Music Suggestions
Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God

• From East to West, from Shore to Shore (HH #39)
• Lully Lullay Thou Little Tiny Child (CH #209)
• Maiden, Yet A Mother (AH #540, CHB #155)
• The God Whom Earth and Sea and Sky (AH #534, CBW #608, CH #334, HPSC #321, ICEL #120, WIII #405, CHB #161)
• Thou Art the Star of Morning (HPSC #331)
• Virgin-born, We Bow before You (WIII #403, CHB #163, HH #49, CD #839)
• What Child Is This? (ICEL #31, PMB #28, WIII #411, AH #330, CH #215, CBW #461)

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.

WIII = Worship, 3rd Edition, GIA Publications, Inc.

• "Communion Psalms for the Liturgical Seasons" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3020
• "Gloria in C" (Layton James) CNP Catalog #3131
• "Gloria in d" (Don Roy) CNP Catalog #3133
• "Gospel Verses for the Christmas Cycle" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3050
• "Hail, Holy Mother" from Seven Roman Basilica Processionals (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3075
• "Missa sanctorum angelorum" (Calvert Shenk) CNP Catalog #3120
• "Universal Music for Evening Prayer" (Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3101

• "A Virgin Most Pure" (arr. Charles Wood) [Carols for Choirs I / Oxford]
• "Alma redemptoris mater" (Palestrina / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7001
• "Ave Maria" (Arcadelt / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7012
• "Ave Maria" (Victoria / Angelini) CNP Catalog #7019
• "Christmas Lullaby: Carol of the Nuns of Saint Mary's, Chester" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5011
• "Christmas Triptych" (Robert Jordahl) CNP Catalog #5119
• "Diffusa est gratia" (Giovanni Maria Nanino)
• "Down in Yon Forest" (arr. John Rutter) Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
• "From East to West" (arr. Gary Penkala) CNP Catalog #3015
• "Gaudete" (from Piae cantiones) [GIA Publications]
• "God Be Merciful" (Paul Tchesnokoff, Alan Hovhaness)
• "I Sing of a Maiden" (Patrick Hadley)
• "Jesu dulcis memoria" (Gregorian chant) [Liber usualis p.452]
• "Lullay My Liking" (Gustav Holst) [G. Schirmer]
• "O God, Be Merciful" (Christopher Tye)
• "Sans Day Carol" (arr. John Rutter) Carols for Choirs II [Oxford]
• "Te Deum laudamus" (Calvert Shenk) traditionally sung on New Year's Day CNP Catalog #5107
• "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
• "Tota pulchra es, Maria" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #4010
• "When Christ Was Born of Mary Free" (J. William Greene) CNP Catalog #5034

• "A Carol for the New Year" (Alfred Fedak)
• "Coventry Carol" (George Lachenauer) [Organist's Companion, November 1996 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Das alte Jahr vergangen ist" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
• "Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
• "Gentle Mary Laid Her Child" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set 2 [Morning Star Music Publishers #10-101]
• "Greensleeves" (Richard Purvis) [MCA Music]
• "Helft mir Gott's guete preisen" (J.S. Bach) from Orgelbüchlein
• "Improvisation on Greensleeves" (Alfred Fedak) [Organist's Companion, December 1984 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "In dir ist Freude" (J.S. Bach) [Orgelbüchlein] [Church Organist's Golden Treasury II - Oliver Ditson Co]
• "In Thee Is Gladness" (G. Winston Cassler) [Organist's Companion, April 1982 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "In Thee Is Gladness" (Paul Manz) [Improvisations on Classic Chorales - Morning Star Music Publ 10-843]
• "In Thee Is Gladness" (Charles Ore) [Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]
• "In Thee Is Gladness" (Ralph Schultz) [Parish Organist, Part 9: Wedding Music - Concordia]
• "My Soul Doth Magnify the Lord" (Marcel Dupré) from Fifteen Pieces #10
• "Prelude on Coventry" (Craig Penfield) [Organist's Companion, December 1983 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "Variations on Greensleeves" (Vivien Harvey Slater) [Organist's Companion, November 1990 - McAfee Music Corp]
• "What Child Is This?" (Paul Manz) from Improvisations for the Christmas Season, Set II - Morning Star Music Publ 10-101]
• "What Child Is This?" (Charles Ore) from Eleven Compositions for Organ Bk 2 - Concordia 97-5385]