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    INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC
    (with and without singers)
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    Advent
    (String orchestra with full chorus)

    Advent Text.pdf
    Advent Prelude, Full Score.pdf
    Advent I, Full Score.pdf
    Advent II, Full Score.pdf
    Advent III, Full Score.pdf

    Instrumental Parts:

    Advent Prelude, Violin I.pdf
    Advent Prelude, Violin II.pdf
    Advent Prelude, Viola.pdf
    Advent Prelude, Cello.pdf
    Advent Prelude, Contrabass.pdf

    Advent I, 1st Violin.pdf
    Advent I, 2nd Violin.pdf
    Advent I, Viola.pdf
    Advent I, Cello.pdf
    Advent I, ContraBass.pdf

    Advent II, Violins I & II.pdf
    Advent II, Viola.pdf
    Advent II, Cello.pdf
    Advent II, Contrabass.pdf

    Advent III, Violin I.pdf
    Advent III, Violin III.pdf
    Advent III, Viola.pdf
    Advent III, Cello.pdf
    Advent III, Contrabass.pdf

    Air for Flugelhorn and Organ

    Air.pdf

    Amor meus tibi ex sepulcro vacuo
    effundit (My Love Flows from the
    Tomb, Like Song) (For Easter)
    (piccolo trumpet or oboe, organ or strings and full chorus)
    Amor meus tibi Cover.pdf
    Amor meus tibi Text.pdf
    Amor meus tibi II.pdf

    (Three) Ben Franklin Dances

    (Full orchestra)

    Ben Franklin I. Allegro pdf
    Ben Franklin II. Adagio.pdf
    Ben Franklin III. Presto.pdf

    Erminia


    Text excerpted from Jerusalem Delivered by Torquato Tasso

    (Harpsichord with soprano soloist)

    Erminia Cover.pdf
    Erminia Inner Cover.pdf
    Erminia Text.pdf
    Erminia I.pdf
    Erminia II.pdf
    Erminia III.pdf
    Erminia IV.pdf
    Erminia V.pdf
    Evensong

    (For period or modern instruments:
    Baroque oboe/modern oboe
    Vielle/modern violin
    Baroque violin/modern violin
    Tenor viols/modern violas
    Bass viols/modern 'cellos,
    Men's chorus, and Soprano soloist.)

    Evensong Text.pdf
    Evensong I.pdf
    Evensong II.pdf
    Evensong III.pdf
    Evensong IV.pdf
    Evensong V.pdf
    Evensong VI.pdf
    Evensong VII.pdf
    Evensong VIII.pdf
    Evensong IX.pdf
    Excerpts from an Untitled Work for Guitar and Orchestra (Spoleto Version)
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) I.pdf
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) II.pdf
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) III.pdf
    Gloria (SATB, SA, and cello or organ)
    Gloria.pdf
    Guitar and Orchestra (Spoleto Version), Excerpts from an Untitled Work for
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) I.pdf
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) II.pdf
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) III.pdf

    In the very air I breathe
    Reduction for String Quartet
    (instrumental only)
    In the very air, String Quartet.pdf
    In the very air, Violin I.pdf
    In the very air, Violin II.pdf
    In the very air, Viola.pdf
    In the very air, Cello.pdf

    Joy flows down
    Reduction for String Quartet
    (instrumental only)
    Joy Flows Down (String Quartet).pdf
    Joy Flows Down (Violin I).pdf
    Joy Flows Down (Violin II).pdf
    Joy Flows Down (Viola).pdf
    Joy Flows Down (Cello).pdf
    Lullaby
    Soprano solo
    Lullaby.pdf
    Magnificat (SS/A and organ drone)
    Magnificat.pdf
    May We Live in Peace
    (Full orchestra with three soprano soloists)

    May We Live in Peace.pdf




    Nocturnes
    (Piano reductions for rehearsal only)

    1. Invocation
    2. Nycetereutes
    3. Defensae silvae
    4. Moonfish
    5. Mooncalf's Ditty
    6. Somnabulator
    7. In laude noctis

    (Brass ensemble: 2 horns in f; 2 trumpets; trombone; tuba; and full chorus)
    Nocturnes Cover.pdf
    Nocturnes Text.pdf

