paraclete press Christmas/ Epiphany $11.25 Chorale Voluntaries for the Church Year Christmas C. Griffith Bratt for Organ
C. Griffith Bratt C. Griffith Bratt, a native of Baltimore, Maryland was born in 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. At the age of 99 in this present year he has been witness to the turmoil of almost a century of constant wars; wars of culture, politics and religion. All of Dr. Bratt s compositions, be they for organ, voice, symphony, opera, choral, or instrumental are essentially religious in context. Dr. Bratt has been a concert organist since 1938. He has played across the USA from Boston, New York, Washington D.C. to Chicago and Seattle, Portland, San Francisco (AGO Convention). His most recent concert was at the age of 95 in Boise, Idaho. His last composition has yet to be written. He has been married to his bride, Mary, for more than 75 years. Dr. Bratt has been a member of the American Guild of Organists since 1934 and has been an A.A.G.O. member since 1936 and the founder/dean of the Les Bois Chapter of the American Guild of Organists (1947). Grif was organist/choirmaster at St. Michael s Episcopal Cathedral, Boise, Idaho for 52 years (1946 1998). Concurrent with his tenure at St. Michael s he served for thirty years at Boise State University as Music Department Chairman, Composer-in-Residence, Choral Director, Professor of Organ and Music Theory. Table of Contents Christmas A Child is Born in Bethlehem... 4 A Little Christmas Quodlibet... 10 Lo, How a Rose E re Blooming.... 6 O Come, All Ye Faithful.... 1 Silent Night, Holy Night... 2 Epiphany As with Gladness Men of Old.... 14 Songs of Thankfulness and Praise... 12 Paraclete Press sheet music is available at www.paracletesheetmusic.com
With majesty Chorale Voluntaries for the Church Year Christmas O Come, All Ye Faithful C. Griffith Bratt 6 12 17 Man. I-II rit. Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
2 5 10 Quietly flowing Flute Man. III (solo) Ped. 8' Silent Night, Holy Night The First Noel (Centone) - Quodlibet Man. I (solo) Oboe C. Griffith Bratt Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
3 14 Man. I 19 24 29 (Man. III) Ped. 16': 8' (4') rit.
4 A Child is Born in Bethlehem With lyricism C. Griffith Bratt 7 13 Man. I Man. II Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
5 19 25 31 37 Man. III legato Man. I rit.
6 Lo, How a Rose E er Blooming "Est ein Ros entsprungen" "Rosa Mystica" C. Griffith Bratt 3 6 Legatissimo = 50 Voix Celeste 8' - 4' Man. I Fl. 4' Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
7 9 12 15 18 piu rit. Gt. Sw. to Gt. 8' &' 4
8 21 A tempo Gt. 24 27 30 Ped. 8' Fl.
9 33 36 39 rit.
10 Andante = 84 A Little Christmas Quodlibet Rosa Mystica. Trad. German Bleak Mid-Winter - G. Holst, 1906 C. Griffith Bratt Sw. Gt. 6 11 17 Ped. 8' + Ped. 16' & 8' Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
11 22 28 34 40
12 Majestically Songs of Thankfulness and Praise Epiphany C. Griffith Bratt 5 6 Man. III Man. III Man. I Man. II cadenza legato Man. I 10 Man. II 3 6 6 cadenza 6 6 6 Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
13 11 15 cadenza 18 16 3 6 6 6
14 Joyfully marching As with Gladness Men of Old Epiphany C. Griffith Bratt 5 10 15 simile Copyright 2013 by Paraclete Press, Orleans, MA 02653 All rights reserved.
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Selected Organ Works Published by Paraclete Press Campbell, Bruce Variations on St. Columba PPM01131 Halls, David Lafford, Lindsay Lau, Robert Lind, Robert Powell, Robert Weidner, Raymond Sound the Trumpet: March for Organ PPM01214 Sonata No. 2 for Organ PPM01301 Prelude on Amazing Grace PPM01323 Fughetta on a Soggetto Cavato PPM01309 Lift High the Cross (arr.) PPM01327 O God, Our Help in Ages Past: Fanfare, Recitative and Hymn PPM01135 Fanfares and Toccatas on Engelberg PPMO1240 Concerto in D PPM01303 Children of the Heavenly Father PPM01210 Three Palm Sunday Preludes on Gregorian Chant Melodies PPM01330 Harvest Festival: Four Organ Preludes on Thanksgiving Hymns PPM01239 Cortege: Intrada, Arioso, Finale PPM01132 Organ, Brass quintet, Timpani and Percussion Invocation PPM01146 paraclete press P.O. Box 1568, Orleans, MA 02653 1-800-451-5006 www.paracletesheetmusic.com