by Kile Smith | Aug 18, 2018 | Anthem, Choral music, church music
Holy Is the Lord (Isaiah 6:3) SSATBB (2001/10) $1.30. An a cappella Holy Trinity setting, suitable as anthem or responsory. Haunting and moderately difficult for larger choirs. Alleluia. Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory....
by Kile Smith | Jun 16, 2018 | Choral music, church music
Behold the Best, the Greatest Gift (Anon.) (2010). Score God Offers Christ (in process) (2005) The Hollow Reed (in process) (2005) A Mighty Fortress (arr. for orchestra) (2004). 2.2.2.2-2.2.3.1-timp.1perc-unison voices-str. 12′. Arrangement of the Martin Luther...
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 24, 2018 | Choral music, church music, liturgical music
For unison congregation, organ, and optional cantor and optional descant. The Association of Anglican Musicians commissioned me to write music for the Closing Eucharist of their National Conference in Philadelphia, June 17–22, 2012. The Mass for Philadelphia was first...
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...
