ANTHOLOGY FOR ADVENT A resource book for parish musicians

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1 We ait for your loving-kindness, O Lord, and e look to the Heavens for the day of your coming ANTHOLOGY FOR ADVENT A resource ook for parish musicians FH- 1ANTH FireheadEditionscom

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3 Tale of Contents Anthems Come, Thou Long Expected esus (SATB piano) -Frederick Frahm 1 Shone to Him (unison choir organ) -Hu Morgan 6 The Earth Shall Open (to-part choir organ) -Hu Morgan The Record of ohn (SATB organ) -Hu Morgan 1 Liturgical Pieces Four Introits for Advent (SATB organ) -Frederick Frahm Savior of the Nations, Come 19 The King Shall Come When Morning Dans 2 Come, O Precious Ransom, Come 26 Lo, Ho a Rose E'er Blooming 2 Matins Responsory (to-part choir, unaccompanied) -Hu Morgan 1 Organ Works Hymn Prelude on Little Cornard (organ solo) -Hu Morgan 2 Hymn Prelude on Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland (organ solo) -Frederick Frahm 5 Musica Badia (Ave Maria) (organ solo) -Frederick Frahm 9 Six Versets on Conditor Alme Siderum (organ solo) -Hu Morgan Music for Handells Emer Days in Advent (three movements for ells) -Frederick Frahm 9 Meditation on Veni Emmanuel (15 handells) -Frederick Frahm 52

4 Come, Thou Long Expected esus SATB and piano solo S / A Charles Wesley ( ) Hymns for the Nativity of Our Lord, 17 Piano 6 10 Con moto q = P n n n F Come, thou long - ex - pec - ted e - sus orn to set thy peo - p Frederick Frahm ASCAP TUNE: EFFERSON, Southern Harmony, 15 ple free; 201 y Frederick Frahm Firehead Editions FH-11 fireheadeditionscom An orchestrated accompaniment for strings and piano is availale from the composer upon request

5 2 T / B 15 P from our fear and P sins re - lease us; let us find our rest in T / B S / A T / B 20 2 thee f Is - rael's hope and con - so - la - tion, f f n hope of all the

6 S / A 27 T / B earth thou art, dear de - sire of ev - 'ry na-tion, oy of ev - 'ry long - ing S / A T / B 2 ( ) heart n P n n T / B P 7 Born thy peo - ple to de - liv - er, P orn a child and yet a king;

7 S / A 2 P T / B S / A S / A T / B 7 51 king dom - ring f By thine on e f orn to reign in P us for - e - ver, no thy gra-cious n - ter - nal Spi - rit rule in all our f

8 5 S / A 5 T / B hearts a - lone; - fi -cient mer -it raise us to thy glo - y thine all suf rious S / A T / B 59 ( ) throne n P n n g p 6 n

9 Gaelic, 6th Century From Carmina Gadelica, compiled and translated y Alexander Carmichael Shone To Him Hu Morgan ( 1975) Voice(s) Organ 5 Flexile, floing, ecstatic q = 60 Shone to him the earth and sphere to-ge-ther, Gloing, distant, sempre pp Celestes, coupled to ped soft 16' God the Lord has o - pen'd a door; Son of Ma - ry Vir - gin, hast - en thou to help me, Thou Christ of hope, Hu Morgan 2016 FireheadEditionscom

10 7 7 Thou door of oy, Gold - den sun 9 11 of hill and mount - tain, All hail! Let there e oy! a tempo rall al fine rit long U London 2007, rev 2016

11 Text: Isaiah 5: and Psalm 19:1 Adapted y the composer Organ 5 q = freely e = e throughout n rk n Ó N rk n Ó O Ó p, ' p, solo pp ' flute p, high voices skies, drop rh douling voices ad li The Earth Shall Open Anthem for Advent Ó don like the n N n rk n n N n de, Ó Ó O Music: Hu Morgan clouds, rain don right - eous - ness Copyright Hu Morgan 201 Firehead Editions

12 9 1 mp, tutti A - pe - ri-a - tur ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra mp 19 2 Ó Let the earth reak let our Sa - viour spring mf mf, lo voices (douling ad li) o pen, - and from it forth

13 26 mf, tutti 10 mf A - pe - ri - a - tur ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra, ter ra n The heav'ns de - clare the glo- ry of God, and the fir-ma-ment pro - n n claims the ork of his f, right f, roader hands a tempo f, strong f A - pe - ri - a - tur ter - ra,

