Music Suggestions The Fourth Sunday in Advent (A)
Hymns:
- As Joseph Lay Uneasy (CH #172, SMH #221)
- Behold a Virgin Bearing Him (PMB #8, HH #29, SMH #239)
- Canticle of Zachary/Zechariah (WIII #6, CBW #77, CH #421, PMB #223, PMB #754, CH #421, SMH #254)
- Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus (AH #310, CBW #448, HH #2, HPSC #140, ICEL #2, PMB #19, WIII #364, CHB #1, SMH #271)
- Come, Thou Redeemer (CD #804, CBW #18, HPSC #141)
- Hail to the Lord's Anointed (AH #354, CH #175, HH #54, HPSC #181, ICEL #229, CHB #3, SMH #328)
- Lift Up Your Heads, Ye Mighty Gates! (AH #485, HH #19, HPSC #211, ICEL #7, WIII #363, SMH #399)
- O Come, O Come, Emmanuel (AH #301, CBW #440, CH #179, HPSC #236, ICEL #8, PMB #1, WIII #357, CHB #8, SMH #438)
- O Comfort Ye My People (Ledoux/Penkala) from Ten New Carols for Advent & Christmas, Volume 1 CNP Catalog #4010
- Savior of the Nations, Come (AH #302, CD #801, CH #184, HH #33, WIII #372, SMH #515)
- Send, Lord, Like Dew (HH #34)
- The Angel Gabriel from Heaven Came (WIII #695, CBW #450, CHB #36)
- Thou Art the Star of Morning (HPSC #331)
- AH = The Adoremus Hymnal, Ignatius Press
- CBW = Catholic Book of Worship II / Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
- CD = Cantate Domino / Hymnal Supplement, GIA Publications, Inc.
- CH = The Collegeville Hymnal, The Liturgical Press
- CHB = The Catholic Hymn Book [London Oratory], Gracewing Publishers
- HH = Hymnal of the Hours, GIA Publications, Inc.
- HPSC = Hymns, Psalms & Spiritual Canticles, out of print but excellent
- ICEL = ICEL Resource Collection, GIA Publications, Inc.
- PMB = People's Mass Book, World Library Publications, Inc.
- SMH = The Saint Michael Hymnal, Saint Boniface Church, Lafayette IN
- WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.
Liturgical Music:
Choral Music:
- "Adam Lay Ybounden" (arr. Boris Ord) from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
- "Ad te levavi animam meam" (Leo Sowerby)
- "Alma redemptoris mater" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 1] CNP Catalog #2001
- "Alma redemptoris mater" (G.P. da Palestrina / Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7001
- "Angelus ad Virginem" (14 C., arr. Willcocks) from Carols for Choirs III [Oxford]
- "Annunciation" (Heinrich Schuetz) for ST soli and SATB choir
- "Ave Maria" (Jacob Arcadelt / Andrea Angelini) CNP Catalog #7012
- "Ave Maria" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume III] CNP Catalog #2003
- "Ave Maria" [ant] & "Psalm 25" [ps tone] (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.62]
- "Ave Maria" (Jacob Arcadelt) CNP Catalog #7012
- "Ave Maria" (Josef Rheinberger)
- "Ave Maria" (T.L. da Vittoria) CNP Catalog #7019
- "Behold, A Virgin Shall Be with Child (John LaMontaine)
- "Come, Thou Redeemer of the Earth" (arr. Willcocks) from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
- "Drop Down, Ye Heavens" (Heathcote Statham) from Oxford Easy Anthem Book
- "Ecce Virgo concipiet" (Heinrich Isaac, Cristobal Morales, J.P. Sweelinck)
- "Gabriel's Message" (Robert Grogan)
- "Gabriel's Message" (arr. David Willcocks) from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
- "Hail! Blessed Virgin Mary" (arr. Charles Wood) from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
- "Lift Up Your Heads" from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
- "Magnificat brevis" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #5070
- "Of the Father's Heart Begotten" (arr. Willcocks) from from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
- "Rorate caeli desuper" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis, p.353] Proper Introit for Advent IV
- "Rorate caeli [ant"] & "Psalm 19A" [ps tone] (Gregorian chant) [Graduale simplex, p.59]
- "Rorate coeli: A Responsory for Advent" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5093
- "Rorate coeli desuper" (Gregorian chant) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 1] CNP Catalog #2001
- "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 1" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #4010
- "Ten New Carols for Advent and Christmas, Volume 2" (Greene, Brumby, Penkala) CNP Catalog #4020
- "The Great 'O' Antiphons" (Gregorian chant) "O Emmanuel" is particularly appropriate for today (December 23) [Booklet of Chant, Volume 1] CNP Catalog #2001
- "There Is No Rose" (anon 15th C.) from from Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
- "There Is No Rose" (Benjamin Britten) from A Ceremony of Carols
- "Tota pulchra es, Maria"" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5210
Organ Music:
- "Advent Chorale Prelude" (Robert Graham) [The Sacred Organ Journal, Vol.13, No.4 - Lorenz]
- "Advent: Stuttgart" (Richard Elsasser) [The Christian Year - Sacred Songs Co.]
