ON THE BURT FAMILY CAROLS:

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1 ULL SCORE: rayer or eace / Abbie etinis unison chorus strings (or organ) Choral scores, A-033-CC: $1.90 ull Score Set o arts, A-033-CD: $15.00 T HE URT AMILY C AROLS Abbie urt etinis Alred urt ates urt A I E E T I N I S rayer or eace or unison chorus strings (or organ) (original version or SAT a caella chorus available through red ock ublications) ON THE URT AMILY CAROLS: In 1922, Rev. ates G. urt, a sel-taught musician, began comosing Christmas carols and sending them as seasonal greeting cards to his riends, amily, and arishioners. He eventually assed the ob o comosing the music to his son, Alred urt, a azz trumeter and young comoser. The ather-son team roduced ive carols together beore ates s death, and Alred urt went on to write ten more, including the oular Caroling, Caroling, and Some Children See Him, made amous originally by the Voices o immy oyce and now recorded by artists all over the world. Since 2001, Abbie urt etinis has been continuing this amily tradition begun so long ago by Rev. ates G. urt, her great-grandather. rayer or eace was insired by the Christmas sermons and lectures ates delivered during World War II. _ Comoser Abbie etinis (b. 1980) has received more than 50 commissions or new music leading to erormances in some o the most amous concert halls in the United States. A McKnight Comoser ellow, she is comoser-in-residence at The Schubert Club in Saint aul, Minnesota. or more on Abbie and the urt amily Carols, visit ERUSAL SCORE. ERORMANCE ROHIITED. lease suort the comoser's art livelihood by urchasing erormance-ready scores at Thank you, thank you. -Abbie Abbie etinis Music Co. web: hone: abbie@abbiebetinis.com

2 THE URT AMILY CAROLS In 1922, Rev. ates G. urt, my great-grandather and a sel-taught musician, began comosing annual Christmas carols. He wrote both the text and music and sent them as Christmas greeting cards to his arishioners in Marquette and later in ontiac Michigan. Nineteen o these carols were recently ublished by red ock Music Co. as The amily Carols o ates urt. In 192, ates assed the ob o comosing the music or the annual carol to his son, Alred S. urt, a azz trumeter who had ust received his music degree rom the University o Michigan. The Christmas list grew, and Alred urt's carols were soon made amous by the Voices o immy oyce. They are now recorded by artists all over the world. Alred urt died in 195, leaving behind his wie and young daughter. He was 33, and had ust signed a ublishing contract or his iteen carols: 1. Christmas Cometh Caroling (192) 2. esu arvule (193) 3. What Are the Signs (19). Ah, leak and Chill the Wintry Wind (195) 5. All on A Christmas Morning (196) 6. Nigh ethlehem (197) 7. Christ in the Stranger's Guise (198) 8. Slee aby Mine (199) 9. This Is Christmas (1950) 10. Some Children See Him (1951) 11. Come, Dear Children (1952) 12. O, Hearken Ye (1953) 13. Caroling Caroling (195) 1. We'll Dress the House (195) 15. The Star Carol (195) In 2001, resh out o St. Ola College with a degree in music comosition, I decided to try my hand at the amily tradition with a re-setting o ates urt's text "In a ar udean City." Within days o its irst reading, I received a call rom Minnesota ublic Radio, who was interested in running a eature about the renewed amily tradition. Now, each carol remieres annually to a regional listening audience on Minnesota ublic Radio. And each year, like the generations beore us, my mom and I collaborate to roduce the new Christmas card, which, like ates and Uncle Al, we send to our amily and riends. She creates the design and does all the roduction, which oten includes hand-staming, asting, glittering, and olding hundreds o cards, while I concentrate on trying to it all that music in a 5x7 sace. These new urt amily Carols are ublished through Abbie etinis Music Co, and also through red ock ublishing: 1. In a ar udean City (2001) 7. Run, Toboggan, Run (2007) 2. He Might Have Come on Clouds o Heaven (2002) 8. ehind the Clouds (2008) 3. Hail, Christmas Day! (2003) 9. e Like the ird (2009). rayer or eace (200) 5. Song o the ines (2005) 10. Carol o the Snow (2010) 11. Come In, Come In! (2011) 6. Shem Seaks (2006) Thank you or sharing in the tradition! est wishes or a oyous season rom the urt amily! ~ Abbie urt etinis ERUSAL SCORE. ERORMANCE ROHIITED. lease suort the comoser's art livelihood by urchasing erormance-ready scores at Thank you, thank you. -Abbie

