Psalms Book One

Op. 02 sets 17 Psalms to music, using what the ancient Hebrews called 'Book One' of our current Old Testament Book of Psalms, which is Psalms 1 through 41.

This work is set for choir and piano. Some settings are for SATB, some are for High and Low voices (typically ST for High, AB for Low), some are unison. There are also a Prelude and Postlude for piano. Musical styles vary, with meter set according to the English words.

Here is a list of the sections in this work -

'PsalmsBk1-01' - Prelude

'PsalmsBk1-02' - Psalm 1

'PsalmsBk1-03' - Psalm 5

'PsalmsBk1-04' - Psalm 8

'PsalmsBk1-05' - Psalm 9

'PsalmsBk1-06' - Psalm 11

'PsalmsBk1-07' - Psalm 13

'PsalmsBk1-08' - Psalm 19

'PsalmsBk1-09' - Psalm 23

'PsalmsBk1-10' - Psalm 25

'PsalmsBk1-11' - Psalm 26

'PsalmsBk1-12' - Psalm 29

'PsalmsBk1-13' - Psalm 30

'PsalmsBk1-14' - Psalm 33

'PsalmsBk1-15' - Psalm 35

'PsalmsBk1-16' - Psalm 37

'PsalmsBk1-17' - Psalm 39

'PsalmsBk1-18' - Psalm 41

'PsalmsBk1-19' - Postlude

NOTE- there was at one time an 18th Psalm in this set (making 20 pieces in all), I forget which one (may have been Psalm 34). The effort was my try to emulate a J.S. Bach choral prelude & fugue, similar to his organ works. The result was forced and not very good, so when I revised this work in the 1990s I deleted the poor thing.

Files are accessible below.

Psalms, Book One - Cantata (Op.2)