    Nocturnes 1 CHORUS.pdf

    Nocturnes 1 CONDUCTOR.pdf
    Nocturnes 1 PIANO.pdf
    Nocturnes 1 Horns in F.pdf
    Nocturnes I Trumpet 1.pdf
    Nocturnes I Trumpet 2.pdf
    Nocturnes I Trombone.pdf
    Nocturnes I Tuba.pdf

    Nocturnes 2 CONDUCTOR-CHORUS.pdf
    Nocturnes 2 PIANO.pdf
    Nocturnes 2 Horns in F.pdf
    Nocturnes 2 Trumpet 1.pdf
    Nocturnes 2 Trumpet 2.pdf
    Nocturnes 2 Trombone.pdf
    Nocturnes 2 Tuba.pdf

    Nocturnes 3 CONDUCTOR-CHORUS.pdf
    Nocturnes 3 Horns in F.pdf
    Nocturnes 3 Trumpets.pdf
    Nocturnes 3 Trombone.pdf
    Nocturnes 3 Tuba.pdf

    Nocturnes 4 CHORUS.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 CONDUCTOR.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 PIANO.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 Horn 1.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 Horn 2.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 Trumpet 1.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 Trumpet 2.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 Trombone.pdf
    Nocturnes 4 Tuba.pdf

    Nocturnes 5.pdf

    Nocturnes 6 CONDUCTOR-CHORUS.pdf
    Nocturnes 6 PIANO.pdf
    Nocturnes 6 Horns in F.pdf
    Nocturnes 6 Trumpets.pdf
    Nocturnes 6 Trombone.pdf
    Nocturnes 6 Tuba.pdf

    Nocturnes 7 CHORUS.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 CONDUCTOR.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 PIANO.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 Horns in F.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 Trumpet 1.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 Trumpet 2.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 Trombone.pdf
    Nocturnes 7 Tuba.pdf


    New Endings as of 5/9/06:

    Nocturnes 7 Chorus new end.pdf

    Nocturnes 7 Conductor new end.pdf

    Nocturnes 7 Tuba new end.pdf

    O magna res (O Greatness)
    Text by Hildegard von Bingen

    (Flute, Bb clarinet, acoustic guitar and viola with soprano soloist)
    O magna res Cover.pdf
    O magna res Text.pdf
    O magna res I.pdf
    O magna res II.pdf
    O magna res III.pdf
    O magna res IV.pdf
    O magna res V.pdf

    O Red Sox Forever and Ever
    (O Rosae Soleae, semper ad aeternum)  2002 edition

    (Recorder, viola, and cello with soprano soloist)
    Red Sox Text.pdf
    Red Sox Annotations.pdf
    Red Sox I. O Red Sox.pdf
    Red Sox II. Ah! An Error.pdf
    Red Sox III. Exquisite Ruin.pdf
    Red Sox IV. That Player.pdf
    Red Sox V. Forever and Ever.pdf
    Pastoral Suite (Seven Prayers) for Organ
    I. In your presence is fulness of joy
    II. You lead me beside the still waters
    III. From the farthest heavens
    IV. Amen for III
    V. As the morning dawns
    VI. Our life, our sweetness and our hope
    VII. You have put into my heart a marvelous love


    Pastoral Suite I.pdf
    Pastoral Suite II.pdf
    Pastoral Suite III.pdf
    Pastoral Suite IV.pdf
    Pastoral Suite V.pdf
    Pastoral Suite VI.pdf
    Pastoral Suite VII.pdf





    The Phoenix

    (Full Score is for Soprano, Baritone, and Harpsichord)

    Soprano Solo, Baritone Solo, Oboe I, English Horn, Oboe II, Harpsichord, Violin/Viola, 'Cello

    Text excerpted from
    De Ave Phoenice
    by Carmen Lactantius

    Translation (in program) by
    Sr. Mary Francis McDonald, OP
    Phoenix Cover.pdf
    Phoenix Inside Cover.pdf
    Phoenix Text.pdf

