by Kile Smith | Jun 16, 2018 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
O Sing unto the Lord a New Song (Psalm 98:1,2) SATB Fuguing tune, $2.00 (1989/2010). Original tune, moderate difficulty. O sing unto the Lord a new song, for he has done wonderful things, his right hand and his holy arm have gained for him the victory. The Lord has...
by Kile Smith | Jun 14, 2018 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
Behold the Best, the Greatest Gift (Anon.) SATB, org. (2010) $2.10 First page. Commissioned for the installation of the Kegg pipe organ at Phoenixville Presbyterian Church, Pennsylvania. Original tune, text from Scottish Hymnal, early American refrain text. Excellent...
by Kile Smith | Feb 2, 2018 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
SATB, organ. Moderately easy. Original tune with spare harmonies; an early American sound that recalls shape-note singing. Composed 1982, revised 2003. See and hear the entire work here. Come to Calvary’s holy mountain, Sinners, ruined by the fall; Here a pure and...
by Kile Smith | Jul 25, 2017 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
Give Ear, O Heavens. SATB, 4′. Commissioned for the 40th Anniversary of the Ordinations of the Rev. Dr. Michael G. Tavella and the Rev. N. Amanda Grimmer, pastors of Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Abington, Pa. Text is the canticle Audite Caeli....
by Kile Smith | Jun 26, 2017 | Anthem, Choral music, church music, new music
Rejoice in the Lamb. SATB, 5′. To Dr. John H. French, on the 25th anniversary of his ministry as organist/choirmaster of The Church of the Holy Trinity, Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia. Premiered 2 July 2017. Live recording of the premiere: Using the...
by Kile Smith | Jun 6, 2017 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
O Thou Who Camest from Above. SATB, 4 ‘. Commissioned for the 90th Concert Season of the Greenville College Choir and Chamber Singers, Jeffrey S. Wilson, director. The tune is Hereford by Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876), the text is Leviticus 6:13 and the...