CONTENTS

Warm-ups
Not Warm-ups
Christmas
Tenebrae
Masses
Orianas
Gems




GOOD WARM-UP OR GENTLE CLOSING PIECES



Brahms:
Abendstandchen SAATBB Op. 42, Nr. 1 (good warm-up; Peters Nr.3915, p. 4) (all have) Trans
Waldesnacht Op. 62, Nr. 3 SATBB (good warm-up; Peters Nr. 3915, p. 24) (all have) Trans
Bruckner:
Locus iste (Gradual I) SATB (good warm-up) (Peters 6314; Ruth file)
Offertorium SATB (good warm-up) (Ruth file)
Byrd:
I thought that Love had been a Boy SSATB (A Cappella, p. 55) (all have) warm-up
Iustorum Dominum (good warm-up) SSAATB (Neil)
Claudius:
Der Mond ist aufgegangen SSATTB(Ruth file; Kienitz single)
Gesualdo:
Tribulationem et dolorem SATTB(Bk. VIII, p. 57) good warm-up
Gibbons:
Fair is the rose SATTB(good warm-up) (all have)
Guerrero:
Todo quanto pudo dar SATB (N16; all have) good warm-up
Haydn:
Der Greis SATB (Kalmus #6235, p. 48) (all have) good warm-up
Die Harmonie in der Ehe SATB (Kalmus #6235, p. 42) (all have) gentle closing
Lasso:
Matona mia cara SATB (A Cappella, p. 85) good warm-upTrans
Prophetiae Sibyllarum (especially I, II, III, IV, V, XII) SATB (gentle;
good ending pieces) Neil (all have)
Marenzio:
Se la mia vita SATB (10 Madrigals, p. 32 ) gentle, slow (all have)
Monte:
Like as the turtle dove SSATB (good warm-up)(may be filed under De Monte)
(Rediscovered, p. 58) (all have)
Monteverdi:
Poi che del mio dolore SSATB good warm-up (all have)
S’ andasse amor a caccia SSATB (Madrigale I, p. 18) (all have) good warm-up
Se nel partir da voi SSATB (Madrigale III, p. 26) (all have) good warm-up
Morley:
Now is the gentle season SATB (good warm-up) (Penguin 4, p. 93) (all have)
Mouton:
Ave Maria SATB (all have; Frank 12 cc) good warm-up
Poser:
Geseng dich Laub SAB or STB 1952; nice; warm-up (Chorubungen, p. 254) (all have)
Schutz:
Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt SATTB (all have) (Geistliche, p. 55) good warm-up
Vecchi:
Chi vi mira SSATB (nice; singable) "gem" (all have) good warm-up
Dolcissimo Ben Mio SATB (gentle) (all have) good warm-up
Fa una canzone (Sing, sing a song) SATB (all have)
Victoria:
Benedicam Dominum (XLVIII) SATB or SSTB (good warm-up) (Motets, p. 56) (all have)
Wilbye:
Lady, when I behold the roses SATB or SSTB (Penguin 4, p. 149; Oxford,
p. 142; all have) good warm-up



NOT WARM-UP


Bassano:
Dic nobis, Maria SSATTB (not a warm-up) (all have)
Brahms:
Deutsche Volkslieder (all have)
5. Taublein weiss SATB (Peters Nr.3915, p. 81)(gentle; not quite a warm-up)
Bruckner:
Os Justi meditabitur sapientiam (Gradual II) SSAATTBB (Peters 6315) (not a warm-up) (Ruth, Neil, Kienitz)
Carlton:
Calm was the air SSATB (nice tone painting) (Oriana No. 7, p. 67) (not warm-up) (all have)
East:
Come Life, Come Death SSATB (dull bass, but nice; not warm-up) (all have)
Farmer:
Fair nymphs I heard one telling SSATBB (Oriana No. 14, p. 144; Oxford, p. 91) (not a
warm-up) (all have)
Gabrielli, G.:
Two Madrigals from "Musica Spirituale" not a warm-up (Frank 2 originals)
1. Signor, le tue man sante SAATB (all have)
2. Vergine il cui figliol SAATB (all have)
Gastoldi:
Al Momorar (not a warm-up) SSATTB (all have)
Monteverdi:
O mirtillo SSATB (not warm up - breath control; low alto) (all have)
(Madrigale I, p. 36)
Quel Augellin che canta si dolcemente SSATB (high; showy; not warm-up)
(10 Madrigals, p. 64; Madrigale III, p. 5) (all have) Trans
Si, ch’io vorei morire SSATB (wide range; not warm-up) (Madrigale II, p. 31) (all have) Trans
Morley:
Why weeps, alas SSATB (not a warm-up) (all have)
Vecchi:
The white delightful Swan SSATBB (low alto - G; not warm-up) (all have)
Weelkes:
Hark, all ye lovely saints above SSATB (not a warmup) (Oxford, p. 137; Ren to Bar III, p. 87; European, p. 57) (all have)
1. O care, thou wilt despatch me SSATB or SAATB (Oxford, p. 192; all have) not a warm-up
2. Hence, care SSATB or SAATB or SATTB low alto, not warm-up (Oxford, p. 196; all have) not a warm-up
Wilbye:
Flora gave me fairest flowers SSATB (A Cappella, p. 32; Penguin 5, p. 137;
Oxford, p. 101) not warm-up (all have)
The Lady Oriana SSATTB (Oriana No. 15, p. 151; Ruth and Kienitz, 6 cc each;all have) (not a warm-up)
O what shall I do SST or SAT (Oxford, p. 210) not a warm-up (all have)


