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Title

Sacred & secular choral music [sound recording] / Aaron Copland & Virgil Thomson.

Author

Gloriae Dei Cantores. prf

Publication

[Orleans, Mass.] : Gloriæ Dei Cantores ; Brewster, Mass. : distributed by Paraclete Press, p2000.

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Additional Authors

• Bybee, Luretta.
• Chalmers, David C.
• Jordan, James E.
• Ortolani, David.
• Patterson, Elizabeth C. (Conductor)
• Pugsley, Richard J.
• Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990.
• Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989.
• Gloriae Dei Brass Ensemble. prf

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 69 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/3 ins.

Alternative Title

Sacred and secular choral music

Subjects

• Choruses, Sacred (Women's voices) with percussion
• Motets
• Masses
• Hymns, English
• Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied
• Choruses, Sacred (Unison) with organ
• Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with pianos (2)

Note

• Choral music, sung in English and Latin.
• Mostly for a capella mixed chorus; Old American songs arr. by the composer for mixed chorus and acc. of two pianos; Mass for 2-pt. women's chorus with (ad lib) percussion acc.; last work for unison chorus with acc. for organ and brass ensemble.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by Craig Timberlake in English, and texts with English translation (23 p.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

• Recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., September 2000.

Contents

In the beginning (16:30) ; Old American songs. Simple gifts (1:32) ; The boatmen's dance (3:00) ; At the river (3:03) ; Zion's walls (2:04) ; Ching-a-ring-chaw (1:45) ; Four motets. Help us, o Lord (2:29) ; Thou, o Jehovah, abideth forever (2:01) ; Have mercy on us, o my Lord (3:28) ; Sing ye praises to our king (1:55) / Aaron Copland -- Hymns from the Old South. My shepherd will supply my need (3:51) ; The morning star (1:14) ; Green fields (2:39) ; Death 'tis a melancholy day (2:35) ; Mass for two-part chorus and percussion (9:43) ; Tribulationes civitatum (2:38) ; De profundis (2:45) ; When I survey the bright celestial sphere (4:52) / Virgil Thomson.

Call Number

*LDC 32442

LCCN

• 2001572562
• 709887002922

OCLC

45797965

Author

Gloriae Dei Cantores. Performer

Title

Sacred & secular choral music [sound recording] / Aaron Copland & Virgil Thomson.

Imprint

[Orleans, Mass.] : Gloriæ Dei Cantores ; Brewster, Mass. : distributed by Paraclete Press, p2000.

Playing Time

001630 000132 000300 000303 000204 000145 000229 000201 000328 000155 000351 000114 000239 000235 000116 000203 000407 000032 000034 000111 000238 000245 000452

Performer

Luretta Bybee, mezzo-soprano (1st work) ; David Ortolani, percussion (5th work) ; David Chalmers, James E. Jordan, jr. pianists (2nd work) ; Gloriæ Dei Cantores ; Gloriæ Dei Brass (last work) ; Elizabeth C. Patterson, Richard K. Pugsley, conductors.

Event

Recorded at Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Mass., September 2000.

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Added Author

Bybee, Luretta. voc

Chalmers, David C. Instrumentalist

Jordan, James E. Instrumentalist

Ortolani, David. Instrumentalist

Patterson, Elizabeth C. (Conductor)

Pugsley, Richard J. Conductor

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. In the beginning.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Old American songs, set 1. Simple gifts; arranged.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Old American songs, set 1. Boatmen's dance; arranged.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Old American songs, set 2. Selections; arranged.

Copland, Aaron, 1900-1990. Motets, mixed voices.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Hymns from the Old South.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Masses, voices (2), percussion.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. Tribulationes civitatum.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. De profundis.

Thomson, Virgil, 1896-1989. When I survey the bright celestial sphere.

Gloriae Dei Brass Ensemble. Performer

Other Standard Identifier

709887002922

Publisher No.

GDCD 029 Gloriae Dei Cantores

Research Call Number

*LDC 32442 Notes and texts on file.