Annual American Composers Update
Austin C. Lovelace
A retiree, Austin C. Lovelace lives in Denver, CO. Several
of his hymn tunes and psalm settings are published in
Encounter with Erik Routley (Darcey Press, 1997),
by Adrienne Tindall. In addition to his original published
works, Lawson-Gould Publishers has issued his SATB arrangements
of
Wash Me Thoroughly, by Handel, and
Who Shall
Separate Us, by Schuetz.
Premieres
Led by Marsha Scheusner,
Sing to the Lord, for
SATB choir, was sung first at the First Presbyterian Church
of Columbia, TN, which commissioned the work, Sept. 28,
1997.
Performances
Job of Uz, a cantata for soloists, choir, and orchestra,
will be presented at the University of Denver Lamont School
of Music, Feb. 11, 1998, conducted by Robert Penn.
Publications
Welcome, Easter Morning; two-part mixed choir;
Abingdon Press.
Angels and Shepherds and
Ride on, O King;
both for SATB;
Joyful Tidings: Four Easy Organ Preludes
on Christmas Hymns; all by AMSI.
Shepherd Lad's
Gift; unison; Choristers Guild.
For the Music of
Creation; SATB; Lawson-Gould Publishers.
Star-Child;
SAB; Morning Star Music Publishers.
Shepherds Rejoicing;
I Know That My Redeemer Lives; Come, Holy Ghost; Harvest
of Faith; all for SAB, in
E.
C. Schirmer Somerset Anthem Book I, II, II,
and V, respectively. Hymn preludes on
Angels' Song,
Den Store Hvide Flokk, Egerton, Nun Danket, Rathbun, St.
Agnes, St. George's Windsor, Valerius, Kremser, Lobe den
Herren, and Old Hundredth; in Darcy Press
36 Hymn
Preludes.
