01
(SSAA); Text by Geoffrey Chaucer

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
I-A; 4 min. pp. 13; CMP Code: 067-3-02
(SATB); Text by Christopher Marlowe

Instrumentation:

Choral Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

Song for Soprano and String Orchestra
I-C; 5 min. pp. 7; CMP Code: 067-3-03
(Soprano); Text by Joseph von Eichendorff (in German)

Instrumentation:

2 Full Scores

5 Violin I

5 Violin II

4 Viola

4 ‘Cello

3 Contrabass

Wanderers Nachtlied
I-C; 6 min. pp. 5; CMP Code: 067-3-04
(SATB); Text by Goethe

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

RICHARD WERNICK

What If a Much Of a Which Of A Wind
II-C; 7 min. pp. 12; CMP Code: 070-3-01
(SATB); Text by e e cummings

Instrumentation:

Choral-Prepared Piano, Four Hands Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

MICHAEL WHITE

I’m With You in Rockland
II-C; 3 min. pp. 11; CMP Code: 071-3-02
(SATB); Text by John Fletcher

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

Sacred and Profane
II-C; 8 min. pp. 16; CMP Code: 071-3-04
(SA with solo Soprano and TTBB)

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

LAWRENCE L. WIDDOES

Pied Beauty
II-C; 4 min. pp. 8; CMP Code: 072-3-02
(SATB); Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Instrumentation:

Choral-Piano Score

(Set of 25 Scores)

RAMON ZUPKO

Psalm 120
I-C; 4.5 min. pp. 17; CMP Code: 073-3-01
(SATB); Biblical Text

Instrumentation:

Choral Score with piano reduction for rehearsal

(Set of 25 Scores)

This is the Garden
II-C; 9 min. pp. 37; CMP Code: 073-3-02
(SATB); Text by e e cummings

Instrumentation:	1 Timpani	5 Violin I
Full Score	5 Percussion:	5 Violin II
25 Choral Scores (1 Set)	Snare Drum	4 Viola
1 Flute	Glockenspiel	4 ‘Cello
1 Oboe	Triangle	3 Contrabass
1 Bb Clarinet	Gong
1 Bb Trumpet	Suspended Cymbal

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