Vocal music by Dean Crocker
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2009
- Poscimur
- Mixed choir (SATB) with piano—Latin 3½′
- A setting of the Ode, Book I, number 32 (Poscimur. Siquid vacui sub umbra…) by Quintus Horatius Flaccus
2008
- Whispering Hope
- Solo voice (or unison chorus) with string quartet, oboe and piano—English 3¼′
- A fresh look at the popular 1868 hit by Alice Hawthorne, who was actually a man named Septimus Winner.
2005
- The Walrus and the Carpenter
- Mixed Chorus (SATB) with woodwind quintet and piano—English 9½′
- A jolly (yet dramatic!) setting of Lewis Carroll’s famous poem.
- from Hamlet
- Mixed chorus (SATB) with flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and piano—English 4′
- Rhythmically challenging, some short solos. Performable by a high school choir (if they are very, very good).
1995
- Macnamara’s Band
- Treble chorus (SSA) and piano—English 1½′
- Stamford & O’Conner’s 1917 hit arranged in the style of a 1930s female glee club. There really was a reason for doing this, hard though that may be to believe.
1990
- Sonnet XII
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- When I do count the clock that tells the time
Mixed Chorus (SATB) and piano—English 3½′
- Piano vs. choir in tight harmony. Shakespeare. Difficult. What more could you ask for?
- Sonnet XCVII
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- How like a winter hath my absense been
Mixed Chorus (SATB) a cappella—English 1¼′
- Almost tonal chromaticism. Not easy, but far from impossible.
1989
- Harvest Home
- Men’s Chorus (TTBB) and strings—English 2½′
- Based on Henry Purcell’s Your Hay It Is Mow’d, this piece is well suited for Thanksgiving or harvest-time. Tenor solo. Very traditional, rousing male glee club number.
1988
- “Hallelujah” from Beethoven’s Christ on the Mount of Olives
- Orchestration for 10-piece ensemble [Fl, Cl, Ob, Bsn, Hn, Tpt, String quartet] 6′
- Useful for festive church performances on a budget, this arrangement is to be used with the normal chorus editions: no choral scores are included.
1987
- 3 Hansenlieder
- Solo voice and piano—English 5½′
- Settings of three slightly surreal poems by David C. Hansen. Fairly easy.
1985
- Goodbye My Friend
- Solo voice (or unison chorus) and piano—English 3¾′
- Christmas ballad, originally written for a musical for children.
1980
- As the Living Father Sent Me
- Mixed Chorus (SATB) and organ—English 2¼′
- Communion meditation or anthem for church use. Fairly easy.
1978
- Magnum nomen Domini
- 2-part mixed chorus and organ—Latin 1½′
- Arrangement of a 14th century Christmas carol. Very easy.
1970
- Dichtung und Wahrheit
- Tenor voice and flute’German 6¼′
- Setting of four short poems by Goethe. Difficult.
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