Music Suggestions Christmas - Mass during the Day (ABC)
Hymns:
- Christians, Awake (ICEL #16, CHB #17)
- Good Christian Men, Rejoice (AH #334, CBW #465, CH #190, HH #45, ICEL #18, PMB #33, WIII #391, SMH #322)
- How Great Our Joy! (CH #189)
- Joy to the World (AH #320, CBW #454, CH #208, HPSC #205, ICEL #22, PMB #24, WIII #399, SMH #387)
- Of the Father's Love Begotten (AH #331, CBW #470, CH #220, HH #44, HPSC #269, ICEL #25, WIII #398, CHB #28, SMH #473)
- 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:
- "Christmas Lullaby: Carol of the Nuns of Saint Mary's, Chester" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5011
- "Christmas Triptych" (Robert Jordahl) CNP Catalog #5119
- "Dies sanctificatus" (Palestrina / Siebert) CNP Catalog #7038
- "Et incarnatus est" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #5023
- "For unto Us A Child Is Born" from Messiah (G.F. Handel)
- "Hodie Christus natue est" (Claudio Marenzio)
- "How Beautiful upon the Mountains" (John Antes)
- "No Sad Thought" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) from Hodie
- "O Splendor of God's Glory Bright" (John Reese) CNP Catalog #5085
- "Psallite unigenito" (Michael Praetorius)
- "Puer natus est nobis" (Gregorian chant) Proper Introit [Liber usualis p.408]
- "Puer natus in Bethlehem" (Gregorian chant) from Booklet of Chant I CNP Catalog #2001
- "Recitative & Carol: Shepherd's Tale" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5240
- "Shepherds, What Is This Lovely Fragrance?" (arr. Gregory Hamilton) CNP Catalog #5013
- "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 Glory of the Father" (Egil Hovland)
- "The Word Was Made Flesh" (Healey Willan)
- "Unto Us a Boy Is Born!" (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #5135
- "Verbum caro factum est" (Hans Leo Hassler, Johann Walther)
- "When Christ Was Born of Mary Free" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5034
Organ Music:
- "Der Tag der ist so freudenreich" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Neumeister Collection - Yale University Press]
- "Der Tag der ist so freudenreich" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Organist's Companion, November 1992 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Der Tag der ist so freudenreich" (J.K.F. Fischer) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury I - Oliver Ditson Co]
- "Der Tag der ist so freudenreich" (Johann Pachelbel) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
- "Divinum mysterium" (Richard Purvis) [Leeds Music Corp]
- "Divinum mysterium" (Dorothy Howell Sheets) [Organist's Companion, November 1992 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Fanfare, Prelude and Chorale on Joy to the World" (Ronald Besemer) [Organist's Companion, December 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Fantasy on Antioch" (Emma Lou Diemer) [AGO 90th Anniversary Anthology of American Organ Music - Oxford]
- "Five Chorale Preludes" (Colin Brumby) CNP Catalog #6025
- "Five Variations on Antioch" (John Hebden Schaffner) [Organist's Companion, November 1998 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Good Christian Men, Rejoice" (Wilbur Held) from Six Carol Settings [Concordia 97-4985]
- "Hail the Day So Rich in Cheer" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set 3 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-102]
- "He Whom Shepherd Men Came Praising" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set II - Morning Star Music Publ 10-101]
- "In dulci jubilo" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Old Masters of the Organ - Kalmus] [Joyce Jones Chirstmas Collection - Bradley Publ] [Organist's Companion, November 1998 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "In dulci jubilo" (Johann Michael Bach) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
- "In dulci jubilo" (Dieterich Buxtehude) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Anthologia pro organo IV - Schott Frères] [Joyce Jones Christmas Collection - Bradley Publ] [Organist's Companion, November 2001]
- "In dulci jubilo: Partita for Organ" (James A. Dale) [Organist's Companion, November 1994 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "In dulci jubilo" (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, November 1999 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "In dulci jubilo" (Vincent Lübeck) [Orgelwerke - Peters] [Organist's Companion, December 1987 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "In dulci jubilo" (Fridolin Sicher) [Consoliere IV-4 - World Library Publ] [Organist's Companion, November 1993 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "In dulci jubilo" (J.G. Walther) [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co] [Organist's Companion, December 1986 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "In dulci jubilo" (F.W. Zachau) [Eighty Chorale Preludes - Peters 4448]
- "Joy to the World" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, December 1985 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Joy to the World" (Hugo Gehrke) [Parish Organist, Part 1 - Concordia]
- "Joy to the World" (Wilbur Held) [A Nativity Suite - Concordia 97-4461]
- "Joy to the World: In the Style of Vivaldi" (James Konkel) [Organist's Companion, November 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
- "Now Sing We Now Rejoice" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set III - Morning Star Music Publ 10-102]
- "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (Wilbur Held) from Six Carol Settings [Concordia 97-4985]
- "Of the Father's Love Begotten" (David Johnson) [Augsburg 11-841]
- "Postlude on Antioch" (Gordon Young) [Ten Christmas Organ Voluntaries - Presser]
- "Quem pastores" (R.E. Gahringer) [Organist's Companion, November 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
Liturgical Hints & Ideas:
The brightness of the day, the wonder of Saint John's Gospel — accentuate these with solid, well-crafted, deep music.
The music for this Mass should have substance and weight.
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