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All works composed or arranged by Paul Halley.
Titles are
in alphabetical order by voicing/accompaniment e.g. choral/piano,
choral/organ, choral unaccompanied.
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SSA and Piano
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A Brighter Garden
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6'45” |
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PEL2064SSA |
SSA and piano, French Horn, and optional
organ or strings |
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With texts from both Emily Dickinson's 'There Is
Another Sky' and Isaac Watts' 'We Are A Garden Walled Around',
Halley creates a shimmeringl paradise of gorgeous interweaving
sound, haunting spacial realms created by the French Horn, and an
innocent yearning for return to the Garden. |
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Instrumental Parts: French Horn and Organ
Or
Full Score with French Horn and String Parts |
Level: Moderate
In The Wide Awe And Wisdom CD |
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Available as Licensed Digital Download or Custom
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A Christmas Peace
PEL2030SATB |
3’00” |
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title and see inside. |
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PEL2030SSA |
SATB or SSA and piano, optional
organ or strings |
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A lyrical and poignant arrangement combining
‘America The Beautiful’ with ‘Silent Night’ created in memory of
September 11, 2001. A beautiful conclusion to any American
Christmas program. |
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Christmas |
Instrumental Part: Organ
Full Score and String Parts (Special order) |
Level: Moderate
PEL1000 Single Track CD |
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Available as Licensed Digital Download or Custom
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Ballad of Hiram Hover, The |
4’00” |
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PEL2036SSA |
SSA and piano, optional organ |
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Commissioned by Carol Magowan for Chorus
Angelicus, Paul Halley, director. A lighthearted setting of
James Bayard Taylor’s delightful poem which follows the romance
of a young fur trader and his finicky, posy-gathering girlfriend
in a spoof of 19th
century New England culture and the long, nearly
unpronounceable, Native American place names that abound in that
region.
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Instrumental Part:
Optional Organ |
Level: Easy
Not yet recorded |
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Freedom Trilogy
PEL2004SSA |
8’00” |
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PEL2004SATB |
SSA or SATB and piano, optional bass, percussion,
organ, or orchestra
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An inspiring and exciting arrangement that has
become an international festival favorite. “’Trilogy’ here
refers not to the individual tunes that are so magically
blended, first sequentially and then simultaneously, but rather
to the three sonic worlds that the tunes represent: Gregorian
chant yields to the sounds of Africa before both are gloriously
embraced by ‘Amazing Grace’. Halley’s vision of a world without
boundaries is powerfully conveyed in a work that will continue
to delight, inspire, and amaze after many repeated auditions.”
– Jennifer Kolmes, The American Organist Magazine
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Full Score & Instrumental Parts Pkg: (includes
percussion) |
Level: Easy to Moderate
CD Sound Over All Waters |
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Grey Selchie, The |
5’00” |
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PEL2010SSA |
SSA and piano, optional organ |
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A haunting and very atmospheric arrangement of this traditional
Scottish folksong which tells the tragic legend of the grey
selchie (a man upon the land, a seal in the sea) and his beloved
little son.
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Instrumental Part: Optional Organ |
Level: Moderate
CD Untraveled Worlds |
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Hold To God’s Unchangin’ Hand
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4’00” |
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PEL2028SSA
PEL2028SATB |
SATB with vocal solo and piano, optional bass,
percussion |
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A hip, jazzy arrangement of a gospel classic.
“This music is wonderful. It’s about time for some new
flavors for the gospel genre.” – Eliot Wadopian, bassist
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Instrumental Part: Bass/Guitar
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Level: Moderate
CD Sound Over All Waters |
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How Can I Keep From Singing?
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3’00” |
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PEL2034SSA |
SSA and piano, trumpet, organ or strings |
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The beautiful Shaker hymn is given a very
American sound here in the simple, clean harmonies Halley uses
to echo the meaning of the text. The use of antiphonal voices
throughout furthers the plaintive quality of the song.
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Trumpet and Organ
Full Score with Trumpet
and String Parts (Special order) |
Level: Easy
Not yet recorded |
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Laudate Dominum
PEL2048SSA |
3’30” |
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PEL2048SATB |
SSA or SATB and piano, optional bass, percussion,
organ |
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“O Praise the Lord” - the text of Psalm 150 is
set to a melody from Northern Brazil giving the work a lively,
rhythmic feel. True to the exhortation to “praise with the
sound of trumpet, harp, cymbals, and dance”, this piece really
dances! “Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Hallelujah!”
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Bass/Guitar and Organ
Optional Parts Pkg:
Soprano Sax and Cello |
Level: Easy
Not yet recorded |
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Les Petits Troubadours de Dieu
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9’00” |
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PEL2082SSA |
SSA and piano, optional SATB ending, optional
bass, percussion, organ, soprano sax, cello
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Commissioned by the Ottawa Choral Society, Brian
Law, director. Primarily a setting for treble choir, “The Little
Troubadours of God” includes an optional SATB ending. The
text from the Prayer of St. Francis and several of the psalms
gives clear and joyous voice to a musical praising of God’s
creation, in the spirit and style of St. Francis himself.
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Bass/Guitar, Organ, Cello, Sax, Oboe, English Horn |
Level: Moderate
CD Voices of Light |
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Lord of All Hopefulness
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2’30” |
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PEL2008SSA |
SSA and piano or organ |
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A simple, canonic arrangement of this lovely
Irish melody and a rippling piano (or organ) accompaniment
express the bliss, hope, and joy of Jan Struther’s text.
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Level: Easy
CD Voices of Light |
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Rock-A My Soul
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2’00” |
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PEL2035SSA |
SSA and piano |
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An up-tempo rendition of this classic spiritual,
with a contemporary, jazzy freshness.
