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Motets, op. 164 : for choir (SATB), soprano saxophone and organ

File consists of the typeset score for "settings of well-known ancient texts, [which] can be sung either in Latin or English. They were written to be sung individually, not as a set." There are six motets: Ave maris stella = Hail, O star that pointest; Jesu nostra redemption = O Christ our Hope; Jesu dulcis memoria = Jesu—the very thought is sweet; Te lucis ante terminum = Before the ending of the day; Christe qui lux et dies = O Christ, who art the light and day; Splendor paternae gloriae = O splendour of God's glory bright. Includes Healey's composer's note.

Short miscellaneous works

Series consists of miscellaneous short, non-opus compositions by Derek Healey, including manuscripts, transparencies, and master scores.

Bianco's delight, op. 146 : a baker's-dozen cat songs for voice and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for "settings of texts as diverse as a sonnet of Keats, poems of Shelley and Dickinson, and popular nursery rhymes." The 13 texts are: Puss came dancing (traditional nursery rhyme); She sights a bird (Emily Dickinson); Sonnet to Mrs. Reynolds cat (John Keats); Kittens (Lewis Carroll); Dame Wiggins of Lee (John Ruskin); A Cats conscience (Anonymous); To a cat (Algernon Charles Swinburne); A Cat in distress (Percy Bysshe Shelley); Six little mice (traditional nursery rhyme); Rindle, randle (traditional nursery rhyme); The cats have left for tea (Kate Greenaway); At the fireside (traditional nursery rhyme); Salmagundi (traditional nursery rhyme). Includes Healey's program note, and a revised version (2015) of the seventh song, "To a Cat".

Seabird Island revisited, op. 157 : six excerpts for viola and piano

File consists of a typeset score for "a set of six characteristic pieces arranged from Healey's opera [Seabird Island, op. 46]": Night fall; I know where Seabird Island is; Travel song; The Maid's song; The Shaman's canoe song; All beasts and men will bow before me. Includes Healey's program note.

Souvenirs of Berlin, set 1, op. 162 : for alto recorder and piano

File consists of the typeset score for "a diary of holidays spent in the city." The first of two sets, with five movements: Steamer ride on the Spree; Mommsen-Eck - Hindemith Platz; Expressionism at Die Brucke; The Berliner Ensemble; Gossiping on the Ku'damm. Includes Healey's composer's note.

Souvenirs of Berlin, set 2, op. 163 : for alto saxophone and piano

File consists of the typeset score for "a second set of remembrances of the German capital." The second of two sets, with five movements: Casper David Friedrich at the Alte Nationalgalerie; A Busy day at Einstein's; Nefertiti at the Neuen Museum (The Beautiful One has arrive); The Berliner Dom; Envoi. Includes Healey's composer's note.

Songs from the Shih Ching, op. 150 : for lyric soprano and large wind ensemble

File consists of the typeset score and libretto for a "song cycle of a dramatic nature, chosen from the Chou Dynasty collection of the Shin Ching or Confucian Odes, c. 800 B.C. - 600 B.C. For senior or graduate level performers. Songs may be performed individually or in groups chosen by the performers." The song cycle is in two parts:

Part 1: The Raging Waters; The Clearing; Be careful, Chung Tsu!; Shu is away; The Willos at the Western Gate; The Hunt.

Part 2: The Sacred Tower; Down fall of the plums; The North Wind; Gathering While Asters; The great Carriage; What of the Night?

Magnificat for Canterbury, op. 151 : for choir and small orchestra

File consists of typeset vocal and full scores for SSATB, baritone solo, and chamber orchestra (trumpet, recorders, timpani, harp, vibraphone, organ, violins, viola, cello, and double bass). The piece is "a contemplative setting of the evening canticle, a companion piece to the Nunc Dimittis [op. 152]."

Choralvorspiele : 15 preludes on Lutheran hymns, op. 154b : for organ

File consists of a typeset score for 15 of Healey's 52 preludes, "originally written for a large organ, [but] the majority of preludes can be played on three, or two manual instruments." The 15 preludes included in op. 154b are: Christe, du Lamm Gottes; O Jesu Christ, mein's Leben's Licht; So gehst du nun, mein Jesu, hin; O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden; Christ lag in Todesbanden; Singen wir heut mir einum Mund; Erscheinen ist der herrliche Tag; Komm, Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott; Gelobet sei der Herr (Nun danket alle Gott); Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier; Aus Tiefer Not; Es ist genug! (Dass Jesus siegt); Jesu meine Freude; Du Friedefürst, Herr Jesu Christ; Wir pflügen, und wir streuen. This is the first of two groupings of chorales excerpted from the complete set of 52. See op. 154a for the second set.

