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Descants

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 53 Collections and/or Records:

Descant for #2 (HC Hymnal) (TALLIS CANON) to "I Saw Water"; Descant for #15 (HC Hymnal), "O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God" (ST. COLUMBA)

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Identifier: 0133
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Descant for #2 (HC Hymnal) (TALLIS CANON) to "I Saw Water" verse 4 Descant for #15 (HC Hymnal), "O Breathe on Me, O Breath of God" (ST. COLUMBA) verse 4 There is no indication of who wrote these descant, but presumed Proulxs.

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Descant for Hymn #78 -- "For the Beauty"

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Identifier: 0126
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Descant for "For the Beauty of the Earth"(DIX) (Hymn # 78) - Stanza 5 There is no indication of who wrote this descant, but presumed Proulx.

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Descant for "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days", 1964

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Identifier: 0128
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Descant for "Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days" Melody from John Day's Psalter, 1562 Descant by RTP -- II,19,64 Dedic. respectfully to Mr. Rbt. Field Schola-- 1964 Descant for verse 5

Dates: 1964

Descant for "On Jordan's Bank"

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Identifier: 0129
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Descant for "On Jordan's Bank" verse 4 No composer listed, but presumed Proulx

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Descant for the hymn "For All the Saints"

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Identifier: 0130
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Descant for the hymn For All The Saints (SINE NOMINE). Original melody by R. Vaughan Williams (Stanzas 7 and 9)

There are two sheets of paper for this music. One consists of Vaughan William’s music (unison for vv.1,2,3,7,8; SATB vv. 4, 5, 6), while the other is a descant that goes with verses 7 and 8. (There is no indication of who composed the descant. It may have been Proulx.)

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Descant on "caithness"

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Identifier: 0124A
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Descant on "caithness" / Richard Proulx. This appears to be the fourth verse of a piece written by Proulx. Both tune and descant are included in the score. Organ is to accompany the singer(s). This song uses words by William Cowper and music by Charles Vi

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Descant on "DIX": (stanza 5)

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Identifier: 0124B
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Descant on "DIX": (stanza 5) / Richard Proulx ; Conrad Kocher. Here we have a descant written by Proulx written over the tune "DIX," originally composed by one Conrad Kocher. It is unclear if the accompanying keyboard was meant to be an organ or piano acc

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Descant (tune: DAILY, DAILY), 1996

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Identifier: 0124
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Daily, Daily -- Descant Text from English Hymnal, No. 568

According to the internet, this piece was published in a book entitled, "100 New Descants." Two other descants by Proulx were also included in the book: "Darwall's 148th," and "Daily, Daily."

Dates: 1996

Descant (tune: DARWALL'S 148th), 1996

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Identifier: 0123
Scope and Contents

Darwall's 148th Sopr. descant, organ

According to the internet, this piece was published in a book entitled, "100 New Descants." Two other descants by Proulx were also included in the book for the following tunes: "Maccabaeus," and "Daily, Daily."

Dates: 1996

Descant (tune: MACCABAEUS), 1996

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Identifier: 0122
Scope and Contents

Maccabaeus -- Descant Text from Hymns for Today's Church, No. 167.

According to the internet, this piece was published in a book entitled, "100 New Descants." Two other descants by Proulx were also included in the book for the following tunes: "Maccabaeus," and "Darwall's 148th."

Dates: 1996