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Daniel Brewbaker

Born: 1951. Died: 2017. Lived in: United States

Daniel M. Brewbaker was an American composer and educator. He completed undergraduate study at the Univ. of Illinois. He then earned master's and doctorate degrees from the Juilliard School of Music. Early in his career as a composer, he served as an educator on the faculties of the Juilliard School and several colleges. His first composition, Psalm 39, premiered in 1970 at the University of Illinois, beginning a body of work that grew to nearly 60 works, establishing him among contemporary American composers. His music reflected his deeply spiritual and somewhat mystical nature, communicated to the listener with powerful effect. At a time when many composers have striven for novelty, he wrote music that was unashamedly direct and movingly melodic, echoing his Midwestern roots among European influence.

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a little innocence : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : 48019758 : 884088240646

Daniel Brewbaker : a little innocence

Originally written for The Children's Aid Society Chorus of New York City, this e.e. cummings text lends itself so nicely to the pure sound of treble voices and explores the idea of transformative innocence - that no state of being is so dark or hopeless that it cannot be transformed into light and joy through innocence. Duration: ca. 4:00.

Poetry By: e.e. cummings

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $1.80 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019758 | Digital Version Available


A Toast to Humankind : TB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48020634 : 884088407971

Daniel Brewbaker : A Toast to Humankind

Dedicated to Robert Mondavi on his 90th birthday, this work features the poetry of Robert Burns in a spirited setting for men's voices. Long may we live! Long may we love! And long may we be happy! And may we never want a glass/Well charged with generous nappy! Duration: ca. 1:40.

Poetry By: Robert Burns

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Voicing: TB | Sheet Music | $1.80 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48020634 | Digital Version Available


Brown Penny : TB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019689 : 884088208868

Daniel Brewbaker : Brown Penny

From the poetry of Yeats, this song tells the tale of a young boy who wonders if he is too young to love. When he consults a brown penny, it reveals to him that the time to love is always now.

Poetry By: William Butler Yeats

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Voicing: TB | Sheet Music | $1.80 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019689


Crossing Ohio When Poppies Bloom in Ashtabula : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019753 : 884088240592

Daniel Brewbaker : Crossing Ohio When Poppies Bloom in Ashtabula

Based on a Carl Sandburg poem, this work tells the story of the mutual longing of mother and grown child for the time and place of childhood. From the larger work From the Heart. Duration: ca. 4:50.

Poetry By: Carl Sandburg

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.50 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019753


Great Mother : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019759 : 884088240653

Daniel Brewbaker : Great Mother

Based on the poem The People, Yes by Carl Sanburg, this work expresses the great love of a caring mother for her child. She sings of her understanding and acceptance of the child, the potential that the child embodies, her confidence in who the child is and who the child will become. From a larger work, From the Heart. Duration: 3:15.

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $1.90 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019759 | Digital Version Available


His Choir, This Choir : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48020982 : 884088545598

Daniel Brewbaker : His Choir, This Choir

This contemporary work from Daniel Brewbaker is a jubilant shout of joy at the miracle of being alive. Based on poems by St. Thomas Aquinas and Rabia, their ideas resonate with each other across the centuries, and extend to our own. The music alternates between exhilarating elation and quiet amazement, concluding with an exuberant affirmation of the self as the central expression of the divine choir of life. From his cantata Living the Divine. Duration: 2:30.

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $1.90 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48020982 | Digital Version Available


i am a little church : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48020623 : 884088405465

Daniel Brewbaker : i am a little church

Based on poetry by e.e. cummings, this setting is dedicated to the composer's mother on the occasion of her 87th birthday. Masterful vocal writing and an engaging piano accompaniment evoke images both humble and grandiose, and allow choirs to showcase balance and blend through expansive homophonic passages. Duration: ca. 6:30.