- "Canonic Partita on Savior of the Nations, Come" (J. William Greene) [Choral Web Publishing, Inc]
- "Chorale Prelude on Veni Emmanuel" (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, November 1997 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus" (Jan Bender) [Parish Organist XII - Concordia]
- "Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus" (Raymond Haan)
- "Drop Down, Ye Heavens" (Camil Van Hulse)
- "Ellacombe" (Lois Hill) [Organist's Companion, March 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Fantasia on Veni Emmanuel" (Heathcote Statham)
- "Festival Intrada on Ellacombe" (Roger Bailey) [Consoliere V-2]
- "Hymnus de Adventu Domini: Veni Redemptor gentium" (Samuel Scheidt) [Organist's Companion, November 1988 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Improvisation on Veni Emmanuel" (Camil van Hulse) [Advent Preludes]
- "Joseph est bien marié" (André Raison)
- "Lift Up Your Heads" (Ewald Weiss) from Parish Organist XII [Concordia]
- "Now Come, Savior of the Gentiles" (John Diercks) [Six Sacred Compositions for Organ - Abingdon APM-255]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Orgelwerke VII - Peters 246] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Anthologia pro organo II - Schott Frères] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (G.F. Kauffmann) [Organist's Companion, December 1980 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Johann Pachelbel) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury III - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, November 2000 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Max Reger) [Thirty Chorale Preludes - Peters 3980]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (A.N. Vetter) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
- "Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (F.W. Zachau) [Organist's Companion, December 1984 & November 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
- "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (Beatrice Limmer) [Organist's Companion, November 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (Frank Speller) [Three Organ Settings for Advent - Concordia]
- "O Come, Emmanuel" (Wilbur Held) [A Nativity Suite - Concordia 97-4461]
- "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (Wilbur Held) from Six Carol Settings [Concordia]
- "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (David N. Johnson) [Augsburg]
- "Ostinato on O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" (Alec Wyton) [Preludes, Fanfares & a March for the Liturgical Year - Flammer]
- "Prelude on Ellacombe" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, March 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Prelude on Veni Emmanuel" (Gordon Young) [Ten Christmas Organ Voluntaries - Presser]
- "Prélude solennel" (Richard Purvis) [An American Organ Mass - Flammer]
- "Quatrième Dimanche de l'Avent" (C.A. Chauvet)
- "Reflections on Veni Emmanuel" (John Barr) [Organist's Companion, November 1991 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Savior of the Nations, Come" (J.H. Buttstedt) [Parish Organist, Part 3 - Concordia]
- "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set I - Morning Star Music Publ 10-100]
- "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 1 - Concordia 97-5019]
- "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 4 - Concordia 97-6013]
- "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Max Reger) [Chorale Preludes for the Church Year - Carl Fischer]
- "Savior of the Nations, Come" (Frank Speller) [Three Organ Settings for Advent - Concordia]
- "Toccata on Savior of the Nations"" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season Set 1 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-100]
- "Two Chant Meditations [Ave Maria]" (Kevin Waters SJ) CNP Catalog #6042
- "Variations on Ellacombe" [Organist's Companion, September 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Variations on Freu dich sehr" (Alfred Fedak)
- "Variations on Nun komm der Heiden Heiland" (Anton Heiller)
- "Veni Emmanuel" (Calvin Hampton) [Organist's Companion, December 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Veni Emmanuel" (Robin Rokey) [Organist's Companion, November 2001 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Veni Emmanuel" (David Schack) [Organist's Companion, December 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
This Sunday points to the imminent birth of Christ.
Avoid every urge to use Christmas music -- it's still Advent.
Mary appears in the readings and Marian music certainly has a place today; today's Opening Prayer echoes the closing prayer of the Angelus.
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