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Richard Proulx
Richard Proulx has more than 300 published works, including congregational music in every form, sacred and secular choral works, song cycles, two operas, and instrumental and organ music. He served on the core committee for such hymnals as The Hymnal 1982, New Yale Hymnal, the Methodist Hymnal, Worship-Second Edition and Worship-Third Edition. He also has contributions in the Mennonite Hymnal and the Presbyterian Hymnal. Proulx was a member of The Standing Commission on Church Music of the Episcopal Church and was a founding member of The Conference of Roman Catholic Cathedral Musicians. He conducted choral festivals and workshops across the country as well as in Canada, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Scotland, Australia, and New Zealand. |
Richard Proulx : Six A Cappella Christmas Carols A superb little collection of six classics, arranged and edited for unaccompanied choir. Useful year after year. Songlist: Infant Holy, Lo, How a Rose, O Dear Little Children, Gabriel's Message, Sleep, Holy Babe, What Child is This?  |
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Voices and instruments share the spotlight in this gentle Christmas piece. The choral writing is primarily unison, and is suitable for children's choir, women's choir, or unison mixed choir. Harp part is optional.Ê
It is the music-buying church that creates a GIA Choral Classic like this one, and at this point, there cannot be three churches left in the country that haven't sung this superb arrangement. If you are one of them, wait not longer! Horn in F I and II can be substituted for Trombones I and II More music for small choirs
Composer: William Boyce
A solo flute leads off this anthem on an early American favorite and continues as unison male voices sing the first stanza. The third stanza is a canon of two voices. The second and fourth stanzas are a rich SATB setting, with the men often in parallel motion.
Take this all-time favorite Christmas carol and apply the arranging genius of Richard Proulx, and-well, that says it all!
Trumpet woven into octavo or available alone 4322INST.Ê
This gorgeous arrangement and translation of the ancient Latin hymn will be a favorite of your choir and congregation. Pitch is maintained throughout by clusters of handbells. If you have the right space for it, try having the sopranos and altos sing from the side opposite the tenors and basses; the inherent antiphonal quality of the setting will be more apparent to the listeners. 10 Handbells.
This beautiful chant antiphon, paired with Victoria's Renaissance setting, is perfect for Palm Sunday. In Latin with a singing English translation. Recorded on Let All Together Praise, CD-335.
Composer: Tomas Luis de Victoria
Unison or SATB. Trumpet in C or oboe parts are optional. Percussion part is for triangle and is optional.
Oboe and cello parts are optional. Quanno nasette Ninno a Bettlemme. More music for small choirs
For a piece to become a GIA Choral Classic, it has to measure up to a number of criteria. This wonderful discipleship hymn with it's 17th-century tune, so thoroughly satisfyingly arranged for SATB voices with optional brass and timpani, exceeds all of those criteria by a wide margin and has been a GIA best-seller for over 35 years! Brass quartet and timpani parts are optional.
Composer: Adam Drese
A medieval Annunciation carol, "Nova, Nova" is a mini liturgical drama for unison choir and three solo characters: Narrator, Angel Gabriel, and Mary. Parts for handbells, hand drum, triangle, and recorder add a nice earlymusic touch. The short refrain brings the assembly into the story in this attractive and unusual arrangement. For cantor or soloist. 3 Handbells (D, E, G) Percussion part is for Hand Drum or Tambourine and Finger Cymbals or Triangle. Recorder part can also be played by organ.
Praise the Lord, You Children PROULX 1 or 2 Treble Voices, 4 Handbells (2-E)
Handel's oratorio La Resurrezione is the source for this tune. The piece has an ABA form and is great as an introduction for children to the music of the master composer-or as an option for your adult choir that might not have the agility to navigate the rapid melismas of a chorus from Messiah!
Composer: George Frideric Handel
In this Richard Proulx classic, the exuberant text of Psalm 98 has been adapted by the composer and set to an equally uplifting tune! Ideal for children's voices or unison choir. An optional flute part is available. Flute part is optional
This small collection of a cappella carols is a must-have for choir folders at Christmastime! The less familiar carols will make a practical addition to a choir's Christmas repertoire; the more familiar carols will become favorite arrangements, and would work well as alternate stanzas in carol sings. Your choir will love reading "Lo, How a Rose" in open score format!
This version of "Silent Night" is an augmented instrumental arrangement by Franz Gruber of the famous guitar accompaniment. In this subsequent "original" version scored for guitar, string trio, and two horns, the verses are sung as duets with the full choir taking up the refrain. The editor/ arranger's brilliant notes indicate this version is in the "form of an Austrian landler dance," of which the original manuscript is in the possession of the famous von Trapp family. This edition with Bruce Larson's descant and violin obbligato is a treasure trove for any serious, or sentimental, musician!
Composer: Franz Gruber
Based on the chant "Resonet in laudibus", which is included in the edition as an option for preceding the Reger piece with its interesting harmonic twists. A gentle 6/8 Christmas lullaby. Accompaniment is for Harp or Piano. Organ and cello parts are optional
Composer: Max Reger
Beautifully arranged and translated, this timeless Latin hymn is an ideal choice for Holy Thursday, Communion, or even as a processional, as it is accompanied only by six handbells. 6 Handbells.
Richard Proulx brings this 19th century German song to the modern world of Christmas choral music. The first part of each verse is intended for a soloist; the choir provides responses in the second part. Lots of chromaticism makes for lush harmonies and refined expression. This melodic setting may be done simply with choir and organ (and optional harp and flute) or more elaborately with winds and strings.Ê
Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck
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