Poetry By: e.e. cummings

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $1.95 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48020623 | Digital Version Available


i shall imagine : SA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48004298 : 073999761887

Daniel Brewbaker : i shall imagine

i shall imagine exudes a joyous self-confidence in the miracle of being alive, unperturbed by the vagaries of human perception of what is beautiful. Poetry by e.e. cummings. (1:55)

Poetry By: e.e. cummings

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Voicing: SA | Sheet Music | $2.25 |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48004298


Let Love Go On : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019752 : 884088240585

Daniel Brewbaker : Let Love Go On

Based on a Carl Sandburg text, this piece is a paean to love as the ultimate response to the relentless passage of time and the impermanence of human life. Its ABABAA' form alternates between love's tender assurances (A), and the driving inevitability of time's passing (B). From the larger work, From the Heart. Duration: 4:50.

Poetry By: Carl Sandburg

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.25 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019752 | Digital Version Available


Listening : SA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48022643 : 884088867591

Daniel Brewbaker : Listening

Listening exuberantly praises the music inherent and expressed by everything in nature, above all the myriad worlds of human nature. It sings of the great variety and contrast of the seasons of the earth and moods of the oceans, the single notes within a melody and the chords that comprise harmony. Music is viewed as the means through which the essence of life is made manifest, expressing the essential unity of all things, which underlies all the various forms that life assumes. Duration: ca. 3:15.

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Voicing: SA | Sheet Music | $1.95 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48022643 | Digital Version Available


little fourpaws : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019757 : 884088240639

Daniel Brewbaker : little fourpaws

A delicate setting for three-part treble choir of an e.e. cummings text. With piano accompaniment that is supportive of the vocal lines, yet not overpowering, younger and more experienced choirs alike will enjoy the simplicity of this beautiful piece. Duration: ca. 2:00

Poetry By: e.e. cummings

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $1.80 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019757 | Digital Version Available


little tree (from Chansons Innocentes) : SA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48004297 : 073999559125

Daniel Brewbaker : little tree (from Chansons Innocentes)

little tree is a song of transformation. It is about darkness turning into light, appropriate both for the Christmas Season and for the winter solstice, which marks the end of the long dark days of winter and the coming of the days of longer daylight. Duration: 3:40.

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Voicing: SA | Sheet Music | $2.65 |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48004297


My Sweet, Crushed Angel : Unison : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48022585 : 884088690083

Daniel Brewbaker : My Sweet, Crushed Angel

A gentle, lilting waltz for unison choir, treble solo and piano. The angel being addressed is reassured that he/she has done well in her attempt to find the Beloved. Written for the Anima Young Singers, Emily Ellsworth, conductor, this is a wonderful piece for melodic independence for a young choir. From the cantata Living the Divine. Duration: ca.4:00.

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Voicing: Unison | Sheet Music | $1.95 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48022585 | Digital Version Available


now : SA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48018875 : 073999851441

Daniel Brewbaker : now

Tender lyricism and spirited syncopations join together in a celebration of spring, life and love. From the cycle birdsong. With piano. Duration: ca. 3:00. Recorded by Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun, Director.

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Voicing: SA | Sheet Music | $1.95 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48018875 | Digital Version Available


On a Day when the Wind Is Perfect : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48023338 : 888680035044

Daniel Brewbaker : On a Day when the Wind Is Perfect

This is an uplifting affirmation of joy and beauty that the world affords every day to the eyes and heart that are opened to perceive and receive it. The Rumi text and Brewbaker music merge to describe the feeling of life as it flows effortlessly over the water as wind fills its sails. This is a truly uplifting and inspirational work.

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $2.25 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48023338 | Digital Version Available


Open Your Heart : SSAA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48020760 : 884088455651

Daniel Brewbaker : Open Your Heart

With poetry by e.e. cummings, the text is a tender plea of a lover asking for acceptance of the gift of love with all its mysteries, fantasies, dreams and yearnings. The music reflects these offerings in a lilting waltz-like tempo that floats toward its conclusion with hints of promised fulfillment, expansiveness and peace. Duration: ca. 2:00.

Poetry By: e.e. cummings

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Voicing: SSAA | Sheet Music | $1.90 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48020760 | Digital Version Available


Out of the Mist, Above the Real : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019344 : 884088113643

Daniel Brewbaker : Out of the Mist, Above the Real

Daniel Brewbaker's Irish Cantata is based on poems that express a search for ancient origins, for our most primal earthly and heavenly progenitors. All three movements are available here in one octavo.

