Max's Choral Music

Over the years Max has written choral music for the choirs that he has directed. These anthems and choral pieces have also been performed by a number of other choirs. The following list does include some of Max's arrangements for choir of a more "serious" nature. For vocal arrangements of "secular" music and popular songs see vocal arrrrangements

• "A Prayer" - SATB a capella (text by the composer).
• "Awake, My Heart" - An American folk hymn (Devizes, C.M.) arranged for SATB with organ accompaniment
• "Carol of the Wise Men" - in three versions: SATB a capella, SATB with organ accompaniment, and TTBB with organ accompaniment (text by the composer).
• "Create in Me" - SATB accompanied (text from Psalm 51).
• "Death, Be Not Proud" - text by John Doone. for a cappella choir (SSATTBB).
• "Doxology Alternatives" - unison and SATB - (descants and hymn tunes, and original doxologies, edited and compiled by Max Myover).
• "Gloria!" - Gloria in excelsis Deo. SATB accompanied
• "He is Risen" - SATB accompanied (text by the composer).
• "Kyrie Eleison" - for a cappella choir (SATB).
• "Li'l Boy Named David" - an American folk spiritual arranged by Max Myover for SATB a capella. Published by Clayton F. Summy Co. (ASCAP) as No. 2220 in their Secular Choral Music catalog
• "Magnificat (Song of Mary)" and "Nunc Dimittis (Song of Simeon) - for Alto Flute, Choir (SATB), and Harp or Keyboard (text from St. Luke).
• "My Song Shall be Alway" - by Henry Purcell, edited and arranged by Max Myover for SATB with Bass solo.
• "O My Dove" - SATB a capella (text from the Song of Solomon).
• "Rise Up, My Love" - SATB a capella (text from the Song of Solomon).
• "Shenandoah" - an American folk song aranged for male choir (TTBB divided) by Max Myover. Includes a tenor solo.
• "The Garden Hymn" - an American folk hymn arranged by Max Myover for SSAATTBB with organ accompaniment.
• "The Infancy of Christ" - A cantata in three parts for mixed voices (SATB) with key- board accompaniment (text from St. Matthew, Chapters 1 and 2). Part 1: "The Nativity;" Part 2: "The Adoration of the Magi;" Part 3: "The Flight into Egypt."
• "The National Anthem" - The third and fourth verses of the Star Spangled Banner arranged by Max Myover for SATB with a narrator (includes a portion of the melody from America).
• "The Night Will Never Stay" - SATB a capella (text by Eleanor Farjeon)
• "This is the Day" - SATB a capella (text from Psalms).
• "Three Lyrics From Leaves of Grass " - text by Walt Whitman. 1. Beautiful Women, 2. Thought, and 3. What Am I After All But a Child. for a cappella choir.
• "Twenty-five Choral Prayer Responses" - SATB (texts by the composer).
• "Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?" - an American folk hymn Max has arranged for male chorus with tenor solo. Two choruses.
• "Ye Banks and Braes of Bonnie Doon" -a Scottish folk ballad arranged by Max Myover for SATB with piano and guitar (optional) accompaniment

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