CHRISTMAS MUSIC

Anonymous Carols:
All poor men and humble SATB (Oxford Carols #34) (Christmas)
Angels from the realms of glory SSATB (CC I, p. 16) (Christmas)
Awake were they only SATB (Oxford Carols #59) (Christmas)
Deck the halls SATB (Ruth, 7cc) (Christmas)
Earth today rejoices SATB (Ruth, single copy) (Christmas)
Gabriel’s Message SATB (CC II, p. 191 ) (Christmas)
Here we come a-wassailing SATB (Ruth, 4cc) (Christmas)
Hodie Christe natus est UNISON (Ruth, single copy) (Christmas)
I saw three ships SATB (Ruth, 4 cc) (Christmas)
Now the holly bears a berry SATB (Oxford Carols #35) (Christmas)
# Nowel syng we bothe al and som AT or AB (Med & Ren, p. 68)
Shepherds in the fields abiding SATB (Ruth, single copy) (Christmas)
Watts’s Cradle Song SATB (Oxford Carols #130) (Christmas)
Bassano:
Hodie Christus natus est SSA SATB (all have) Christmas
Berlioz:
The shepherd’s farewell (Thou must leave thy lowly dwelling) SATB (CC I , p. 142) (Christmas)
Billings:
# A Virgin unspotted SATB (Ruth T8, Frank orig) (Christmas)
Brahms:
Deutsche Volkslieder (all have)
7. Sankt Raphael SATB (Peters No. 3915, p. 86) Christmas?
Britten:
A Boy was born in Bethlehem SATB (CC I, p. 4) (Christmas)
Brown:
Under the stars SSA (Ruth, single copy) (Christmas)
Byrd:
Lullaby, my sweet little baby SATTB (Oxford, p. 158) (all have)(Christmas)
Lullaby, my sweet little baby SSA (Ruth, Kienitz single copies) (Christmas)
(N.B. These are different settings of same melody)
O magnum mysterium SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 2: Ruth 4cc, Kienitz orig) Christmas
This day Christ was born SSAATB (Ruth file; Frank orig; all have; also available SSATTBB version -- Ruth single copy) (Christmas)
Clemens non Papa: Magi veniunt ab oriente SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 5; Ruth 4 cc; Kienitz orig)
a.k.a. Jacques
Christmas
Clement