14 11 0 rall ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra, ter - ra, ter-ra, ter-ra, ter - ra p U rk n rall n Sloer q = 66 Ó q = 66 O Ó Ó ' only p, high voices only skies, pp - solo sound lh douling voice part ad li drop don like the de, O clouds, N n n N N

15 12 52 rain don right - eous - ness O skies, drop don like the de; O clouds, rain don righteousness Aperiatur Terra Let the earth reak open and from it let our Saviour spring forth Aperiatur Terra The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament proclaims the ork of his hands Aperiatur Terra O skies, drop don like the de; O clouds, rain don righteousness For the choir of St Laurence, Catford Novemer 201

16 St ohn I19-2 The Record of ohn For the Choir of St Laurence, Catford Hu Morgan ( 1975) Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Organ 6 Slo q = 56 16' only p unis And this is the es sent priests and pp - distant, celestes + flutes le re - cord of ohn, U U Ó U Ó Ó hen the - vites from e - ru - sa - lem to Ó U Ó Ó Hu Morgan 2016 FireheadEditionscom

17 1 10 ask U him: Ó P "Who art thou" Moving on q = 72 pp - right, distant 2' (or Larigot) only 15 Ó F unis U Ó and he con - fess'd and de - nied not, and said plain -ly: Ó "I am mf - arm, road, ' only Ó

18 15 22 tempo 1 n n U and they ask'd him: "hat art thou 27 not the Christ" U then" U n n pp - distant, celestes + flutes "art thou E U - li - as" Ó U pp - right, distant 2' (or Larigot) only U tempo 2 F and he said: mf - arm, road, ' only Ó

19 16 1 tempo 1 n P "Art thou the U pro - phet" "I am not" 6 tempo 2 F and he an -ser'd "No" n tempo 1 n then said they P un - to him: U n n

20 17 1 U F "ho n art thou" "that e may give an an - ser un - to Ó U them that sent us" "hat say - est thou of thy - self" U U Ó

21 sempre tempo 1 Ó And he said: Ó f rh: mp - add mutation or very soft mixture f add to pedal "I am the voice of "I am the voice of f ƒ make straight the ay of the Lord W WW repeat times, quieter each time make straight the ay of the Lord W p him that cri - eth in the him that cri - eth in the make straight the ay of the make straight the ay of the (rh remove mixt) p Lord Lord il - der - ness: il - der - ness: tremolo molto rit U W W U Leisham, London Novemer 2009 Revised 2016

22 Four Introits for Advent I 'Savior of the Nations, Come' Amrose of Milan (0-97) Trans William M Reynolds ( ) Frederick Frahm ASCAP Sopranos / Altos Maestoso q = 6 Tenors / Basses Sa - vior of the na - tions, come! S / A T / B Organ Vir - gin's son make here your home 2016 Frederick Frahm FH-7 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

23 20 S / A 7 T / B Mar - vel no, oth S / A T / B 9 heav'n and earth, that the Lord chose

24 21 S / A 12 n T / B such a irth Come, E - man -u - el! n S / A T / B 16 Come, E n - man - u - el!

25 22 S / A 20 T / B U n u

26 Four Introits for Advent II 'The King Shall Come When Morning Dans' S / A Organ ohn Bronlie ( ) II I n The king shall n n come hen mor -ning dans and light tri - um -phant reaks; II Frederick Frahm ASCAP n 2016 Frederick Frahm FH-7 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

27 2 T / B 9 I n n n n hen S / A T / B 1 eau - ty gilds the east - ern hills and life to oy a - akes O come E - man - u - II

28 25 S / A 1 n T / B el, O come E -man -u - el, E - man-u - el O come E - man -u - el, E-man-u - el 2 I n n n

29 Four Introits for Advent III 'Come, O Precious Ransom, Come' ohann G Olearius ( ) Trans August Crull (15-192) Frederick Frahm ASCAP Sopranos / Altos Moderato q = 55 7 sopranos 5 altos 5 Tenors / Basses 7 Come, thou pre-cious ran-som, come, Come, O Sav-ior tenors 5 5 S / A T / B Organ of the orld! asses O On - ly hope for sin-ful mor-tals! - pen are to Thee all por - tals tutti Come, thy eau - ty Frederick Frahm FH-7 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

