(Now the Holly Bears a Berry). By Stephen Caracciolo. For organ (optional Tubular Bells) (SATB choir). Choral. Hanging of the Green, Christmas. Moderately Easy. Octavo. 11 pages. Published by MorningStar Music Publishers

SATB choir, cantor, assembly, keyboard accompaniment, woodwinds, timpani, brass quartet, guitar

SKU: GI.G-018040

Composed by Steven R. Janco. Sacred. Full score. With guitar chord names. GIA Publications #018040. Published by GIA Publications (GI.G-018040).

What has made this Mass rise to the top in popularity in parishes across the English-speaking world? Its adaptability. From parishes with keyboard and/or guitar and cantor to cathedrals with a large SATB choir and multiple instruments (organ, brass quartet, timpani, handbells), Mass of Wisdom has proven itself as a “Mass for the masses.” Its step-wise melodic patterns make it easy to learn without sounding musically trite in any way. Music directors agree that the through-composed Gloria is one of the most finely crafted of all the new musical settings of the prayer. That fine crafting extends to all components of this Mass, especially the acclamations sung during the Eucharistic Prayer. The multi-layered Hosannas in the Sanctus will delight the members of the choir as well as the singing assembly. This is a Mass setting that simply soars. It is a perfect setting for Ordinary Time, but music directors tell us that the Christmas and Easter seasons are made more glorious and joyful when this setting is sung, especially when the additional instrumentation is added. Dioceses and parishes that employed Mass of Wisdom as the first setting during the implementation of the new translation have found themselves returning to it time and time again. It truly has become part of the “Catholic musical DNA” across the United States and beyond.

SATB choir (divisi), a cappella - Easy/Medium

SKU: PL.0811

Composed by David Ashley White. Cathedral/Parish. Choral, General. Octavo. Paraclete Press #0811. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.0811).

* Moving, simple setting of this classic prayer * Elegant vocal writing as one would expect from this respectred composer * Useful as an introit or choral rpayer response * a cappella with some divisi.

By David Hurd (1944-). For SATB choir with some divisi, a cappella. Cathedral. Choral, General, Pentecost. Medium Difficult. Choral octavo. Published by Paraclete Press

By Jane Bastien. Edited by Lisa Bastien. (Bastien Supplementary Books). Bastien Piano. Solo Collections. Level: Book D,4. Music Book. Size 232. Published by Neil A. Kjos Music Company.

By Mitch Holder and Patty Roberts. For Guitar (All). Solos. Jazz. Level: Intermediate. Book. Size 8.75x11.75. 112 pages. Published by Mel Bay Publications, Inc.

SATB choir with descant, organ - Medium

SKU: PL.0218

Composed by David Halls. Cathedral. Choral, Christmas. Octavo. Paraclete Press #0218. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.0218).

This spritely carol is a treat to sing and hear. David Halls has set this 14th century text in highly rhythmic fashion. The bright, syncopated organ part sets the scene for the joy at the birth of Jesus. The text mixes both Latin and English:On the birthday of the Lord, angel choirs with one accord sing in dulci jubilo, Gloria uni Deo! The mixed meter and sudden harmony changes will be a gratifying challenge for choirs. The lyrical third verse provides an effective contrast to the rest of the carol. This piece will delight choir and congregation alike.

David Halls' On the Birthday of the Lord lies somewhere between an anthem and an expanded carol setting, but it is much more accessible music. Its rhythmic vitality, easily singable lines, and verve will serve many situations with joy. I cannot think of a better offertory for Christmas day. - Rev. John L. Hooker, D.M.A. Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians September 2003.

By David Schwoebel. For Unison/2-part Choir, Organ and congregation (with optional trumpet). Hymns of Faith Series. Sacred Anthem: Christmas. Octavo. Published by Chorister's Guild

Composed by Carlton T. Russell. Cathedral. Choral, Easter. Choral octavo. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.1020).

SATB choir, Organ, Strings - Medium

SKU: PL.0538IP

Composed by Craig Phillips. Cathedral. Choral, General. Set of parts. Paraclete Press #0538IP. Published by Paraclete Press (PL.0538IP).

* Commissioned anthem for the 2005 Sewanee Church Music Conference! * organ part introduces, closes and provides textual bridges for the text * vocal duets, and warm harmonies bring light and depth * ABA form highlighting the 10th century Mozarabic text * string parts and full score available.

Violin 2 (solos: SATB - choir: SATB - 0.2.0.2. - 0.2.3.0. - timp - org - str(without va))

SKU: BR.OB-5329-16

Urtext. Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Edited by Franz Beyer. Stapled. Orchester-Bibliothek (Orchestral Library). Mass; Classical. Part. Composed 1780. 12 pages. Duration 20'. Breitkopf and Haertel #OB 5329-16. Published by Breitkopf and Haertel (BR.OB-5329-16).

ISBN 9790004333549. 10 x 12.5 inches.

According to the date inscribed in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's autograph score, the present mass was composed in March 1780. The instrumental setting (oboes, trumpets and timpani add color and festive splendor to the work) rightly suggests that the work was in all likelihood performed with the Church Sonata K. 336 at the Easter high mass in the Salzburg cathedral. Since Archbishop Hieronymus Count Colloredo wanted the mass text to be treated as succinctly as possible, Mozart offered him a richly orchestrated Missa solemnis in the terse form of a Missa brevis.The brilliant, festive character of the Mass K. 337 is abruptly interrupted by a powerful Benedictus in a harsh A minor, the most striking and revolutionary movement in all of Mozart's Masses, in the strictest contrapuntal style ... (Alfred Einstein). What could have inspired Mozart to such unexpected rigor? But there is another surprise yet: while the dark drama of the Holy Week seems to radiate from this Benedictus, the following Agnus Dei in the distant key of E flat major sounds, with its soprano solo and concertante oboe, bassoon and organ, like a song of thanksgiving filled with the warmth and light of Easter.Other features worth noting are the three unisons between the alto and bass heard at the Deus pater omnipotens in the Gloria (bars 22-32), the a cappella illumination of the words Jesu Christe found a little later (bar 62) and the descending chromaticism evocative of death at the Crucifixus in the Credo. (Incidentally, Mozart had initially planned a different movement for the Credo of this mass, superscribed Tempo di Chiaconna; he wrote out 136 bars but, for some unknown reason, never completed it.)While the Coronation Mass K. 317 of 1779 is one of Mozart's most well-known mass settings, its later composed frllow piece K. 337 - Mozart's last completed mass before the great C minor fragment K. 427 (417a) - has been paid less attention, even though it is an outstanding example of the Mozartian mass type and contains parallels to the Coronation Mass in its disposition and in the structure of its various movements. The score and piano reduction of this new edition were prepared on the basis of the autograph (Osterreichische Nationalbibliothek/Vienna, dass. no. Mus. Hs. 18 97512) and the Salzburg performance material (Staats- und Stadtbibliothek/Augsburg, dass. no. Hl. Kreuz 9). We wish to thank both libraries for putting the source material at our disposal.Franz Beyer, Munich, Spring 1998.