Ruth Coberly
Composer, Singer, Conductor
Christmas
A Cradle Hymn
SSAATTBB
unaccompanied
Text by Isaac Watts
Away in a Manger NEW!
SATB, piano, oboe or other C instrument
Traditional Text, Original Music
Brightest and Best
SAB, Piano
Traditional American folk tune
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Huron Carol
SATB, Piano, optional Flute
O Magnum Mysterium
SATB, Baritone solo
unaccompanied
Latin
Sussex Carol
(On Christmas Night)
SAB, Piano, Flute
Traditional English
This Endris Night
SATB, Tenor solo
Flute or piccolo, cello, percussion
Anonymous 15th century text
General
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
SATB, unaccompanied
Text by William Cowper
I Am Content
SATB, unaccompanied
Text by John Bunyan
Jesus, Lover of My Soul NEW!
SATB, Piano, Soprano solo
Text by Charles Wesley
Magnificat
SATB divisi
Soprano and Mezzo-Soprano solos
unaccompanied
Latin
Meditations on the Seven Last Words of Christ NEW!
SAB, Piano, Violin
Cantata for Lent or Good Friday
Nunc Dimittis
SATB, unaccompanied
Latin
Psalm 23
SATB, Soprano or Tenor Solo
unaccompanied
English and Hebrew
Revelation
SATB, Soprano and Tenor solos
unaccompanied
Text - Revelation 21: 3 - 5
The Seven Last Words of Christ
A cycle of traditional style hymns based on the seven last words. Usable separately or can be combined to form a simple service for Lent or Good Friday. Texts by Thomas Pollock. Many thanks to Andrew Remillard for the piano recording of the hymns.
Ubi Caritas
SATB, soli, unaccompanied
Latin
For the smaller choir
Agnus Dei
2-part, Piano
English
Give Thanks to the Lord
2-part, Piano
Hosanna!
SAB, Piano
Canon for Palm Sunday
The King of Love My Shepherd Is
S/A or SAB, Piano
A New Commandment
2-part, Piano
We Walk By Faith
2-part, Piano
Text by Henry Alford
Hymns
new tunes for traditional hymn texts
God Moves in a Mysterious Way
Hast Thou Not Known
I Bless the Christ of God
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
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Jesus, Whelmed in Fears Unknown
My Song is Love Unknown
O For a Thousand Tongues to Sing
Rock of Ages
What a Friend We Have in Jesus
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
The following tracks are improvisations on my hymn tunes, from the Rodgers organ at St. Anne's Catholic Church, Ruskin, Florida, played by Mr. Wayne Warren. They have not been notated. Many, many thanks to Mr. Warren for his kind permission to use them here.