3 ULL SCORE A.. Arrangement commissioned by Marian Dolan, or the Nales Orchestra and Chorus, December 2007 rayer or eace ~ carol or unison chorus and string orchestra ~ AIE ETINIS reely, with energy and assion # # N 5 # 1. eace, the breath o eace is near, it calms and cheers, As (otional doubling). # # N String orchestra arrangement Coyright November 2007 by Abbie etinis. All Rights Reserved. ERUSAL SCORE. ERORMANCE ROHIITED. lease suort the comoser's art livelihood by urchasing erormance-ready scores at Thank you, thank you. -Abbie

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6 26 ted star, The 5 n star o Hoe in ev' - ry eye that sought so ar... 5 ar, they sought to 5 # n 5 n N love him: eth - l'hem, # Cal-va-ry, That 5 cresc. n rom their want and ear all eo- le 5 # 5 n # N ERUSAL SCORE. ERORMANCE ROHIITED. lease suort the comoser's art livelihood by urchasing erormance-ready scores at Thank you, thank you. -Abbie

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8 AIE ETINIS MUSIC CO. O OX 82 SAINT AUL, MN 5510 USA THIS AGE has been intentionally LET LANK in the hoes that you might buy this score Look, see how nice I am I m thinking: lease resect comosers (and coyright law) by aying or this sheet music. and thank you so very much. order sheet music online at:

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11 Also by Abbie etinis... Chamber Music: our Carols o Alred urt (medley) lute, har Abbie etinis Music Co. (Abbie is the grand-niece o amed Christmas carol comoser Alred urt) A Clan o the Lichens lute, iano Abbie etinis Music Co. I. All Things Live A II. Night and the Little ailures III. The rayer Wind IV. The Comet: a tale or children (and taller ones) V. The Clan o the Lichens Tadasana clarinet, iano manuscrit Vocal Chamber Music: Moonlight high voice, cello manuscrit Text: Suzanne Asher My Heart is Longing to raise My Savior high voice, cello, iano Grahite ublishing Text: rincess Eugenie o Sweden (in English) G Nattsanger (Nightsongs): song cycle high voice, clarinet, iano Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: Rol acobsen (in Norwegian) A rologue medium voice, bassoon manuscrit Text: Yevgeny Yevtushenko (in English) Choral Music: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight TT, snare drum, iano Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: Vachel Lindsay A Aililiú, ó Íosa (Alleluia, O esu) SSA, TT, s.a. solos, Gaelic har, Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: traditional Gaelic and Latin viola, bodhrán A Cedit, Hyems (e gone, winter!) SAT div. (or SSAA div.), lute G. Schirmer Text: rudentius (in Latin) Cat. No rom ehind the Caravan SSAA div., s.a. solos, viola or cello, Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: Hâez (in ersian) ersian hand drums, ot l Oud A In the leak Midwinter, arr. SAT, s. a. solos, iano Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: Christina Rossetti A Remember, O Thou Man (arr.) SAT div., cello, har Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: Thomas Ravenscrot A To the Evening Star SAT div., lute Abbie etinis Music Co. Text: William lake A Reviewed as audacious edgy and thrilling, the music o Abbie etinis (b. 1980) is being erormed increasingly in the United States and abroad, and has won awards rom the American Comosers orum, ASCA, the erome oundation, and the Minnesota Music Educators Association, among others. A 2009 McKnight Artist ellow, Abbie has ulilled more than 0 commissions or new music rom organizations including the Dale Warland Singers, Cantus, The Rose Ensemble, and The Schubert Club. Abbie studied comosition at St. Ola College, the University o Minnesota, and the Euroean American Musical Alliance in aris, rance. Her music is ublished by red ock Music, Grahite ublishing, Kos, Santa arbara Music ublishing, and now in G. Schirmer s Dale Warland Series, but she rimarily ublishes with her own Abbie etinis Music Co., LLC. Since 2005, Abbie has been Comoser-in-Residence or The Schubert Club, the irst arts organization in Minnesota. She has also held residencies with The Rose Ensemble and with The Singers Minnesota Choral Artists, where she is roud to sing in the second alto section. A three time cancer survivor, she lives in Saint aul. Abbie etinis Music Co. web: hone: abbie@abbiebetinis.com