SATB choir and piano or brass quintet and percussion - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8476-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 21st Century, Americana, Baptism, Faith, Folk Song. Downloadable piano/choral score. 13 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 30 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8476-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8476-E). English.Down to the River to Pray originates as an American gospel song with a simple message of faith and baptism, going 'down to the river.' However, it is thought that the song was composed by a slave, with reference to the river and the 'starry crown' (North Star) as a route and guide to freedom. Usually the song is performed a cappella, and slowly, prayerfully. However, the walking aspect of the lyrics might suggest a different approach – one of swing rhythm in duple meter. Here the focus is on the journey, the joy of the pilgrimage, and the hope for freedom. The accompaniment (either piano, or brass and percussion) plays a featured role, especially as rhythmic force. The song now becomes one of triumphant progression, hastening on the 'good old way!'-Gwyneth WalkerDuration: 3:30.

SATB choir (choir divisi) unaccompanied - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8730-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 7 pages. Duration 1 minute, 45 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8730-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8730-E). English. Psalms 4:8; Psalms 5:8.This is a prayerful, homophonic setting of texts from three sources: Psalms 4:8, Psalms 5:8, and the final line from John Greenleaf Whittier's Divine Compassion. Set for SATB chorus (divisi) unaccompanied, the music is approachable and sensitive. Moments of reflection give way to moments of grandness, Only by your Grace, not by my merit, no praise be mine. The piece ends quietly, Let me keep a heart that still can feel, and eyes that still can weep. In today's world, a prayer for us to remain sensitive to suffering is never out of place. Duration: 1:45.

SATB choir, children's choir, and piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8258-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 21st Century. Instrument part. 12 pages. Duration 3 minutes, 15 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8258-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8258-E). English.Standin’ in the Need of Prayer is a lively tune in swing rhythm. New words are added within the lighthearted approach. It becomes evident during the singing that the choir feels that they are in the greatest need of prayer! (“Not you!� they sing, pointing at the congregation. “It’s me!� they exclaim, “Standin’ in the need of prayer.�) Children’s voices are definitely envisioned as part of this rendition. Duration: 3:15.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.821 Composed by A.H. Rosewig. Portraits, Children, Girls, Clothing & dress, Courtship. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.821). Saucy Ettie Ray. Words by O.H. Kay. Music by A.H. Rosewig. Published 1873 by Lee & Walker, 922 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Portraits, Children, Girls, Clothing & dress, Courtship. First line reads Smiling at your window, when I'm passing by, shooting fairy glances, yet so dreadfully shy.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

SATB choir, A clarinet, and piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8795-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. Christmas, Christmas-Sacred. 23 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 15 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8795-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8795-E). English.“The Friendly Beasts� portrays the animals who have protected Jesus and Mary during the birth. Each animal proudly takes its turn announcing its contribution. The donkey carried Mary “up hill and down.� The dove “cooed� the Child to sleep. At the end of the song, all of the animals reappear in quick succession: donkey, cow, sheep, dove. They recount the gifts they brought to Immanuel.The Clarinet plays a featured role, enhancing the message of the lyrics. For example, the Clarinet associates with each animal, braying as a donkey, warmly mooing as a cow, embellishing as a sheep with “curly horns,� and fluttering upward with trills as a dove in flight. Duration: 4:15.

SATB choir (choir divisi) and orchestra or piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.6570-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 13 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #6570-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.6570-E). English.Poem by Thomas Merton. The ocean floor, the home of mermaids, “where waters most lock music in,� a dimly-lit room where “lost orchestras play.� This song is characterized by descending lines into the depths of the orchestral and choral ranges. A pair of piccolos open the movement, portraying a school of fish in the ocean.