30 27 S / A T / B S / A T / B let us see; 2 Anx-ious -ly e ait for thee O n come, Em-man-u - el, O come, Em-man-u - Ocome,Em n come, Em man u I O come, Em n - man -u - el, Em -man -u - I el! el, - man-u - el! n II el! n n O 5 2

31 Four Introits for Advent IV 'Lo, Ho a Rose E'er Blooming' 15th Century German Carol TransTheodore Baker (151-19) Frederick Frahm ASCAP Sopranos / Altos Tenors / Basses S / A T / B S / A 5 Legato q = 60 sopranos n Lo, ho a rose e'er loom - ing Of es - se's lin - eage com - ing sopranos n 5 5 asses n from ten - der stem hath sprung! as seers of old have sung 5 T / B O Flo'r, hose fra-grance ten-der dis-pel in glo-rious splen-dor asses n 5 ith seet-ness fills the air, 2016 Frederick Frahm FH-7 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

32 29 S / A 5 tutti n n T / B 5 the dark-ness ev -'ry-here True man, yet ve - ry God, f n from sin and S / A T / B death no save us O come f Em - man - u - el, n O

33 0 S / A T / B 1 come Em -man -u - el, O come Em-man -u - el, Em - man - u - el! ẇ ẇ ẇ nẇ n n

34 Cantor - lo Matins Responsory (Aspicieam in visu noctis, Sarum rite, freely translated) Hu Morgan ( 1975) Tutti I sa in a night - vi-sion: Cantor - high and e-hold, the Son of Man as car-ried forth on the clouds of hea - ven: Tutti And sov - reign - ty and glo - ry ere gi - ven un - to him: Cantor - lo and ev - 'ry peo -ple and na -tion and lan - - guage shall serve him Cantor - high The po'r of his do-min-ion is an ev -er -last - ing might that shall not pass a-ay, Tutti and his cron an e - ver-last-ing king-dom that shall ne - ver e de-stroyed and ev - 'ry peo -ple and na -tion and lan - - guage shall serve him Hu Morgan 201 FireheadEditionscom

35 Hymn Prelude on "Little Cornard" (Hills of the North, Reoice) Hu Morgan 1975 Organ 7 c c c marcato, non legato q = 76 Ó Ó II III a tempo attacca, sempre non legato I c c n n n - n - - poco rit n n n c Copyright Hu Morgan, 2015 Firehead Editions

36 non rit I nn n n III attacca, sempre non legato II n n c c c 20 c c n c

37 22 n n n n n I poco rit ( ), n nn n 5 5 III I Ó poco rit c c c Suggested registrations: I: ff - foundations, reeds, mixtures II: f - trumpet III: f - cornet Ped: ff + I For Paul Dehurst Novemer 2015 Little Cornard - Melody y Martin Sha ( ) Ne English Hymnal no7

38 5 Calma q = 60 n n II: ' gama ' flute 16' ' flutes + II n n n I: solo cornet n n n rit poco a poco for ames David Christie Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland n n n a tempo n Frederick Frahm ASCAP Melody: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland Walther, Geistliche Gesangüchlein, 152 n n n 2012 y Frederick Frahm Firehead Editions FH-0 fireheadeditionscom

39 6 12 n n n senza rigore 6 n n poco mosso solo ' n n n 5 n n n 5 n 5

40 n n 2 alt solo ' n n n n n n poco rit n n n n n 2 ' ' flutes n n n

41 5 6 senza rigore 52 n 6 6 n II: ' gama ' flute n n n U U n n n n n n n n n Calma e maestoso q = 52 16', ', ' foundations U p n n

42 for Roin Walker Musica Badia Organ 7 Ave Maria, gratia plena molto flessiile q = 0 ' principal U R n r U U n n n Frederick Frahm ASCAP U Frederick Frahm FH-2 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

43 ', ' flutes ' gama, ' flute n n n 20 ' flute 2 ' flute ' principal ' principal 26 ' flute ' principal

44 ' gama, ' flute n n n poco mosso

45 2 2 n n 7 5 a tempo ' principal rall molto ' principal U

46 Versets on "Conditor Alme Siderum" Organ solo For Geoffrey Hollom Hu Morgan ( 1975) I Freely floing q = 72 Ó I - mp right, clear II - p (ped ad li) 6 II "Creator of the stars of night" 11 "grieving at the itter cry" legato q = I - solo, mf II - mp, ' poco rall, Hu Morgan 2016 FireheadEditionscom

