Choral directors, instrumentalists


Th e following Easter anthems


Choral with instruments


I will never forget my several fa-


vorite Beckenhorst anthems from the last 40-plus years of playing, teaching and directing and have always been delighted to fi nd that many have been kept available as a matter of course – from the late John Ness Beck’s own works to those of his younger succes- sors. You may very well have one or more of these anthems in your fi les. Beckenhorst was the fi rst (in my


memory) to number every measure – a step that has encouraged “nume- rical generosity” among publishers. Besides having John Tatgenhorst – the “enhorst” in Beckenhorst and “Hang on Sloopy” arranger – as my percus- sion methods instructor at Capital University years ago, I was also fortu- nate to attend an anthem composition workshop in the early 1980s organized by Beck.


were either included in a reading ses- sion during Awaken 2017 in Little Rock or suggested by Beckenhorst Promotion and Sales manager (and Fellowship member) Bryan Babcock. All have instrumental parts that can be obtained from the publisher. With several separate practice


sessions and coaching, excellent high school instrumentalists who can deal with changing keys (including sharp keys!) may provide brass or percussion parts; college instrumentalists or pros will be fi ne with minimal rehearsal. Vocal ranges, with rare exceptions, are spot on for most experienced choirs, staying generally within the staff and with logical voice leading.


An Easter Celebration, Craig


Courtney, Beckenhorst Press BP1520, 1997, SATB with keyboard and con- gregation. Optional brass quartet and percussion (BP1520A) parts available. Useful, useable, and practical!


Courtney has combined four Easter hymns (O Filii et Filiae, Victory, Maccabeus, and Easter Hymn) into a straightforward anthem that could


well open any Easter service. Th e choir and optional instruments (brass, with snare, cymbals, suspended cym- bal and timpani) take the congregants right to and through the fi rst three verses of “Christ the Lord”; the choir returns for the fourth verse with des- cant. Th e “Alleluia” from Victory closes the arrangement. Th ere are a few measures of a cappella here and there to keep us on our toes. ED


Crown Him with Many


Crowns, Craig Courtney, Becken- horst Press BP1325, 1988, SATB with keyboard and congregation. Optional brass quartet (BP1325A) part avail- able.


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Diademata includes a reproducible fi nal lyrics page for the congregation. Th e keyboard part may be curtailed if brass (2 trumpets and 2 trombones) are used, but cues are provided. Once underway, the choir sings the fi rst verse with a soprano descant and trumpet echo; men and women in choir and congregation then each take a verse, with all joining on the fi nal stanza supported by brass


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