Compere:
# Verbum caro factum est SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 9; Ruth 4 cc; Kienitz orig) (Christmas)
Gauntlett:
Once in royal David’s city SATB (CC I, p. 100) (Christmas)
Gibbs:
While the shepherds were watching SATB (CC I , p. 168) (Christmas)
Guerrero:
# Rorate caeli SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 10; Ruth 4 cc; Kienitz orig) Christmas
Hassler:
Dixit Maria SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 14; Ruth 4 cc; Kienitz orig; all have) Christmas
Howells:
Here is the little door SSATB (Ruth, single copy) (Christmas)
Isaac:
Ecce virgo concipies SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 18; Ruth 4 cc; Kienitz orig; also Mary Keirstead original; all have) (Christmas)
Officium Nativitatis Domini ("Puer natus est nobis") SATB or STTB (Frank 3 orig and 5 cc; all have) Christmas
Rorate coeli desuper SATB (Mary Keirstead orig; all have) Christmas
Kodaly:
A Christmas Carol (All men draw near) SSATB (CC I, p. 18) (Christmas)
Lasso:
1. Resonet in laudibus SATTB (N-131; all have; in clefs) (Christmas)
2. Hodie apparuit in Israel ATB or TTB (N-132; all have; in clefs; also in Kienitz
file in normal clefs) (Christmas)
3. Magnum nomen Domini SATTB (N-133; in clefs; all have) (Christmas)
Marenzio:
Hodie Christus natus est SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 20; Ruth 4 cc; Kienitz orig)
Christmas
Monteverdi:
1. Angelus ad pastores ait (Christmas) SSA, SAA, TTT, or TTB (Ruth, Kienitz)
2. Hodie Christus natus est (Christmas) SSA, SAA, TTT, or TTB (Ruth, Kienitz)
Morales:
O magnum mysterium SATB or SSTB (Ren to Bar V, p. 42; all have) (Christmas)
Ord:
Adam lay ybounden SATB (Ruth, single copy) (Christmas)
Palestrina:
Dies sanctificatus SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 25; Ruth 4cc)
# Hodie Christus natus est (Christmas) SSAB SATB Double Chorus (Ruth T8; Kienitz single; Frank orig)
Poulenc:
Quem vidistis pastores dicite SSAATB (Christmas) all have
Praetorius:
Es ist ein Reis entsprungen SATB (Chorubungen Nr. 50; all have) (Christmas)
# Omnis mundus jocundetur SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 30; Ruth 4 cc) Christmas
Ravenscroft:
Remember, o thou man (Christmas) SATB (Med & Ren, p. 206) (Christmas)
Regnart:
# Prope est Dominus SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 32; Ruth 4cc: Kienitz orig) (Christmas)
Rutter:
Nativity Carol (Born in a stable so bare) SATB (CC II, p. 16) (Christmas)
Shepherd’s Pipe Carol (Going through the hills on a night all starry) SATB (CC II, p. 39) (Christmas)
Schutz:
Der Engel sprach zu den Hirten SATTTBB (Geistliche, p. 167) Christmas
Ein Kind ist uns geboren SSATTB (Geistliche, p. 79) Christmas
Es ist erschienen SSATB (Geistliche, p. 9) Christmas
Stanton (arr.):
O nightingale SSA (Ruth, Kienitz single copies) (Christmas)
Sweelinck:
Hodie Christus natus est SSATB (Chorubungen Nr. 30; all have) (Christmas)
Tallis:
O nata Lux de lumine SATTB (16 Cantiones sacrae II, p. 209) (all have) "gem"
(Christmas)
Verdonck:
# Ave Maria SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 36; Ruth 4cc; Kienitz orig) Christmas
Victoria:
# Ne timeas Maria SATB (Sixth Chester, p. 38; Ruth 4 cc) Christmas
Wolters:
Still, still, still, weils Kindlein schlafen will SSATB (Ruth file) (Christmas)


TENEBRAE RESPONSORIES
Translations for all Tenebrae responsories in Ruth’s file


MAUNDY THURSDAYVictoriaGesualdoPalestrinaKuhnau

   In monte Oliveti# SATTTB
   Tristis est anima mea(II)SSATTBSSATB
   Ecce vidimus# SATTB
1. Amicus meus (ii, IV)SATB
2. Iudas mercator pessimus (ii, V)SSAT
3. Unus ex discipulus meis ( ii, VI) SATB
4. Eram quasi agnus (iii, VII)SATB
5. Una hora (iii, VIII)SSAT
6. Seniores populi (iii, IX)SATB

GOOD FRIDAY

   Omnes amici mei
  
Velum templi scisum est (II)SSATTB
   Vinea mea electa
7. Tamquam ad latronem (ii, IV)SATB SSATTB
8. Tenebrae factae sunt (ii, V)SSAT or TTBBSSATTB SATB
9. Animam meam dilectam (ii, VI)SATB
10. Tradiderunt me (iii, VII)
SATB
11. Iesum tradidit impius (iii, VIII)
SSAT
12. Caligaverunt oculi mei (iii, IX)
SATBSSATTB

HOLY SATURDAY

   Sicut ovis# SATTB
   Jerusalem surge (II)SSATTB
   Plange quasi virgo
13. Recessit pastor noster (ii, IV)
SATBSSATTB
14. O vos omnes (ii, V)
SSATSSATB
15. Ecce quomodo moritur (ii, VI)
SATBSSATTB
16. Astiterunt reges (iii, VII)
SATBSSATTB
17. Aestimatus sum (iii, VIII)
SSAT or TTBBSSATTB
18. Sepulto Domino (iii, IX)
SATBSSATTB