SATB choir (choir divisi) and orchestra or piano - Medium - Digital Download SKU: MQ.6572-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. 16 pages. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #6572-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.6572-E). English.Poem by Norah Mary Holland. Here is the dark, strong, passionate sea, the “waters, wild and wide.� This is sustained and powerful music, with the rolling sea often portrayed by the string arpeggios and the surging wave patterns in the woodwinds and brass.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3288 Composed by Frank Drayton. Dwellings, Gates, Homecomings, Hunters, Silhouettes, Birdhouses, Mountains. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3288). My Old Thatched Cot. By Frank Drayton. Published 1858 by Lee & Walker, 722 Chesnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Dwellings, Gates, Homecomings, Hunters, Silhouettes, Birdhouses, Mountains. First line reads The old thatch'd cot my dear old home the home that gave me birth.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

SATB choir, Bb clarinet, and piano - Moderately Easy - Digital Download SKU: MQ.8796-E Composed by Gwyneth W. Walker. Christmas, Christmas-Sacred. 20 pages. Duration 4 minutes, 30 seconds. E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital #8796-E. Published by E. C. Schirmer Music Company - Digital (MQ.8796-E). English.“Angels Singing,â€� is based on the carol “Angels We Have Heard on High.â€� This new arrangement opens with shepherds (Tenor and Baritone soli) hearing angel voices, “o’er the mountains, guided by a Holy light.â€� A few angels (women’s voices) sing in the distance. The carol now shifts to full chorus. Often, the men portray the shepherds, and the women sing as angels. The Clarinet plays a featured role,  enhancing the message of the lyrics. Duration: 4:30.

Piano and voice (SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.20042 Composed by John K. Paine. Poets, Patriotism, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.20042). Centennial Hymn. Words by John G. Whittier. Music by John K. Paine. Published 1876 by J.E. Ditson & Co., Sucrs. to Lee & Walker in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with piano and voice (satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Poets, Patriotism, Prayer. First line reads Our fathers' God! from out whose hand the centuries fall like grains of sand.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.758 Composed by George W. Persley. Abandoned children, Poor persons, Homeless persons, Wealth, Ethics, Prayer. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.758). Not a Crust, or The Beggar Boy. Song & Chorus. Music by Geo. W. Persley. Published 1869 by Lee & Walker, 922 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Abandoned children, Poor persons, Homeless persons, Wealth, Ethics, Prayer. First line reads A beggar boy stopped at a richman's door, I am houseless and friendless, and faint, and poor.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice (SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.12521 Composed by C. Everest. Prayer, Memorial works, Liberty, Patriotism. Lester S. Levy Collection. 5 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.12521). A National Hymn. Words by James Nicholson. Music by C. Everest. Published 1865 by Lee & Walker, 722 Chestnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with piano and voice (SATB chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Prayer, Memorial works, Liberty, Patriotism. First line reads Almighty Father, Sov'reign Lord, before Thy throne we stand.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.

Piano and voice (solo and SATB chorus) - Digital Download SKU: LV.3499 Composed by Harry Devere. Country life, Farms, Love, Death, Grief. Lester S. Levy Collection. 4 pages. Published by Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries (LV.3499). My Little Valley Home. Written by Harry Devere of the Philadelphia Opera Troupe. Published 1851 by Lee & Walker, 188 Chesnut St. in Philadelphia. Composition of strophic with chorus with piano and voice (solo and satb chorus) instrumentation. Subject headings for this piece include Country life, Farms, Love, Death, Grief. First line reads In Car'lina's clime I spent a happy time, with my gentle Rhody Gray.. About The Lester S. Levy CollectionThe Lester S. Levy Collection of Sheet Music consists of over 29,000 pieces of American popular music. Donated to Johns Hopkins University Sheridan Libraries, the collection's strength is its thorough documentation of nineteenth-century American through popular music. This sheet music has been provided by Project Gado, a San Francisco Bay Area startup whose mission is to digitize and share the world's visual history.WARNING: These titles are provided as historical documents. Language and concepts within reflect the opinions and values of the time and may be offensive to some.