If I can get some inspiration from these tropes - these musical phrases, in 9 months of experimenting, at the same time studying Gradus ad Parnassum and various music books I had long forgotten about, surely there are other 'real' composers who have been composing all their lives who can also.
My latest is a barbershop quartet version of Psalm 96. I could use some feedback from a real quartet - tell me if it is singable!
These are all available on my YouTube channel here.
https://www.youtube.com/user/TheDrmacdonald/videos
Let me know if you think you would like to perform them for real. I would like to work with some performers. I am looking locally.
I can help with anyone who would like to work on new material, all 929 chapters, 23000+ verses are available in music XML or PDF format online - look at the music page.
Book
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Chapter, Verse
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Type
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Instruments
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Title
|
Libretto
|
Part of
|
|
2 SAMUEL
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1:19-27
|
quintet
|
strings
|
Hebrew
|
|||
ISAIAH
|
9:1
|
carol
|
SATB, percussion
|
English or Hebrew
|
|||
ISAIAH
|
12
|
chorus
|
soprano SATB, congregation
|
English
|
(live performance)
|
||
JONAH
|
1-4
|
story
|
SATB harp or string suite
|
English
|
|||
PSALMS
|
33
|
chorus
|
SATB harp
|
Hebrew
|
|||
PSALMS
|
96
|
chorus
|
tenor TTBB
|
English
|
|||
SONG
|
1
|
chorus
|
SATB
|
Hebrew
|
Song 1
|
||
SONG
|
2:1-7
|
chorus
|
SATB
|
Song, part 1 continued
|
Hebrew
|
Song 2a
|
|
LAMENTATIONS
|
1:1-4
|
chorus
|
SATB, orchestra or organ + timpani
|
Aleph
|
English
|
May become part of U-L (31) below
|
|
QOHELET
|
3:1-15
|
chorus
|
SATB, strings
|
English
|
|||
PSALMS
|
6:3
|
chorus
|
SATB
|
Greek
|
Missa brevis 1
|
||
ISAIAH
|
6:3
|
chorus
|
SATB
|
Sanctus
|
Latin
|
Missa brevis 2a
|
|
PSALMS
|
118:25-26
|
chorus
|
SATB
|
Benedictus
|
Latin
|
Missa brevis 2b
|
|
ISAIAH
|
53:7,12b
|
chorus
|
SATB
|
Agnus Dei
|
Latin
|
Missa brevis 3
|
|
GENESIS
|
1:1-5
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The first day (see playlist) Documented with score here.
|
Hebrew
|
||
PSALMS
|
19:1-7
|
recit, chorus
|
soprano, SATB
|
The heavens recount the glory of God
|
English
|
U-L-02
|
|
JOB
|
1:1,19-22
|
recit, chorus
|
tenor, SATB
|
The man from Uz
|
English
|
U-L-03
|
|
JEREMIAH
|
20:7
|
recit
|
bass, harp
|
You have seduced me
|
Hebrew or English
|
U-L-04
|
|
JOB
|
3:3
|
recit
|
tenor, harp
|
Perish! day when I was born
|
English
|
U-L-05
|
|
JEREMIAH
|
20:14-17
|
duet
|
bass, harp
|
Let it be darkness
|
English
|
U-L-06
|
|
JOB
|
3:4-8
|
duet
|
tenor, harp
|
Let it be darkness
|
English
|
U-L-07
|
|
PSALMS
|
110:1,2, 5-7
|
chorale
|
SATB, organ
|
An oracle
|
English
|
U-L-08
|
|
GENESIS
|
1:6-8
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The second day
|
Hebrew
|
U-L-09
|
|
PROVERBS
|
8:1-4,22-24,27,29-32, 34-35
|
aria
|
soprano, alto, SATB, harp, percussion
|
Lullaby for an Infant Humanity
|
English
|
U-L-10
|
|
JOB
|
38:1-2
|
chorus
|
soprano, SATB, harp
|
And Yahweh answered Job
|
English
|
U-L-11
|
|
JOB
|
38:4-7
|
chorus
|
SATB, harp
|
Where were you
|
English
|
U-L-12
|
|
PSALMS
|
111:1-3
|
chorale
|
SATB, organ
|
Hallelujah, I will thank Yahweh
|
English
|
U-L-13
|
|
PSALMS
|
112:1-3
|
chorale
|
SATB, organ
|
Hallelujah, A happy person fears Yahweh
|
English
|
U-L-14
|
|
GENESIS
|
1:9-13
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The third day
|
Hebrew
|
U-L-15
|
|
PSALMS
|
24
|
aria
|
alto, SATB, harp
|
The earth
|
English
|
U-L-16
|
|
JOB
|
38:1
|
recit
|
soprano, harp
|
And Yahweh answered Job
|
Hebrew or English
|
U-L-17
|
|
JOB
|
38:8-11
|
chorus
|
SATB, harp
|
Or who screened in Ocean
|
English
|
U-L-18
|
|
PSALMS
|
113
|
chorale
|
SATB, organ
|
Praise, servants of Yahweh
|
English
|
U-L-19
|
|
GENESIS
|
1:14-19
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The fourth day
|
Hebrew
|
U-L-20
|
|
PSALMS
|
8:4:7
|
aria
|
tenor, organ, harp
|
For I see your heavens
|
English
|
U-L-21
|
|
JOB
|
38:31-32
|
chorus
|
SATB, organ
|
The Pleiades, Orion, and the Great Bear
|
English
|
U-L-22
|
|
PSALMS
|
115:16
|
chorus
|
SATB, organ
|
The heavens’ heavens
|
English
|
U-L-23
|
|
GENESIS
|
1:20-23
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The fifth day
|
Hebrew
|
U-L-24
|
|
JOB
|
7:12
|
chorus
|
SATB, harp
|
Am I the sea or a dragon?
|
English
|
U-L-25
|
|
JOB
|
40:15-19
|
chorus
|
SATB, organ
|
Behemoth
|
English
|
U-L-26
|
|
PSALMS
|
114:1-3a
|
chorale
|
SATB, organ
|
Redemption
|
English
|
U-L-27
|
|
PSALMS
|
115:1
|
chorale
|
SATB, organ
|
Not to us, Yahweh
|
English
|
U-L-28
|
|
GENESIS
|
1:24-31
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The sixth day
|
Hebrew
|
U-L-29
|
|
JEREMIAH
|
4:23-27
|
duet
|
soprano bass, harp
|
I saw the land + Genesis
|
English and Hebrew
|
U-L-30
|
|
PSALMS
|
144:3
|
trio
|
ATB, harp
|
What is this humanity + Psalm 8
|
English
|
U-L-32
|
|
JOB
|
7:17,19
|
trio
|
ATB, harp
|
What is this humanity + Psalm 8
|
English
|
U-L-33
|
|
JOB
|
41
|
chorus
|
SATB, harp
|
Leviathan
|
English
|
U-L-34
|
|
PSALMS
|
116
|
aria
|
soprano SATB, harp
|
Yahweh heard
|
English
|
U-L-35
|
|
GENESIS
|
2:1-3
|
recit
|
soprano, harp, unison chorus
|
The seventh day
|
Hebrew
|
U-L-36
|
|
PSALMS
|
92
|
aria
|
alto SATB, harp
|
to the Sabbath
|
English
|
U-L-37
|
|
PSALMS
|
117
|
aria
|
soprano SATB, wood block
|
Praise, all nations
|
English
|
U-L-38
|
|
PSALMS
|
150
|
chorale
|
SATB, harp, wood block, organ, trumpet, timpani
|
Praise, all breath-bearing
|
English
|
U-L-39
|