MASSES

Byrd:# Mass for Three Voices ATB (Ruth single; Kienitz 5cc)
# Mass for Four Voices SATB (all have )
Mass for Five Voices SATTB (all have )
Dufay:
Mass -- "Se la face ay pale" SATB or STTB (all have )
Isaac:
# Missa "Carminum" STTB (Kienitz, 5 cc; Kalmus 6251)
Josquin:
# Missa "Da Pacem" STTB (III Agnus SSATBB) (all have)
Missa "De beata virgine" SATTB (Ruth, 8 cc; Frank 6 cc; all have )
Missa "Pange Lingua" STTB (Ruth, 1 cc; Kienitz , 2 cc; Frank 2 cc plus 5 cc of Agnus Dei)
Lassus:
Missa "Sesquialtera" SATB (Mary Keirstead; all have one)
Machault:
La Messe de Nostre Dame SATB or SABB (Peters WM41; Ruth 1, Frank 2, Kienitz 2; sopranos extra copy with easier notation)
Monteverdi:
# Messa a quatro voci da cappella SATB (Kienitz original; Ruth 6 cc)
Obrecht:
Missa "Cela sans plus" SATB (all have )
Ockeghem:
Missa "Mi-Mi" SATB or STTB (all have)
Palestrina:
Messe "Iste confessor" SATB (Sacred Chorus, p. 29; all have one copy; Ruth 6cc)
Missa "Papae Marcelli" SSAABB or SSATBB (Ruth, 6 cc; Kienitz, 1 cc)
Persichetti:
Mass for Mixed Chorus SSAATTBB (Ruth, 6 cc; all have)
Power:
Missa super "Alma redemptoris mater" SAT (Kienitz 4cc: Ruth single; Frank orig??)
aka Leonel
Tallis:
# Mass -- "Salve intemerata" SATBB or STTBB (Kalmus 6692; Ruth, 5 cc; Kienitz, 1 cc)



THE TRIUMPHS OF ORIANA


Note: We have multiple copies of Orianas marked with ***
Frank, Mimi, Ruth, Mary Keirstead each have complete collections; Kienitzes have two complete


East:Hence stars! too dim of light SSTTB or SSATB or SSABB (Oriana, p. 1)
1.Norcome:With angel’s face and brightness SSTTB (Oriana No. 1, p. 9)
2.Mundy: Lightly she whipped o’er the dales SSATB (Oriana No. 2, p. 18; Ruth file) ***
#
3.Gibbons:Long live fair Oriana SSATB (Oriana No. 3, p. 32)
4.Bennett: All creatures now are merry SSATB (Oriana No. 4, p. 41) ***
#
5.Hilton:Fair Oriana, beauty’s queen SSATB (Oriana No. 5, p. 49)
6.Marson: The nymphs and shepherds danced SAATB or SATTB (Oriana No. 6, p. 57) ***
7.Carlton: Calm was the Air SSATB (Oriana No. 7, p. 67; all have; not warm-up) ***
8.Holmes:Thus Bonny-boots SSATB (Oriana No. 8, p. 77)
9.Nicolson:Sing, shepherds all SSATB (Oriana No. 9, p. 88)
10.Tomkins:The fauns and satyrs tripping SSATB (Oriana No. 10, p. 102)
11.Cavendish: Come, gentle swains SSATB (Oriana No. 11, p. 120; Oxford, p. 48; all have) ***
#
12. Cobbold:With wreaths of rose and laurel SSATB (Oriana No. 12, p. 126)
13.Morley: Arise, awake, awake SATTB (Oriana No. 13, p. 136; Ruth file) ***
14.Farmer: Fair nymphs I heard one telling SSATBB (Oriana No. 14, p. 144; Oxford, p. 91; all have) ***
15.Wilbye: The Lady Oriana SSATTB (Oriana No. 15, p. 152) ***
16. Hunt:Hark! Did you ever hear? SSAATB (Oriana No. 16, p. 161)
17.Weelkes: As Vesta was from Latmos Hill descending SSATTB (Oriana No. 17, p. 175) ***
18.Milton: Fair Orian SSATBB (Oriana No. 18, p. 189) ***
#
19. Gibbons:Round about her charret SSATTB (Oriana No. 19, p. 199)
#
20. Kirbye:With angel’s face SSATTB (Oriana No. 20, p. 210)
#
21. Jones:Fair Oriana seeming to wink SSAATB (Oriana No. 21, p. 220)
22. Lisley:Fair Cytherea presents her doves SSATTB (Oriana No. 22, p. 232)
23.Morley: Hard by a crystal fountain SSATTB (Oriana No. 23, p. 238) ***
24. Johnson:Come, blessed bird SSAATB (Oriana No. 24, p. 251)