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Level: Easy
CD Voices of Light |
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Seeds of Love, The
from ‘Love Songs for Springtime’ |
5’00” |
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VG440SSAA |
SSAA and piano or brass |
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Although created as part of the SATB song-cycle
“Love Songs for Springtime”, this composition is for treble
voices alone. Interpreting the nature of love through the
flowers of the garden, this work appeals in a plaintive and
simple arrangement of melody stated and restated in a four-part
canon.
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Brass Quintet |
Level: Moderate
Not yet recorded |
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Song For Canada
(Un Chant Canadien)
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4’00” |
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PEL2083 SSA
PEL2083 SATB |
SSA or SATB with vocal descant and piano |
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New
Pelagos
Imprint |
Commissioned for 1989 Canada Day Celebrations and
performed annually on Parliament Hill, this work extols the
beauties of Canada’s landscape and the cultural richness of its
people.
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Level: Easy
Video recording by
Capella Regalis Men and Boys Choir - Nick
Halley, director |
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Song of Wandering Aengus, The |
3’30” |
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PEL2011SSA |
SSA and piano with optional organ |
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W.B.Yeats’ beautiful poem “The Golden Apples of
the Sun” and a traditional Irish melody form the basis of this
lyrical arrangement. Halley has surrounded the melody with
lush harmonies to give a very magical and romantic feel to this
lovely folk song.
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Instrumental Part:
Optional Organ |
Level: Easy
CD Untraveled Worlds |
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United In Song
PEL2023SSA |
4’30” |
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PEL2023SATB
with Treble |
SSA or SATB (opt. treble choir) and piano duet,
optional bass and organ, or orchestra |
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Commissioned by Arts Bureau for the Continents
for the International Millennium Unisong Festival, Paul Halley’s
words and music express the unity of people everywhere through
music and song. In English with French translation. |
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Bass/Guitar and Organ
Full Orchestral Score & Parts (Special order) |
Level: Easy
(Keyboard version -
CD Triptych) |
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Untraveled Worlds
PEL2025SSA |
6’00” |
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PEL2025SATB |
SSA or SATB and piano, violin, optional bass,
percussion, organ |
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Commissioned by Collegium Musicum of Taft School,
Bruce Fifer, director, this piece has become a prominent
festival work. With excerpts from Tennyson’s “Ulysses”, this is
a dramatic and heroic setting for an inspiring text with music
that is innovative, affirmative and accessible. “The sound
of the full chorus just wraps around you like angel wings and
lifts one’s spirits to a higher level.”
– Bonnie Beth Derby, Producer/host “Choral Traditions” WCNY-FM
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Violin, Bass, Percussion, Organ |
Level: Moderate
CD Untraveled Worlds |
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Voices of Light
PEL2005SSA |
8’00” |
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PEL2005SATB |
SSA or SATB and piano, flute, optional organ
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Created for Chorus Angelicus by founder, Paul
Halley. Texts in
Latin and English by Paul Halley. A musical expression of God as
Light with ethereal harmonies and a dancing, intricate flute
line.
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Flute and Organ |
Level: Easy
CD Voices of Light |
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SSA and Organ
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Agnus Dei (Winter’s Dream)
Companion to Sanctus & Benedictus |
4’00” |
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PEL2002SATB |
SATB or SSA and organ, soprano saxophone |
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PEL2002SSA |
Originally an instrumental work Inspired by the
simplicity of winter, this is a serene, lyrical setting of the
text with unusual harmonies and the unique ‘voice’ of soprano
saxophone.
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Instrumental Parts Pkg:
Soprano Sax or C-inst. |
Level: Moderate
Not yet recorded |
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Beannacht Leat, A Mhuire |
2’30” |
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PEL2054SSA |
SSA and organ |
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A Hymn to the Virgin sung in Irish to a
traditional folk melody. The Soprano 1 melody line floats
above a background setting of treble voices, resulting in a new
Celtic Christmas favorite. Created by Paul Halley for
Chorus Angelicus on its tour to Ireland 2004.
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Christmas |
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Level: Moderate
CD What Child Is This? |
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God Be Merciful Unto Us (Psalm
67)
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3’30” |
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PEL2021SSA |
SSA and organ, trumpet |
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Commissioned by Claire and Millard Pryor for
their daughter’s wedding. A beautiful setting of this psalm for
weddings or concerts, the soprano solo and light-filled
harmonies of the other voices in this composition create a
thrilling expression of God’s blessing and the rejoicing of all
nations. |
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Instrumental Part: Trumpet |
Level: Moderate
CD Untraveled Worlds |
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Huron Carol
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3’00” |
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PEL2084SSA |
SSA and organ, optional hand bells |
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Commissioned by the Ottawa Central Choir, Barbara
Clark, director. The Native American (Huron) interpretation of
Jesus birth and the 16th century French melody of
this carol are placed in a setting of austerity and simple
reverence. Optional hand bells further evoke the atmosphere of
stark winter. |
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Christmas |
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Level: Moderate
CD Christmas Angelicus |
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Lord of All Hopefulness
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2’30” |
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and see inside. |
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PEL2008SSA |
SSA and organ (or piano) |
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A simple, canon arrangement of this lovely Irish
melody and a rippling piano (or organ) accompaniment express the
bliss, hope, and joy of Jan Struther’s text.
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Level: Easy
CD Voices of Light |
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Available as Licensed Digital Download or Custom
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SSAA
Unaccompanied
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To My Old Brown Earth |
3’00” |
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LL101SATB |
SATB or SSAA unaccompanied |
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LL101SSAA |
Words and music: Pete Seeger. Choral arrangement and
harmonization by Paul Halley. A simple yet richly layered
setting of Seeger’s humble ode to his beloved ‘old brown
earth’ and ‘old blue sky'.
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Level: Easy
CD Pete |
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