47 n 6 6 n n n n n n n n III 9 9 rit 2 q = 0 I - right stops, ell-like Ó 0 " Bridegroom of the ride " II - solo reed ' 6 6 a tempo rall

48 6 5 9 rall al fine IV " all hearts must o " very road, ith freedom q = I - f, strong, eg trumpet n II (sim) II - p, distant eg enclosed ooe (ped 16' ad li) I (sim) 5 n U

49 6 " preserve us, hile e dell elo " V 59 flexile, elated, smooth e = I - mp, clear eg ' flute n II - pp celestes, unda maris 6 69 n n n 7 n n n n n 77 n n n poco rall, U U (ped)

50 7 "All praise, eternal Son, to thee, hose advent sets thy people free " VI 2 Solid, oyous, marcato q = ƒ rit 9 a tempo

51 rit a tempo Grosmont, August 2016

52 Emer Days in Advent To octaves Bells used: [2 ells per player] AGEHR Level quietly, q = 60 TD p TD Wednesday TD p LV F LV f p LV f TD f LV p Frederick Frahm ASCAP F n 25 TD p 2016 Frederick Frahm FH-0 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

53 50 Friday melancholy, 2 q = 6 LV LV 2 p P LV f LV p p LV P LV F U

54 51 Saturday LV 57 5 serenely, q = 0 P TD LV 61 f LV TD p LV P TD f F P p f p

55 Meditation on Veni Emmanuel Octaves Handells Used: 15 AGEHR Level II 5 1 Solemn, q P quasi plainchant p U Frederick Frahm ASCAP a tempo 9 quasi plainchant U U a tempo quasi plainchant a tempo 2016 Frederick Frahm FH-79 Firehead Editions fireheadeditionscom

56 5 1 U quasi plainchant a tempo qq f a tempo P a tempo U p U quasi plainchant 25 rall al fine

57 Frederick Frahm as orn in Hemet, California, USA A graduate of Pacific Lutheran University here he earned degrees in Church Music and Organ Performance, his catalog of compositions includes orks for organ solo including concert orks and chorale preludes, chamer music, art songs and song cycles, music for handell ensemles, several extended orks for voices and orchestra, four operas, an organ concerto and a symphony A significant portion of his extensive catalog of music for liturgy is in print and is represented orldide y more than a dozen pulishers A professional church musician for more than 5 years, Frahm currently resides in Placitas, NM PREVIEW Hu Morgan as orn in Neport, South Wales, and studied at the University of Oxford and the Royal Academy of Music A professional church musician for more than tenty years, he currently lives in Wales, having most recently orked in London as organist at St Laurence, Catford and director of the Merecke Choir of Southark Cathedral and the Hanover Choir, as ell as orking on the Royal School of Church Music s higher education programme His compositions for organ and choirs have featured at churches and cathedrals throughout the UK and Europe, on several recordings, on BBC Radio, and at London s Southank Centre COPY

58 SELECTED CATALOGUE OF COMPOSITIONS FREDERICK FRAHM HUW MORGAN ORGAN WORKS Caeza de Vaca (trilogy) Firehead Herr Christ, der einig Gotts Sohn Nun Komm, Der Heiden Heiland Old Stone Church Seelenräutigam Septem Vera Three Ne Mexico Sketches Winter-Moon CHORAL MUSIC Come, Lord esus, Prince of Peace Unison (opt 2 part) piano Come, Thou Long Expected esus SATB piano Many Waters SATB, unaccompanied Unto Us a Son is Given SATB, unaccompanied NICHOLAS WIBBERLEY ORGAN WORKS Meditation on esu dulcis Memoria CHORAL MUSIC In My Distress SATB, unaccompanied Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence SAB organ Like as the Hart Unison (div) organ Necastle Service (Mag Nunc) SS organ Preces and Responses SSAATTBB ORGAN WORKS Haven Hymn Prelude on Was Leet Hymn Prelude on Gelo t, sei Gott Ffanffare Lullay Dialogues CHORAL MUSIC A Prayer for St David SATB (divisi), unaccompanied Crux Fidelis SAB Org Make We oy No In This Fest SATB, unaccompanied My Heart Stole Back SATB (divisi), unaccompanied Nunc Dimittis SATB, unaccompanied Regina Caeli II SATB (divisi), unaccompanied Salve Regina SATB (divisi), unaccompanied The Quality of Pity SATB Organ The Word of the Cross SATB (divisi), unaccompanied For our complete catalogue, please visit: FireheadEditionscom FireheadEditionscom