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Table 1. Kirke Mechem Selected Choral Works

Title Publisher Length Notes

Chorus and Orchestra - Mixed chorus extended works (cycles, suites, cantatas)

BEFANA: A CHRISTMAS FABLE G. Schirmer 40' Cantata or theater piece
Soli: sop. or mz., ten., bar., bass. SATB & SA
(children) choruses.
Keyboard or chamber orchestra, Perc. Hp, Strings

SONGS OF THE SLAVE G. Schirmer 34' Suite for 2 soloists, chorus and orchestra from John Brown

SEVEN JOYS OF CHRISTMAS ECS 14' Suite for soprano and chorus with solo harp or keyboard or
orchestra.

ONCE TO EVERY MAN G. Schirmer 10' Variations on An Old Welsh Melody
AND NATION
SATB Chorus, baritone solo, string orchestra or piano or organ.
Traditional words by James Russell Lowell with additions from
his original poem

THE KING’S CONTEST G. Schirmer 26' Dramatic Cantata for 4 soloists, chorus, chamber ensemble or
full orchestra
Text from the Apocrypha

SINGING IS SO GOOD A THING C. F. Peters 25' “An Elizabethan Recreation” for chorus, soloist and
chamber ensemble.

Text by William Byrd, 1588: “Reasons briefly set down to
persuade everyone to learne to sing”

SPEECH TO A CROWD Fred Bock Music 15' Cantata for baritone, chorus and large orchestra.

Text by Archibald MacLeish

Chorus without Orchestra - Mixed chorus extended works

AMERICAN MADRIGALS: Carl Fischer 15' Piano, chamber ensemble, or a cappella
Madrigal Cycle on
American Folks Songs

AMERICAN TRIO G. Schirmer 7' A cappella

BIRTHDAYS: ROUND NUMBERS G. Schirmer 10' Piano. Canons, Catches and Rounds

THE CHILDREN OF DAVID Boosey & Hawkes 26' In the spirit of the pre-Christian psalmists, but non-liturgical.
Organ. Poems by 19th- & 20th-century authors. Mezzo solo in
Nos. 2 and 4.

CHORAL VARIATIONS ON G. Schirmer 14' Piano
AMERICAN FOLK SONGS

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