OUP Women Composers Choral Catalogue

Choral Octavo Secular Choral Octavo Sacred Choral Octavo Christmas
Choral Works Secular Choral Works Sacred Choral Works Christmas
Hilary Tann
- Hilary Tann -
b. 1947
Hilary Tann lives in the foothills of the Adirondack
Mountains in Upstate New York where she chairs
the Music Department and is the John Howard
Payne Professor at Union College, Schenectady.
Recent composer-residencies include the 2011
Eastman School of Music Women in Music Festival,
2013 Women Composers Festival of Hartford, and
2015 Welsh Music Centre (Tŷ Cerdd).
Praised for its lyricism and formal balance, her
music is influenced by a strong identification
with the natural world. A deep interest in the
traditional music of Japan has led to private study
of the shakuhachi and guest visits to Japan, Korea,
and China. Her compositions have been widely
performed and recorded by ensembles such as the
European Women’s Orchestra, Tenebrae, Lontano,
Marsyas Trio, Thai Philharmonic, Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, BBC National Orchestra of Wales,
and KBS Philharmonic in Seoul, Korea.
Psalm 104 (Praise, my soul)
SATB, 2 trumpets, and organ or chamber orchestra
Vocal score 9780193862395
Trumpet parts 9780193862401
Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193866133
An anthem whose trumpet fanfare and joyful character
contributes to a festive feel. Singing Welsh translations are
also provided in certain sections.
7 minutes
Psalm 136 (Luminaria magna)
SATB and organ
Vocal score 9780193866881
An anthem of praise suitable for amateur church choirs.
Tann’s setting features interesting textures, long melodic
vocal lines, and an energetic organ part.
8 minutes
Sound Dawn
TTBarBarBB and piano
Vocal score 9780193858589
Available from Banks Music Publications
Wales, Our Land (Cymru,
ein gwlad)
SATB, flute, & optional piano
Vocal score 9780193867451
This lilting, beautiful choral work sets text by an unknown
WelshAmerican slate quarryman which speaks of the poet’s
love of his country of origin, perhaps, even, his longing
to return. It is this sense of longing for the homeland (in
Welsh, hiraeth) which infuses the composition.
4 minutes
- Phyllis Tate -
1911- 1987
Phyllis Tate was one of the most prominent
and highly respected British composers of the
second half of the twentieth century. Her music
was widely performed during her lifetime and
received great critical acclaim. Preferring the more
intimate musical forms and combinations to larger
orchestral media, many of her most distinguished
contributions to modern English music were for
chamber ensemble or for solo voice or voices with
small groups of instruments.
Tate’s musical output was extensive and varied,
ranging from concertos to music for schools
and from duets to operas. She also collaborated
with several outstanding artists of the time such
as Charles Causley, author Michael Morpurgo,
performers Cleo Laine and John Dankworth,
cellist William Pleeth, and saxophonist John
Harle. Tate’s interest in musical textures led to the
use of unusual instruments such as the celeste,
the harmonica, the lute, the bass clarinet, the
accordion, and the saxophone. These instruments
were often used alongside the human voice.
Carol for Christmas Eve
SATB and piano or organ
Vocal score 9780193430761
Available from Banks Music Publications
Carol with Lullaby
SATB and piano or string orchestra
Vocal score* 9780193410725
Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193446809
*Vocal score available from Banks Music Publications
6 minutes
Choral Scenes from The Bacchae
Double SATB choir and orchestra
Hire vocal scores and parts 9780193383401
17 minutes
Cielito Lindo
Two-part and piano
Vocal score 9780193414723
Available from Banks Music Publications
Close to your mother
SA or SB and piano
Vocal score 9780193414952
Available from Banks Music Publications
Compassion
SATB and organ or orchestra
Hire vocal scores and parts 9780193383487
12 minutes
Phyllis Tate
The Moor
Solo soprano and solo mezzo-soprano, or two-part
treble chorus
Vocal score 9780193861503
This unaccompanied duet for soprano and mezzo conflates
R. S. Thomas’ beautiful poem on the sacred quality of
moorland with passages from three different Psalms and
a line from the hymn ‘Rheidol’. This is both a fine concert
piece and an imaginative, compelling anthem-substitute
whose technical demands are well within reach of most
female soloists.
5 minutes
All the pretty horses
No. 3 from Six Songs for Children
Unison and piano
Vocal score 9780193411036
Available from Banks Music Publications
All the World’s a Stage
SATB and full orchestra
Vocal score* 9780193383449
Hire conductor’s score and parts 9780193383456
Dry Bones
SATB unaccompanied
Vocal score 9780193428775
Available from Banks Music Publications
Engraved on the collar of a dog
SATB unaccompanied
Vocal score 9780193430693
Available from Banks Music Publications
*Vocal score available from Banks Music Publications
16 minutes
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