Unofficial Orianas


Bateson:Orianaes Farewell: Hark, hear you not? SSATB "posthumous Oriana" (arrived too late for inclusion in collection) (Ruth file; all have)
When Oriana walked SSATTB (Ruth file; all have)
Byrd:This sweet and merry month of May SSATTB "backhanded Oriana" (Fellowes noted "nothing by Byrd")
Greaves:Long have the shepherds sung this song (Ruth file; Kienitz original)
Pilkington:Oriana refrains -- Sing we, dance we in Peggy’s 5-Part book; Ruth has single
Vautor:Shepherds and nymphs SSATTB (Ruth T6 only)






GEMS

Byrd:Ave verum corpus SATB (NY Pro Mus, p. 65; Ruth file) "gem" Trans
Certon:
Benedictus from Mass: Regnum mundi SAT (Ren & Bar I, p. 78) "gem"
Clemens non Papa:
Ascendit Deus SAATB "gem" (all have)
Cyprian:
Anchor che co’l partire SATB (ethereal) (Popular Italian, p. 16) (all have; Frank 5 extra)
"gem"
Gabrieli, A.:
Sonno diletto e caro SSATTB (Popular Italian, p. 66) (all have) ("gem")
Gesualdo:
Caligaverunt oculi mei SSATTB (Resp., p. 64) (very low alto;needs tenor) "gem" Trans
Actually, of course, all Gesulado qualifies.
Gibbons:
Ah dear heart SATTB (Oxford, p. 20) "gem"
Trust not too much, fair youth SSTTB (Oxford, p. 364; all have) "gem"
Josquin:Ave Christe, immolate SATB (Four Motets, p. 8) very nice
De profundis SATB or STTB (Frank, Drei Psalmen and 10 cc; all have) "gem"
Dominus regnavit SATB (Three Psalms) very nice
Lasso:
Justorum animae SSATB (Chorubungen, nr. 10; all have) "gem"
Marenzio:
Ahi, dispietata morte! SATB (very nice; Madrigalisti, Nr. 3, p. 13)
Qual mormorio soave SSATB (10 Madrigals, p. 54) "gem"
Scaldav’il sol SSATB or SSTTB (Madrigalisti, Nr. 4, p. 16; all have) cheerful; "gem"
Mendelssohn:
Lift thine eyes to the mountains (from Elijah) SSA (Ruth single, Kienitz
3 cc) "gem"
Monteverdi:
Crudel! perche mi fuggi? SSATB (Madrigale III, p. 14; 10 Madrigals, p. 16)
very nice
Jo mi son giovinetta SSATB (Madrigale III, p. 20; all have) "gem"
1. Non si levav’ ancor SSATB (Madrigale I, p. 8) nice
2. E dicea l’una SSATB (Madrigale I, p. 14)
Vattene pur, crudel SSATB (10 Madrigals, p. 30) "gem"
Mouton:
1. In illo tempore Maria Magdalene SATB (very nice)
2. Dic nobis Maria SATB
Mozart:
Ave, verum corpus SATB (Chorubungen, p. 79; all have)
Mundy:
Lightly she whipped o’er the dales SSATB (Oriana No. 2, p. 18; Ruth file) "gem"
Palestrina:
Sicut cervus (Psalm 42) SATB (Peters 4882, with Lassus) nice (all have)
Tu es Petrus SSATBB (good show piece)
Verbum caro SATB nice
Poser:
Geseng dich Laub SAB or STB 1952; nice; warm-up (Chorubungen, p. 254; all have)
Ramsey:
Sleep, fleshly birth SSATTB (Oxford, p. 275; all have) "gem"
Tallis:
O nata Lux de lumine SATTB (16 Cantiones sacrae II, p. 209) (all have) "gem"
(Christmas)
Tomkins:
Too much I once lamented SSATB (Oxford, p. 358; Ruth) nice
Vecchi:
Chi vi mira SSATB (nice; singable; good warm-up) "gem"
Wert:
Adesto dolori meo SSATTB "gem" (all have)
Wilbye:
1. Down in a valley SSATB "gem"
2 . Hard destinies are love SSATB (nice, melodious, singable) "gem"
Draw on, sweet night SSATTB (Oxford, p. 76; all have) "gem"
Softly, o softly, drop my eyes SSAATB "gem" (Ruth, Kienitz files)
Weep, weep, weep, mine eyes SAATB (Anthology of Music; Penguin 5, p. 152;
Oxford, p. 376) "gem"