Three Whitman songs, op. 155 : for choir (SATBarB) and piano obbligato

File consists of the typeset vocal score of "three serious settings of short poems by the great, heroic nineteenth-century poet [Walt Whitman]": Cavalry crossing at ford; Bivouac on a mountain side; Sing on, sing on, you gray-brown bird. File also includes a score for a setting of "A light exists in Spring," with text by Emily Dickinson.

Five preludes on Lutheran chorales, op. 156 : for saxophone octet

File consists of the typeset sounding and transposed scores for "a group of five movements arranged from the composer's 52 Preludes on Lutheran Hymns, [op. 154]": Christ lag in Todesbanden; Herzhiebster Jesu; Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan; Jesu, meine Zuversicht; Christ ist erstanden. Includes Healey's composer's note.

An Italian songbook, op. 121 : 10 songs with texts by Carducci, Pascoli and D'Annunzio : for baritone and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for "three groups of songs, each devoted to the work of a single late-nineteenth century Italian poet. Moods cover the gamut from an heroic lament to a cradle song. Can also be performed by mezzo-soprano." Includes Healey's composer's note.

Opus 121a, Three Carducci Songs: Pianto antico; San Martino; Il treno
Opus 121b: Four Pascoli Songs: Novembre; Il gelsomino notturno; Orfano; L'assiuolo
Opus 121c: Three D'Annunzio Songs: Assisi; O falce di luna calante; Romanza.

Alice, op. 136 : five Lewis Carroll songs for mezzo-soprano and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for "five songs of no great seriousness, with texts chosen from the Alice stories": A boat, beneath a sunny sky; Tweedledum and Tweedledee; How doth the little crocodile; You are old, Father William; The Lobster Quadrille. The songs may also be performed by baritone and piano.

Kore, op. 125 : a symphonic poem for wind band = una poema sinfonico per un complesso bandistico

File consists of typeset score masters for the United Kingdom/North American version (op. 125b) and the Italian version (op. 125a). For large Italian wind band. "A single movement in six sections, depicting the legend of Persephone's descent into the underworld and return to earth in springtime": Persephone collects flowers; The appearance of Hades, king of the underworld; Persephone descends into the underworld; Persephone in the Land of the Dead; Persephone returns to the earth; The Arrival of Spring. Includes Healey's composer's notes.

Morgenstern Lieder, op. 129 : for contralto, alto saxophone, and piano

File consists of typeset score for "an extended group of colorful songs set to emotionally varied texts of the great early twentieth century German 'absurdist' poet": Im Tierkostum, Das Nasobem, Die Tagnachtlampe, Leise Lieder, Mowenlied, Die unmogliche Tatsache, Winternacht, Das grosse Lalula, Der Traum der Magd, Fisches Nachtgesang, Die beiden Esel. Includes C score and transposed score. Includes Healey's composer's note.

Hunter : a homage to Robert Flaherty, op. 134 : for large wind ensemble with percussion

File consists of typeset score masters, revised, for Healey's work, which was "inspired by man's battle for survival in an unforgiving terrain. Largely based on motives from Inuit Song. The three sections [Figures in a barren landscape, The Hunt, and Songs after the Hunt] are played without a break. Not easy. Suitable for senior and graduate level wind ensembles." Score includes Healey's programme note.

Three sacred songs, op. 120 : for SATB and flute, with piano, ad libitum

File consists of typeset score for "three choral songs suitable for either church or concert use, concerning the Virgin Mary, the Crucifixion, and Mary Magdalene. May also be performed without piano": The Round Day (text by Derek Healey, composed June 2009); The Shepherd Lad (text by St. John of the Cross, adapted from the Spanish by Derek Healey, composed February 2008); Magdalene's Song ("In the Smile of my Lord") (text by Derek Healey). Includes Healey's composer's note.

Heinelieder, op. 137 : for mezzo soprano and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for a work with texts chosen from the more unfamiliar poems of the poets middle and late periods, seven poems rich in fantasy: Weisse Flocken, Grunen Waldorchester, Chmetterling, Lotosblume, Begegnung, Alter Konig, Fortschrittswelt.

Requiem, op. 145 : for soprano solo, choir, and orchestra

File consists of the piano-vocal score of the latest revision (2021) of Healey's concert setting of the complete Requiem Mass. Includes the following movements: Requiem aeternam, Dies irae, Recordate, Domine Jesu (Offertorium), Sanctus-Benedictus, Agnes Dei, Lux aeterna, Libera me, In Paradisum.

