Sanford Dole

Compositions

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Choral Music
(see also Solo Songs, Instrumental Works and Works in Progress)

SATB Sacred

Becoming God’s Friend	SATB a cap. 2’45”
Text: Gregory of Nyssa	English
Harmony of That Motion	SATB a cap. 2’30”
Text: Gregory of Nyssa	English
Your Steadfast Love	SATB a cap. 3’
Psalm 36 (excerpt)	English
O magnum mysterium	SATB a cap. 2’45”	MP3	PDF
Christmas motet	Latin
Hodie Christus natus est	SATB a cap. 3’	MP3	PDF
Christmas motet	Latin
Advent Preludes Savior of the Nations Creator of the Stars Come, thou Redeemer	SATB a cap. approx. 2’ each English Brief choral settings of these familiar Advent hymns
Santo, Santo	SATB a cap. w/ opt. tamb. & drum
Sanctus from the mass ordinary	Spanish and English This lively arr. sets a trad. melody from El Salvador w/ a quasi-mariachi feel
Two Psalms and a Prayer O Be Joyful in the Lord The Lord’s Prayer O Clap Your Hands*	SATB a cap. 7’ English also available as separate anthems * (includes hand clapping perc. part)
O Gracious Light	SATB a cap. 2’
Phos Hilaron	English
Of the Father’s Love Begotten	SATB a cap. 6’
Medieval chant arranged	English

SSAA Sacred

They Have Taken Away My Lord	SSAA, S solo, Tpt, Horn, Tbn 7’	HEAR
text:Janet Morley	English
This lovely poem tells the story of Mary Magdalene discovering the risen Christ in the garden from the point of view of the Magdalene. An extended anthem with brass accompaniment, this makes a good concert piece, or for use as a special presentation during Eastertide, or on the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene.

SATB Secular

Dance Steps	SATB w/ divisi, a cap. 5’30”	HEAR	SEE
poem by Susan Kinsolving	English
A delightful imagining of how people around the world might change their daily routines in order to make the world a better place. A great concert piece for accomplished high school and college choirs.
I Am With You	SSATB (or AATBB male choir) w/ Bar. Solo a cap. 6’
Walt Whitman	English
Commissioned by Chanticleer
Come Lie With Me and Be My Love	SATB a cap. 4’
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	English
Commissioned by *San Francisco* *Symphony Chorus*

SATB Arrangements

The Christmas Song	SATB, piano, Bar. solo	HEAR	SEE
	(Chestnuts Roasting…)
As Time Goes By	SATB a cap., opt. xyl. or hand bells		SEE
The Shadow of Your SMILE	SSATBB a cap.	HEAR	SEE
A medley of the themes from “The Sandpiper” and “Modern Times” Commissioned by Chanticleer* for their “25 and Counting”* Reunion concert

TTBB Arrangements

Girls of the Old West	TTBB a cap.
A medley of “Oh Suzanna,” “I Dream of Jeanie,” and “Sweet Betsy from Pike” Commissioned by Chanticleer
Laura	TTBB a cap.
O Beautiful	TTBB a cap.
A medley of “ America ,” “Yankee Doodle,” and the “ Battle Hymn of the Republic”
Home for the Holidays	TTBB a cap.

Solo Songs

Elmwood Perspectives	S (or T) and piano 7’30”
Mary Child Under the Bridge Margaret and Mary In Retrospect This Day
July 1968	A and piano 2’30”	HEAR	SEE
Denise Levertov
Praise to the Spinner: Three Prayers by Thomas Troeger	MS and piano 6’
Praise to the Spinner… O gracious Power Though every sun …
Retrospective	T, 2 vlns, vla, vlc
Alfred Dole
Pattern Like a Dance	T, fl, vln, vlc
Anne Morrow Lindburg

Instrumental Works

Sonata for ‘Cello and Piano	3 mvts. 25’
String Quartet	4 mvts. 20’
Divertimento for String Orch.	5 mvts. 25’
San Francisco Watzes	3 piano solos 6’30”
Accolade and Elegy	Piano solo 7’
Dream Sequence	Handbells 3’
Toccata for Organ	5’
The Spectrum	Duet for viola and cello 5’

Works in Progress

El Caballero	An opera in 2 acts
Libretto by Brad Erickson	based on a short story by O. Henry
Gloria	SATB a cap.
Mass mvt.	Latin