Country: Ireland

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $3.95 |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019344


Peace : Unison : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48023447 : 888680049386

Daniel Brewbaker : Peace

This meditation on stillness begins with gentle guidance in quieting the mind, continuing to lead the soul toward serenity and light, with the assurance that true knowledge is not to be found in the external world but in one's own calmly abiding consciousness. This music offers many points of discussion for the young choir.

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Voicing: Unison | Sheet Music | $1.95 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48023447 | Digital Version Available


Psalm 51 : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019234 : 884088089603

Daniel Brewbaker : Psalm 51

The German melody Create in me a clean heart, O God forms the music center of this work for mixed voices and organ. In the psalm, David asks God for mercy, forgiveness, cleansing of the heart and renewal of the spirit, that he might once again sing joyful praise. The music reflects David's passionate and contrite supplication and his assurance that his prayer will be heard and answered. With organ.

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.50 |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019234


That Lives in Us : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48023453 : 888680049447

Daniel Brewbaker : That Lives in Us

Offering guidance through stages of spiritual awakening from respect for and service to all, Daniel Brewbaker captures the inspiration of the Rumi text in ecstatic and energetic music for women's choir, piano and percussion.

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $2.50 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48023453 | Digital Version Available


The Irish Cliffs of Moher : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019312 : 884088107529

Daniel Brewbaker : The Irish Cliffs of Moher

Daniel Brewbaker's Irish Cantata is based on poems that express a search for ancient origins, for our most primal earthly and heavenly progenitors. This second movement, derived from a Wallace Stevens poem, describes worn cliffs towering up over the Atlantic and the spacious, solitary world in which we used to exist. Uilleann Pipes and String Orchestra parts for the full work available on rental from Boosey & Hawkes.

Country: Ireland

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.25 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019312


To Hold Beauty : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48022667 : 884088871109

Daniel Brewbaker : To Hold Beauty

To Hold Beauty expresses an understanding that all desires of the heart are reflections of the soul's one essential desire: to embrace beauty. With piano and optional timpani.

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $2.10 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48022667 | Digital Version Available


To Know Silence Perfectly : SATB : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48019755 : 884088240615

Daniel Brewbaker : To Know Silence Perfectly

Based on a Carl Sandburg poem, this piece is a meditation on solitude and how silence and music are interrelated. It evokes a state of stillness, bringing attention to the rise and fall of the breath and musical phrase, to discover that silence is the prerequisite to hearing music, and to feeling the pulse of life. From the larger work From the Heart. Duration: 3:50.

Poetry By: Carl Sandburg

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Voicing: SATB | Sheet Music | $1.90 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48019755 | Digital Version Available


Troublemakers : Unison : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48023415 : 888680043384

Daniel Brewbaker : Troublemakers

This short and, at first glance flippant, glance at divinity is really a thoughtful assertion that definitions and concepts of divinity fall short of the reality, which is beyond human understanding. And although for unison singers, this is a challenge for any and all singers.

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Voicing: Unison | Sheet Music | $1.95 |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48023415 | Digital Version Available


When I Was the Forest : SSA : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48021254 : 884088652203

Daniel Brewbaker : When I Was the Forest

With a text by thirteenth century poet Meister Eckhart that speaks of the fall from and a return to grace, composer Brewbaker uses mostly homophonic writing with soft, contemporary harmonies to find the soul's rightful place in the universe. This emotional showstopper calls for the full range of a woman's voice and mature emotions. Duration: ca. 4:00. Performed by Somerset Festival Chorus at Wells Cathedral in England, Emily Ellsworth, conductor.

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Voicing: SSA | Sheet Music | $1.95 | With Piano |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48021254 | Digital Version Available


Who But I? : 2-Part : Daniel Brewbaker : Sheet Music : 48005177 : 073999329032

Daniel Brewbaker : Who But I?

Excerpted from a larger work, this work represents the beautiful imagery of nature with a Celtic flavor. With Uilleann Pipes and String Orchestra (Piano Reduction). (5:00)

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Voicing: 2-Part | Sheet Music | $2.65 | Piano reduction |
(Minimum order 4 copies)
| 48005177

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