Two Thoreau lyrics, op. 122a : for SATB and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for "two linked songs, the first concerned with the moon, the second with life's journey. Multiple divisions in the first song. May also be sung a cappella.": The moon; I sailed up a river. Texts by Henry David Thoreau.

Missa Brevis : Santa Cecilia, op. 130 : for choir with organ, optional

File consists of typeset score for Healey's "extended short mass...written to [be] sung at Divine Service or in the concert hall. At times, each of the voice parts are divisi." Includes the following movements: Preludio (organ solo); Kyrie eleison; Sanctus-Benedictus; Agnus Dei; Mottetto: Jesu dulcis memoria; Postludio (organ solo).

...from the Spanish, op. 133 : seven preludes on Latino hymns for trumpet, violin, soprano saxophone, or alto saxophone and organ

File consists of typeset score masters for four versions: trumpet (op. 133a), violin, soprano saxophone, and alto saxophone (op. 133c). Also includes part for trumpet in B-flat. "A set of preludes based on fresh and beautiful melodies, little known outside Latino communities. Suitable for liturgical or concert use. The preludes are: Cuando fue Jesus (The raising of Lazarus); Saludo, saludo (Christmas); Recibe, padre eterno (Communion); Ven, oh santo espiritu (Pentecost); La navidad ha ilegado (Christmas); Mananitas a la virgen de Guadalupe (The Virgin Mary); and Sin pecado original (The Virgin Mary).

Seascapes and shanties, op. 135 : six songs for contralto and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for "a set of contrasting songs dealing with the different aspects of the sea and the men whose livelihood depends on it. Songs 1, 3, and 6 are more symphonic in construction. Suitable for advance students or professional singers.": Surf-smoke (Norman Newton); You bunch of roses (Shanty); The world beneath the brine (Walt Whitman); The fishes (Shanty); Moon jelly (Derek Healey); Passage, immediate passage (Walt Whitman).

A Posy for the Christ child, op. 140 : for choir and harp

File consists of a typeset score for a varied set of carols that tell the story of the Nativity, from its ancient prediction to the arrival of the Magi. The carols are: Behold the days come (Jeremiah 23: 5 and Isaiah 7:14); High, word of God (10th century, translated by Charles Bigg); Hark, Shepherd, how the angels sing (traditional Dorset); How vain the cruel Herods fear (Sedulius 5th century, translated by John M. Beale; Moonless darkness (Gerard Manley Hopkins); and Now blessed be Thou, Christ Jesu (Miles Coverdale, from the German).

English dances, op. 95 : for wind band with percussion

File consists of typeset score masters for the wind band version of "six preludes based on Englished Morris dance and country dance tunes": Processional (Morris Dance); Cheshire Rounds (Country Dance); Jenny Pluck Pears (Elizabethan Dance); How d'ye do, Sir? (Morris Dance); Pop goes the Weasel (Morris Dance); Sir Roger de Coverly (Country Dance). The original version (op. 69) was written for percussion ensemble. Includes Healey's program note.

Eight variations on a original theme, op. 106 : for Chinese instrumental ensemble

File consists of typeset score masters for "a set of variations on an original theme written for traditional Chinese instruments": Theme (Seated alone); Variation 1, Antiphon; Variation 2, Canon in blue; Variation 3, Night music; Variation 4, Galloping; Variation 5, Mountains of mist; Variation 6, Zephyr; Variation 7, Solemn procession; Variation 8, Finale in five. Written for zia or dizi, erhu, zheng, pipa, daruan, and percussion.

Five Edward Thomas songs, op. 97 : for mezzo-soprano or soprano and piano

File consists of typeset score masters for two versions (mezzo-soprano and piano, and soprano and piano) of "settings of nostalgic texts set in rural Southern England, by a poet who died is the First World War." The work consists of five movements: Sowing; Tall Nettles; Song; Adlestrop; and The Huxter. Includes Healey's program note.

Northern landscapes, op. 102 : for soprano saxophone and organ

File consists of typeset score masters for three versions (soprano saxophone and organ; soprano saxophone and Baroque organ; violin and organ) for "six short colourful movements inspired by paintings of the Group of Seven": Nature enduring (The Jack Pine by Tom Thomson); Raftman's song (Bateaux by Tom Thomson); Quiet Autumn (The Glade by Frank Carmichael); Tumbling River (Falls, Montreal River by J.E.H. MacDonald); Below Freezing (Grey Day in Town by Lawren Harris); and High Summer (Moose Pond by Frank H. Johnston). Includes Healey's composer's note.

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