    Phoenix Movement 1
    Phoenix 1 Full Score
    Phoenix 1 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 1 Oboe II
    Phoenix 1 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 1 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 2
    Phoenix 2 Full Score
    Phoenix 2 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 2 Oboe II
    Phoenix 2 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 2 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 3
    Phoenix 3 Full Score
    Phoenix 3 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 3 Oboe II
    Phoenix 3 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 3 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 4
    Phoenix 4 Full Score
    Phoenix 4 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 4 Oboe II
    Phoenix 4 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 4 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 5
    Phoenix 5 Full Score
    Phoenix 5 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 5 Oboe II
    Phoenix 5 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 5 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 6
    Phoenix 6 Full Score
    Phoenix 6 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 6 Oboe II
    Phoenix 6 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 6 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 7
    Phoenix 7 Full Score
    Phoenix 7 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 7 Oboe II
    Phoenix 7 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 7 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 8
    Phoenix 8 Full Score
    Phoenix 8 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 8 Oboe II
    Phoenix 8 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 8 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 9
    Phoenix 9 Full Score
    Phoenix 9 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 9 Oboe II
    Phoenix 9 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 9 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 10
    Phoenix 10 Full Score
    Phoenix 10 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 10 Oboe II
    Phoenix 10 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 10 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 11
    Phoenix 11 Full Score
    Phoenix 11 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 11 Oboe II
    Phoenix 11 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 11 'Cello

    Phoenix Movement 12
    Phoenix 12 Full Score
    Phoenix 12 Oboe I EH
    Phoenix 12 Oboe II
    Phoenix 12 Viola Violin
    Phoenix 12 'Cello





    Requiem

    (Oboe, strings, solo baritone, full chorus)
    Requiem Cover.pdf
    Requiem Text.pdf
    Requiem Interview.pdf
    Requiem I. Introit.pdf
    Requiem II. Kyrie.pdf
    Requiem III. Domine.pdf
    Requiem IV Sanctus Conductor.pdf
    Requiem IV Sanctus Chorus.pdf
    Requiem V. Pie Jesu.pdf
    Requiem VI. Lux aeterna.pdf
    Requiem VII. Lib.Com.pdf
    Requiem VIII. Paradisum.pdf
    Still Falls the Rain

    This music is known as "The Wild Swans"
    **NEWLY AVAILABLE**
    Wild Swans Full Score
    Three Ben Franklin Dances

    (Full orchestra)

    Ben Franklin I. Allegro pdf
    Ben Franklin II. Adagio.pdf
    Ben Franklin III. Presto.pdf

    Tu Risa (Your Laughter) Alto Solo

    Text by Pablo Neruda
    (Harpsichord/Piano and alto soloist)
    Tu Risa Alto Cover.pdf
    Tu Risa Alto I.pdf
    Tu Risa Alto II.pdf
    Tu Risa Alto III.pdf
    Tu Risa Alto IV.pdf
    Tu Risa Alto V.pdf

    Tu Risa (Your Laughter) Baritone

    Text by Pablo Neruda
    (Harpsichord/Piano and baritone soloist)
    Tu Risa Baritone Cover.pdf
    Tu Risa Baritone I.pdf
    Tu Risa Baritone II.pdf
    Tu Risa Baritone III.pdf
    Tu Risa Baritone IV.pdf
    Tu Risa Baritone V.pdf

    Tu Risa (Your Laughter) Soprano

    Text by Pablo Neruda
    (Guitar/Harpsichord/Piano and soprano soloist)
    Tu Risa Soprano Cover.pdf
    Tu Risa Soprano I.pdf
    Tu Risa Soprano II.pdf
    Tu Risa Soprano III.pdf
    Tu Risa Soprano IV.pdf
    Tu Risa Soprano V.pdf

    Tu Risa (Your Laughter) Tenor

    Text by Pablo Neruda
    (Guitar/Harpsichord/Piano and tenor soloist)
    Tu Risa Tenor Cover.pdf
    Tu Risa Tenor I.pdf
    Tu Risa Tenor II.pdf
    Tu Risa Tenor III.pdf
    Tu Risa Tenor IV.pdf
    Tu Risa Tenor V.pdf
    Untitled Work for Guitar and Orchestra (Spoleto Version) Excerpts from
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) I.pdf
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) II.pdf
    Guitar and Orch (Spoleto) III.pdf
    Wild Swans, The (9 movements)
    (Also known as "Still Falls the Rain")
    (for full orchestra)
    **NEWLY AVAILABLE**
    Wild Swans Full Score

    You Hear My Cry (For Viola)
    (Eight Violas)
    (Domine exaudis orationem meam)
    You Hear My Cry (Viola).pdf

    Source of images:

    Folios: 10 Recto and 13 Verso
    The Remains of a Medieval Antiphon (14th century)
    18 Leaves of A28904 in The Annmary Brown Collection.
    Brown University Library
    Project by Laura Saetveit, Class of 2003.

    Used with permission.

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