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  • Chris Garton-Zavesky
    Posts: 6,902
    Does anyone have any simple pieces in honor of St. Nicholas? I will happily take answers off-line (stisidore@prolifeamerica.com) but I think there may be others here who would be interested.

    I'm working with a choir of 2nd - 6th graders, but I'm not opposed to non-unison music. I am specifically NOT looking for secular music. (The concert is to fall on the 6th, so nearly 90 elementary school children singing 2 or 3 parts would be wonderful.)

    Thank you, in advance, for any help you can provide.
  • CharlesW
    Posts: 11,979
    I can only refer you to Byzantine and Orthodox sources. St. Nicholas is a BIG deal to us easterners.

    http://www.stnicholascenter.org/pages/hymns-orthodox-byzantine/
    Thanked by 1Gavin
  • ClemensRomanusClemensRomanus
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    Sent.
  • tomjaw
    Posts: 2,782
    Something that would be interesting for children would be "Intonent Hodie"
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personent_hodie

    1. Intonent hodie
    Voces ecclesiae, 

    Dies laetitiae

    Refulsit in mundo,

    Ergo laetabundo

    Corde ju- ju- ju-
    Corde ju- ju- ju-
    Corde ju-bilemus

    Et ore jucundo.

    2. Sanctus hic inclitus,
    Domino subditus,

    In cunis positus

    Ubera vitabat,

    Corpus macerabat,
    
Et ter in in in
    Et ter in in in
    Et ter in sabbato

    Puer jejunabat.

    3. Parenti misero
    Submerso puero

    Mari pestifero

    Dedit, quod petivit,

    Preces exaudivit,

    Submersum -sum -sum
    Submersum -sum -sum
    Submersum puerum

    Patris custodivit.

    4. Tribus virginibus
    Victu carentibus

    Reddidit honorera,

    Subtraxit errorem,

    Reddens vir- vir- vir
    Reddens vir- vir- vir-
    Reddens virginibus
    
Virgineum florem.

    Another option is the sometime Office Hymns (that are based on the Office of Corpus Christi...) I have these set to the common tone of the Tantum ergo, but the file is too large to post here.

    Pange lingua Nicolai

    and

    Cleri patrem et patronum

    The text of these two hymns above and a couple of sequences can be found here;

    http://archive.org/stream/liturgicalyear01gura#page/n7/mode/2up

    pg 361 etc.
    Thanked by 2CHGiffen Gavin
  • ClemensRomanusClemensRomanus
    Posts: 1,023
    There's also a sequence Congaudentes exsultemus and a responsory Ex ejus tumba found in Variae Preces on p. 57 (PDF p.64).
  • tomjaw
    Posts: 2,782
    The other sequence "Sospitati dedit aegros" found in the liturgical year (see link above) can be found here:

    http://bach.music.uwo.ca/cantus/search.asp?submitType=details&cantusID=324045

    good luck looking through the microfilm manuscript.
  • WGS
    Posts: 300
    Here is simple round "Holy Bishop Nicholas...."
    Rounds001.pdf
    37K
    Thanked by 1canadash
  • canadashcanadash
    Posts: 1,501
    That last Mozart round is lovely and useful as well. Thanks!
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